Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-08

The courage Of a certain bull in Indiana,
which undertook to butt the locomotive Oh
the track at the trial on a railroad in that
section was much applaudsd, though his
most ardent admirers had but little to say in
behalf of his prudent conduct in the premis-
es, and so it is with those conductors Of
newspapers and other persons having access
to the public ear and influence over the pub
lie mind, who unmindful Of the but partly
fulfilled herculean task, we have already be"
fore US, are striving with might and main to
urge us into war with any other nation.
Why, we would ask, should not the same
rules Of prudence which govern individuals in
the ordinary transactions Of life, also govern
nations (caeteris paribus) in their diplomatic
intercourse with each other Now. what
man is there possessing the smallest share Of
practical fcrethought, who when he finds his
business on hand amply sufficient to employ
all his time, energy and surplus means, will
wantonly superadd to it another and still
more embarrassing one This is just the
condition in which our Government finds
itself at present. The rebellion, about to
give up the ghost during the ensuing sum-
mer, or at most to live only as the serpent
whose head has been crushed BY wagon
wheel, in convulsiye writhing, and fltful strug-
giles, has been the most thoroughly organized,
the most ably conducted, and the most per-
sistent in effort, of which history, ancient or
modern, gives US any record, nor have we
any account in the worlds story of any war
(civil or foreign) in which the question at
issue was so important (being no less than
the capacity OF man for self-goyernmentl-
the amount Of territory at issue so extensive
the conflicting armies so numerous and so
thoroughly determined, or the numbers OF
the slain so appalling. That we must in the
end gain the day and succeed in crushing
once and forever this hideous demon Of re-
volt, has been evident from the beginning,
but it would be the height Of folly now to as
sert that its accomplishment hitherto has not
been attended with 4 terrific expense IL
human lives and in means-a fact which we
would be glad to recall to the minds OF those
who seem so insanely bent on causing US s
infcctd to rush into another war.
That we would probably carry the day in
such war and strengthen the dogmas Of the
Monroe doctrine, is not to be doubted at all,
but whether this is the proper time, or our
present status the proper condition for un-
dertaking either the one or the other, is most
emphatically the point at issue-and our re.
sponse would be decided negative. All
that would be accomplished BY this war, II
now undertaken and at once successful, can
be accomplished at less expense both Of
blood and treasure, at the (now not distant)
day when foul secession shall no longer rear
aloft q fag-whcn secessionists shall shame
to face the light of day and the indignant
looks of their outraged fellow-beings, and
when this our glorious country, cured in the
late painful struggle Of many prejudices and
cleared of all imperfections, shall again stand
forth the asylum for all nations, with peace
within her gates and prosperity within her
borders-Union Vedette.