Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-12
The Presidents Message.


Both of our Virginia morning cotempora-
ries publish the Presidents Message entire,
which our present limited size forbids. The
Enterprise has critique upon the document,
in which it excoriates Uncle Abraham most
mercilessly. 1t says:
THE nation had right to expect of the Prcsi-
dent statesman.l&e review of events, and
generous acknowledgment of their efforts and
sacrifices They lrsd right to expect his message
should ring throughout the land like slogan.
How have their hopes been realized The dOcu-
ment is tame and etfete. Ii dgSc;OseS no high or
der of craftsmanship, no scholastic qualities -
nothing to indicate that Mr.. Lincoln possesses an
ADEQUATE conception Of bis position or adequate
power to fifty forth the few ideas he does pos
SeSS He passes over the usual commonplace
statements of similar documents in cursory man.
ner he makes L few suggestions that appear tn
fling in consideration of more moinentouS queS-
tiOns which have almost or entirely escaped him
de merely calls attention the reports of the diff
ferent Departments; he gives Il review OF the
military situation which would diSCrrdit the col
umnS OF country newspaper, anu concludes by
advancing 4 plan for the reconstruction OF the
Union, which must be taken rs the feature OF the
message albeit il is h0mey aS any feature that
alorns its authors flee. He should have spared
himself this last lacur for every one, after reading
this message, will swear that Abraham Lncoln'S
is not the brain to originate and perfect the great
plan Irrational reconstruction.
The Sacramento Union speaks more favor
ably Of the message, as follows:
The third Annual Message of President Lincoln
is, in our estimation, very great improvement
upon those which preceded it-particuiatly upon
that issued Il year ago. The style and general ar
rangemrnt are better, while the views advanced
are more comprehensive and StatcSnankc. In
some respects it will go into history rs one of the
most remarkable documents ever issued by an
American President.
The proclamation of pardon for the crime of
treason is timely, and meets the condition OF
things squarcy 1t cXemptS from the amnesty
the leaders of the rebellion whether i'll il civil or
military capacity, but offers TO the masS pardon
and an opportunity to renew their allegiance and
return to the Unoin. II strikes terrible blow to
the arstocracy of the South; it will operate IN
wedge between the ambitious and voluntary reb-
el Shareholders and the involuntary rebel non
Shareholders; between those who inauEuratcd
the rebellion aud gloricd in the work
and those who resisted it to the last and
were finally driven into the rebel ranks. \ foun-
datiou is laid in this document upon which loyal
men in the rebel States may build new State Gov
ernmen;S and upon which all loyal men in the
loyal States may unite in support Of the Admin
iStratian. 1t presents IL platform upon which
President Lincoln may safely stand for ren0n-
iuatiOu.
We agree with the Union, that the mes
sage is an improvement upon its predeces-
sorS, which, after all, is no very high con-
pliment. Mr.. Lincoln has, perhaps, in his
official acts, come as near satisfying the na
ton as could have been done BY any man I'M
der the trying circumstances in which the
country has been involved during the whole
of his administration; but it is morally GER
tain that he is unequal to the task of writing
a creditable state paper.