Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-05

You have chosen to i%naugurate civil war, and
having done so, we will meet it in q spirit as
determined as the Administration has ex-
hibited toward the South"
Governor Ellis, Of North Carolina, replied,
"Your dispatch is received, and, If genu-
ine-which It's extraordinary character leads
me to Doubt have to say in reply that I
regard the levy Of troops made by the Ad-
miHnistration for the purpose of ~subjugating
the States of the South, as in violation Of the
Constitution and q u%surpation Of power. /
can be no party to this wicked violation of the
laws of the country and to this war upon the
liberties Of o free people. You can get no
troops from North Carolina. I will reply
more in detail when your call is received by
mail"
Governor Magofin, of Kentucky, replied,
"Your dispatch is received. In answer, I
saw, emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no
troops for the wicked purpose of subduing
her sister Southern States"
Governor Harris, OF Tennessee, REPLIED
April 18th:
for coercion, but fifty thousand, IL necessary,
for the defense of our rights or those OF our
Southern brethren.
Governor Rector, Of Arkansas, replied:
"None will be furnished. The demand is
only adding insult to injury" .,
Governor Jackson, OF Missouri, replied:
"Your reauisition is illegal, unconstitu.
tional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical,
and cannot be complied With"
The contrasted condition OF affairs then
and at this present, are pretty thoroughly
illustrated By the extracts which l have tres
passed upon your indulgence in reading.
No lesson Of the war has been more start
ling and complete than that connected with
the temper and hope OF Monarchial Govern
ments. When the chapters Of this new
American school-book began - coincident
with the breaking out OF the rebellion-most
Of us were surprised and shocked beyond
expression. We had been accustomed to
consider despotism and its peculiarly fierce
characteristics as having their home on the
other side of the globe, and only in Asia and
in Africa il at all in Europe, then in its
central portions. We did not know that the
malignant soul Of despotism still moved and
had its cherished being in England. We did
not know that our mother hated us and in
her heart Of hearts had always been praying
for our utter prostration. 1t was a bitter
truth told to US from the ommencemen Of
sorrows. When the old banner was perfo-
rated with shot and shell fired by our own
brothers-when a iendish yell Of exultation
at the REIMBURSEMENT Of Sumter went up
from the threats Of traitors, there was a
mirage rose up over the Atlantic: There
were Kings and Queens, and Emperors and
Princes, and Lords seated on splendid
thrones, clad in gorgeous apparel, grinning
and hooking at our distress, and in expec-
tation of our destruction. And we wondered
when We behold the sight. For England and
France were represented there ; their jeweled
diadems flashing high above all others, and
they most demonstratiye Of devilish glee over
our peril as a free people; but no representa-
tive was there OF that autocratic power,
which, but q few years before, England
and France had assured US, through q long
allied war, was the embodiment Of cruel des-
potism-the Car Of Russia was not there
Mcthinks / see that mirage Of monarchies rising
again. The beauty Of gladness Is no more upon
their countcnnceS, nor the strength OF derision IN
their hollow laugh. The diamonds In thcir
crowns are lustrcless; some of them have fallen
from their sockets; and their thrones are no moro
Of silver overlaid with fine gold and supported by
statues of Atlas, but lcaden, and bent and I'M
cushioned. and upheld by O few rusty bayonetS;
while not fur behind the Majesty" .taoieau there
rise innumerable hosts Of men. whose voices IN
one sublime acclaim shout good greeting TO Us
over the heads OF disheartcned and decnylng roy.
atty. doomed TO extinction by the Tcry prererya'
ton Of our institutions Of civil liberty.
II would, of coursc, be impossible TO even make
mention Of oil the important and glorious achieve
ments Of tho war, or to dwell with any consldera'
bic, extended emphasis on those persons ana par
tIculars we may choose TO name. Yet the remark
ought not to be omitted In this connection: Tho
simple recital Of the actual record Of loyalty III
this country, during the past four or five years.
composes q history enchanting, instructive ana
well nrrRyed In all ita pnrts, The historians OF
other nations and times have attained their sue.
cess in their profession by Il j~udicious selection OF
subjects for almost exclusive consideration. They
have not had occasion 10 explain the progress OF
public sentiment IN manlfestly contributing to ana
illustrated by every single detail of the nations
calendar. The compilations of daily reported
facts, Incidents, observations, and hopes. which
have been mnde during the rebellion, constitute n
full. orbed history, essential In every paragraph
and verse to q thorough understanding OF the re
brllion and "A full appreciation of itS results NIL
printed In style and rhetoric, which. though very
diverse, M its writer's IRE numerous, il Itself ex.
prcssivc of the onward and Irresistible mareh oi
the free American Government.
Dcfent and disaster have many, many times
spread u pull Of gloom over tho land. But the
Administration has never staggered with irrcsoiu'
ton or tremblcd with fear. Nor have our worse
hindranceB 10 victory consiSIeu III Az unSHe..S
full assault or q retaken outpost or even ~ o".a.es
actually, won win the vantage prneuSuiy snrsn
to the discomfitted foe. 'WO have had tho non.
sense of man'worship. There have been heroes,
so called, who were no more en'lt,eu 10 u w,
%pellation by their abilities than they were Ut 10
be trusted with command on the Seo'e U '"'"
loyalty.
with the "Coniederacy IL nus Oesn pu,un!
military struggle. NOT 10 win 'nc uTnon,
Within five years Il revolution mas pracISnay
been effected In the minds OF q majority OF our
people; In many cases an absolute cmnngmS ol
sentiment In regard to the proper polley I1r tnS
Nation to pursue; In Others an lnten"iy'nE VI
conviction in tho same respect Id hlhTSa ~
progress Of opinion which nothing lcHS INN lne
dread scenes OF the contest couid nave SeSuteu.
The intimate associations in desire anu ehac nn
Of the traitor chiefs at the 9onth Sna u !. nS,oh'
OF the Democratic party Qt tnG No''H WI az
ltshcd beyond Question or quloo,c. r u
South mas nad no speech permilIeu NV h"n.
TO tho projects OF the COnieaeraey, .hete nSo
been nearly one hundred general ciccl"ohS " u
loyal States, 10 which opportunity has oeeh hhu'
has been taken advantage OF (somennes success
tuily) to bring gubernatorial aud legislative
authority as palpably Ia opposition 10 the pur'
pose OF maintaining the Federal GoVGrnmcnt US
were the States Of Virginia aud South Carouna;
The battle has not bean nlone 10 the soldier ana
sailor. In truth, II might DO said "itnout lnr
slightest disparagement ofthe accomplishments OF
tina artnv and nnyv the moat formidable danger nilh