Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-23
Hon. Henry EdgertOn.


The name of this gentleman has been
prominently presented to the people of the
Territory in connection with the U. S.
Senatorship of the State of Washoe. As
it is well for the people to be advised as
to the qualifications of the various candi-
dates for this high position and to seruti-
nize their political record, we extra ct and
publish with pleasure the following COM
plimentary notice of Mr.. Edgerton, which
appears in the Placerville Nscs Of the 10th
inst:
Everything relating to Nevada Terri .
tory must have an interest for us of CAL
ifornia. The prosperity of one is closely
interviewer with that of the other. Their
sentiments are as harmonious as their in
terests are identical.
The glorious principles Of patriotism,
that love of country and fealty to govern
ment so conspiciously displayed by the
people of Nevada, bind them to California
with ties brighter and stronger, more en-
dearing and enduring than any mere in
terest can produce. So rapid, so astonisk-
ing has the growth of that Territory been,
that though two or three years ago it was
a mere way station or outpost of Califor-
MIA, comprising few hundred inhabitants.
few farms and few villages, it is to-day
on the verge of admission into the Union
as one of the States of the nation with
large and ever increasing population, with
interests of the first magnitude, with -four
ishing towns and cities and prospect for
the future inconceivably brilliant.
All these things combine to throw much
interest around the political action of the
constitutional convention and Legislature
soon to assemble.
There are none but Union members
elected to either body, so that we may ex-
pect the new constitution and the laws
will be marked with the ineffaceable i'm
print of free institutions. Whatever strug-
gle then there may be for place or position,
it will be peaceful one, and carried on
within the Union ranks, and it is but fair
to suppose that merit, honestly and loyalty
will be the criterions of success. per-
ceive the Territorial journals are discussing
to some extent the question of who shall
be United States Senators.
This question has much interest for US
of California. Among other names men,
toned in this connection, that of Henry
Edgerton stands in high and favorable
light. This ought to be qualification to
Union men everywhere, for the Union
sentiment developed on this coast within
the past three years is largely indebted to
him. In fact the honors of the United
States Senate are alone adequate to his
ranscendent ability and merit.
Early in the spring of 1861, while others
were tossing on the wide and wild sea of
political affairs, or stood speeches. and
trembling before the hideous monster of
treason and secession, he flung himself
with his whole soul. with all the ardor of
his nature into the Union cause. He cast
aside the trammels of party and knew
only as his duty, in that hour of peril, the
support of the Government, the uphold
ing and nerving the Administration in ar
raging the power of the Government
against the hosts of treason.
He conquered secession on the floor of
the Senate by silencing its ablest and most
brilliant advocate. His opponent, the
young, magnanimous, eloquent and ac-
compished Thornton, generously admit
ted this. His last speech on the Union
Resolutions, in the Senate of 1861, was
the ablest ever delivered in this State. 1t
would rank its author in any country as
among the foremost intellects. 1t ex-
hausted the whole subject in debate, Union
vs.. Disunion. 1t was replete with histor-
ical illustration its reasoning was exact
and forcible, and it was so truly eloquent,
that the picture of weeping women and
indignant men, changing as the subject
changed, is still vivid in my mind. Had
I a voice in yonder Territory, should
feel it duty to urge the cause of my
friend. His chaste and cultivated intellect,
his strong and vigorous mind, would be
glory and power in the counsels of the
nation"