Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-21
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ciples which, like ripples upon the deep ocean of
unity and brotherhood, playfully disturbed the
political surface in the pRst-not for the recorni
tion of any portion Of the conflicting policies Of
party, which in the days of peace served rather
TO unite than TO divide an enlightened and enyjed
people, claiming common history, common
destiny, and q common God The struggle, as
well throughout the North as beyond the Missis.
sippi and the James, Is between those who love
their country and would peril all to save il, and
the sympathizers with treason, who aretlaboring
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 is known
as the Peace Democratic party, whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices of srea
son. whose aim is a recognition of the independ.
ence OF the Southern Contederacy, 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 Chickahominy.
Eeitoo-eiti=sHs, schich ticket cilL y0E cote
The platform OF the so.called Democratic party
Is the voice OF cowardice, treason and enmity to
the Federal Government, and a libel upon the de.
termination and patriotism of the North. 1t was
dictated in u spirit of dislOyalty, and adopted by
the representatives of party whose leaders are
Southern SecessiOnists and northern abettors of
the rebellion. 1t Is special plea for the seeded
South, and its avowed purpose is the destruction
OF the Union, or its restoration upon basis hu
initiating and dishOnorabe to the Government,
and fruitful Of ceaseless dscord and revolution in
the future. Is the loyal North, which has armed
and sent its manhood to the field, whose richest
blood has fertilized the valleys of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes are hung in
sable, and whose hearts are heavy with the men,
Ory of the dcad-is the loyal North prepared 10
withdraw its armies from the center OF the South,
reached through the carnage OF a hundred bloody
fields, TO abandon cause so nearly won, and in
which 50 many noble hearts have bed, 10 admit
itself vanqulshed when final victory Is within its
grasp, TO pay 10 European creditors the monstrous
debt Of the Confcderacy, 10 return 10 bondage the
war'emanclpated slave who has stood sentinel
around the eamp.fres of freedom or TO recognize
the independence Of the rebellious Statesf 1fnot,
then is the Chicago platform an infamous false
hood, which the honor OF the North demands TO
be refuted IN tones of thunder Oh the Sth Of No
Vember next. II Is the proclamation OF ma.
tured conspiracy against the peace and well being
of Il loyal people, and the once venerated name OF
Democracy is detled by the touch OF treason.
The platform Of the Union party, framed in
spirit of patriotism, is but the echo of that all
pervadinS sentiment which is to rebuild the
broken arches of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desolate by the track of war.
Feilor,eRi-eRs, trhich ticket ICiA yOH cote
Let no loyal man be led from his allegiance 10
the Government by blndly following the banner
of party. There are but two parties now, nor
can there be third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds Of a mourning people, and but
single issue divides thcm-those who are for the
Government and those who are against II, There
is bnt one way by which an honorable peace can
be secured--by prosecution of the war against
treason until il kneels in submission disarmed
and defenseless. beneath the flag il has betrayed.
Either must this be done, or the independence OF
the south be recognized There is no middle
course-no process Of conciliatlon or compromise
by which the South can be saved from submis'
sion and the Government saved from dishonor.
What do the leaders of that party styling itself
Democratic propose to dOl To elect II peace
Congress, peace President on peace platform,
and then accept such terms of peace as may be
dictated by the Confederacy; and all this is 10 be
accomplished in the name of Democracy. What
is there in the Democracy OF to-day 10 remind the
disciple of Jefferson and Jackson Of the Democ.
