Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-01-14
The Duty of the People.

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Territory, let US not forget the one great
duty we owe to our suffering
Let us yield to her constant
and afectionate allegiance. If the storm
gathers and lowers, let us dispel the
clouds. Ifit be encompassed in darkness,
let the flashing eyes of indignant millions
light up the way Of its escape. If bound
for the moment with the haxen cords Of
treason, let us sunder them with fire. If
weak and exhausted with long strug-
Cling with its foe, let US strengthen her
with the nourishing and refreshing cor
dial of our warmest sympathies. The
furnace through which our country and
her institutions have been made to walk
is heated by spirits no less devilish than
heated the one through which the three of
old were doomed to walk. firmly be-
lieve we shall come out as unharmed as
they. The same Providence is watching
over us. The same strong arm protects
us. The prize for which we are contend
ing is precious and incidentally valuable.
1t will be won by no faint-heartcd effort
by no weak and, effeminate race Of men.
From the day of the landing of the Pill
grims on the barren coast Of New Eng
land; from the time of the conservation
of Plymouth Rock by making it their al
tar, God has been raising up race Of men
on this continent for the present emergen-
cy. He who sees the end from the be-
ginning knew well the trials through
which Freedom, in her weary pilgrim
age, would have to pass; knew well the
passes in the mountains of OBJ
stacles through which her pathway lay;
fully aware that these several passes were
strongly guarded by hordcs of opponents,
armed with every weapon of offensive and
defensive warfare tyranny could invent.
The love of freedom, SO strong in our Rev.
olutionary Fathers, has been transmitted
from sire to son, increasing in strength,
until we behold the sublime spectacle OF
more than a million of iberty-loving
men marshalled for the defense of the
principles for which our fathers fought
and suffered. In this terrible crisis, we
are not only called upon to meet and bat
tie with treason and its legion of soldiers,
but with an innumerable host of sympa-
thizers, lacking courage to avow their
treason. Not only are we engaged with
these internal foes, but with the outside
world who hold opinions in common with
our domestic foes, that free government
is not the form best adapted to the wants
and necessities of man, but believe in the
right of the privileged classes to govern
and control nations. To aid in this most
foul and unholy rebellion, and to strength
en-, stay up, and prolong this conflict, for
eign governments have permitted ships to
be construcrcrf, armed and manned, for
the purpose of destroying our commerce,
hoping thereby to control and subdue the
spirit Of patriotism which burns so bright
ly in the hearts of the people; Disregard
ing that great principle of ofnon-interference
in the domestic affairs of others, to which
they hold as a nation, early in the struggle
recognizing rebels and rebellion as bellig-
erents, furnishing supplies and protection
to those freebooters of the sea that 60
forth on their errands of destruction (as
the assassin sallies forth to do his mur-
derous deed) with but two objects-frst,
to weaken the power of our Nation, which
is striving to put down the rebellion,
thereby rem dering positive aid and assist
ance to the rebels; second, to crafty the
basest propensities of the human mind,
personal gain and jealousy. At the same
time we behold the Emperor of great
nation-whose hand-bound subjects rise
up and sit down at his bidding-attack-
ing neighboring Republic, for no cause
but pretended Indebtedness, openly vio-
lating long standing doctrine of this Ma
ton, under the impression that We were
too weak to resist it, and at the same time
holding confidential tete-a-tetes with the
duly appointed representatives of the
rebel States, and acting under the advice
and direction of such commissioners o.
rebellion. Flushed with the apparent
success of their treachery, he boldly at
tempts to place scion of royal race as
Emperor over people desirous to be free.
Under all these embarrassments and
discouraging influences we behold a
Nation determined to be free, rise
with the giants power and grid
on the amor of the conflict. In
a day the Nation is aroused by the ap-
proach of danger, and looks calmly around
to see the quarter from which it comes.
1t is momentarily startled to see it on
every hand-from within and without
quick as the lightning's fash, it awakes
to the reality Of its condition, and COM
prehends the full issue. 1t is seen at q
glance that Freedom and Tyranny are to
have their final struggle here upon our
fair, and heretofore peaceful fields. The
Nation and the loyal people accept the
issue; armies and navies We're spoken in
to existence. The music of peace was
for the grand symphonies Of
war. With commanding dignity and
firm determination, the Nation rose to the
of the occasion. They ex-
tended along our immense line Of coast,
a Gordon Of war vessels. They con-
structed iron-clad gunboats for uur inland
navigation, and launched Monitors and
armored Leviathans of the sea; armed
with guns of calibre heretofore un-
known and unheard Of. The young, ar
dent, and impulsive. rallied from noun
tain and plain; the right man in the
right place, from the Commander-in-
Chief to the sergeant in the ranks, is
everywhere seeni The foundations Of
society were shaken to their very centre !;
the rafting drum, the booming cannon,
the clash Of arms greeted everywhere our
ears. Thus, for three years has this
struggle continued; sometimes the heart
Of patriotism has grown faint, in view Of
the terrible slaughter, and varying for
tunes Of the contest until the auspicious
period has arrived, and we behold peace
but little way of, and already can we
hear in the distance,the shouts and peans
of rejoicing millions rejoicing not only
that our arms have been victorious over
domestic and foreign enemies-but that
our power as nation is established. and
that our flag still floats as the emblem Of