Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-23
TIE DEATH BLOW.

TIE DEATH BLOW.
The war iuauguratcd by our misguided
Southern" brethren for the preservation and
extension OF slavery, has, as was predicted
at the outset by the more sagaciouS and far
seeing Southern statesmen, proved the de-
struciioa of tina, institution. Daring the
piping times Of peace" the Constitution Of
the United States extended lis protecting
rCis over il, in those States where it already
had 1 foo,hod. and WAS construed, by many
learned juriSIs. TO allow its extension over
all territory where il was not positively and
in terms prohibited. Such would have been
the stIsYs Of the institution to this day, and
perhaps for all time, or until the Slave States
saould, Of their own motion. abolish it, had
the South peacabIy and quietly retained her
place ia, and fealty to, the Union. \ few
ra5id and discontinued spirits, however, saw
the thing in another light, and not content
with the protection afforded them BY the Con-
stitution and the meek tolerance of the North,
sounded the clarion Of war, hoisted the stand
1lNA VI ASNOAN sbtA'A " IVA
of their niggers meath the shadow Of Bun
ker Hill" How far they miScalculated re-
suits, let the history of the last three years
speak for itself Nice constructions OF writ
ten law gave way to the harsh Interpretation
Of military necessity" appeals to the pro-
lection Of that Constitution, which they had
spat upon and trampled under foot, availed
the insurgents nothing. They fell upon ears
deafeaed BY the roar Of mortars, cannon and
bursting shells that drove Anderson from
Sumter. The institution Of slavery crum-
bled into dust beneath the tread Of armed le-
gions OF the North and the grinding wheels
Of the National artillery. 1t was disappear
ing like the morning mist in the natural
course Of things, without the enactment Of
law, even before the Proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln gave it the coup de grace. It's
champions, its defenders and its propagan-
dists, long ago, saw their error, and fight no
longer for its preservation, but only in
spirit Of desperation and revenge. Many Of
them now lie in the shadow of Bunker Hill
monument, in the fortress Of Warren. There
they may call the roll Of their niggers if
they will, and if they halloa loud enough,
great many Of their niggers, dressed in Cucle
Sans uniform, will be very likely 20 hear
them. Ichabod! paltry, tory party in the
North, TOO few for much evil, but annoying,
as a flea may annoy lion, have, in their
sympathy with the rebellion, secuted at the
idea Of military necessity" and harped
continually upon constitutionality." A
stopper is to be clapped on their jaw-tackle,
and tina: the last string on their cracked and
dilapidated fiddle, which could give forth no
tune but Dixie" will snap asunder and the
dog will be dead. The dispatch of this morn
ing announces as follows:
The Hon, Judiciary Committee report the fol-
io,, :as. ant ask for its adoption:
joint Resolution submitting to the Legislatures
Of the Srr.i >tarrS she proposition 10 amend
the Constitution of :he United States by adding
to Article Mi. Section /:
Slavery b";:4- Incompatible with free Govern
meat j. forev = prohibited in the United states,
and no involuntary servitude will be permitted
only as pun: hmeui for crime.
SECTION , Congress shall have power 20 eu-
free the foregoing section by appropriate lesis-
la'ioc.
-Four years ago who would have dreamed Of
such an amendment receiving the sanction Of
the Judiciary Committee Of the House Of
Representatives Now, who so mad as 10
dou5; for i moment that that amendment,
once submitted % the several States, will re-
ce;ve the unanimous vote O; the loyal States,
as well as several at preseat claimed BY the
Confederacy: Verify, there is dead cock
in the pit.