Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-07

we believe will not be disregarded save BY
towards, for it truly sets fOlt tn the feelings Of
those VINO have barred their breasts to the foe:
CAMP l4Sth N. Y. S. Vols,
IL THE FIELD, Sept. 6, 1864.
FRIEND VAN, ESQ.,: Knowing your inter-
est in the Union party. and the present time
reminds me that you are interested in the
cause, l propose to address YOU in regard to
the matter. Some say that the "Draft has
turned the people all against the Administra-
tion," that they clamor for "peacc upon al.
most any terms" and that the milk and water
platform of Mcclellan & Co. (peace or war,
Just to suit any body), unites war men and
Copperheads upon the So-called Democratic
platform. How is it, Van cannot believe
it. 1t cannot be possible that the loyal men
at home will turn the cold shoulder upon the
soldiers in the field, who risk life and health
10 fight their battles. Have we suffered the
privations of the camp and battle field for
nothing? Must the dead, whose bones "hiten
almost every field in Virginia, be dishonored'
aud future generations led 10 believe that Ne
publican governments are nothing more than
wild chimera which can be broken at any
time by the ghost Secession Or do the peo-
ple grumble because Richmond is not yet
taken Do they expect the. army TO accom-
plsh in day what it will require montns 70
do Do they forget that we have had an army
equal, If not superior, in numbers to our own,
and fortiicatiuns the most formidable tnat
time and engineering skill could invent TO en-
counter: Dare they say that the army have
accomplished nothing Let them look at the
situation. Sherman has taken Atlanta, Mo-
bile at the mercy Of our arms, and we mem
ace and invest Richmond itself. We hold
the Weldon railroad, their chief source OF
supplies, and our lines extend almost so as to
hold the Petersburg and Lynchburg railroad.
| With their communications cut, how are they
10 hold out: tell you it is only question
of time for Richmond; it must surely fall,
and with the fall Of Richmond the Southern
| Cuntedcracy. jeff. Davis knows it; and his
only hope is in the Cupperhead party at the
North. Elect Lincoln and it is all day with
the Southern Confederacy. When the South
srn leaders see that, after all the efforts o.
the peace Copperheads, the Northern people
sustain Mr.. Lincoln in his efforts to put down
] rebellion, they will offer terms Of peace, which
should always come from the aggressors first
| Let the loyal men stand by the Administra'
tion and the soldiers, and they will stand BY
the people. Let the draft go on and send Us
the men, and an undivided nation will be the
happy termination of this struggle. ! would
like to see and talk with those men who talk
of peace short of conquered peace-one
that would be dishonorable to our country and
lasting disgrace to Northern honor.
would point them to the war-worn soldier, to
the many battle fields, to the pale faces Of the
dead and the groans Of the wounded, and say
70 them thai we hold you accountable for the
continuance of this war BY giving consolation
and encouragement to our enemies, distract
inp the public mind By holding forth taxation,
bankruptcy, and military despotism. They
do not see that by serving the bands Of this
Republic tina, anarchy must follow, and an;
archy worse than despotism- They are led
on by either blind party zeal, or else they
wish for anarchy. Su h a.one as the Demo
cratic vallindigham would have, where each
State could secede atwill, and no power in the
govern nent TO coerce them. tell you van
tbe whole Chicago ticket is a humbug, the
soldiers will not stand it, and their votes vii
tell, il allowed to vote. No man that hal
served six months in the field will vote tC
humble himself to traitors in arms.
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