Year: 1869

CHAPTER ON POLITICS.


should hate to hazard my reputation for
veracity by asserting that the horse rode was
the LATEST horse in the world, but candor COM
pels me to say he was the LATEST ever saw
But let me say this, by way Of justification of
my Rosnante, tha. Flora Temple herself or none
of the famed turf horses of the present day could
have borne me over the county, loaded down as
the I" Cops had loaded me. could have gone
on-at famous rate with nothing bu: the /" mig
gel" and the fifteenth commandment, as it
literally means, but the Chinaman was the
feather that broke the camel's back. And, sor-
rowfully do write it down, while the aforesaid
Celestial was such clog to me, my worthy op-
ponent was mounting on bis back at every op-
portunity and riding toward Sacramento at
frightsul speed. There is no use attempting to
disguise the fact that the fifteenth amendment
played the devil with the Republican party in
this State at the late election. Local causes
could not operate to such an extent az TO defeat
our nominees for the Legislature in eyery county.
with one or two exceptions. Yet we have cleo
ted only about one out of eight in the Assembly.
part of which is due to local causes opera
ting against the Democracy. And now a word
in relation to this g raw head and bloody bones -
which is going to swallow up the whole Amer,
can people.


The only question at issue in this State nvol-
we'd in the fifteenth amendment is whether ne
groes shall have the right to vote in California
! say it is right they should: that having COM
PEELED the South to swallow the black dose of
negro suffrage, we ought, in common Justice to
force nothing upon conquered people that
are unwilling to adopt for ourselves. Upon the
question of Chinese suffrage there is and can be
no difference of opinion. The entire Pacific
population is united as one man in opposition to
any measure tending to that end. The Republic
cans have had enough of enfranchising ignorant
classes, who may vote our ticket the first year
and the Democratic ticket after. Ignorance
gravitates naturally to the support of Democ-
racy young ducks take to water. We had
every right to suppose that gratitude to that
party which had given freedom to their race and
the rights of freedom to themselves, would lead
the Southern negroes to the support of Republi-
can measures. But ignorance and cowardce
have proved stronger than gratitude, and hence
we can chronicle overwhelming Democratic VIC
tories in States which should have gone the
other way. Don't be alarmed, Messrs. Demo-



publican party will never fashion another club
with which it have its own brains beaten
out. If Chinese suffrage should ever come it
Will emanate from your own leaders, for Il party
which has shown itself capable of man ufacturing
ten fifteen thousand illegal voters in a single
city, TO influence one election, will not stand
back for anything 10 accomplish its ends.


The fifteenth amendment was promulgated in
February and ratified by the Legislature of Ne
vada in March The proper time for Republi-
cans who were dissatisfied with that measure to
leave the party was then. But in Trinity county
four hundred and twenty Republicans went into
the primaries Of the party more than fonr mon his
afterwards and voted directly for the candidate
of their choice for the position of Assemblyman |
At least seventy-fve of these quasi Republicans
voted for the Democratic nominee six weeks |
a afterwards, and, having st the same time suppor-
ted our nominee for Coroner, still claim to be
Republicans. Let US hope they will do better
next time.


CANON CREEK.


We arrived Mt Canon City in due time and
ciattered up to Thede's hotel, where the wagon |
road ball would be given 1t is more than two
years since the good people of Canon creek COM
menced the wagon road which has now super
eeded the old pack trail that formerly connected
taem with the ~ rest of mankind" 1t has been |
pretty heavy undertaking for small commu-
nity, but is finished and good substantial
road it is. There sixty miners the |
creek, scattered along a distance of eight or nine
miles Above the town of Canon City the claims
appear to be located higher in the hills, the low
bars and bed of the creek having evidently been
worked years ago. Canon creek had Il famous
reputation in former years, not only for its rich
digginys, but otherwise. did not learn much
about the present mining prospects, having
something else to talk about. | found Captain
Phbrook comfortably settled in the trading post
where Brooks was located on the occasion OF my
last visit-otherwise the place looked about the
same.


The everlasting Chinese question took new
phrase at Canon City. 1t does not matter that
the fourteenth amendment says that :. no State
shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws nor does it
matter that the treaty which government has
made with China gives to its subjects here the
same rights il regard to travel residence that
are granted to the citizens of the most favored of
nations. The result of the election convinces
me that Chinese have no rights in this country
except the right to pay taxes. 1t is not worth
while to enter into discussion of the merits of
Chinese testimony at the present time we will
let that question rest until the judiciary of our
country say who is right and who is wrong.


IMPREsoR.