Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-24
copprRHEAD ARGUMENTS.


attitude of sell. Identification that although
it cannot be Strengthened out into any
thing like decent appearance of consis-
tency is sought to be lodged in manner,
by the employment of men Of opposite
antecedents and opposite principles, who
shall, each for himself, pursue line OF
argument which shall be consistent with
itself. In certain localities" War Demo-
cracy" is a good card, and the War Dem
ocrat who is called upon to play it, is ur-
gent for "a more vigorous prosecution OF
the war" Ifyou will believe him. his
dissatisfaction with the administration is
based upon the want of energy displayed
and the unnecessary protraction OF the
war. We agree with the War Democrat
that the war has been protracted ABOUT
two years longer than there was any ne
cessitv, to the loss of the nation some
hundred thousand lives and dollars IN
calculable. It's the opinion of the best
military minds on our side, backed by
that of several frst-class military men IN
the rebel ranks, that had George b. Nc
Clellan not been either incompetent or
traitor probably the latter) he could have
crushed out the military pc wer OF the re-
bellion, when he was before Richmond in
1862. History will say that the fault lay
with the commanding General, and not
with the President. We agree with the
War Democrat as to the fact but lay the
blame on altogether different shoulders.
Then comes the strict and rigid Con :
stitutionnl Democrat" who guards that
sacred instrument with watchful eye and
Jealous of its slightest infringement. lie
proclaims loudly against arbitrary ar
rests, and discourses learnedly concern
ing the writ of habeaS corpus. We saw
such one night before last, drunk as q
boiled owl and staggering along in the
Broom Rangers procession, bearing a
transparency Down with Bastiles. y
The individuals experience in the COM
mon jail, had probably exaggerated the
horrors of "BaStile." The harangue
about arbitrary arrests is big thing
among a certain class OF society. The
mention of prison makes them shaky
about the knees. Honest people hear the
word with less alarm. But to come down
to the real point Of arbitrary arrests for
political otfenses, for which Mr.. Lincoln
is so severely blamed. We would ask
what manner of proceeding our Constitu-
tional friend thinks the Imprisonment OF
the whole Maryland Legislature by Geo.
B. Mcclellan was:
Then there is the sturdy oppoSer of the
Emancipation Proclamation, who desires
that the protecting egis OF the Constitu-
ton should be extended over those who
have spit upon and are battling to destroy
it. Instead OF advocating the election oil
Geo. b. Mcclellan, such Democrat
should pour upon the head of that small
hero the full walls of his righteous wrath
for none more heartily supported that
Proclamation than the same microscopic
Napoleon. He still holds his commission
as Major General in the army that is
carrying that proclamation into practical
effect.
The Consumption, the horrible Draft is
another powerful bugbear wherewith tc
frighten the white-ivered, and to raise d
terrible cutlery against Uncle Abe and the
National Congress. 1t is bad, very bad
we know, but it does not require very
remarkable stretch of the memory to recal
the fact that the very first man to advise
draft, was George B. Mcclellan.
Your principles are very sound gentle
men, and your arguments are very pow
erful, but you have made devilish queer
selection of a candidate to represent those
principles.