Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-18
,ELINeUENT SALES TOMORROW
PREJUDICE.


We notice in some OF the intensely Auiliiuus s
ton Journals rather boasiful indulgence sNsH
to prejudice, and partisan meannessI -,
peal some time since, Dragged over me EhPSSS
chat n certain barber shop in MarysSiue tooA tne
latter paper and therefore Union men refused 20
he shaved NJ that shop. The Gold mn NE"s Us
another Of these delecis6le Journals tAat "ouiG
connect politics with private business, and would
prohably refuse TO buy pair of boots from one
who entertained different opinion on the pass
ing events of the day from the winter. These
tendencies in tie human mind spring from the
very meanest traits Of Enthusiastically to the ca
nine species An American citizen who must APP
peal 10 popular favor and implore the prejudice
Of political association in order to DO business Is
unworthy Of patronage, we care not whether ne
call himself loyal man, Union man, or a Sc
eessionist- To prescribe barber shop, because
forsoOth. papers were taken by the proprietor
which advocated different measures from those
favored by the party in power. or to persuade
their friends 10 purchase goods from no one VINO
differed in opinion with them, remained TO the
narrowly contracted, egOtiSical, lhoerI, petty
tyraRts that conduct newspapers Of the present
dav, TO advocate. Formerly, such a proposition
would have been booted. and the protector with
seorn and contempt kicked out Of decent society.
Il shows the material that is now in control, and
without doubt illustrates in connection, other alb
sard propositions that prejudice, passion and par
tisan bias are all brought 20 bear in satisfying
that mean, low, contemplate spirit, which has Its
origin in that extreme SvaricioUs desire TO take
every advantage possible Of their neghbOr, in or
der 10 put money in their purse.
The foregoing is from the Aurora Times, and If
there is thing in it that appeals to the sense of
the community, the Times shall have the full
benefit Of it through the columns Of one OF the
identical intensely Administration journals" Of
whose proscriptive policy it complains.
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prejudice and partisan meannesS." Aye, by the
Holy Ghost; if the bitterest hatred, Ioathtng and
seorn for the venomeus, crawling, black-hearted,
treason. mopgers, whom a mistaken courtesy and
lenieney allows to- day after day, stab the nation
in the back while il is battling with open foe in
front, is prejudice We are Prejudiced 10 the
very hearts core. Connect politics with pri-
vRse business" says the coPPeraeadsd would'oe
murderer of his country. In answer TO this tory
indictment, we viii give il as our view Of the mat
ter that the publication of political newspaper.
one tina, arrogates to itself the position OF pub
lie teacher and censor Of the government is not
a business Of that strictly and sacredly pirate
nature that forbids all comment or interference.
And when in 4 rimo OF war and rebellion, like
the present, when the smoke OF battle hangs ike
a funeral pail over tie land; when the nation is
eonyulsed in the asonizing throes of mighty
struggle for its very existenee-when. in such an
hour, the press is prostituted into the position OF
an open ally OF the foe; TO talk about that press
to condemn il and 20 crEsR it is the business and
the duty of every patriot. The word politics"
in the sense in which it is ordinarily used and un
dersiood by the people of the United States, has
nothing TO DO with the existing state of affairs OF
the nation. There is not q single question, the
difference OF opinion upon which, five or ten
years ago marked the line between political par
ties thai to-day possesses one atom of interest 10
the people or importance TO the nation. The word
Is as dead and obsolete rs the questions 1t refers
to- There Is but one question this day before the
people. That question is, . Shall the Federal
Union be preserved There are but two par
ties in the teld-one for the preservation Of the
Union, the other for its destruction. The settle
rnent Of their question of difference, is not one to
be settled at the ballot-boN 1t has been referred
to another arbiier, and that arbiter is the sword
The days when political summers ruled the ma
tion through the machinery of political primary
elections are passed. Bayone;s, and not ballots,
are opposed 10 the policy of the Administra-
ton" and by bayonets must that opposition be
crushed. The men who are lighting, writing. and
speaking for the preservation Of the country,
sunk their politics" long ago; and the man who
at this day, draws the line Of political diStine
ton among Union men, or talks about party
Is regarded with more than suspicion. The only
party that now claims an existence as such, and
talks about platforms" IS the so-called Demo
cratic party The position that that party occu-
pies towards the Government and towards the
nations existence, it too well known 10 need
much comment Look at the men who constitute
its leaders listen the speeches OF its ora'orsi
read the resolutions of its conventions, and the
articles in its newspapers Il is hideous, hOrri.
BILE, disgusting mass of treason Simply that,
and nothing more. And because the people,
alarmed at the danger which threatens the na-
ton, and the desOlation which oversprcads the
land, raise their voices and hands, and pens 10
crush this treason, they are ''pryjudiced' and
guilty of partisan meanness, forSoo;h! These
enyenomed journals, allied with treason, are
milestone around the neck, and dagger in the
back Of the nation. The safety of the nation
depends upon their utter snnihilation, and every
man, however humble, however Insignificant,
his busine Vs. whatever may be his position or
occupation, who IN anywise aids or assists in the
dissemination Of these reasonable doctrines. is
the foe Of the nation and the natural enemy OF
every patriot Let those who have chosen the
evil part perish by their choice. In concluding
an article. which we have heightened beyond our
original intention, we would remark that the
system complained Of by the CopPerhead press is
not praciised solely by the Abolitionists." We
could and shall one Of these days name several
Secessonists in this town, who have withdrawn
the patronage of the mining companies of which
they are the secretaries, from this paper because
Of our outspoken hostility to their aecursedcsnse
If their cause is just, their policy was sound If
the cause of the rebellion Is a holy one, ours is
unholy and unjust, and they do right in trying to
suppress Us. We have never yet complained. for
we crave neither business patronage nor human
frsandshin from she srar,ies Of thu son nfry-