Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-20
r. ,hc yo,or, Of the state Of Nevada.

The approaching election, on the eth day OF
November next, is the most important WIiic" ht'S
ever occurred in the history of the kepu0,hc, anu I
its consequences, whether Of good or eVli As the
people of the loynl States may elect, are destined
to be felt through NIL the countless ages Oh lne
future. The contest liz not for the supremacy VI
party-not for the success OF any OF I"e pm. -
ciples which, Ike ripples upon the GeeP Az
unity and brotherhood playfully disl uroeu Ine
political surface in the past-uot for the Iecosn
ton of apv portion of the conflicting policies OF
party which in the days Of peace serNe4 II.
to unite than TO divide an enlightened ana eINieu
people claiming q common history, colIIou
destiny, and 4 common God. the strug s,I,; Us
well throughout the North as beyond 1ne -H 1f
sippi and the James Is between those VINO ioNe
their country and would peril all 10 save 1t, una
the sympathizers with treason, who arc laooIlng'
for the destruction of the Government OF tneir
fathers, or of tho land which gave them protecuol
from the TYRANNY of another hemisphere wnien
left them homeless. The former arc TePlSsehtou
by the Union party-the latter oy WhHt IL hnonn
IN the Peace Democratic party. whose plauoIIh
was drafted under the eye and auspices OF trea
son. whose aim Is recognition OF the lndepena'
ence of the Southern Confederacy, and whose
leader stands convicted Of having saNeu tue Teoel
capital by the deliberate sacrifice Of thirty thous
and patriots in the swamps of the ChlcKahohiihy'
FellOp.ciii:eRS, ,ckich ticket vii you roteh
The platform of the socalied Democratic party
is the voice of cowardicc, treason and enmity TO
the Federal Government, and u libel upon the de-
termination and patriotism of the North. IL was
dictated in IL spirit Of disloyalty, anu adopted ny
the representatives of party whose leaueTs al .
Southern Secessisnists aud northern aoettors OF
the rebellion 1t Is a special plea for the seeded
South and its avowed purpose Is the destruction
of the Union, or its restoration upon a bass hn'
initiating and dshonorable 10 the Government
and fruitful of ceaselcss discord and revolution IN
the future. Is the loyal North, whIch HIS armed
and sent It's manhood to the field, whose richest
blood has fertilized the valleys OF the South ana
made them sacred, whose homes are hung IN
sable and whose hearts are heavy with the mem
Dry 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 80 nearly won, anu IN
which so many noble hearts have Died. 10 admh
itself vanquished when final victory il within IFS
grasp, to pay 10 European creditors the monstrous
debt of the COnfederacy, to return 10 bondage the
aforementioned slave who has stood sentinel
around the camp-hres of freedom, or 10 recognize
tho independence Of the rebelouS States! lfnot
then is the Chicago platform an Infamous false.
hood, which the honor of the North demands I"
be refuted in tones of thunder on the 9Th of No
vember next. IL is the proclamation OF ina.
tured conspiracy against the peace and well-being
Of loyal people. aud the once renerated name Of
Democracy Is detled by the touch OF treason
The platform of the Union party, framed In L
spirit of patriotism, is but the echo of that all.
pervadng sentiment which is 10 rebuild the
broken arches OF the Republic and plant the rose
In fields made deSOlate by the track OF war.
FclloSo-citi:eHs, ohich ticket &c III you G0ts!
Let no loyal mun be led from his allegiance to
the Conveniently blindly following tho banner
of party. There are but two parties now, nor
can there be third until peace sits again upon
the thresholds Of Il mourning people, and but
single issue divides Ihem-those who are for the
Government and those who are against it. There
IL bnt one way by which an honorable peace can
be secured.-by prosecution Of the war against
treason until IL kueels In submission disarned
and defenseless, beneath the ting il has betrayed
Either must this be DONE the independence OF
the south be recognized There. Is middle
course-no process OF cancellation or compromise
BY which the South can be suved from submis-
sion and the Government saved from diShonor.
