Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-06-14
MARVELIOUS!!

We have heard voice from Carson, and
it terriies us. We have heretofore been
of the opinion that we were toleIably
sound on the loyalty question: but a
Washoe canary, wise as him bestrode of
BALKAN, has opened his mouth, and We
are afraid. In the Independent of this
morning, we find the following:
ASTI.GREESBAcKs-Th Copperhead papers
do not much favor the currency plank in the ma
tional platform. What sound reasons, we should
like to know. have they for not accepting il 7
Tho people want activity in business life in trade
and an abundance of circulating mediums OF some
sort or other. A plenty Of greenbacks is better
than no gold or silver. In the Eastern States the
stringency which prevails here does not exist, and
there legal tenders are the basis of all ordinary
transactions Are we friends of the Administra-
ton Do we belong to the great national party
of the country shall we seek to decry Its meas
ures and subvert its policyl Let us ponder upon
these things. and see where we stand
THE guilty feeth when no man pur-
sueth," and all that sort of thing; but the
question forces itself upon us most alarm
ingly, "Are We Copperhead:" In COM
mon with other papers in this Territory,
and fortified by the opinions and counte-
nance of an overwhelming majority of our
fellow citizens, we have declared ourselves
opposed, not to the National currency, but
to the change of the basis of business
transactions; preferring to let the tluctua-
tons take place in the currency, and not
in the price of labor. For so doing, are
we tainted with Copperheadism: We
apprehend not. We have taken this coat
down off the Independents nail and tried
it on, because we believe it to have been
cut out for the shoulders of those who
have taken the same grounds as ourselves
on the greenback question. We have, to
be sure, made no fight against the
resolution spoken of, nor has any other
paper that has came under our notice,
done so to any extent, except the Sacra-
mento Union. That paper in its issue Of
Saturday last descanted at some length
upon the subject, and although it treats
the resulation as an uncalled for aspersion
upon the loyalty of the Pacific States and
Territories, yet we opine that it will take
several entire editions of the Carson hide
pendent to convince the public that the Sa-
cramento Union is Copperhead paper
The Union quotes the resolution which is
as follows:
Resolred, That it be the duty OF every loyal
state TO sustain the credit of the Government and
promote the use OF the National currency.
And says:
This may be construed, and was evidently in
tended, as q reflection upon the Golden State for
not adopting paper currency, to the exclusion OF
gold and silver coin By implication, at least, 1t
is asserted that loyal state does not fulfill its
duty when it refuses TO make the Srcenback dollar
the standard of value. To what else can the res
olution refer! The insertion Of this plank was
unnecessary, unjust and ineIpedient, not because
of what il expressed, but because of the implica-
ton " 1t is the duty of every loyal State 10 sus
tain the credit of the Government :" and when q
LOYAL State cheerfuly pays her share Of the taxes
which are the true foundation of that credit, that
duty is fulfilled. And promote the use Of the
National currency" is the obnoxious corollary Of
the proposition. But what il the National cur
reHcYs Arc not kOlu anu slANcE tis
well as greenbacks Will not specie payments
be resumed i'll all the States at some future Pc
Rod? If California be able to keep coin as cir
culating medium, with injury to the credit of the
Government or depreciating the value of green
backs-and it is noteworthy that no advocate Of
IN exclusive paper currency on this coast has
been able TO prove that such injuries result from
our local polcy-why this urgent clamOr for
changer Would it help the credit of the Govern
ment or the value of greenbacks 10 have San
Francisco bulling the premium on gold rs New
York has been doing! But we do not propose 10
go over the well-beaten ground of argument in
this case 1t is sufficient for our present purpose
to know tina; for reasons perfectly consistent
with patriotic duty thrse.fuurths of the Union
men Of California favor the maintenance of me-
tallic circulation and the California member OF the
Committee on Resolutions, being aware Of this
fact was guilty of an unjust impeachment ofthe
loyalty of his constituents when he suggested or
sanctioned this proposition concerning the cur
rency.
Now, we endorse every word contained
in the above remarks, and if that consti-
tutes Copperheadism why" Everything
goes"