Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-26

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be declared, TO which the loyal North would moi
consent, and BETRAYED and outraged people
would rise In arms VainSt their rulers, and civil
war and anarchy world desolate the land and
give independence to the rerolted South. Tbs Is
the reasonable hope Of Yallandigham, Cox,
Wood, Voorhees, and Pendleton-this is the re-
| suit for which the Chicago platform was formed.
But why expose the purposes of such party :
why DISCUSS the manifest results OF the triumph
OF such cause They are plain to the appre.
hension ofevery mind not dead to reflection, not
imperyious 10 the suggestions of reason, not ire
yocably welded to prejudice and error. Let US
hope that the time Is past when men NAV be ar.
raycd in enInlty to the Government by the decla-
ration Of demagogues that the "Constituton has
| been violated and tTampled upon by the Admin.
istraton," and tnat the struggle for existence in
which the nation IL now engaged " Is an abolition
war for the destruction OF slavery" Such an
appeal to the prejudices Of the unreAecting ia as
criminal as II is false and malicious In the lam
guage of Jefferson Davis, slavery has nothing
TO do with the rebellion" 1t is war between
Northern muscle and Southern aristocracy, and
slavery was made the excuse for its Inauguration.
For thirty years the Southern mind had been
educated to treason, and the election of a Re.
publican President was the pretext not the
cause Of the rebellion. For the avowed purpose
Of seyerng all political connection with tho toll.
ing millions of the North, the slayeholdIng aris.
tocracy ofthe South drew the sword ofreyoluton
fathers. They flung their shouts Of defiance
across the Potomac and the Mississippi, and
Haunted the banner ofrevolt In the face OF loyal
people Then, like q mighty uphcaysl Of the
solid earth rose the sturdy, tOil-stained millions
of the North. For moment they stood in ST.
lence, scarcely credting the reality Of the cry o
| " disunon" waited 10 their carson every South
ern breeze; then swords In countless thousands
glIttered in the light and like the vengeance oi
God swept southwark the conquerIng hosts Of
freemen. The result 10 before US. Hundreds OF
thousands have persisted BY the way, but the
armies of the Republic have planted the old flag
again in the heart Of the COnfederacy, and Trea.
son lies writhing In the sgonies of dissolution.
Another effort, and the whole field will be ours.
Hc must s1pe the country let the fate Of slavery be
phat il Hgdy To this end the peace party of the
North must be defeated in November.
Fellop-citizeHs pkich ticket piU you cote
What would be the results of a triumph of the
Peace Democracy in Sevadai In the secession
programme. arranged at Richmond in the begin.
ming Of the rebellion the Pacific states and Terri.
tories were mapped as portions of the Southern
Confederacy, Arms and means to reyolutionize
| them were provided by the Secretary Of War Of
| the last Democratic Administration, but through
the fidelity of General Sumner, the commander of
| the Pacific Department, the scheme of revolution
and treason was thwarted. Although foiled in
| 1861, the emissarcS of rebellion have never ren
quished the hope Of either alternating California,
Oregon, Washington and Nevada from the Fede.
raj Union, or of rendering their connection value
| less 10 the Government; and what they failed to
effect by the use Of the bayonet then they are now
seeking 10 accomplish through the aid of the bal
| lot-hoS- Should every other state in the, Union
\ declare preference for the Baltimore nominees in
November still would q victory by the enemies
Of the Government in Nevada prove an mconCeiv-
able disaster 10 the prosperity ofour young state
Let us glance for moment at the fruits Of such
| triumph. Let US see whether, viewed solely in
| the light Of personal interest, the Southern.sym-
pathIziug man of business In our midst can afford
| TO aid in the establishment of Peace Democratic
| Sle in Nevada The state would become the
| centre aud asylum of the eNiled and turbulent
| traitors of the East and West, and the voice Of
| dsloyalty would be heard unchecked in our
| courts of Justice and in our halls of legislation
The skies would leaden IN the angry trown Of
| threatened tumult-confdence in the integrity
| and supremacy OF the law would he banished,
| capital would be withdrawn. the mines would re
main unworked and undevelUped and universal
stagnation would prevail. With representation
in Congress In political keeping with the rulers Of
the State, In anfsgonism with the sentiment OF the
North. in sympathy with treason and at war with
the Administration anil its policy, what could rea.
sonably be expected of the Government Would
II establish Branch Mint In the state for the Use
and benefit Of its enernies1 Would 1t accord pro
pretorship In It's mines of gold and silver 10 the
aGents and emlssaries Of rebellionf Would Is
willingly assist in the construction of raLroadt
| aud lines of telegraph for the convenience OF q
people intent upon its destructiont No! De
MED the assistance of the home Government, re.
fused the aid of capital overrun by disloyal refu.
gees and outlaws, armed conflict and revolution,
which might not be averied, would scarcely In
crease the quiet honors Of ruined trade and pros
trate industry All the disasters which would In
eyitably follow a triumph of the peace party In
November. would be multiplied in blessings 10 the
people of Nevada. BY the success Of the Union
ticket.
