Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-03


be done?' I answer, Shall aller Con-
Jederdte soldiers r,o,o is Nenddd and
'cho mag hereafter make their homes
here be disfranchised, be deprived
Of the right to hold office or even to
vOte3 You ask who wants to do this
monstrous thing! We answer some
body does or did, because one, and
the very first one on the list of the
proposed constitutional amendments,
now submitted to the people of Me-
vada, and to be by them voted on at
our next election, provides that ex-
Confederate soldiers shall not be al
lowed to vote or hold Office in Ne
vada! Read for yourself the proposed
amendment to Sec. Art. II of the
Constitution in reference to the right
OF suffrage and the qualifications of
voters and you will see that if it is
adopted such will be the result.
Shades of the magnanimous Grant
who said to the Confederate cavalry
after Lees surrender at Appomattox,
"Boys, take your side arms and your
horses and go home and use your
horses to put in your crops" defend!
Grant never feared the battling Con-
federate soldier when he faced him
with musket in hand, saber at thigh,
or ordinance charged with death: And
were Grant now living he would not
fear the ex Confederate with the bal
lot in his hand. The heroes, officers
and enlisted men, the living and the
dead who stood with Grant and bled
for the Union would scorn such a
proposition. The face of GGood Lin
coin" who caused @Dixie" to be played
by the military band when the news
OF Lees surrender reached him say
ing ave have g right to the tune. we
have captured it" would have sadden.
ed at the very mention of such a
measure.
Nearly thirty years have elapsed
since the great Civil War ceased
considerable over quarter of a CEN
tury-there exists or existed in New.
ada a far more rigorous proscriptive
measure against a boy who entered
the Confederate service after arriving
at the age of 18 years than was ever
adopted in any state of the successful
Union. Even during the heat of the
contest New York, Illinois, Mas
sachusetts and all of the great states
who sent their thousands Of men to
the front to battle against the Con.
federacy never enacted or even coll
ceived the enactment of such a meas
ure.
Why fellow citizens of Nevada, il
this amendment be adopted by your
votes, even the Chairman of the Re-
publican National Convention that
nominated General Grant the second
time for the Presidency the Hon.
, Thomas Settle. of North Carolina,
would, we're he living in Nevada after
the 9th day of next month be disfran.
chised, could neither hold Office or
vote because .forsooth he for about
one year after the war broke out, vol
unfairly bore arms being over 18
years of age, against the United States,
and having been Colonel in command
of a regiment of volunteers in the
Confederate Army, and then resigned
and es )onsed the Union cause. The
question is constantly asked,
"who got up this proposed amend
ment." In ancient times the question
arose as to what should be done with
a person who had committed some
act which was generally regarded
with adherence, detestation and hor-
ror and the ruling was, "Let his
name never be mentioned" Let the
oblivion Of the ages cover and obscure
him. So let the name of the author
| OF this outrageous amendment ny