Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-22
OUR POSITION.

publication of original and selected arti-
cles in support of the Government and
the National Administration, the classifi-
cation of it as Union Party paper has
been both natural and proper. 1t is such,
and will remain such as long as it re-
mains in our possession and under our
control. Such being our political atti-
tude, certain of the candidates OF the
Regular" Union Ticket have expressed
surprise and disappointment at our not
hosting that ticket at the head of our CO.
lumns and giving it the aid of our sup
port. Our reasons for pursuing this
course are various and self-satisfactory.
The wide breach existing in the Union
Party is none of our creation. We were
never consulted by or admitted into the
councils of those by whose plottings and
Screenings this breach has been created,
and we have assisted neither party in
driving the entering wedge. As in every
party split that has occurred within the
range of our observation, and such have
been numerous, there has always been
one faction which has assumed to itself
the name and prerogative of "regulari-
ty." The party assuming that appella-
ton and attribute have not always had
the prestige or the advantage of numerical
strength but the name of Regular" has
been supposed to carry with it the SEM
blance of authority and sort of sceptre
over the weakened, and it has been
struggled for with energy and chung to
with tenacity. We have been too long
in the political field for any mere name or
catch-word to have for US either terrors
or charms. Democracy" was once a
word that in our estimation comprised
the sszz,nr,n boni.ns of political principles.
That glorious name that to our senses
once smelled so sweet, has deteriorated
so damnably in its odor that we have
ceased to pin our faith on party names
and political appellatiOns. We now judge
men and measures by their intrinsic mer-
its, and not by the names. by which they
are designated. At the present juncture
of political affairs of the Territory, and
especially of this county, we find the
Union Party rent and divided into dis
cordant fragments. As in other in
stances of the kind, there is one faction
which arrogates to itself the name OF
Regular" The authority which con-
vened the Regular Conventions disputed,
the conduct of its proceedings excited and
promoted discord and disafection, and its
nominations dissatisfied the great body of
the party. We have said heretofore that
those nominations were unsatisfactory.
The word hardly expresses the full meas
ure of popular disapprobation, but it is
sufficient. At the time of the assembling
of this Convention of the Union party,
there was also extant call signed by a
large and respectable body of citizens
calling for another Nominating Conven-
ton. Among the list were few seces-
sionlsts of the blacklist and most unmiti-
gated stripe, but the grea: body of the
signers were men Of unimpeHchnblo pat
riotsm and private worth. The few
black names on the Peoples Nominating
Committee are perhaps fully compensated
for by the copperheads on the Regular
Ticket" We are willing to call it q
stand-off. and say that, upon the point OF
loyalty, honors are easy. We therefore
find two tickets in the field, both profess
ing to be Union tickets. For the
purposes of the present article we will
admit that they are entitled to the name.
Neither comes to US with the sanction OF
superior authority over the other. One
has as much claim to our fealty and sup
por. as the other, and neither bears so
high an impress of authority as to compel
our allegiance. Between these two stools
we mus. either sit down on the ground or
rio up out of scattered material seat OF
our own. There are good men on both
tickets, and there are just as good men
who are on neither, but who depend upon
their own honest merits for their success
in the contest. Each of these independ-
ent candidates has host o. friends, per-
haps as numerous as those Of any named
candidate upon either of the tickets.
The wishes of those citizens who favor
the election of the independent candidates
| are entitled to the same consideration as
those who have succeeded in getting their
names upon a ticket. All stand alike
before US as candidates for our support,
and we shall select from among them such
as our own private sentiments and the
public interests shall recommend to our
favor. So far as the matter of " tickets "
is concerned, ticket is mere piece OF
paper containing the names of candidates.
We happen to own factory where such
things can be made in any number and Of
every quality and style. We shall, be-
tween now and the election, go into that
branch of manufacture very extensively,
and shall be able to suit the most fastidi-
Gus in the general conformation and COM
position thereof taking good care that the
names of our favorite candidates shall fig
ure very extensively in conjunction with
those Of others of every shade and hue
who do not conflict with those whom we
support. Such will be the course which
we shall pursue in endeayoring to elect
the men Of our choice, and those who like
our position, and those who do not, can
govern themselves accordingly.