Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-20
TREASON TRYING IT'S LAST.

The time is approaching when the loyai
hearts of the nation can assure themselves oi
the extinction Of the rebellion. Already 'tie
CONSUMPTION viii not bear to be repeate" III
most of the rebel States, who are groan,hg
under the heavy pressure that pears uP'"
them from all sides. Never before sihee
treason's flag was flung to the breeze IN tne
CITY of Charleston, have dependency ana
gloom appeared so visible in all the funenOn'
ofthe rebel government. This Is no ia'a' ue-
lps;on Of theorists or enthusiasts; it has a
tlngible foundation upon which to base Its
,ssnmnt;on. and that is from rebel sources.
The fall of Vicksburg and the opening OF the
Valley of the Mississippi to the trade OF the
loyaI Northwest, was blow from which re-
belIion can never recover, and from which 1t
has been going down, down, down! till now
it cries in vain, :" help me friends. or sink
But, alas rebellion has no friends. The
mighty Powers of Continental Europe, who
were pleased in the success of treason to lend
i sympathy to further their own great OBJ
ieets, now turn cold glance at the fragments
Of its once honOred guest. Even the rumored
proposition Of French Dictatorship witnesses
the humiliating attitude which our first
families" are compelled to take.
The successes of rebellion are nowhere to
be counted, unless we receive the fulsome
assertions Of certain functionaries Of the Con-
federacy. On the other hand, the advance
made BY the Union arms has been to divest
the enemy Of many, if not most of their strong
positions, and to invite the return to loyalty
from the conscripted ranks. five make a few
exceptions, the tapers Of rebellion burn but
dimly in three or four Of the revolving States,
and must surely end in the establishment Of
that most dear object to US all, the unity Of
our Government. But the fash Of lightning
never brought news more exhilerstng, more
in consonance with the feelings Of the vast
majority, than the news each successive day
of the sure destruction of the dark and I'M
hallowed spot where treason first reared its
mountain proportions, and famed the first
fires Of discord and Standardization.
She may be the last to signify her willingness
to end the strife in peace, and it may take
years, and blood and treasure, but South Car
oliua mast assume her proper place among
the old United States.
The recent successes Of Grant, the adj
vance of Banks from New Orleans to the
Rio Grande, in Texas, the investment Of Ar
kansas, and the well known dissatisfaction
in North Carolina, as well as in most parts
Of the Confederacy, are enough to cause our
Government to feel Ssnguine OF the final re-
storation of our Union. On the other side,
mutterings, grumblings and complaints, en-
anate from every department Of the rebel
government, and are indications not to be
mistaken. The rebellion thus far has been
ably combatted by our authorities at Wash
ington, who have proved to the world, and
given the lie to an oft-repeated contrary as
sertion, that Northern men will fight Let
the present President finish up treason and
dispose CO traitors in his own peculiar way,
and we feel confident he will be sustained by
the loyal masses of the country.