Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-19
"tIave Yen Heard .he News from


A few DAYS since, the Green Mountains
spake TO the Golden Land. The news came
with a smack Of the old spirit OF Bennington:
We thought we could hear an echo to the old
Generals war cry, "Victory to-day, or Molly
Stark's widow tonight" in the return OF
great Union majorities from that State. La,
ter returns show those majorities increased
over previous ones, the Opposition electlng
nothing to the Senate, and only some twenty
out of the whole number of Representatives,
while the Union candidate for Governor got
almost three-fourths Of all the votes polled,
receiving a third more majority than his an
tagonist obtained altogether. This, too, in
the face Of war, taxes, draft, and McClellans
assumed great popularity. The next State
to speak after the Presidential candidates
were all fairly in the field, is Maine. vi all
the New England States, not even excepting
Massachusetts, Maine was most seriously IN
jured, in proportion to its wealth and poplla-
ton, by the Rebellion. A very large portion
Of its Inhabitants were directly interested in
shipping. it is the great ship-building State.
1t has, or had, large commerce trading
and Europe. Its big ships coined money by
the cotton carrying trade. The war came.
This trade was all ruined. Nearly all demand
for building ships and smaller vessels was
cut off. Her shipyards were silent, her ship
masters had their watch on shore, her mer-
chants found their profits cruelty curtailed:.
Consequently, all along the sea-shore OF
Maine, during the first and second years OF
the war, and probably since then, the spirit
of discomfort prevailed to such degree, and
Copperheads were so plenty, that one not
well acquainted with the interior Of the State
might have despaired. Besides, for many
years in its early history it had been DEM
ocratic State; and Old Hunkerism, that is,
subseryiency to Southern pretensions and
political dogmas, formed ruling portion OF
that party. It was natural that these uncoD.
verted Breckinridgers should oppose the war
and the Administration, and they have done
so without finching, ever since the first gun
fred at Fort Sumter. But how has the mass
of the people answered at the polls Not
outstanding all these powerful elements,
Notwithstanding the Opposition took up
personally popular man, with all the eclat Of
the brave soldier and gallant General to aid
in the political campaign against civilian,
the answer that comes from the land of north
ern pines is, twenty thousand majority for
the Union ticket; larger BY several thousand
than at the election preceding the Presiden-
tial election four years ago. And the people
have voted almost unanimously for that most
Just proposition to let the soldiers vote. BY
this vote we may judge something Of McClel-
lan's popularity, something of the great re-
suits anticipated by the Opposition in putting
up a military man against civilian, General
Howard against Judge Coney, General Nc
Clellan against Abraham Lincoln. That
game cannot win. The people have usually
been jealous of military men in civil places,
unless they are Of very superior capacity.
Soldiers for the field, civilians for the Execu-
tive. The Fremont papers advised their
friends in Maine to vote against the Union
ticket in order to force Lincoln to withdraw
from the canvass. We see the result. The
lesson taught is commended to the Union
Party, to those who may have wavered or
doubted. And if the Opposition can draw
any consolation from these signs of the
lines, they are welcome to it.-CaH.