Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-10

The peace plank in the Chicago platform,
which General Mcclellan was discreet
enough to repudiate, explicitly declares that
the war has been failure, and that therefore
it is the duty of the Northern people to de-
mand its immediate cessation, sue for peace
at the hands of rebels in arms, and virtually
acknowledge to the world that republican
government cannot be successful. II this
hypothesis were true, it would be an act of
criminality to further prolong the war. 1.-THE
vast expenditure Of life and treasure had
failed of success, then would peace, however
humiliating its terms, be desirable. Fortu-
nately for American liberty, fortunately those
principles of free government which the
fathers of the Republic gave their lives to
obtain and perpetuate, the war has not been
failure. On the contrary, it has been a
grand, glorious success success unparal-
leled in modern warfare. To demonstrate
this fact it is only necessary to hastily glance
at the situation which the country presented
at the outbreak of the rebellion. Every slave
State, with the exception Of Delaware, was
virtually in the hands Of the rebels. We had
no army, no munitions Of war, no system OF
raising money-nothing that could be made
available. On the other hand, the rebels mad
long been in preparation for the coming
Storm had secured possession of all the mill
tary material owned BY the Government, and
in fact controlled the Government itself. SO
strong was the tide of rebellion, that in the
CITY OF Baltimore-that city which two days
ago cast three-fourthS Of its votes for the
Union and emancipation-the expression OF
Union sentiments was equivalent to death
warrant, men were brutally murdered for the
presumed crime of wearing the Federal uni
form, and through which the President OF
United States, was obliged to pass incogn'to,
10 avoid assassination. The war failure
Look at the situation to-day. In the very
heart of the Confederacy, in the Empire
State of Rebellion, Sherman and his gallant
army are planted, firm as the rocks, 6hghtlng
the cause Of treason and driving the once
naughty rebel army before them. In the
East, the thunder of Federal cannon sounds
the death knell of rebellion, and may be
heard in the very halls Of Confederate legis.-
lation. The rebel President hears it, and
knows its import. He knows that it is the
approach of Just retribution, from which
there is no escape-the handwriting on the
wall which foretells the coming doom. The
war failure: Look at the map, observe the
vast extent of territory has been conquered
in three-and-a-ha years. Within that time
half n million square miles Of territory, diff
cult of access, strongly fortified and bravely
defended, have been brought again under
Federal laws. An extent Of country has been
conquered that in dimensions is twice the
size OF the French Empire, and four times
that of the British kingdom. Powerful ar
mics have been defeated, almost impregna6le
Notifications have been captured, and the
Federal flag to-day is planted upon the soil OF
every rebelliouS State. And look at the rebel
armies. According to the admission Of Presi.
dent Davis, they have become disheartened
and so demoralized that two-thirds OF the
number are absent from the army without
leave, i. e.. have deserted. They have no re-
serves for re-euforcementS, for in the Ian
zuage of General Grant, they have already
robbed the cradle and the grave, to make good
the depletion OF their armies. The war
failure: Then were the exploits Of Napo-
leon and Wellington failures, for neither,
even in his palmiest days, ever achieved such
vast success. Look at the contracted proper
tions OF the Confederacy, at the Gordon OF
Federal bayonets which surrounds it, at the
depopulated Southern homes, at the depleted
rebel armies, at the forebodings OF the rebel
papers, look at these facts and judge, but
tell it not to the American people that this
war is a failure.-N. Y. san.