Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
To the Voter. of the state of Nevada.

Inc approaching erection, W lnc elu uuS vi
November next, il the most important which has
ever occurred in the history Of the Republic, and
ith consequences, whether Of good OF evil, AZ the
people OF the loyal States may elect, are destined
10 br felt through all the countless ages of the
future The contest il not for the supremacy OF
party--not for thu success Of any OF the prInc
ciples which, like riPprs upon the deep ocean OF
unity and brotherhood, playfullr disturbed the
political surface in the paSt-lot for the recoen
iinn of any portion Of the conflicting policies Of
party, which in the duys Of peace served rather
10 unite than to divide an enlightened and enyird
people, claiming a common history, Il common
destiny, and Il common God. The struggle, N
well throughout thc North As beyond the Missis
sippi and the James. is between those who love
their country and would peril al! 20 save ii, and
the sympathIzers with treason, who are laborug
for the destruction nf The Government of their
fathers or ui the land which gave them protection
from the tyranny of another hemisphere which
left chem homeless. The former are represented
b. N Union party-rhc latter by what is known
M Iuu Peace. Democratic party, whose platform
was drafted under the eye and AUSPICES Of Irsa
sou, whose aim Is recognition of the indcpend'
euCe OF the Southern Contederacy, aud Whose
leader stands convicted OF having saved the rebel
capital by the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thOus.
and patriots in the Swamps OF the ChckHhominy
FelIor.citi.cns, Which ttcka riH you rOtei
The platform Of the so-called Democratic party
IL the voice "f cOwardicr, treason and enmity to
the Federal Government, and libel upon the de.
termination and patriotism Of the North. II was
dictated in a spirit of disuyaIty, nnd adopted BY
the representatives Of party whose leaders are
Southern Secessianisis und northern abcitors nj
the rebellion. 1t IL special plea for the Srccdrd
South, and its avowed purpose IL tue destruction
of the Union, or its restoration upon u basis hu'
initiating and dSh0norablr to the Government,
and fruitful of ceasecSs discOrd and revolution IN
and sent its manhood to the field, whose richest
blood has fertiliZed the valleys Of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes are hung In
sable and whose hearts are heavy with the mem
ory of the dead-is the loyal North prepared 10
Withdraw its armies from the center oI the South,
reached through the carnage of d hundred bloody
fields to abandon cause so nearly won, and IN
which 10 many noble hearts have bed, to admit
itself vanQushed when final victory Is within Its
grasp, 10 pay TO European creditors the monstronS
debt Of the Confederacy, to return 10 bondage the
wRrenlancpated slave who has stood ScniineI
uround the cHmp-tires of freedom, or 10 recognize
The independence Of the rehellious Statcsi ltnOt,
then is the Chicago platform Nh infamous false
hood, which the honor of the North demands TO
b,. rrfutrd in tones Of thunder on the 9Th Of No
vcmbvr next. II is the proclamation Of Il ma
tirpd conspiracy against the peace and welibeing
of loyal people. aud the once venerated name oi
Democracy is deriled by the touch of treason.
The platform Of the Union purity, framed III a
spirit OF patriotism, Is but the echo OF that all
pervadng sentiment which. il tn rebnild the
broken arches Of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desOlatc by the truck OF wur.
+, FelLop-citi.eHs, phich tickei mill you rVts
Let no loyal man BE- led from his allegiance 10
the Government By blindly following the bann er
OF purity. There are but two parties now, nor
can there be third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds of mourning people, and hnt
single issue divides them-thOse who are iDr tue
Government aud those who are against it, There
Is bnt one way by which an honorable peace can
be Srcured-by prosecution Of the war against
treason until IL kneels in submission, disarmed
and drfenseless, beneath the dag il has betrayed
Either must this be done, the independence ol
the South be recognized There IL no middle
course-nO process Of conciliation or conprOmls'
By which the South can be saved from sublnlS
sion aud the Government saved from dishonnr
What do the leaders Of that party styling ltse
Democratic propose to dnl To elect IL peace
Congress, a pence President on peace platform:
and then uccrpt such terms of peace as may b.
dictated by the Confederacyi and all this IL TO 6'
accomplished in the name uf Democracy. w hu
" there in the Democracy of to-day TO re.nindtht
disciplp Of Jefferson uud Jackson of the Democ
riIcy Of the past Do its'cliainpinns, with treas
on swelliug.ih the heart and dying on the lips IL
Islander OF the Administration ever talk ot tht
their dIsloyalvyt Do they proclaim against banks
and high tariffs, against internal improvements
and popular soverrigntyf In the empty name o
Deinocracy, which many Of them years ago NIB
lured in the secret councils of Know Nothiugism
they tenuuncc the Administration and she Wal
for the Drts,rSA alton OF the Union, and seek % nr,
the minimizing frcm their feIiIy by tile mngic u
n simple word Abandoned upon the inAugura
tIon Of the rebellion by thc great aud gooi man
who gave II character and direction IN the past
the piIrty has been seized upon and converted into
an apology for crime and An instrument OF revU
lutlon Its principles are scorued or forgotten by
the conspIrators who irrcveren ly invoke Its naInt
iu exclamation oil treason, und it- temples hre DIES
ecrated by the homage ofthU Godlessworshtpper'
who kneel beside its altar. In Its ligh placer
where once sat the great teachers OF democracy
now crouch the covering npologisis nl AnarclS )
and tiisunion: und its halls which In the pas
echoed the eloquence Of the patriots Of the Re
public. NOW ring with the shouts OF inwessnes'
and dsloyaity. Aud this il thc phantom invoked
from the grave Of parry By the spirit Of irta"or
which leads the vun Of dIsaffectlon III the North
and beckous the loyal devotee Of Democracy to {
betrayal Of his country.
Feilotc. citizens, nhich ticket ptH you cote
Your suffrages must be given 10 Mcclellan
,he Chicago platform and national dishonor, III
"a Lincoln, the triumph Of the Federal arms ant
,hr establishment of an honorable and lasting
nrac. calmly viewing the vital issues OF th'
Canvass. e,ru YOU doubt the awtlf consequence
NJ a peace Democratic victory In November
Can 4vou hesitate in the performance of wha
very loyRI man must recognize US duty to BIZ
Country / = The consequences OF such triumph
torp,hadowed BY the diSloyal aims and nttsranee
Of the mon who control the party, cannot ot roh