Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-07
TO the Voter. Of the state Of Nevndu.


November next, il the most important which has
ever occurred in the history Of the Republic. and
its consequences, whether OF good or evil Us tne
people Of the loyal States may elect, are destined
to br 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 princ!
cipies which, like ripples upon the deep ocean oil
unity aLd brotherhood, playfully disturbed the
political surface IN the past-not for the recogni
ton 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 a common history, common
destiny and a common God, The struggle, Us
we'll throughout the North as beyond the Aissis
sippi and the James. Ii between those who love
their country and would peril all 10 save II, and
the symputhzcrs with treason, who are IaDoring
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 il known
Us the Peace. Democratic party, Whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices OF trea'
son, whose aim is recognition Of the independ-
-nce of ihe 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 ChickahomiDy.
Fsllop.citiscas. iehicA ticket piH you rotcY
The platform Of the sO.caled Democratic party
il the voice If cowardice, treason and enmity TO
the Federal Government. and libel upon the de-
termination aud patriotism Of the North. II was
dictated in q spirit Of disiOyaty, aud adopted BY
the representatives OF party whose leaders are
Southern SecgHslonSts and northern abettors Of
the rebellion 1t is u special plea for the seeded
South md its uvowed purpose is the destruction
of the Union or its restoration upon basis hu
initiating and dishonOrable 10 the Government.
aud fruitful of ceaseess discord and revolution in
the future Isthe loyal North, which has armed
and sent its manhood TO the field whose richest
l,t lna farfi Z.d fha he
made them sacred, whose homes are hung in
sable. ard whose hearts are heavy with the mem.
DRY cf the dead--is the loyal Earth prepared 10
withdraw It's armies from the center of the South,
reached through the carnage of q hundred bloody
fields, TO abandon II cause 80 nearly won, and i'll
which 30 many noble hearts have bled, to admit
itself vanquished when final victory Is within It's
grasp, TO pay 10 European creditors the n0nstrous
debt Of the Confederacy, to return TO bondage the
war.emancipated slave who has stood sentineI
around the canp.fires of freedom, or TO recognize
The independence of the rebCllious Statesl nnot,
then Is the Chicago platform infamous false.
hoOa, which the honor of the North demands to
be refuied In tones Of thunder on the 9Th Of No.
vcmber next. II Is the proclamation OF ma
tured conspiracy against the peace and we'll being
Of loyal people and the once venerated name OF
Democracy il dcfed by the touch Of treason.
The platform of the Union party, framed in a
spirit of patriotism. is but the echo Of that all
prrvadng sentiment which Is 10 rebuild the
broken arches Of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desolate by the track of war.
Fellolp.citi:eRs, maich ticket piu you UoteP
Let no loyal man be led from bis allegiance 70
the Government by bIindy following the banner
of party. There are but two parties now, nor
can there be third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds Of q mourning people, and but
single issue divides theni-thoSe hi are for the
Government aud those who are ag.0st 1t. There
is but one way by which an honorable peace can
ha II nf WAL
treason until il kuePls in submission, disarmed
and dvfenseless, beneath the flag it has betrayed.
Either must this be done, or the independence OF
the >outh be recognized. There is no middle
course-no process a concilianon or compromise
by which the SOuth can be Buved from subInis'
sion and the Government saved from dshonor.
What do the leaders Of that party styling itself
Democratic propose 10 dOl To elect IL peace
Congress, u peace President on peace platform,
and then accept such terms Of peace as may De
dictated by the CoDfederacy and all this IL 10 be
accomplished In the name Of Democracy. What
Is there In the Democracy Of to-day TO remind the
diSriple Of Jefferson md Jackson Of the Democ-
racy Of the past Do its champions with treas
on swelling In the heart and dying on the lips In
Islander 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 improvements
and popular sovereigntyl In the empty name Of
Democracy, which many of them years ago alb.
jured in the secret councils Of Know Nothln8ism,
they denounce the Administration and the war
for the preservation of the Union and seek to lure
the unIhinkIng from their fealty by the magic of
q simple word. Abandoned upon the inaugura.
ton OF the rebellion by the great aud gooo man
who gave II character aud direction IN the past,
the party has been seized upon and converted INTO
all apology for crime and an instrument OF reyo'
luton Its principles are scorned or forgotten by
the couEpirators who rrevereD'ly invoke It's name
~ cSteuuatlon Of treason, and its temples are des
ecrated by the homage ofthe Goddess worshippers
who kneel beside its affairs. In Its high places
where once sat the great teachers Of Democracy,
now crouch the covering Rpologists Of anarchy
and disunion; and It's halls which in the pat
echoed the eloquencc Of the patriots Of the Ea-
public now ring with the shouts Of lagessn, ~
and disloyalty. And this Is the phantom invoked
from the grave Of party by the spirit Of treason
which leads the van Of disGffection in the North,
and beckons the loyal devote- Of Democracy 10
betrayal of his country.
Feliolo. citizens, phich ticket piH you rote ,
Your sutfrages must be given to Mcclellan.
the Chicago platform and national dishonor, "
to Lincoln, the triumph of the Federal arms sud
the establishment Of IN honorable and las ting
peace. Calmly viewing the vital issues Of the
cnnvass, eau you doubt the awful consequel ces
of Peace Democratic victory In November
Can you hesitate In the performance Of what
every loyal man must recognize as a duty to his
countryf The consequences Of such triumph.
foreshsdowed by the disloyal aims and uttrrances
Of the men who control the party, cannot be con-
temPlatsd without a Shudder The voice Of the
South, still rebellious and in arms, would direct
the councils Of the Government and dictate the
terms Of reconstruction. An armiytce would
be declared, TO which the loyal North would not
consent, and q betrayed and outraged people
would rise In arms against their rulers, and civil
war and anarchy would desolate the land and
give independence to the revolted South This IL
the REASONABLE hope Of Vsllandigham, Cox,
Wood, voorhees, and Pendleion-thts il the re.
suit for which the Chicago platform was formed
But why expose the purposes Of such a party I |
Why discuss the manifest results Of the triumph
Of such causei They are plain to the appre.
henflon Of every mind not dead to reflection, not