Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-21
THE EVENING NEWS.
speech OF Hos. Jno. A. Collins,

10Th, 1854.
Mr.. President AND GENTLENES-I have
been speaking elsewhere nearly the whole
evening, yet cannot but congratulate you
on the rapid progress you are making in
these Clubs, and il BY my work and speeches,
from this time until the day of election, l
shall succeed in changing one vote to the
Union side, shall think my labor and talk
not to have been in vain. ! have in my ex-
perience seen several instances when one vote
had changed whole election, and 1t may be
fated to do so in the coming election few
weeks hence. The other day went out IN
the morning around this town, hopeful and
confident, and l felt satisfied that We could
carry the county, when | carried around for
signatures the petition to Governor Nye, to
convene the Legislature in extra session, so
= registry law might be passed 10 prevent
frauds at the ballot box, and Union men
signed that petition; but / saw many men
who told me that they were good Union men,
that they wanted the Union preserved, bat
they tconl3 rote the Democratic ticket. Not
one, nor half dozen, but a score or more;
and fear to believe that we already have
men enough to carry the election here. Let
US work and feel that though there is large
majority of Union men in the county, yet
through the decisions of the other party they
NAV vote against the Union ticket. We have
= mighty work to do, and must be in earnest.
We may decide the fate Of the nation. The
chances are possible that Mcclellan may
carry States enough in the East to throw Mr..
Lincoln out Of the Presidential chair.
IL may be that we tonight are deciding
whether the future shall be for peace
or for despotism. The Electoral College
may be so evenly balanced that the three
votes from this State may turn the scales and
elect the observation-disclosures call the par
" opposed to the Union, the democratic
party. Don't call it so, it is a misnomer,
when it is called that, know there is a mig
ger in the fence. Laughter.l When l hear
men call the Copperheads, and the allies OF
JEFF. Davis democrats, think of the little
boy who asked his father concerning the
calf that was frisking in the yard before
them" pa! how many legs will that calf
have If you call its tail one :" "Why fye."
"Oh! no It wont have but four, calling its
tail one, don't make il So" Let us get at the
meaning Of the word democracy" 1t is
derived from two Greek words and means
the government Of the people. When we
call q man democrat, do We mean he is a
niger driver: Mo- We mean he is one Of
the makers and creators Of the laws, and Of
those who enjoy their benefits. Applause
Let Us now get at the meaning OF dyfStoerdcy.
1t also comes from two Greek words, signify
ing the best, and TO govern, and meaning,
where formed into the one word, the best
people TO govern. From this Specification
and meaning came the royal family who are
aristocratic, and, therefore, the ones to gov
ern. Hence comes the right some have to
sweat, toll, and strive for the comforts, en-
joyments, and luxuries Of the rest. Now l
ask you If this government, that has asked
all nations to come and with US enjoy Its
benefits, perfect equality and liberty among
the rest, is not the only government that gives
liberty to all people: ApplauSe.l / ask
you TO go with me TO the Plymouth Rock and
see those pilgrim fathers who fed from op-
preston and tyranny over two hundred years
ago, later Cromwell had won battle after
battle, and the head of the tyrannical Charles
was struck off, and the liberties of England
secured, though afterward lost BY the imbe
eility and weakness Of his SOM, after all this
the pilgrim fathers brought with them the
conviction that "man was free before God,
and he ought to be free before man." [great
applause, and they planted the first true de-
mocracy, that has since spread itself all over
this glorious country, and it declares that
" all governments are ordained for the bene-
TT Of the governed" Applause This is the
democracy that should challenge the admira
,ion of every foreigner, and tell you, gen.
temen, we have duty 20 perform to those
men who are deluded BY the name ofdemoerGcy
We owe it to ourselves and TO them, to show
them the true meaning OF Democracy, and
70 show the false pretensionS of the party
claiming the name. People used to think 1t
was weakening to spread the Government.
Z - afr.s1 THAT ~
extended the Government beyond the Missis-
sippi Valley, it would not be strong enough
20 hold together, but have seen state after
state, and star after star, added to our glor-
ious Union, until now we number thirty-fTe,
and is not the Government in Nevada, or
California or Oregon as strong to-day, as in
New York or in New England2 In twenty
wears from this time, armed raiders and nil
clustering parties will land on the shores Of
China itself. The poet has embodied much
in the one line,
westward the Star OF Empire takes Its way"
iApplausel. We can see this as plain as
could Belshazzer the writing on the Baby
lonish wall, when the finger traced "meue,
meue, tekel, tekel. ppharsia." Great Britain
prospered and grew so long as she kept her
course to the westward, but as soon as she
commenced 20 look Eastward in her conquest
OF Emrire, she commenced TO wane. Jona-
than will continue 10 grow and flourish, un-
til he will one day take John Bull and Johnny
Crapeau, one in each hand, and shake bar
barism out Of them. In 1860, Alexander
Stephens declared that "lo other govern
ment invested the citizen with so much lib
erty, security, and happiness, as that Of the
United States" thought Stephens was right.
But he has since changed his mind, although
I think the same still, for Stephens says that
he " considers the constitution Of the South
ern Confederacy to be the most beneficial,
enlightened, and happily constructed instru-
ment ever devised for the government Of man,
and that slavery was necessary for the corner
stone and the foundation of a good govern
ment." Pardon me, but / am ashamed that
such damned nonsense can be tolerated in
free community. There are in all the United
States only two or three hundred thousand
shareholders, and there are not more than
one hundred thousand who exert any inhu-
ence, and this rebellion was started and en-
gendered in the minds Of only about half
dozen of them. This is an apt illustration
of an oligarehy. The French Revolution
was also started BY only ten men, it is said,
and they caused all the immense destruction
OF human life and OF property that in conse-
Quence ensued. This rebellion was brought
about BY only six men, who, IN the language
Of Milton, "would rather rule in hell than
serve in heaven" l want to see you all
work in earnest, and want to see every
one who can talk, able on the day Of cleo
zion TO make 4 noise above whisper. De-
termine to carry the Union ticket, and make
up your minds one and all, that you will.
All there is a vast power in that one little
word, and like the man who says will.
/ will quote the words of John Pierepont
on the power contained in that word:
I'VE are up that have been bound
In burning chains 30 long;
We're up, and on we come,
Full fifty thousand strong
The chains were snapped that held us round,
The wine-vat and the still,