Fellorciti:sRs rhich ticket piN you voteg
We appeal to such citizens of Irish birth az are
thoughlessly clinging TO tho empty. name and
broken pillars of a once honored, now infamous
party, to carefully examine the position they
occupy In that relation towards the land they left
in bondage and the Government 10 which they
stand pledged in allegiance. In bindly following
the leaders of that party in their reasonable as
| saults upon tbe Government, you are committing
| a crime for which You will be held accountable TO
your children and to your God. BY the holy
Evangelists and the sacred symbols OF your faith,
| YOU have sworn 10 " bear true faith, allegiance
and loyalty" to ihe Government Of the United
States to defend lie Ipn0r, to obey its laws, aud
to protect It's flag Trs aim of the Peace Demo
cracy Of TO day il, TO divide its empire to assist
Its enemirs, TO violate its laws. and to desecrate
it's flag To assist in the success of such party
ii perjury and treason to the adopted citizen. In
| the name of the Government which has given you
| welcome and protection-in the name or the op-
pressed OF Ireland, whose fearful eyes have ever
| turned with hope towards the land OF the free
| in the name of the down.trodden and struggling
millions of every land-in the name Of humanity,
| Of freedom, of justice-in the name of God-we
| Hburc you TO pause and reflect. You are opposing
| the Government you are laborng with traitors
who, In the name Of Democracy, are plotting its
destruction yon are fighting the battles ofslaVery
| and of rebellion. Tou have csponsed the cause OF
the aristocratic and governing classes of England
the remoraeless rsyRgers Of the homes of your
| brth-the determined aoettors OF American dis
union You are assisting them to refAsten the
Welding fetters upon the limbs Of struggling Ire.
land, By attempting 10 destroy Government
which has lifted the beacon of hope on the shores
| of the New World to the enslaved but freedom
| loving millions Of the Old. Divide the Federal
empire, or yieldit 10 the rule Of slavery, and
where is the hope of Ireland Can she look for 1t
in the Holy Alliances" OF European despotism
| Can she discern II in the silent tongue Of Mazzpi
in the lstless arm OF Garabaldi in the dead echoes
| of the voice of Schanyl among the crHgs Of the
Caucassusl Can she hear It IN the groans Of
| Hungary and Polandi Can she gathcrit from the
,irh.Iadrned breezes ofthe Danube, the Nevs, the
| Rhine, the Adriatc or the Po Westward, 10 the
aiant Republic of another continent, the champion
Of freedom, the terror OF tyranny, must she turn
| for redemption. Is not your duty plain Dis.
union would be death to Irish liberty, ind peace
triumph would be dis,lniOn ..,8
FslLop. citizens, phic4 tioket piu you pOtel
To all citizens Of foreign birth we appeal, to
save the Republic rhc home Of their adoption, the
hone of humanity, the land of the free. Do not
let the blight of treason destroy its growing great
ness, or disunion divide its increasing strength
Let 1t not be said that republics failure, and
that an enlightened people are Incapable of self.
government. Whether North or South, whether
| NaIl nr hetha hkyx
rant Of the Chicago platform or the Confederate
Constitution, whether in the name of Democracy
or dsunion, let the enemies of rhe Government be
your enenies-its friends, your iriends-and the
banner Of a Reunited and mighty people will soon
float again In undisputed supremacy over every
Southern hilltop and on every Southern plain
ARd 10 AMERICANS we appeal, TO stand by the flag
ofther fathers, the land Of their love in this day
of awful peril 70 the Republic bequeathed to them
by the heroes Of q generation gone. The hope
and history Of the rebellion are known to you ind
the veil Of Democracy fRilS to screen from your
penetration the deadly serpent Of treason which
| lies coiled behind II. While many OF those who
have come 70 US from other lands are listening to