Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-29
Our GoXernment.

VuT NNOVCTuuehts
The American Federal system Of Govern
ment is the best form ever devised by man.
Its scope is illimitable; and its application
most minute. 1t is adapted for continent,
or hamlet. 1t is more careful and watehful
for the interests of the people than any other,
for it is of the people. The individuals COM
posing it are from the people, and to the peo>
pie do they return. Through fiery trial Of I'M
surpassed magnitude and severity and through
the simple routine of everyday business af-
fairs the problem Of its superior adaptability
and comprehensiyeness above all other forms
Of earthly government is being worked out,
under the teachings Of the Ruler of Nations.
For grasping generalities, or sitting details, it
has no equal. In the midst Of a war of gigan-
tic proportions, with million men on land
and sea to clothe, and feed, and arm and pay;
and while having to watch and battle and awe
every crowned despot of Europe, who would
be reiaiced at the failure Of the hated system,
the Government OF the people goes smoothly
on without jar or interruption, attending in
minutest detail to the rights and claims Of the
humblest citizen. Had this great boon Of
good, kind, parental Government boon for
which men in other lands face death on the
battle field and fail to find within the shadow
of thrones and scepters-been properly APP
preciated, we had had no mad rebellion. Do
loyal men properly appreciate it now! Or do
we need to see bloated despotism reared
upon our southern border in order to realize,
when perhaps too late, the marked contrast:
These thoughts cannot be too often or too Sc
riously pondered in the minds of all citizens.
ENJOYING, as we do, the inestimable blessing
} r NO TOR ont m
derrate them.
The admirable Federal system of Govern
ment, which has, under Divine Providence,
brought our country to its present magni-
tude of population, power and wealth-which
has been tested in the fires of many wars,
and in the no less trying times Of peace-is
the admiration of all lovers of human free
dom, prosperity and happiness. The very
system which the rebels and their sympa-
thizers are seeking to destroy, is eagerly
sought for by the people Of other lands. The
Canadians have been close and impartial OBJ
servers of its workings, and are so gratifed
with the result that they have determined on
its adoption. The Toronto Globe, OF which
George Brown, one of the leading statesmen
of Canada, is editor, thus refero to aconsulta-
ton recently held between prominent public
men on this subject:
According to the policy adopted. the remedy
for existing constitutional difficulties Is to be found
in the adoption of the Federal principle. A
measure applying that principle to the Canadas
Is to be introduced at the next session Of Parlia-
ment with provisions for the admission of the
Lower Provinces. and of the northwest territory
into the federation whenever that becomes prec-
ticable upon equitable terms. The application of
the federal principle to the Canadas involves
Legislature and government for the whole
Province having charge Of matters common to the
whole and the division of the Province into two
or more sections with Legislatures and govern
ments having charge of matters of local charac-
ter In the upper branch of the Federal Legisla-
ture, the equality Of representation is to be pre-
served. while In the lower branch representation
by population D to prevail Efforts are to be
made TO induce the Lower Provinces TO Join the
confederation, but the success of the scheme as
far as Canada Is concerned Is not to be contingent
upon their assent In any event, Parliament will
At its next session be asked to carry out the prin-
ciple az regards this province while those who
are beyond the control Of the Canadian Parlia
ment, will be taken In whenever they are ready
to come"
II is safe to suppose that the Canadians
when they adopt the system, will make proper
provision against the heresy Of State rights
the parent stem of secession and rebellion
the absurd theory that part is superior to
the whole. Meantime this movement Of our
neighbors should prove wholesomeiy suggest
i've to every American citizen, and lead them
70 truer realization of the blessings they
enjoy, and which many Of them, strange as
it may seem, view with indifference, or
manifest disposition to reject and destroy.
Bee.