Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-18
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To the desponding crexulting tzelem.
tion, "Oh, We can't. subdue the rebtls
there is, but one reply. Il y b tndees
true. then the Government Is g 20 enaj
the Union Is dissolved and every State
Is again an individual political communi.
", for the bond which holds New York
to Pennsylvanis 4 exactly the same that
unites New York and Georgia, and 4 Z y
broken anywhere. Il is broken everywhere.
If II be true, our national dag has disap..
peared, the national honor is gone; and
most Of the States of the American Union
are separate powers Of smaller population
than the cities Of London or Paris. Thsfe
is no navy, no army, no common torce,
no collective glory. The work Of hum
dred years Is undone, and what State
section, party or individual i the gainH
Of the least real advantage sa
II we /" can't subdue the rebels, the
rebels have subdued VI. In that case,
Jefferson Davis will be content because
his pride viii be satisfied. Fernando
Wood and his followers, the Copperheads,
will be content, because they will hope 70
prostitute the character Of the North to .
new Union upon terms dictated by sla-
very. The foreign enemies Of the Union
will be content; for they have hated 70
see republic which might one day com.
pletely vindicate the great truth Of equal
human rights as the only secure tounda-
ton of government. But there can be no
real advantage gained by any Of these.
Davis will have founded q kingdom which
civilization will abhor. Wood will share
the fate, thousand-fol more terrible. Of
Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr whils
the foreign powers will soon be in worse
straits from their quarrels over our re.
mains than they would ever have been
from our united policy of peace. Ths
Government of the United States will be
overthrown; there will be universal anar-
chy upon its late domain there viii be
universal hopelessness Of any new Union
upon any honorable terms; each State, 9
prey to passionate party spirit, will fau
into civil war, and those who so triumph.
antly assert that "we can't subdue the
rebels" will learn what it is to be citi.
zen of nation utterly shattered, degraded
and despised. q
The alternative, as we have already said,
is very clear. Either the people must con-
ouer, or the rebellion will. Either the
authority Of the Government must be
maintained Internationally, or it must be
overthrown; for Government which al
lows citizens to dictate the terms upon
which they will obey the laws has
oaosod 80 hn n fSovarv, mont Tho fn1k
about negotiation and settlement Is idle,
and unworthy sensible men. The mo-
ment that we tolerate the thought Of ne.
gotiation we begin to yield the Govern
men,. Mr.. Wood and his followers in.
sist that the war must end in compromise,
because they know that compromise Is the
victory of the rebellion, and they with the
rebellion to succeed. For when they in
sist that the war is wicked and ought to
stop, and propose to send commissioners
to Richmond to arrange terms "honorable
to the South" they propose the destruc-
ton Of the Government, which Is the sue
cess of the rebellion.
When such men say, "We can't sub.
due the rebels" their meaning is as clear
as their patriotism. But when the same
phrase is used merely in dependency BY
those who sincerely wish the national
honor to be maintained, they should be
asked to remember what the prospects Of
the war were one year ago, and what they
are now. Gold is higher, but so is the
spirit of the people. The army that drove
Lee from Gettysburg now threatens both
his supplies and his escape from his own
capital. Gold may go still higher, but 80
will the national determination. and there
is no reason to apprehend disaster until
there is a cry from the cowed and break
ing heart Of the American people, We
can't subdue the rebele !" When that
cry is heard. the rebels may subdue us,
and welcome. for there win be nothing
left worth fighting for.-Harpers Weekly.