Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-31
To the Voters Of the state Of Neradu.

The approaching election, OIL the sth day Of
November next, is the most important which has
ever occurred In the history Of the Republic, and
It's consequences, whether OF good or evil, as the
people of the loyal States may elect are destined
TO be- felt through all the countless ages of the
future The contest il not for the supremacy Of
party-not for the success of any Of the princi.
cipIeS which, like ripples upon the deep ocean OF
unity and brotherhood, playfuily disturbed the
political surface in the past-nnt for the recogni.
tion of any portion of the conflicting policies Of
party, which in the days Of pcuce served rather
10 unite than TO divide IN enlightened and euvied
people, claiming common history, q common
destiny. and a common God. The struggle rs
well throughout the North Us beyond the MiSsis.
sippi and the James. Is between those who love
their country and would peril all To save it, and
the sympathlzers with treuson, who are laboring
for the destruction Of the Government of their
fathers, 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 known
az the Peace. Democratic purity. whose platform
WAS drafted under the eye aud auspices OF treR.
son, whose aim is a recognition OF the independ.
ence of the Southern Coutrderacy, and whose
leader stands convicted Of having saved the rebel
capital by the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thous.
and patriots in the swaInps Of the Chckahomlny.
Fell0ccitissas, phich ticket ciH you rote2
The platform Of the so-cailcd Democratic party
is the voice uf cowardicc, treason and enmity to
the Federal Government, and libel upon the de.
termination and patriotism Of the North. 1t was
dictated in n spirit of dislUyaty, and adopted by
the representative of n party whose leaders are
Southern SeceSsienists and northern abcttors OF
the rebellion II is special plea for the seeded
South aud its Rrowed purpose il the destruction
of the Union, or its restoration upon basis hu.
miliating aud dishonorable to the Government,
aud fruitful of ceaselrsS dscord and revolution in
the futIre Is the loyal North, which has armed
,,,l tto IN fIa fell rip haaf
blood has fertilized the valleys of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes nre hung in
sable, and whose hearts are heavy with the mem.
ory Of the dGad-ls the loyal North prepared 10
withdraw It's armies from the center of the South,
reached through the carnage of Il hundred bloody
fields, TO abandon a cause so nearly won, and in
which 80 muny noble hearts have blcd TO admit
itself vanquishcd when final victory is within It's
grasp, to pay to European creditors the moDstrous
debt Of the Confederacy, 10 return TO bondage the
/ waremanepaied slave who has stood sentinel
around the camp.fires Of freedom, or TO recognize
The independence Of the rebellious Statesl lfnot
then is the Chicago platform an infamous false.
hooa, which the honor Of the North demands to
be refuted in tones of thunder OH the SSh Of No.
vember next. II Is the proclamation of ma.
tured conspiracy against the peace and well.beng
of r loyal people, and the once venerated name oi
Democracy is defiled by the touch Of treason
The platform of the Union party, framed in O
Splflt OF 10 Uul INC eCuO VI tubL
pervading sentiment which Is to rebuild the
broken arches OF the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desOlate by the track Of war.
FelL0p.citizeaS, phich ticket piN you rote
Let no loyal man be led frOm his allegiance to
the Government by blindly following the bann er
of party. There are but two parties now, mol
can there be third until peace sits again upon
| the thresholds Of mourning people, and but i
| single issue divides them-those who are for the
| Government and those who are against it. There
| is bnt one way by which an honorable peace eau
| be secured--by prosecution Of tho wHr against
treason until II knePls in submission, disarmed
and defenseless, beneath the flag IL has betrayed
Either must this be DONE or the independence OF
| tho south be recognized. There is no middle
course-no process Of conclliatIon or compromise
| by which the South can be saved from submis
| sion and the Government saved from dishonUr
What do the leaders of that party styling itself
| Democratic propose to dol TO elect peace
| Congress, peace President on peace platform,
and then accept such terms OF peace as may pc
dictated by the ConfederAcy and all this Ia 10 oe
| accomplished In the name of Democracy. What
is there In the Democracy Of to-day to remind the
| disriple OF jefferson and jackson of the Delnoc.
| racy of the past Do itS champions, with treas
on swelling In the heart and dying on the lips in
slander Of the Administration, ever talk OF the
| principles of that party with which they mantle
| their disloyalty Do they proclaim against banks
| and high tariffs, against internal Improvement
| and popular sovereigntyT In the empty name ol
Democracy, which many Of them years ago ab
iured in the secret councils Of Know Nothingism
| they denounce the Administration and the wal
for the preservation of the Union, and seek 10 lure
| the uuthinkng from their fealty by the magic oi
a simple word. Abandoned upon the inaugura
ton Of the rebellion by the great aud good man
who gave IL character and direction in the past
| the party has been seized upon and converted into
an apology for crime aud an instrument Of reyO
luton. lis principles are scorned or forgotten by
the conspIrators who irreverenily invoke its nami
in extenuation Of treason and Its temples are des
ccraied by the homage Of tho Godlessworahlpper,
who kneel beside its affairs. In its high placel
| where once sat the great teachers Of Democracy
now crouch the covering spologists of anarchy
! and disunion and lis halls which in the pas
echoed the eloquenee Of the patriots Of the Be
public, now ring with the shouts Of lawlessnes
| and disloyalty. And this IL the phantom invoked
from the grave Of party by the spirit Of treason
! which leads the van Of disaffecton In the North
and beckons the loyal devotee of Democracy TO
betrayal Of his country.
Feilop- citizens, phick ticket piA you pote
Your suffrages must be given 10 Mcclellan
the Chicago platform and national dlShonor, O.
to Lincoln, the triumph OF the Federal arms ant
the establishment of an honorable and lRstinl
peace. Calmly viewing the vital issues OF IN
4 canvass, can you doubt the awful consequence
of Peace Democratic victory in November
Can you hesitate In the performance OF VIVA
every loyal man must recognize as duty 10 nl
country The consequences Of Euch triumph
foreshadowed by the dIsloy al 1lms and utteranee
of the men who control the party, cannot Do n