Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-12-24
The victory, and How to Improve Ii.

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We doubt if in any one of President Lin
coins memorable utteranceS, there is any
thing more indicative of superior mind than
in that brief speech addressed BY him, yes
terday morning, to an apprcciative, but most
unreasonable audience at the White House.
It seems that the ardor OF some Of his Wash
ington supporters called him from his room
at two o'clock in the morning, to tell him in
set phrase, what we have no doubt he knew
very we'll before, that he had been reelected
President of the United States.
Mr.. Lincoln replied to his friends, thank
ing them genially for the particular mark Of
devotion they had shown by calling on him,
but adding at the same time, that he al
ways regretted to triumph over anybody"
The vast intelligent body of electors
who recorded their votes for Mr.. Lincoln on
Tuesday, think precisely as Mr.. Lincoln
thinks, that, unless this election is a triumph
of principle, of right, of loyal honor, and not
a mere triumph Of party, it is no victory at
all. Nay, it is the opening of a reign Of fac
ton, which will parallel in its dangers and
disasters the terrible experience which Sec
tionalism and secession have brought upon
the revolted States. The victory of Tuesday
derives its prime significance and its sole
merits from the fact that it does not involve
the supremacy Of one party over another,
but that it marks the triumph Of the loyal
opinion Of the nation over a faction. The
returns already received show that, apart
from extemporized votes dragged out Of the
most ignorant and debased class Of the for
eign population. McClellan's strength in
1S64-as far as the North was concerned-lay
mainly where the strength Of John c. Brock
inridge lay in 1861. To the support Of both
candidates many sincere and good citizens
may have come, from lifelong party-associa-
ton. But even these, the best and purest Of
McClellan's voters, must not complain If they
are ranked for the time as sectionalists, I'M
less their formal declaration of party faith
was carefully prepared lie.
Mr.. Lincoln's refusal to regard the contest
as a struggle for mere party supremacy, pre-
sents an open highway for many who have
been deluded into supporting the sectional
and disunion candidate to return to their
allegiance-not to their allegiance to particu-
lar party leaders-but to that sense of obliga-
ton which they owe to the country. 1t can
not have been pleasing association for the
good and sound men of the Democratic party
to find themselves, even for these few weeks
Of hot conflict, in the company Of men who
regarded, and regard now, every national
victory won by our armies as a calamity, and
who were prone to heap obloquy upon the
illustrious dead of the national army, by pro-
claiming their labors crime, and their suf-
ferings and death sacrifice in the cause OF
injustice, oppression, and wrong. When the
very life of the nation is at stake, it can be
no hour for prolonging party-fghts among
honest citizens, beyond the boundary which
marks the issue Of the contest If victory
rests with the supporters of the Administra-
ton, that victory can be made most perfect
by disclaiming every disposition to turn it
into any sectional channel, and by heartily,
frankly, and in good faith, inviting the CO.
operation of loyal men Of all classes in
securing the triumph which has yet to be won
over armed treason, before the country is
once more restored to Union and to peace
N. Y. Times, Nor. 10.