Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-10
Tho Grand AIIinnce-Rump Demo-
crncy and Southern Rebels.

And chasten for thy good!
The Grand Allinnce-Rump Demo-
crncy and Southern Rebels.
By several articles published hereto
fore, together with extracts from different
party organs, we hare shown that there
are feelings of sympathy, if not fraternity,
between the "peace" and "radicaP' wings
of the democratic party in the North.
That such feelings exist between the for
mer and their brethren in the South, has
been often stated, and can be proven by a
vast array of facts. They have adopted
various shifts to get rid of this question.
Few of their journals have been able to
muster the brazen impudence to avow
their sympathy with treason and armed
rebellion. Some have even adopted for
their platform I" vigorous prosecution Of
the war" Others have favored compro-
mise-a cessation of hostilities-a parley
with armed insurgents anything to stop
the effusion of blood; while all have de-
clared themselves in favor of "the Union
as it was" But through all these trans
parent professions the truth has shone;
these hypocritical pretensions have been
weighed and measured by an intelligent
people, and the world knows that the
one great object of this self-styled demo-
cratic party, is, and has been, to oppose
BY every means within its power-cov-
ertly at all times, openly when it dared
every measure adopted for the preserva-
ton of the Union, and to offer aid and
comfort to treacherous foes leagued to-
gether for its destruction. factions
speak louder than words" is an old say
ing and true one, and it is by the actions
of this party that we judge it. 1t has
never had any settled policy. 1t has
been as changing in its positions as
the tabled ProteuS. At one time it has
cried peace" at another "war." 1t
has blown hot and cold in the same
breath. 1t has said in the same sentence
that the State has no right to dissolve the
Union-and the Federal Government no
right to preserve it; that secession is
heresy, and coercion violation of the
Constitution. 1t has been divided and
vet harmonious. Seymour and Cox, and
their followers have cried "war," terri
BILE, vigorous and resolute war; while
Wood and Vallandigham have cried
"peace," and denounced the war as "fra-
tricidal, cruel, bloody, devilish." Yet
these extremes have met; these antipodes
have come together. They have sum-
moned their convention-taken each other
by the hand, and called their bastard or
ganlzation the democratic party"
There is but one way to explain these
seeming contradictions in the policy OF
that party. Its members care nothing for
platforms. They are all laboring together
with the same object in view-the over
throw of the government that protects
them. We name those above simply as
representatives of the class. They have
| their apes in Oregon, those who are will
ling to perform whatsoever they wish.
Another evidence of the tendency of
their actions to aid and abet the rebellion
will be found in the following extracts
from southern papers. Although this
rump democracy is despised by the south
ern chivalry, yet the latter are hardly so
blind that they do not know the benefit
they would derive from the success Of
their would-be allies in the North. The
| following from the Atlanta Register
speaks for itself:
Ex-President Pierce, Seymour of Con-
necticur, Vallandigham, Reed, Wood,
Richardson, and hundreds of others, are
as hostile to the war as they are to black
republicanism. These men are doing us
an indirect service. They are not openly
and avowedly our friends, nor could we
reasonably ask this of them. We confess
our faith in their political principles.
We confess our confidence that these men
will eventually see the whole truth and
embrace all its conclusions. We can gain
nothing by denouncing them. We may
lose much by presenting hostile front to
their peace movements. Live with them,
under the same government we never
will. But meanwhile, if they oiH use the
ballot. boz against Lincoln, schiie Toe use the
catridqe-6or, each side will be helper to
the other, and both cooperate in accom-
plishing the greatest work which the coun-
try and the continent have witnessed"
The following, from the speech of a
southern stump orator, wehaye published
before. but think it worth quoting again :
"Again, my hearers, we should remem-
Der that much depends upon the choice
the northern people make for President
the incoming fall. There will be at least
two parties represented, to wit: The party
who will doubtless Try to have man
elected who is pledged to give the confed-
crates justice, and restore peace-long de-
sired and ardently prayed for peace-to
our bleeding country. We hope, we trust,
we pray that they may be successful.
But should Lincoln be reelected, our
fond hopes will be dashed to the ground /;
our independence but thing dreamed of;
for we have exhausted our resources, and
could not possibly hope to be able to con-
tinue the war four years longer.
What pity it is that these +" chivs," are
so "close communion" in their ideas that
they will not admit these fast friends into
fellowship. The loyal masses of the North
understand, however, that the bullets "
of one, and the ballots of the other are
to be employed for the destruction of the
nations unity.
A YOUNG and beautiful damsel, having
two lovers, and not knowing which to
prefer, settled the matter by marrying one
| and elopino with the other