racy OF the past. Do its champions with treas
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 dsloyaltyt Do they proclaim against banks
and high tariffs, against internal improvements
and popular soverelgntyl IN the empty name Of
Democracy, which many of them years ago ao-
iured in the secret councils of Know Nothingism,
they denounce the Administration and the war
for the preservation of the Union and seek to lure
the unthnkIng from their fealty by the magic OF
q simple word Abandoned upon the inaugura-
ton Of the rebellion By the great and good man
who gave II character and direction in the past,
the party has been seized upon and converted into
an apology for crime and an instrument of revo-
luton Its principles are scorned or forgotten by
the conspiratOrs who lrreverently invoke its name
in extenuation of treason, and its temples are des
ecrated by the homage of the Goddess worshpperS
who kneel beside its altars. In its high places
where once sat the great teachers OF Democracy,
now crouch the covering apologists of anarchy
and disunion; and its halls which in the past
echoed the eloquence of the patriots Of the Re-
public, now ring with tho shouts Of lawlessness
and disloyalty. And this is the phantom invoked
from the grave of party by the spirit Of treason
which leads the van of dsaffection in the North,
and beckons the loyal devotee of Democracy to
betrayal of his country.
FeltOr.citi:eas, nhieh ticket HiH you rotek
Your sutfrages must be given to Mcclellan,
the Chicago platform and national dishonor, or
to Lincoln, the triumph Of the Federal arms and
the establishment of an honorable and LASTING
peace. Calmly viewing the vital issues Of the
canvass, can you doubt the awful consequences
OF a Peace Democratic victory in November
Can you hesitate in the performance Of what
every loyal man must recognize as duty TO his
country The consequences of such triumph,
foreShadowed by the disloyal aims and utterances
of the men who control the party, cannot be con.
templated without 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 aTmiStice would
be declared, TO which the loyal North would not
would rise In arms against their rulers, and civil
war and anarchy would desolate the land and
give independence to the revolted South. This Is
the reasonable hope of Tallandgham, Cox,
Wood voorhees, and Pendleton-this Is the re.
suit for which the Chicago platform was formed
But why expose the purposes Of such a party
Why discuss the manifest results Of the triumph
of such causel They are plain to the appre-
hension of every mind not dead to reflection, not
impervious to the suggestions Of reason, not ire
vocably welded TO prejudice and error. Let us
hope that the time is past when men may be ar.
rayed in enmity to the Government by the deca.
ration of demagogues that the Constitution has
been violated und trampled upon by the Admin.
istratlon," and tnat the struggle for existence in
which the nation is now engaged " is an abolition
war for the destruction of slavery" Such an
appeal 10 the preudces Of the unrefecting is an
criminal as it is false and malicious. In the Ian
guage of Jefferson Davis, slavery has nothing
10 do with the rebellion" 1t is q war between
Northern muscle and Southern aristocraey, and
slavery was made the excuse for its Inauguration
For thirty years the Southern mind had been
educated to treason, and the election of a Re-
publican President was the pretext not the
cause of the rebellion. For the ayowed purpose
of severing all political connection with the toll
ing millions of the North the slAveholdIng aris.
tocracy of the South drew the sword of Ofrevolution
and tramplsd in the dust the sacred flag Of our
fathers They flung their shouts Of defiance
faunted the banner of revolt In the face Of loyal
people. Then, like u mighty upheaval of the
solid earth, rose the sturdy, toilstained millions
of the North. For a moment they stood in al.
lence, scarcely credting the reality Of the cry Of
dlsunion" waited to their ears on every South.
ern breeze; then swords In countless thousands
glittered in the light and like the vengeance of
| God swept southwark the conquerm9 hosts of
freemen The result IL before US. Hundreds Of
thousands have perished by the way, but the
armies Of the Republic have planted the old flag
again in the heart Of the Confederacy, and Trea.
son lies writhing in the sgonies of dissolution.
Another effort, and the whole field will be ours.
We muSt sare the country let the fate Of slavery be
Ichdt it may To this end the peace party of the
North must be defeated in November.
Fello1-citi:ens, phieh tickst piH you rotei
What would be the results of a triumph of the
Peace Democracy In Nevada7 In the Secession
programme, arranged at Richmond in the begin.
ming of the rebellion, the Pacific States and Terri.
tories were mapped as portions of the Southern
Coufederacy, Arms and means to revolutionize
/ than wpre DfOYided nv the Seerefary of Nov oF