Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-30
OUR RAr1r1oAr1oN MEETING.

The largest, the most enthusiastic, and
withal the mos, eagerly attentive political
meeting ever held in Gold Hill, assembled
on Saturday evening. at the Union Club
Hall. The room was altogether made
ouate for the accommodation of the crowd;
and hundreds went away unable to obtain
a standing place within hearing distance
of the speakers. The densely packed con-
gregation of Union churchmen was called
to order a, half-past seven. by President
Winters. rrrersrr
Our candidate for Congress, DR. Ash
ley, was then introduced. He spoke for
an hour and a quarter, We can, perhaps,
give no better idea of the effect of his
speech, than to declare the fact that by 1t
he commended himself to the approving
Judgment and conscience of every nearer.
Even the two or three Copperheads present
confessed surprise at the excellence and
vigor of his remarks. They said that the
Virginia organ was doing their party a
vast amount Of injury by attempting to
depreciate the ability Of such a man as
Ashley showed himself to be, on the
stump platform. Wherever he went he
would illustrate the mendacity of that
sheet, which ~endeavored before its limited
circle Of readers TO- write down as a weak
man one of unusual talent for thought
and cultivated gift for expression. Mr..
Ashley commenced by reviewing portions
of the democratic" platform /; and the
fashion in which he dissected the creed
was q caution to snakes. Cool, calm, i'm
placable, uIanswerable reasoning in way
of comment and c~ontroverting, character
lied and constituted this portion of his
speech. He took hold of one Of the Cop
perhead resolutions and before letting it
drop he accomplished, as a literal logical
feat the threat that a man in Grass Valley
is reported as having made to a "Demo-
crat,"-that he would wiring him inside
out and squeeze him up until all that
should remain would be an extreme piece
Of his shift sticking out of a solitary eye
ball. 1t was cruel-the way he smote the
Copperheads through their Platform"
He said, however, that he did not suppose
they would attempt to stand on their
platform !; not when they got in success
full motion. if they ever could get a politi-
cal s,art;-,hey adopting the rule of the
railroad companies, mo standing on the
platform, when the cars are in notion"
Mr.. Ashley then treated Of our "foreign
affairs :" said we would pay John Bull off
for old scores of Neutrality )" rejoiced
over the fact of the Union Administra-
tons support Of the Fenian movement
here, and, per consequence, its support not
very indirect of the Irish patriotic cause
as it was demonstrating in Ireland itself.
We have space only to note another
portion of his remarks on the railroad
question: He pronounced himself as
strongly in favor of aiding the Placerville
Company. He pledged himself to do all
in his power, if elccted-and he did not
doubt as to his success in this measure
to procure a grant OF land and a subsidy
for the company, proposing to build a
railroad by the P~lacerville route. The
other company-the Central Paci6c-said
they had enough to build their Pacific
Railroad branch. No n would inter-
fere with them. He would do all in his
power to aid them farther, if they could
show that they needed more aid. But
they said they had enough. Now it be-
came US to strive and get aid for the other
road, which comes direct to the center Of
the State. 1t would be of little use to
Nevada to have a railroad that would just
drive off teamsters, in its reduction of
freight charges. Very little. Besides.
there would be business enough for all,
and freight waiting on the completion of
two roads. And if the Central Pacific
Company knew that there was another
road following them up, if not even with
them in progress, they would hurry their
work, and reduce the time of their
roads completion. His remarks on this
point were warmly applauded /; and no
doubt he expressed the sentiment of the
intelligent people. the bona Jfde residents Of
this State, on this subject. He concluded
by an eloquent appeal for the support Of
the people, as heretofore, to the grea.
Union party.
Col. Sumner then spoke. His speech,
which was n of an hour and a halfs du-
ration, abounded in entirely new points,
and was one of a character to enchain the
attention of the audience and continually
call forth bursts of applause and laughter.
He cauterized the Copperheads unmerci-
fully. He discanted on home topics with
sensible and suggestive force; and he
closed with a "straight-ticket talk that
was full of humor and responsiveness.
Mr.. Clagett followed in an hours
speech /; in which he urged his accustomed
topics with his usual eloquence.
The meeting then adjourned with three
hearty cheers for the Union State and
county ticket.
"CoAKsE."-The C~opperheads are very
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