Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-12
DEMOCRACY, ITS PLATFORMS, IT'S
ORGANS AND ITS MOVEMENTS.

rentlv utter humiliation which the party ad-
herring to the name Of Democracy have suf-
fered at the hands of the loyal masses of the
United States during the past three years, at
4 time when to hoist that flag as a party
standard or to claim an adhesion thereto is a
tacit admission Of treason to the flag of the
nation, il seems almost like fighting shadow
TO enter into a combat Of words or political
contest, with the Democratic party for an ad-
versary. When, however, we still see the
wounded snake ''writhing among its worship
pers;" still represented on the floors of Con-
gress, kissing its yenomous tongue through
the columns Of a treasou-sca,tering press,
and ever and anon rearing its poison head in
open convention, it is not well to regard the
evil thing with Il totally apathetic eye. The
snake is SEQ; ched but not yet killed and is
not vet entirely impotent for harm. Its rep
resentatives in the councils of the nation, in
the persons Of Fernando Wood, Cox, Sauls-
bury, Long and others, with tongues still at
liberty. though their voice and vote are over
slaughed BY the loyal majority, are still able
to pour forth their traitorous venom, false
hood, Misrepresentation and abuse Of the
Government, unchecked and ungagged.
Their voice, all unheard and all UNDECIDED,
and void Of influence, as it may be, and is,
with the loyal people Of the loyal States, still
keeps alive the smouldering and hidden fires
Of tory hatred in the breasts Of Northern
traitors, still buoys up the fainting, faltering
spirits of rebellion with the false, but still
sustaining assurance Of sympathy and aid to
come from the North. It rings across the
sea, and tells the governments Of the envious
monarchies Of Europe too-reaaily credited
story that the war which the United States is
wagins in defense of its own existence, is but
the war Of faction against faction, OF section
against section, Of might wrong against
feeble right. Il elevates the rebels to the
status of heroes and martyrs, struggling in
the grasp and writhing under the heel OF
tyranny, despOtism, barbarity and crime.
To this degree, and in this direction the IN
bridled license of tongue allowed these trait
ors at the Capital, works an evil and wrong.
And We; their loud cutlery is about the in
fringmen; upon the right Of free speech :"
Far, far less latitude OF speech, in times
when such speech was less dangerous to the
peace Of the world and the welfare of man
kind, better men have died BY the axe, the
bullet or the rope. Agaiu-in every State in
the Union, day after day, traitor pen is piled,
the press groans, and the mail bags Of the
Government are loaded with printed Demo
cratic" manifestos written, printed and scat
tered broadcast over the States, loyal and re-
bsllious, and lands beyond the seas. The
foulest fulminations against the Government,
denunciations Of the war as unholy, avowed
sympathy with the rebellion, invocations for
foreign aid, and shameless Measurements of
fact are thus disseminated at the expense,
and by the direct act of the very Government
that they seek TO destroy. And yet
the Democracy" cry out about the " abridge-
ment OF the freedom of the press" There
is not day passes but that from one to half
dozen Of these Democratic" journals
are laid upon our table. To open them and
scan them in search OF an item Of news, is
but TO encounter column after column Of
abuse, falsehood, Misrepresentation, rebel
speeches in Congress, rebel speeches in
Dixie, fictitious rebel victories, and Federal
defeats; not one W, I'd Of LOYALTY, not one
aspiration for the success of the national
arms nothing but treason, treason, trea-
son, line upon line, column after column.
"Muzzling of the Press" forsoo,h! Find
ing the search for news a vain labor, and
passing by the venomous stuff which consti-
tutes this " Democratic" literature, we en-
deavor to sift from the rubbish the gist of
what these Democrats believe, and what they
would do il the good people Of the United
States would conhdingly place in their hands
the reins of power and seals Of State. Here,
we are at fault. With the one breath we
hear them denouncing the imbecility of the
Government. and criticising mercilessly the
plan OF operations for the suppression Of the
rebellion. They say that the South never
can be subjugated BY this Abolition Ad-
ministration, but only BY the wise, and
Constitutional Democracy! The next
moment we are told that "peace on any
terms" Is the platform of democracy. We
are told that the attempt to "subjagate the
South, and force her back into the Union is
in violation Of the principle Of the right Of
self-government. The next moment we are
informed that the Democratic platform is
1.-The Union as il was and the Constitution
as it IS" It is then the Democratic party
that would force the South back into Union
which the South itself has been three
years trying to sever with the sword, and
South loathes, hates and tramples in blood
and dust. OF verify il is hard to find, BY
perusal Of Democratic journals, what really
does constitute genuine modern democracy,
and we are forced to take it for what it ap-
pears to be, from its acts and deeds, from its
open sympathy with rebellion, from its out
spoken hatred of the national government,
and give to the word Democracy" the def
milton that it bears in every loyal mind,
TREASON" hid under a chame-
lion mask-but TREASON black and damna-
bic, Treason still.
THE DEMOCRACY & MCCLELLAN.
It is an ancient saying that a poor en-
dorser will spoil good note" When there
fore as poor piece of paper as a Mcclellan