Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-24
THE EVENING NEWS.

ings OF this large and completely organ
lied Union Club, inadvertently ended alb
ruptly at the introduction of Mr.. belong
a. one of the speakers. Mr.. belong SAID
he was being put over the course pretty
well-he had spoken at Gold Hill the
previous evening-at the Fourth Ward
Club Just now-but he wanted to assure
his hearers that we were marching right
along. Cheers and shouts of Union men
rang from one end of Nevada TO the other,
and no one class of men were engaged IN
the support Of Lincoln and Johnson.
That last victory Of the enemy was the
greatest favor they could have done US.
/, had raised discussion, and inquiry, and
that was what We wanted. He would as
soon have a man go to the democratic
meetings and hear their speakers, as to
come here. They had to cry peace in one
sentence. and war in the neXt-blow hot
in one breath. and cold in the next-and
sensible and intelligent men stood mute,
and understood it not. They were begin
ming to enquire what il meant. No one
class of men are in this movement to sus-
tain the Union. All classes are joined in
it, the Irish, German, and American-al
are together. Old democrats were here,
but ali the democracy of to-day was not
the same as the democracy Of times past.
Formerly the democracy would have the
last man die, and the last drop Of blood
be shed for the life of one man taken by
an enemy, but now-the Union may be
DESTROYED, and all the blood and treasure
already lost can go for the sake Of peace
with traitors-who have attempted the de-
Itruction of all that we hold most dear,
and who have courted and solicited the
aid of foreign nations TO destroy our gov
eminent. These traitors have raised the
standard of rebellion in our midst, they
have exiled Union men from the South
from their homes and families, because
shey ,esre Unions men, and now they want
their votes. Now can these Union men
these old democratS-after all this, affiliate
with those whose loyalty is doubtful
whose candidates, if they are not now
traitors, act in such a manner that the
result will be the committal Of treason:
tell YOU no! Applause. They lind
this party, calling themselves the demo-
eracy, to be false and traitorous, and they
will leave that party and put themselves
in the Union ranks. IL makes no differ
ence what party, il It is only for the
Union. This is the spirit that now AMI
mates the true democracy. Now We say
while our armies are fighting in the field,
and our brave and gallant soldiers are
Welding up their blood and their lives in
the cause of liberty for us and our chill
dren, shall We prove false TO the part they
leave 10 US: Shall we fail TO do our
part: IGreat applause and cries of no
There are two kinds of victory, one is
with the bayonet. and the other with the
ballot. Let us determine to win our VIC
tory with the ballot, and our gallant SOL
tiers under Grant and Sherman will take
care to WIN the other. [Applause.l My
brother, who is fighting under Sherman,
wrote me but a short time since, that
4" from information derived from the rebel
prisoners and deSerterS, he knew the
Southern army had no hope TO conquer
the North, unless Lincoln should be GUST
ed from his place. and Mcclellan put in.
If they could only hold out until after the
election of a democratic President they
would, (they eSpected) have rest.
They think the North weary of the war,
and that if Lincoln is put out they can
gain an armistice." This is the real issue
whether Union or Secession shall tn
umph. The other side have got war
candidate and a peace platform. They
can accommodate war men or peace men.
They can put forward little Mac" and
assure their man that "he will fight the
war 10 the bitter end" and at the same
time put Pendleton and the platform be-
hind them, or they can put forward Pen
dleton and the peace platform. and put
Mcclellan behind their back. II is the
play Of the little joker" now you see It
and now YOU don't. Bet which way
YOU please, you are quite sure to lose
YOU are sure to be coppered. Applause.
We believe in fighting the war out. II
our government first asks for peace, being
engaged on the offensive, all civilized ma
tions will acknowledge the Confederacy.
II we divide the country once, it will be
divided a hundred times. Like well
constructed building, take out one of its
important supports, and the whole fabric
falls to the earth. Will you then yield;
See the last news by telegraph. Immense
applause.l The brave Sheridan has just
taken 5000 prisoners who were they here,
would vote the Democratic ticket, II they
voted at all. Go where you will victory
is lighting on our banners. Shall we now
supplant the magistrate who has proved
faithful and true, and put a coward in his
place,-one who calls the war unjust, I'M
holy and unrighteous, in which he drew
his sword: His platform says so and he
must give it his endorsement. VIII you
swallow the pill of Pendleton on account
of the sugar coat of Mcclellan: What
would you gain by electing Mcclellan
II he would carry on the war, ne would
do it no more earnestly than Mr.. Lincoln.
And suppose Mcclellan were to die, we
should have the secession Pendleton as
President. Then we would have an armis-
tice. In order to have one we must meet
a. EQUALS. We must give up all the con-
ouered territory of the South, withdraw
our armies, and raise the blockade. The
South can then recruit their army and OBJ
tain all the supplies and munitions OF war
they desire, while we spend six months or
more in a Convention to no purpose.
Then we must again meet the enemy,
newly organized, and perhaps allied to
half of Europe. Mr.. Lincoln says that
when swimming a river for life it IS no
time to trade jack-knives, llaughter.l This
putting in a new President that can do no
better than the other, is to my mind stop
ping to trade jack-knives. 1t is asking
the nation who are now swimming
for life to stop, and make senselesS
exchange. Mcclellan may be just as
good q man as Lincoln, but it would take
any man six months or year to learn to
conduct the administration in such times
as these. We know Mr.. Lincoln to be
honest. No one dare charge him with
dishonesty. He is as honest as when he
was splitting rails in Illinois, for which he
was hated and despised by the chivalry of