Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-03
To the Voter. of the Stute of Nevada.


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 br felt through oil 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 recogui.
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, u common
destiny, and Il common God. The struggle, Rs
W ell throughout the North as beyond the Aissis-
sippi and the Jancs, Is between those who love
their country and would peril all TO save il, 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 ihe Union party-the latter by what is known
az the Peace Democratic party, Whose platform
was drafted under the eye and auspices of trea.
son, whose aim is recognition of tho indrpend-
euce of the Southern Confrderacy, and whose
leader stands convicted of having saved the rebel
capital by the deliberate sacrifice of thirty thous
and patriots In the swamps Of the ChickHhominy.
FtiioO-citiZeHs, phich ticket mill you roteP
The platform Of the so-cHIlrd Democratic party
is the voics nf cowardice, treason and enmity TO
the Federal Government, and a libel upon the de-
L
dictated in spirit Of dislOyalty, and adopted by
the representatives Of party whose leaders are
Southern Sccessienists and northern Rbettors of
the rebellion. 1t is special plea for the seeded
South, and It's avowed purpose is the destruction
of the Union, or its restoration upon basis hu.
initiating and dishonorable 10 the Government,
aud fruitful of ceaspless dscord and revolution In
the future. Is the loyal North, which has armed
and sent Its manhood to the field, whose richest
blood has frrtilizrd the valleys of the South and
made them sacred, whose homes ure hung in
sable, and whose hearts are heavy with the luenl-
ory nf the dead-is the loyal North prepared 10
withdraw its armies from the center Of the South,
reached through the carnage of hundred bloody
fields, TO abandon cause so nearly won, and III
which so many noble hearts have bed, TO admit
itself vanquished when final victory is within its
grasp TO pay to European creditors the monstrouS
debt Of the Confederacy, to return TO bondage the
war-emancipated slave who has stood sen'inel
around the camp-fires OF freedom, or TO recognize
the independence Of the rebcllious Stutesi II not,
then is the Chicago platform an infamous false
hooa which the honor OF the North demands to
be refuted in tones Of thunder on the 9Th Of No.
venber next IL Is the proclamation of ina.
tured conspiracy against the peace and well being
of loyal people, and the once yenerated name OF
Democracy Is dctiled by the touch of treason.
| The platform Of the Union party, framed in u
spirit of patriotism, is but the echo Of that all
pervading sentiment which IL TO rebuild the
broken arches of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desolate by the track of war. -
FelLolo-citi:eas, tohich ticket 1iH you p0tel .
h Let no loyal man be led from his allegiance to
the Government by blindly following the banner
| OF party. There are but two parties now, nor
can there be third until peace sits again upon
| the thresholds of mourning people, and but u
single issue divides them-those who are for the
Government and those who Gre against il. There
Is bnt one way by which an honorable peace can
be secured-by prosecution of the war against
treason until IL knees In submission, disarmed
aud defenseless, beneath the flag il has betrayed
Either must this be done, or the independence OF
the :outh be recognized There iS no middle
cOurse-no process of concilIutIon or compromise
by which the South can be saved from submis'
sion and the Government saved from dishonor.
What do the leaders Of that party styling itself
Democratic propose TO dol To elect peace
Congress, peace President on O peace platform,
and then accept such terms Of peace az may be
dictated by the Confederacy and all this Is 10 be
accomplished in the name of Democracy. What
Is there in the Democracy of to-day TO remind the
disciple of Jefferson and Jackson Of the Democ.
racy of the past Do its champions, with treas
swelling In the heart and dying on the lips In
slander Of the Administration, ever talk Of the
principles of that party with which they mantle
their disloyalty Do they proclaim against banks
and high tariffs, against internal improvements
and popular sovereignty In the empty name Of
Democracy, which many Of them years ago ab-
jured in the secret councils of Know NOthingiSm,
they denOunce the Administration and the WIT
for the preservation of the Union and seek 10 lure
rhe unthinkIug from their fealty by the magic Of
simple word. Abandoned upon the inaugura.
ton uf the rebellion by the great and good man
who gave 1t character and direction in the past,
the party has been seized upon und converted into
an apology for crime and an instrument Of revo-
luton. Its principles are seorned or forgotten by
the conspirators who irreverenily invoke its name
in extenuaton Of treason, and its temples are deS-
| ecrated by the hOmagc of the Goddess worAhippers
who kneel beside its affairs, In, Its high places
where once sat the great teachers Of Democracy,
now crouch the covering apologists Of anarchy
and disunion; and Its halls which in the past
echoed the eloqWence OF the patriots of the Re-
public, now ring with the shouts Of lawleSsness
and disloyslty. And this IL the phantom invoked
from the grave Of party by the spirit Of treason
which leads the van Of disafection in the North,
and beckons the loyal devotee of Democracy TO
betrayal of his country.
FeLloD- citizens, phick ticket pil yoE cote
Your suffrages must be given to Mcclellan,
| the Chicago platform and national dlshonor, ~
to Lincoln, the triumph of the Federal arms sna
the establishment Of an honorable aud ias'hS ~,
.peace. Calmly viewing the vital issues ol sas
I'canvasu can you doubt the awful co1seqhS
of Peace Democratic victory In NoEsnUh ,'hst
! Can you heitate In the performance y, ~ nj.
| every loyal man must recognize ss outy y,,Unh "
| country The consequences OF such uiu..p ua.p.'
foreshadnwed by the disloyR aims and uitelaneos
Of the men who control the party, cannot " 'SH'