Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-04
To the Voter. of the state OF Nevada.

The approaching election OIL the eth day of
November next, is the most important which has
ever occurred in the history Of the Republic, and
its consequences, whether Of good or evil, rs the
people of the loyal States may elect, are destined
TO be felt through all the countless ages Of the
future The contest is not for the supremacy OF
party-not for the success of any of the prInci.
ciples which, like riPples upon the deep ocean Of
unity and brotherhood playfully disturbed the
political surface in the past-uot for the recogpi.
tion of any portion Of the conflicting policies OF
party, which In the days of peace served rather
TO unite than 10 divide an enlightened and envied
people, claiming Il common history, a common
destiny, and common God. The struggle, as
well throughout the North as beyond the MissiS.
sippi and the James. is between those who love
their country and would peril all TO save it, and
the sympathizers with treason, who are laboring
for the destruction Of the Government of their
fathers or OF the land which gave them protection
from the tyranny of another hemisphere which
left them homeless. The former are represented
by the Union party-the latter by what is Anown
as the Peace Democratic party. whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices OF trea.
son. whose aim is 4 recognition OF the iudepend'
euce OF the Southern COnfederacy, and whose
leader stands convicted Of having saved the rebel
capital by the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thous'
and patriots in the swamps Of the Chickahominy.
Fellotrciti.cHs, chich ucket eiU you rote'
The platform of the So-cAlled Democratic party
is the voice nf cowardice, treason and enmity to
the Federal Government, ana u libel upon the de-
termination and patriotism of the North. II WAS
dictated in q spirit of disuyalty, and adopted by
the representatives OF party whose leaders are
Southern SecrssaniSts and northern abettors of
the rebellion. II IL special plea for the seeded
South, and its avowed purpose Is the destruction
of the Uuion, or its restoration upon basis hu-
initiating and dishonorable to the Government,
and fruitful of ceaseless discord and revolution in
the future Is the loyal North, which has armed
and sent its manhood to the field, whose richest
blood has fertized the valleys of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes are hung in
sable, and whose hearts are heavy with the mem.
orv of the dead-is the loyal North prepared 10
Withdraw its armies from the center of the South,
reached through the carnage of hundred bloody
fields, TO abandon a cause no nearly won, and in
which so many noble hearts have bled, TO admit
itself vanquished when final victory is within its
grasp, TO pay 10 European creditors the monstrous
debt Of the Confederacy, to return 10 bondage the
war-emancipated slave who has stood sentineI
arorhhd the camp.fres Of freedom, or to recognize
iha independence Of the rebrliious Statesl II not
then il the Chicago platform an infamous false
hooo, which the honor of the North demands TO
be refuted in tones Of thunder on the 9Th OF No
vembrr next. II IL the proclamation OF ma
tured conspiracy against the peace and we'll being
of a LOYAL people, and the once venerated name oi
| Democracy is deted by the touch Of treason
| Tho platform of the Union party, framed IN y
spirit Of patriotism is but the echo Of that all
|
broken arches of the Republic and plant the rose
| in fields made desolate by the track of war.
Feilor.eitiEens, phich ticket olH you uo!e
Let no loyal man be led from his allegiance tc
the Government by blindly following the bdnn eI
| Of party. There are but two parties now, mol
| can there be q third until peace sits again upon
! the thresholds Of mourning people, and but I
| single iSsue divides thenl-those who are for ths
| Government and those who are against II. There
| IL bnt one way by which IN honorable peace eau
| be secured-by prosecution of the war againsl
treason until 1t kneels in submission, disarIneo
! and defeuselesS beneath the flag II has betrayed
| Either must this be doue, or tbe independence Of
the south be recognized There Is no middle
| courSe-no process Of conciliatIou or compromise
| by which the South can be saved from submis'
| sion und the Government saved from disnonoT.
Whnt do the leaders OF that party styling ltSeii
Democratic propose to do 10 elect a s.S. PsaSe
| Congress, q peace President on peace platiorEI
and then accept such terms Of peace a. may os
dictated by the Confederacy and all this u 10 ot
| accomplished In the name of Democracy. What
IL there in the Democracy Of to-day 10 remind the
dis, iple Of Jefferson and jackson of tht DEMOS
| racy' of the past7 Do its champions, with treas
| on swelling in the heart aud dying on the lips IN
slander of the Administration, ever talk OF the
| nrInciples of that purity with which they mantle
their disloyalryi Do they proclaim against osnks
| and high tariffs, against internal improvements
and popular Sovereignty In the empty name oil
/
iured IN the secret councils of Know Nothing gtsm,
| thew dpuounce the Administration and the war
for the preservation fthe Union, and seek TO lure
the unthinkIug frcm their fenlty by the magic oi
q simple word. Abandonedi upon the Inaugural
tIon of the rebellion by the great and good man
| who gave 1t character and direction in the past,
the party has been seized upon and converted into
an apology for crime and On instrument Of revo
luton. It's principles are scorned or forgotten by
the conspirators who irreyeren;ly invoke Its name
in extenuaion of treason, and lta temples are des
| ecrated by the homage ofthe Goddess worshippers
| who kneel beside lis altars. In its high plaeei
where once sat the great teachers of Democracy
now crouch the covering apologiSts Of anarchy
| and disunion = and its halls which in the past
echoed the eloqusnce of the patriots of the Re
public, now ring with the ,shoats Of lawlessnesl
and disloyalty. And this Ia the phantom invoked
from the grave Of party by the spirit Of treason
which leads the van of disaffection In the North
and beckons the loyal deyotee Of Democracy 10
betrayal Of his country.
Fellop- citizens, pkich ticket piH you cotsl
| Your sptfrHges must be given TO AcClehsn
the Chicago platform and national diSnonor, "
to Lincoln, the triumph of the Federal arms ano
the establishment of an honorable ana ltst.ie ~
peace. Calmly viewing the vital issues Oh sus ~.
canvass, can you doubt the awful conse9aetn ~
of a Peace Democratic victory IN No'eTUSS, ~ a,
Can you hesitate In the performance =, =, hi,
every loyal man must recognize as . ouy " ~ y.
countryf The consequences OF Snen 1 uluapI
foreshadowed by the disloyal aims ana uiwLHnes
J Of the men who control the party, cannot % e'H