Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-02
THE REBELS CANDIDATE

tenaciously that they are asound Union
men. and as bitterly hostile to secession
as the most ardent supporter of the pres
ent Administration can possibly be. De-
spite the antecedents, the well known po-
htlcal sentiments, and the present declara-
tons of the local leaders of the so-called
Democratic" party. the platform itself
and the rebellious rawlings of its makers,
these Democratic Union" men (white
blackbirds). still feign to believe and per-
haps do believe in "a reconstruction of
the Union as it was and the Constitution ]
as it Isl" and that too, under the
ministration of such men as Ad-
Chicago platform and no. made the
B. Mcclellan for Pr minated George
States. "Ier~ -sident of the United
non," ss- .annot serve God and Man,
lou~' sHoIv writ and there q hos, of
.llier proiane adages to the point that
q man cannot faithfully serve antagonistic
powers at the same time. 1t Is a fact that
these Democrats cannot, unless will
fully, hide from their own vision that
every enemy of the nation, whether on
our own soil or beyond the sea, is an ar
dent, well wisher of Mcclellan; or rather
of the policy which placed him in nomi-
nation. He is in fact, to all intents and
purposes, the pet candidate of the rebel
lion. When, in the earlier days Of the
rebellion he was placed in command of
| the armies raised to crush that rebellion,
| the choice was a source of infinite gratu-
lation among the enemy; and Heaven
! knows and the American people now
readily perceive tina, their great glee had
sufficient foundation. When his total in
competency or his treachery forced itself
/ upon the mind of the Administration, and
/ his removal followed. there was a fierce
howl of rage throughout the rebel jour
mails and along the rebel lines. An an
Gent proverb that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison" certainly
comes into full play. here. The rebellion
and the nation stand in an attitude of the
most terrible hostility hostility that
/ for more than three years has deluged the
land with blood and devastated it with
! fire. 1t is Il hostility that can only cease
; BY the triumph of the one and the annihi-
la,ion of the other. What rebounds to
the slightest advantage of the one pro-
portionally injuries the other; what IS
satisfactory to the one must be NORTH
cation to the other; what IS desirable
to the one must be something to be
dreaded and avoided by the other.
In short in the language OF the
old adase. What is meat for the
one is the others poison" 1t is impos-
s;ble that the election of a man whose
success is so earnestly desired by every
enemy of a nation, can rebound to the
benefit, the honor, and the glory of that
nation. Speaking of this subject, and
under the same heading which we have
given to this article the y. Y. Times says:
The Chicago nomination suits (the rebels)
completely. II could not have given them
liyelier qualification, had the nominee been
Vauaudipham himself. Even the rebel ar.
mics, il is said, cheered it unen they heard
5fit. This feeling, of course, does not spring
from any superstition that he has any posi-
tive principles or traits that would actively
operate on their side. 1t was not that which
made him their military favorire, but his
massive. Welding nature. Just so. 1t is the as
surance that he is Z man who can be easily
adapted to any pacific policy that makes
him so acceptable politically. The hlca-
mond Examiner expresses It clearly In an
article Of the Srh inst, in which It says
Every defeat Of Lincoln's forces, even
holding them steadily at bay, inures TO the
( advantage of Mcclellan, or rather to shat OF
/ the dextrous manipularors in whose bands
| he is puppet, and accumulates for them
the much desired political capital" And
/ thereupon il adds, with perfect reason, the
influence of the South, ILore powerful in the
( shock Of battles than when throwing our mi
nnrity vote in an electoral college will be cast
! in favor Of Mcclellan" He is. to all intents
and purposes, the accepted candidate Of the
/ South-as much so as if a ratification meet
, ing had been held in every county within the
! rebel lines.
What gives the greater significance to this
rebel friendship for Mcclellan Is the fact
that ITS indulgence does not interfere in the
least with the most stubborn hostility to any
reconstruction Of the Union. Side by side
with the articles that evince the keenest
anxiety for NcClellau's success are other ar
ticles that seek 10 inAame the people to the
I last pitch Of resistance, and that predict the
] inevitable success Of the Confederacy. Most
clearly it Is not because the rebels desire a
peaceful return 10 the Union that they de-
! sire the election Of Mcclellan. Precisely the
/ contrary. Il is because they have their
! hearts set on independence, and mean to
| carry the rebellion through to its full con-
! summation. In other words, ait is for the
| rebellion's sake, and not for the Unions
sake, tina, they are Mcclellan men,"
| Now we say that there could not possibly
be more damning fact against any Presi-
! Dental candidate. Whatever his professions,
| or whatever his personal character might be,
| the single circumstance that all traitors are
anxious for his elevation to Office, is proof
! positive that patriots ought not TO support
| him. II is morally impossible that the sort
| Of loyalty with which treason finds such ready
| affinity can be Trustworthy. II is glory TO
Abraham Lincoln that from the beginning
the rebels have made him the object Of their
! most rabid hate and fouleSt blackguardisn.
Il is a decisive testimony that he was exact
ly the opposite Of what they were; and that
he stood directly athwart all their plans.
There could be no better commendatinn to
loyal men than this. And it is precisely be-
cause Mcclellan has credit with the rebels,
and their best wishes for his success, that no
loyal man can give him confidence.
The ToRcH-LIeHr PRocEssIoNs.-Re-
member, everybody, that grand torch-hght
oro,.ss;or q, C;l,.ar Hky oomas oH ,o