Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-08
To the Voters OF the state OF Nevada.

The approaching election, OIL the eth day OF
November next, is the most important which has
ever occurred in the history Of the Republic, aud
its Consequences, whether Of good or evil, as the
people OF the loyal Stutrs may elect are destined
10 br felt through all the countless ages Of the
future The contest is not for the supremacy OF
pHriy-nUI for the success OF any of the prInci.
cipies which, like ripples upon the deep ocean oi
unity and brotherhood, playfully disturbed the
political surface in the past-nOt for the recogui-
tion Of any portion Of the conflicting policies OF
party, which III the days Of peace served rather
TO unite than to divide an tniighteuedand envird
people, claiming common history, common
dvsTiuy. aud common God. The struggle, as
W ell throughout the North as beyond the Missis
sippi and the james, is between those who love
their country aud would peril all TO save 1t, and
the sympathIzers with trcuson, who are lubOriug
for the destruction Of the Government OF their
fathers. or OF the land which gave them protection
from the tyranny of unother hemisphere which
left them Homeless The former are represented
by the Union party--the latter by what is known
us the Peace Democratic purity. Whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices Of area.
son. whose aim is Il recognition OF the indrpend'
euce of the Southern COnfrderacy, and whose
leader stands convicted OF having saved the rebel
capital By the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thous
aud patriots In tile ewdmps OF the ChiCkahoinIny.
EtliOr.ci:i;eNs, phich ttckes ptA yOH rote?
The platform Ut the sUcIulrd Democratic purity
is the voice If cowardice, treason and enuity 10
the Federal Government, and u libel upon the de-
termination aud patriotism CT the North. II was
dictated in spirit OF dslUyalty, and adopted by
the representatives of party Whose leaders are
Southern SrcvsSienists and northern abeffors OF
tue rebellion. II IL special plea for the seeded
Soul h. aud its uvowed purpose Is the destruction
of the Union, or its Restoration upon basis hui
initiating and dishonorabe 10 the Government.
and fruitful OF ceisrless dScord aud revolution III
the future. Is the loyal North, which hus armed
,1DA itg IN hu field " Il
blood has fertiiiZrd the valleys of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes are hung in
sable and whose hearts are heavy with the men,
Dry IF the dead-is the loyal North prepared 10
Withdraw its armies from the center OF the South
reached through the carnage of hundred bloody
fields, 10 abandon cause 30 nearly won, and IN
which so many noble hearts have bled, 10 admit
itself vanquishvd when final victory is within its
grasp, to pay ~ European creditors the monstrous
debt If the Coutederacyr To return to bondage the
war.rnaucipated slave who has stood srntintI
around the cdmp,tires of freedom, or TO recognize
the independence Uf the re6elliouS Statesi lfnOt,
then is the Chicago platform an infamous false.
hOon, which the honor OF the North demands TO
he rrfutrd in tones Of thunder on the 9Th OF No
rrmhrr next. II Is the proclamation OF u ina
turcd conspiracy against the peace and well-being
of loyal people uud the once venerated name OF
Democracy is detpd by the touch of TREASON
The platform Of the Union party, framed in 4
spirit of patriotism, is but the echo Of that all.
prrvadinE sentiment which Is to rebuild the
broken arches of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made 1esOIate by the truck OF war.
Fellou citizens, paich ticket cW you rOtef
Let no loyal man br led from his allegiance TO
the Government by bndly following the bInn er
Of purity. There are but two parties now, nor
Gun there b. Il third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds nf u mourning people, and but
single issue divides theni-those who are for the
Government and those who are against II. There
l..
be SecuTed-by prosecution of the war against
treason until 1t kners in submission, disarmed
and defpuseess. beneath the flag 1t has betrayed.
Either must this be done, or the independence OF
the outh be recognized There is no middle
cOurse-no process Uf combination or compromise
by which the South can be saved from sublnis.
sion und the Government saved from dishonor.
Whut do the leaders of thar party styling itself
Democratic propose to dol TO elect peace
Congress u peace President on peace PLATFORM
aud then accept such terms OF peace as may be
dictated by the Contrderacy and all this Is 10 oe
accomplished in the name Of Democracy. What
is there in the Democracy OF to-day 10 remind the
dist iple of Jefferson and jackson Of the Delnoc'
racy OF the past Do its champions, With treas
Oh 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 dIsloyaty DO they proclaim against banks
and high tariffs, against Internal improvements
and popular sovereignty In the empty name OF
Democracy, which many Of them years ago ab'
jured III the secret councils of Know Nothmgism,
they denounce the Administration and the war
Tor the preservation of the unon und seek TO lure
the unthinkIug from their fealty by the magic OF
simple word Abandoned upon the insugurR'
ton Of the rebellion by the great aud gOoL man
who gave 1t character and direction 10 the past,
the party has been seized upon and converted INTO
Hi apology for crime and an Instrument Of revO'
luton. lis principles are scorned or forgotten by
the conspiTatorsy no irrgvcren'ly invoke its name
In p&tenuation Of treason and its temples are des'
ecrated by the homage ofthe Goddess wOrshlpptrs
who kneel beside its alIars. In Its high places
where once sdt the great teachers of Democracy
now crouch the covering apologists OF anarchy
and disuDiou :. and its balls which IN the past
echoed the eloqurnce OF the patriots OF the ke
public, now ring with the shouts OF lawlessneOs
and disloyaltv, And this Is the phantom invoked
from the grave of parry by the spirit OF treason
which leads the van OF disatfectiOn In the North,
and heckons the loyal devotee Of Democracy 10
betrayal Of his country.
Fellop.eitissns, Which tiesst Gill 20" Uotel
Your srffrages must be given to Mcclellan,
the Chicago platform and national dishOnor, or
10 Lincoln. tie triumph of the Federal arms and
the establishment OF IN honorable ana lasting
n,arr. Calmly viewing the vital issues Of the
rnnyuss. can you dOubr the awful consequences
of Peace Democratic victory In November
Can YOU hesitate In the performance OF what
every loyal man must recognize 10 duty to his
country The consequences of such u triumph,
forrshadnwed by the disloyal aims and utttrances
of the men who controlthe party, cannon Or con-
templated without shudder. The voice Of the
South still rrbeilous and in arms, would direct
the councils of the Government and dictate the
terms Of reconstruction. An srniStice would
be declared. TO which the loyal North would not
consent, and a betrayed aud outraged people
would rise in arms against their rulers, and civil
Nhla land md
give Independence TO the revolted south. This IL
the reasonable hope of Yallandigham, Cox,
Wood, Voorhees, and Pendeton-this is the re- /
suit for which the Chicago platform was formed.
But why expose the purposes of such party I
Why discuss the manifest results OF the triumph
Of such cause ! They are plain to the sppre-