Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-25
"TRAWPLING ON THE FREE
PRE- S."

the line sortrT gin eopt.
"TRAMPLING ON THE FREE
PRE- SIS"
rae horribly terrified Democracy, or rather
the trea>onable gang who prostitute and dis
grace that once respectable name, have fallen
TO such pit OF !oathing, scorn and utter
condemnation in the estimation Of the people.
that their last diving hope rests upon the cry
Of persecution. They see no elimmering ray
Of Ugh, in hem, TO the, dismal political hori-
.on. They have earned and are receiving the
whitening rebu&es Of the people AZ every
point and in every manner that popular IN
diCnatioa can possibly manifest itself As
party, tGey are overwhelmingly defeated and
routed ai every election in the loya! States;
IS individuals, thew receive the hicks and
cuffs Of loval men whose feelings they insult
and outrage hv their loud-mouthed abuse Of
the Hag and It's defenders; and ever and anon
We h0lg ot the demolition VI some printing
Office devoted . the cause Of JET. Davis.
Then up i5ow the Survivors comes the
wall OF persecution and the cry OF MARTYR
dom. Ch.si among the >h5jake's IS the
Democratic Press Of San F-anci>co, now UNI
der ,hs control OF Bcr;aa Browns deputy,
who signs his EXAMINATIONS win dagger,
thus. -" L. The uambs. Of las, Saturday,
appears ;hs following:
Lv..tEACr The :0..ow;nSis t.sSvn from :hA;
v,-v '.uya." sheet the Cold Hill News y I. {:
"'TSr c;eir- 81 rre n.aa0crI:ic Press az Wause"u,
On, Ms destroyed "y >a.!!crsr"r l:ly. A. i-:r
pr-ruyrs,ic Typvrs are al. !nyaI' i IS singular
'ha, 81 many Il Thea: are DESTROYED By soldiers
AMI ,uar E~rub.;cIu papers wholly escape. How
can e re accounted 10. ;"
EnSlv. Lincoln has ccutrUi nj the military
power" Republican Papcrs are >uh<"rNieat 10
L'u,r.G-Lincala wants 20 overthrow me C5gS,i
.2.ioaG: GurcruaasU', ;raupr upon q" free press
and The Re. rhl'tn papers are assisting him IN
the week. Tia show
Now, the paragraph attributed to the Ne,cs
was no; an original one in this paper. It
was quoted from an exchage; 5u: we quotedit
and - is sentiment IS sound, we will fatae.
the ioanGl;nc The subject is sore one with
Brown, and his deputy, knowing this fact,
t,Yts loud the trump Q! war, about "muzzling
the press whenever fair opportunity &C.
ours. Brown, when he irst started the Sac
ralnenso RfguI.isaH only exhibited his Cop
perheadisu in u mild form. It was ! little
30 rank, however, for the taste Of certain
persons in tae nsishborhood, and one fine
morning lie yet up and found his office slight
ly pied" Oicoursc the decd vas denounced
as :he &C: Of "Liacciu's hire,iugs," 4 regi-
msnt Of whom were eneamped in the envi-
rons Of the city. ADMINISTRATION OF the affair,
however, failed 20 establish any such fact.
From ;ha, time forth and up 70 the present
hour, Brown has been the bitter unrelenting
foe Of every wearer Of the national uniform.
From ABE Lincoln, commandsr-ia-chief
down 10 the sma..es; GrumaGr-5oy, one and
ali are the objects OF MS uniying hate. Day
after day he pours ior;h uns,intediy the vialS
Of MS wrath. The triumphs OF the "blue-
coated hirelinCs" are, 70 him, wormwocd and
gall; their defeats glad tidings Of great JOY.
His PRAYERS for this distracted country"
are all read backward. his statements are
MISREPRESENTATION, and his deductions, be-
ing baseless, are all false. The small para
graph, quoted above, is i fair sample Of his
arguments The g;st c! it is that the de-
s,ruction Of the CorPerhead printing Offices,
is the &c. OF NJ. Lincoln personally, through
the military power under his control. No
better evidence OF the !a!s;ty OF this PROPOSE
ZION is required than the bare fac: that the
type and ml:eriai Of ,ae Democratic Press
have not long since been thrown into the
Bay Of san Francisco, and its editor cast
into Tor: Alca.gIz, wAcre ihere is howiins
and cursing AMI sHlsain5 Of shin-beet.-
When President Lincoln sees n TO put I
stop TO the impcrsiaca: and scditiouS rawlings
of newspapers, there IS ! va" provided him
for doing so in very quiet and peaceable
manner, and one which will no; subject the
Government 20 the disagrceaole impusa;ion
VI having recourse 70 mo0ocracy. The Pro
yosl Marshal can dr. up the Democratic
Press any aorv By simply locking the door,
and net even "pieing' = liae Of type. That,
however, would sui: BeEiah too well. That
would De the ma-,yrdom for which that Z" con-
s,itutionaI" sain, pr7ys Tor SO earnestly. The
provoking Provost Marshal refused 10 inter-
iere; ,ae Post Oi:e persists in scattering
the Press and is denominations over the
land. and Abe" allows the muzz.e" TO
hang idly on It's rail. Raj! on, friend Be-
riaA nope on. hope ever; and the time may
yet come when your doors shall Dc shut.
and you 6e allowed Through the bars OF some
"Bastile" TO send forth those walls Of mar
ryred Innocence wa:ca shall draw tears from
crowds Of Coppesaaad>-5ut not from our
eyes, il We know ourselves intimately.