What do the leaders of that party styling Itself
Democratic propose 10 do: To elect peace
Congress, peace President on Il peace PLATFORM
and then accept such terms of peace M may be
dictated by the Contederacy md all this is TO be
accomplished In tile name Of Democracy. What
Is there in the Democracy OF to-day to remind the
disciple of Jefferson and Jackson of the Democ.
racy of the past Do It's champions, with treas
on swelling in the heart and dying on the lips in
SANDER OF the Administration, talk OF the
principles of that party with which they mantle
their disloyalty DO they proclaim against banks
and high tariffs, against internal improvements
and popular sovereignty In the empty name of
Democracy, which many Of them years ago ab-
jurcd In the secret councils Of Know Nothiugism,
they denounce the Administration aud the war
for the preservation of the Unon and seek 10 lure
the minimizing from their fealty by the magic Of
a simple word. Abandoned upon the iuuugura-
ton Of the rebellion by the great and good man
who gave II character aud direction in the past,
the party has been seized upon and converted into
an apology for crime and an instrument of revO'
les nrina tTNln 1aA tfanh E
the conspirators who irreverenily invoke its name
In extenuation of treason, and Its temples des
ecrated by the homage ofthe Goddess worShippers
who kneel beside It's affairs. In its high places
where once sat the great teachers OF Democracy,
now crouch the covering Rpologists of anarchy
and disunOn; and its halls which in the past
echoed the eloquence of the patriots Of the Re-
public, now ring with the shouts Of lawlcssnesS
and disloyalty. And this is the phantom invoked
from the grave of party by the spirit of treason
which leads tho van OF disaffection In the North
and beckons the loyal devotee of Democracy TO u
betrayal of his country, ....
FelloU- citizens, Hhich ticket aciA you uOtsi
Your suffrages must be given TO Mcclellan,
the Chicago platform ind national dishonor, or
to Lincoln, the triumph of the Federal arms and
the establishment of au honorable and lasting
peace Calmly viewing the vital issues of the
canvass can you doubt the awful consequences
OF Peace Democratic victory in November Z
Can you hesitate in the performance Of what
every loyal mau must recognize US a duty to his
country The consequences of such a triumph,
foreshadowed by the dslOyal aims and utterances
Of the men who control the party, cannot be con.
tcmplated without shudder. The voice of the
South, still rebelious and In arms, would direct
the councils of the Government and dictate the
terms of u reconstruction. An armistice would
be declared, 10 which the loyal North would not
consent, and IL betrayed and outraged people
would rise in arms against their rulers and civil
phN. fl1..l LAM mud
give independence to the revolted South This il
the reasonable hope of Vallandigham, Cox,
Wood, voorhees, and Pendleton-this Is the re-
suit for which the Chicago platform was formed.
But why expose the purposes Of such party I
Why discuss the manifest results Of the triumph
of such a cause They are plain to the appre.
hepsion of every mind not dead 10 reflection not
impervious to the suggestions of reason, not ire
vocahy welded TO prejudice and error. Let us
hone that the time Is past when men NAV be ar
rayed in enmity TO the Government by the decla
ration of demagogGes that the " Constitution has
been violated and trGmpled upon by the Admin
istration" and tnat the struggle for existence in
which the nation Is now engaged " is an abolition
war for the destruction Of slavery" Such an
appeal to the preludiceS of the unretecting is az
criminal as II is false and malicious. In the Ian
guage of Jefferson Davis, slavery has nothing
to do with the rebellion" It Is a war between
Northern muscle and Southern arislocracy, and
slavery WAS lot liz NATURALIZATION.
For thirty years the Southern mind had been
educated to treason and the election of Re.
publican President was the pretext not the
cause of the rebellion. For the avowed purpose
of severing all political connection with the toll.
ing millions Of the North, the saveholdIng arls.
tocracy Of the South drew the sword ofreyolutIon
and trampled in tho dust the sacred flag of our
| fathers. They flung their shouts of defiance
across tho Potomac aud the Mississippi and
Haunted the banner ofrevolt In the face OF loya
people. Then, like mighty upheaval of the
solid earth, rose the sturdy, toiEstaned millions
| Of the North. For moment they stood In 81.
ence scarcely creditlng the reality of the cry of
1" disunion" waited 10 their ears on every South.
ern breeze then swords In countless thousands
gllttered in the light, und like the vengeance of
God swept southwark the conquerlng hosts of
freemen. The result is before uL Hundreds of
thousands have persisted by the way, but the
armies of the Republic have planted the old flag
again In the heart of the Confederacy, and Tres.
son lies writhing in tho sgonies of dissolution.
Another effort and the whole field will be ours.
We must sare Ae country, Lettks fate Of slavery BE-
chdt ii may. To this end the peace party of the
North must be defeated in November.