Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-01
To the Voter. of the state Of Nevada,

The approaching election, ON the 9Th day oi
November next, Is the most important which has
ever occurred in the history of the Republic, and
its consequences, whether Of good or evil, as the
people Of the loyal States may elect, are destined
to be- felt through all the countless ages of the
future The contest is not for the supremacy Of
party-not for the success of any OF the princi-
ciples which, like ripples upon the deep ocean OF
unity and brotherhood, playfully disturbed the
political surface In the past-not for the recognI-
tion of any portion of the conflicting policies Of
party which in the days of peace served rather
to unite than to divide an enlightened and envied
people claiming common history, common
destiny, and q common God. The struggle rs
well throughout the North as beyond the Missis.
Sipui and the james, Is between those who love
their country and would peril all to save 1t, and
the sympathizers with treason, who are laboring
for the destruction of the Government of their
fathers or OF the land which gave them protection
| from the tyranny Of another hemisphere which
| left them homeless. The former are represented
| by the Union party-the latter by what IL known
as the Peace Democratic party. whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices Of rea
| son. whose aim il recognition Of the independ
ence Of the Southern Confederacy, and who's
leader stands convicted Of having saved the rebe
capital by the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thous
! and patriots in the swamps of the Chickahominy
FelIoc-citi:eHs, ckich ncket niH you r0teP
The platform of the so.called Democratic party
| is the voice Of cowsrdice treason and enmity u
| the Federal Government, and q libel upon the de
| termination and patriotism Of the North. II wa
| dictated in spirit of disloyalty, and adopted By
the representatives Of u party whose leaders are
Southern Secessienists and northern abettOrs o.
the rebellion. 1t is special plea for the seeded
South, and Its avowed purpose is the destruction
OF the Union, or its restoration upon basis hu
initiating and dishonorable 10 the Government
and fruitful Of ceaseless discord and revolution In
the future Is the loyal North which has armed
4 Nhn0 IN Halh rfChu
blood has fertilized the valleys Of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes are hung In
sable, and whose hearts are heavy with the mem
ory of the dead-is the loyal North prepared 10
Withdraw its armies from the center Of the South
reached through the carnage of a hundred bloody
fields, to abandon a cause so nearly won, and In
which 20 many noble hearts have bled, TO admit
itself vanqushed when final victory is within It's
grasp, 10 pay TO European creditors the monsrous
debt of the Confcderacy, to return 10 bondage the
waremancpated slave who has stood seDtine
around the camp.fres of freedom, or TO recognize
the independence of the rebeIous StateSi Ifnot
then is the Chicago platform an infamous false
hood, which the honor of the North demands tc
| be refuted in tones of thunder on the 9Th Of No
vember next. II Is the proclamation Of ina
tured conspiracy against the peace and well.beine
of a loyal people, and the once venerated name O.
Democracy is defled by the touch Of treason
| The platform of the Union party, framed in 1
spirit of patriotism, is but the echo of that all
| pervading sentiment which is TO rebuild til,
| broken arches of the Republic and plant the ros,
in fields made desolate by the track Of war.
FelLou-eiti.ens, phich ticker piH you potsl
Let no loyal man be led from his allegiance Il
| the Government by blindly following the bannr RI
| of party. There are but two parties now, mol
| can there be third until peace sits again upon
| the thresholds Of u mourning people, and but q
single issue divides then--those who are for the
| Government and those who are against it. There
| LIB han n nanRE
| be secured.-by prosecution of the war against
| treason until II knepls In submission, dlsarmed
| and defenseless beneath the flag 1t has betrayed.
| Either must this be done, or the independence oi
the south be recognized There is no middle
| course-no process OF conciliauon or compromise
| by which the South can bo saved from submis-
sion and the Government saved from dish0nor.
| What do the leaders Of that party styling itself
Democratic propose to doi To elect a peace
| Congress, peace President on peaca platform
| and then accept such terms Of peace a. may bt
dictated by the Confederacy; and all this Is to be
accomplished in the name Of Democracy. Whar
in there In the Democracy Of to-day to remind the
discipla OF Jefferson and Jackson Of the Democ
racy Of the past I Do its champions with treas
on swelling In the heart and dying on the lips ID
slander Of the Administration, ever talk Of th'
principles Of that party with which they mantle
their disloy atty Do they proclaim against bank
and high tariffs, against internal improvement,
and popular sovereignty In the empty name oI
| Democracy, which many Of them years ago 30
| jured In the secret councils Of Know Nothipginn,
| they denounce the Administration and tne mn'
for the preservation Of the Union and seek 70 ~
the unthinkIug from their fealty by the magic "
a simple word Abandoned upon the inAogura I,
ton Of the rebellion by the great ana 80 ~ na"t
who eaye II character aud direction III Iue paI
the party has been seized upon and f -..So.
| an apolouy for crime and an Instrument y. 10 ~,
u,inn Ia princiDlcs are scorned or Iorsouen "
,S. ~, CREATORS who ir-c rerrny invoke US name
W stanI,otIon of treason and its temples are oes-
'.,aJ N hu ths homage ofths Goddess Hor.nlpPers
ceLs hsside ia AItarh In its high places
| uo-n..a VIZ sor the great te0chers of Democracy
WIZ. "nere oncb the covering apologies Of anarchy
nom n Si.urJon and its halls which In the past
anu aud ,bs .loouence of the patriots OF the Re-
| eLySo now ring with the shouts Of lawlenness
PS PnSItd; d;.IovaI,y And this Is the phantom invoked
Srom @ the grave Of party by the spirit OF treason
,,bjcb leadS the van Of diSsfectlon In the North,
and bcckons the loyal devotee Of Democracy TO
betrayal Of his country.
Eeiiop. citizens, pkick tiekE riH you rotef
Your suffrages must be given TO Mcclellan,
| the Chicago platform and national dishon0r, or
| 10 Lincoln the triumph Of the Federal arms and
the establishment Of an honorable and lasting
peace Calmly viewing the vital issues Of the
canvass, can you doubt the awful consequences
of Peace Democratic victory In November
Can you hesitate in the performance Of what
every loyal man must recognize ~ duty 10 bis
countryf The consequences Of such triumph,
foreshsdowed by the disloyal aims and utteranceI
Of the men who control the party, cannot b cen
.