Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-25
To the voters Of tho state of Nevada.

The approaching election, on the stn DAY OF
November next, il the most important which mas
ever occurred in the history of the Republic. and
It's consequences, whether of good or evil, as the
people Of the loyal States may elect are destined
10 be felt through all the countless ages OF the
future. The contest is not for the supremacy OF
party-not for the success of any of the prlncl-
ciples which, like ripples upon the deep ocean OF
unity and brotherhood, playfully disturbed the
political surface In the past-not for the recogni.
ton OF any portion Of the conflicting policies OF
party, which in the days Of peace served rather
TO unite than 10 divide IN enlightened and envied
people, claiming common history, common
destiny, and n common God. The struggle, rs
well throughout the North as beyond the Missis-
sippi and the James, Is between those who love
their country and would peril all TO save 1t, and
the Hympathizcrs with treason, who are laboripg
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 the Union party-thc 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 o recognition of the independ-
ence of the Southern Confederacy 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 Chicknhominy.
Ftilor.eiti:ens, phich rckst IciH yOE rotc?
The platform Of the socalled Democratic party
is the voice of cowArdice, treason and enmity to
the Federal Government, and a libel upon the de-
termination and patriotism of the North. II was
dictated in q spirit of dsluyalty, and adopted by
the representatives of party whose leaders are
Southern Secessianists and northern abettors of
the rebellion 1t is special plea for the seeded
South, and its avowcd purpose is the destruction
of the Union, or its restoration upon basis hi.
initiating and dishonorable 10 tho Government,
and fruitful of ceaselesS diScord and revolution in
the future. Is the loyal North which has armed
Al -. IL.
blood has tertiliZed the valleys of the South and
made them sacred. whose homes are hung in
sable and whose hearts are heavy with the mcm
orv of 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 ana III
which so many noble hearts have bled, 10 admit
itself vanquishcd when final victory IL within its
grasp, TO pay TO European creditors the monstrous
debt of the Confcderacy, to return 10 bondage the
wur-cmancipatrd slave who has stood. sentinel
around the camp-fires of freedom, or 10 recognize
the independence of the rebellious States! lfnot
then is the Chicago platform an Infamous false
booh. which the honor Of the North demands TO
be rpfuted in tones of thunder on the Sth of No
yember next II is the proclamation OF ma
tured conspiracy against the peace and well'oeing
of n loyal people, and the once venerated name Of
Democracy Is deiiled by the touch of treason.
The platform of the Union party, framed in q
spirit Of patriotism, is but the echo oi that al
nervading sentiment which is TO rebuild the
broken arches of the Republic and plant the rose
in fields made desolate by the truck of war
F.LLocciti:eHs tckich ticket Uilt yoH C0tc
Let no loyal man be led from his allegiance 10
the Government by blindly following the banne er
of party There are but two parties now, nor
ruu there be q third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds off mourning people, and but
single issue divides thcm-thoSe who Rre Tor the
Iioycrnment and those who are against it. There
is bnt one way by which an honorable peace can
be SrcuTed-by q prosecution Of the war against
treason until it kneels in Submission, disarmed
and defcpseess, beneath the flag 1t has betrayed
Either must this he done, or the independence Of
Tho south be recognized There Is no middle
| course-no process of conciliatlon or compromise
| by which the South can be saved from snomls'
| sion and the Government snred from dishonor.
What do the leaders Of that party styllng ltseII
| Democratic propose to dol To elect & peace
Congress, peace President on peaco pi''ioi IL,
| and then accept such terms of peace nS may be
| dictated by the Confederacy and all this Is TO oe
nccomplished in the name OF Democracy. What
I Ia there In the Democracy of to-day TO remind the
! discipIe of Jefferson and Jackson Of the Democ'
| racy of the pastt Do its champions, WIN treas
| on swelling In the heart and dying on the lips IN
! SANDER of the Administration, ever tRlk OF the
nrinciples of that party with which they mantle
| their disoyalty? DO they proclaim against Danks
and high tariffs, against internal improvements
! nnd popular Sovereignty In the empty namo oi
/ Drmocracy, which many of them years ago ab
| jurrd in the secret councils of Know Nothmgisn
| they dcnounce the Administration md the wal
for The preservation of the Union, and seek TO lure
the unrhinkIug from their fealty by the magic o.
| a smDIe word Abandoned upon the inHugurH
| tIon of the rebellion by the great and good man
| who gave it character and direction In the pnst
the party has been seized upon and converted lntt
| mn apology for crime and an instrument OF reYo
luton Its principles are seorned or forgotten By
the conspiratOrs Who irreverently invoke Its mann
In extenuation Of treason and its temples are des
ecrated by the homage ofthe Goddess worshipper
who kneel beside Its altars. In its high place
| where once sat the great teachers OF Democracy
now crouch the covering spologists OF snarch,
and disunion and Its halls which In the pas
echoed the eloquence of the patriots OF the Re
public, now ring with the shouts Of lawlessnes
and disloyalty. And this is the phantom invoke
from the grave of party by the spirit of treaso
which leads the van Of dlsaffection in the Nortt
and beckons the loyal devOtee of Democracy to
betrayal Of his country. .....-... ......... ...
Fellop-citisens, phich ticket piH you rotel
Your suffruges must be given TO Mcclellan
the Chicago platform and national dishonor, @
TO Lincoln, the triumph of the Federal arms IN
the establishment of an honorable and lastin
peace Calmly viewing the vital issues of n
canvass, can you doubt the awful consequencs
of o Pence Democratic victory in November
Can you hesitate In the, performance Of w6t
every loyal man must recognize a. duty 70 Q
country The consequences OF such tTinmPl
foreihsdowed by the diSloyRl aims and utteranc'
Of the men who control the party, cannot DO Col