Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-26
WAITING.

The entire people Oh Ine Noe""
waiting in anxious suspense the coming
nroelsmations of the President, which are
to .uthoritively set forth the policy OF the
Administration in its dealings with the
subjugated rebels, and its efforts to render
the upeoualled victories which have been
won by our soldiers, the actual obtainers
of National tranquility and prosperity.
And while it is true that President john
son enjoys the respectful confidence of all
Union men, there are such number Of
paths which may be taken by the Chief
Executive in his endeavors to establish a
Peace that abundant scope is given for
speculation in regard to what may be his
favorite adopted theory and practice; and
the probabilities as to the adoption Of one
or another hne of conduct are freely dis
cussed. While we have faith in the in
tegrity of the President consistent with
his past political positions, we are not &C.
quainted with him as we had become with
his predecessor, whose plan might have
been popularity announced in advance of
his proclamations. But if we, the loyal
people in the loyal States, are nervously
listening for the keynote of President
Johnson's reconstruction policy, with what
eager ear and feverish pulse must the high
priests of secession, captured or surround
ed. long for the pronouncing of their fates
For it is certain that the tenor, if not the
very letter, Of the new amnesty" will
practically decide as to the character OF
the punishment which is to be meted out
to the principal authors and actors in the
Confederate cause.
In q small but very substantial apart
ment at Fortress Monroe there is now an
individual who is particularly interested
in the result of the present deliberations
of our Cabinet at Washington. Full well
he knows that the people Of this great
Republic connect contemptuous hate for
him with whatever kind or degree of hope
and expectation they cherish towards the
Executive determinations that are daily
due. While the loyal masses have had
their indignation against him-born and
nurtured on unnumbered and almost in
describable cruelties really somewhat
mollihed BY the righteousness Of the
grand capture scene-they nearly forget
ting that be had long proved himself a
brute. inasmuch as he lately assumed not
to be a man his deluded followers in
the South execrate him beyond the
measure of words or the retributive salts
faction of the gibbes. The focus of the
whole worlds scorn, BY the judgment OF
every civilized human. being held to be
the foulest and lowest creature in human
shape on the face Of Gods footstool,-l
simply and varily as such, JEFF. Davis
waits his doom. And that doom will
virtually be sounded in few hours, from
the Federal Capital and by the Ruler of
the Nation. .... - -. .-1G
Although, as we have before intimased,
there is full and free debate on the nature
of the Presidents forthcoming message
there Is no noisy speech regarding them.
How evident it is to every discerning
mind, that the assassination of Lincoln
was an act that, as it were, passed as an
ineffaeeable shadow in the hearts OF the
people. In solemn sadness the inhabitants
of the land sit at the high gates Of ex-
peetancy; and though tidings of great
ioy for all races of men are believed to be
in the trump Of the Herald Of Time, yet
no wild cheer of enthusiasm. no tumult
Of gladness will greet or echo back the
glorious news. Memory, thought and
sentiment do not name that which moves
the souls of the loyal people of the land
to-day. One mighty emotion now surges
and now controls. now shakes and now
makes steadfast the Utmost life OF the
Nation to-day. In the valley of grief and
humiliation, by the waters Of affection,
the hosts that but yesterday achieved the
srandest and most conclusive Of earthly
trrumphs, bow down their heads and will
not look MP; though on the mountain
heights the seal Of Justice is to be fixed
and FREEDOM, bought with their blood,
is to be proclaimed, unpolluted, enduring.
eternal. I