Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-29
wANrED-A SQUARE CONTEST.

The Eastern line was down yesterday AMI no
sdYiyes from the East have been received.
wANTED-A SQUARE CONTEST.
That pestilent organ Oftreason, the Maf!S-
VILE Express. standing monument VI '''''''
the leniency o. contempt Of the Government,
which II daily abuses and whites, and would
DESTROY if il could, heads l recent article
"T.rr Is HAVE \ SavARE CONTEST WITH
~,,y AMOR rr1oxlsrS." Whether it has been
:. sonare" or not, it seems TO us that that
Manor. or rather the rebellion which II serves
has been having n severe and bloody " con-
,as. with the AbolitioniSts" for the last three
wears. and that. TO all appearances, the Aoo-
T,;op;sts have got rather the best Of the night.
Time works wonders" and 1t Is truly as
tonjshing to note what change has taken
Mace in the signi6catiou of that word
Abolitionist" within the three years which
have elapsed since Slavery hoisted It's proper
hammer, and turned its guns, its bombs and
bayonets against Freedom. There was
dav. and 4 long day, that the term " Abo-
EtioniS," was never used, save oy way OF
cr;,het. and carried with it certain amount
Of opprobrium. Even those to whom ii was
applicd did not use the word themselves;
theY called themselves Emancipauon'sts-
Now. however. since the word is applied IN
discriminatory 20 all men who side with the
rnha1ltOn and has
become synonym for one who supports and
sustains the Union by voice, or vote, or PEN
or fights its battles in the field or on the
wave, the name of AbolitioniSt has become
one Of honor. There is not one sound Union
man in i hundred, but will answer promptly
and ut 4 word, if Intercepted, that he Is an
Abolitionisr. The Paixhan gun OF the De-
rocracy is silcnced. All are AbohuonlStS
now, and YOU cannot get fight on: OF man
bv telling him that he is Of the same Sen'I-
ment with the great mass OF his fellow
c;,;,en,. You rather. on the contrary, fatter
him and compliment his judgment Blu; the
Express wants square contest; not Snch
I one rs its masters are waging against the
Abol;tionis,s in the Mountains Of the Gum
berland and along the Rapidan. but blood
less one, with pen for weapon, primary cleo
ton for battlefield; and the spoiIs Of which
are not flags and cannon. but fat Office and
the public treasury. Grim viSaged war suits
him not. and peace is his earnest cry. IN"
war is unnatural" it is s. fratricidal," and.
worse and worse, it is Unconstitutional.
How dearly the hell-born devils who in
aucuratcd this rebellion. and wage it still, the
brave with the sword and the towards with the
pen; how dearly they love the Constitution
, that ,hei. first, last and every act repudiates
and de6es Against every attempt to crush
rhe rebellion by force Of arms, the Express
nas consistently protested, and even Rsriah
Brown. the apostate and traitor, anathemised
of all loval men. is not bitter enough in his
hostility to suit the man Of the Express.
Beriah, in his seijtious Democratic Press.
put on. the other day, the new mask recently
manufactured BY the Democratic party for
the purpose Of coming the Trojan Horse
dodge on Union men OF old-time Democratic
p-oclivities. Under the caption of The
Democratic Position he lays down the fol-
loving. as "the inevitable logical sequence
Of the premises:
We are bound by our duties and obligations as
citizens. 10 support the Federal Governmen; in
carving OF the war against the Coniederaies As d
public enemy.
Here's a pretty kettle of fish Here's
sweet " inevitable logical sequence ;" 10 be
dished up by a Democratic cook OF Beriah
Browns standing in the Copperhead kitchen :
Beriah. the Butternut, and trebly copper-fas
tened! The Express holds up It's hands in
unholy horror, and protests against the posi-
ton. He knows full well that the cock won't
fight: that the pill is too huge to be swal-
lowed by Union men. Therefore it is that he
wants "a square contest in which the hos
,ili,v of what now claims the name Of De-
mocracy towards the Government shall be
unblushingly avowed. 1t takes Beriah to
task for his bare-faced inconsistency, as fol-
lows;
We are tNtl Nv tRt fFtSS il4[ LAN WI -
waced not for the preservation Of the Union. but
70. the purpose OF freeing the negro, and for plum
der: that the true Constitutional Government
provides for the prosecution Of such war; that it
: waSed contrary 70 the rules Of civilized war.
fare and in cOntrayeution of well-e-tablished
principles Of international law. Ii these its
premiSes-ani we have tried 10 not misState them
are correct, are we required 20 support such
war; We are talking now about this present
war aad we suppose the Press refers to the same,
no; the next war nor the war after that. What
reflection we have bestowed on the subject has
led Us 70 the conclusion land we hold il 20 be
logical sequence from the premises laid down By
the Prcssl- that il Is impossible to support the
Constitutional Government Of our patriot fathers
bv supporting that which IS being welded for is
destruction any more than it Is possible 10 save
the life of man by Sevrring his head from his
body: and frr;her. that neither good sense nor
patriotism requires Us 20 support the Government
in the prosecution of war that in our opinion j.
wagcd for the destruction Ut civil liberty North
and south II We are Su!n. 10 support the war
policy let US disband the Democratic organization
for here is more use for il than the NTH wheel
in a carriage.
We believe you, my boy The people are
"going to support the war policy" and those
who do not are traitors to their country, to
humanity, and the cause Of that civil liberty
for which the civilized world has been strug-
Cling for dozen centuries. There as mo
use for the Democratic party" at this epoch
of the nations history. There are but two
parties now in the United States: one Of
them is battling for the preservation Of the
nation the other for its destruction. That
is the "square contest that is row going
on, although not in the manner that the
treason-monger of the Express would have 1t.
Arrest of Secessionist.