Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-07-05
oRArToN
Delivered in lIazuire's Opera House,
Virginia, by Colonel Charles A.
lf Sumner, July a, 1865. Ga# iUslE.

with protractcd and exhausting labors, and
in a reduced condition, both as respects sup
plies Of provisions and ammunition. The
reason assigned for the attack at that partl-
cular time, was the discovered or revealed in,
tention Of the President to send a ship load
OF food to his starving soldiers, long confined
on short rations within the walls of the lott;
For this special ostensible and assigned
cause, the traitors Of the rebellion OF 1901
fired upon the Flag of the American Union.
Up to that hour the people Of the NORTH
watched their preparations with a quietness
that seemed to betoken an almost supine IN,
difference. The newspapers were covered
with accounts of the threatening and formla-
able battery erections by the South caro-
l~inians, and great interest was taken IN tine
North in persuing those reports; but more OF
anxiety was felt there respecting the posi-
bic organizations of treason at home, than
concerning the things which the open
mouthed rebels at Charleston would dare 10
do. The intelligent strangers who were
sojourning in our midst, and who CLEANED all
their impressions Of our oy sur
face views, did not hesitate to predict " tneir
fellow citizens or subjects Of other lands, the
agreement on the part Of the North to al
most any terms for Cancellation.
Up To this hour, the traitors had proceeded
with acknowledged and wonderful cunning.
They had employed their subOrdinates at the
North in the business Of pratihg Of peace by
non resistance, and shouting vociferously
against the policy Of coercion. Something
Of caution may be said to have been exhibit
ed in their movements up to this point.
Something like a shrewd regard for the posi-
ton and influence Of their helpmects in the
North appeared to exercise 4 mOdllYIhe pohe
over their counsels and actions. But the
blow now gwen was orderea III a e,.sS mou'
and-tnought inc war was long uhu lgT%uIoouSs..
was a iatai one LOT the insurgents iae gun
hrst nred aI sumter souneeu cue UeelhnIus
Of seii-retri9HtlVe iolly. rev OF us naa efeI
seen INC "al,S OF tue assumed Iy u 'T T.
all Enew anu Invea anu nonoreu tue rug VI
our Union. lug healI 10y ~ H.
was Smi'seh win throes VI inulSnaIon WI
ina! Rreat insult was put uPoi gu. ai In,
ensign; Inc olo"e OF every cltiIen was no.;
us MS lungs drank IN the very Atmosphere vi
revcngeiui sorrow:
We all knew what MAJ banner tyPluee-
what memories II couid Suggest from out us
starry folds. we mad seen It's CONSERVATION
growing larger ~ith almost every a'terha' S
rcVoietion tounG tne sun. aost " > i
seen II on Tue niSn seas, steaInlns Ptouut:
over tue Geck " " tnlnTiIeau Itn "
on some oeaulllul Iioor'tS nisn.i III eoI
paratiVely quiet SEA oI tnc Ia!s'cI oou'n
american Cape, you may nIse W'thesSeu, 10
l nave, the h"ulins III slsnt vi "n S"sgn;n
merchantman anu . poSton enPper' tneii
prows tuIneI !oMaIu nv s"nic nt'vn , anI,
"S lne ahanH-ru"Pe nnn thoId ~
o'ei y otuo"S' w." No. ,n ,ho
~ "e UP - ~ ~ S;snfsr n I've
spanNer peas III answer Y IL e'sPIay V, Nv
eroSS ol o. oeolSe, "nu eNPei5eneeI ~
| small ucRrCc OF enthusiasm, anu nO light
sense OF national superiority MS the sharp
edged VesSei Of AahKGc lana SHOOK OUT ner
de-gallantS ana royals anu new away Eoui
the t"rdy Kee! oil olu England, leaving a
wake CT Laughing waters oeninu her, "hiIc
the nag or the Union whipped out us saucy
stripes in the breeze. We may have seen 1t
displayed from 4 sloop-of-war IN a foreign
harbor, its stripes falling gracefully in the
lull Of the wind below the upper deck port
holes, wrapping themselves partially, rs in
loving embrace around the protruding muzzle
Of an eighty.pound peace.maker. From the
house-top Of Minister or Consul 1t may have
spoken to you IN terms Of cheering and pro-
tectful significance. We know that from eV-
cry building Of collected industry, from the
tower Of every church, college and academy
in the land, for more than half a century, it
has been given to the winds. And there arc
| those among us who have seen, as we have
all read, how it has Haunted on the field of
battle; how it has been borne onward to the
thickest of the fray, with a determination and
valor that could be paused only in death; how
it has cleaned in the very spirit Of cxulta-
ton, as, after q desperate struggle, it has
been planted in triumph OF the ramparts of
the enemy.
All our recollcctions Of our country's his
tory, all our desires for its future, have been
ccmented and harmonized by this beautiful
expression Of our National existence, power
and glory. And 1t was upon TINS nag, nOat-
ing peacefully over n fort built BY our Gov
ernment, in Charleston har6or, for the pro-
lection there Of American interests Tort
then garrisoned BY less than seventy half
famished soldicrs-it was upon this flag thus
placed that these aceurSed traitors, these
cowardly cut'throats dared to hre.
II we wish to indulge in the most eminent
congratulations oil the DAY, W. neeu not
dwell upon the great uprising OF the loyai
citizens maj followed TINS ~lnaugurating actoi
the war. We can take the speeches ana
proclamatlons which the rebel ministers then
Illuminated in their crazy JOY, and read tnem
by the light OF TINS anniversary morning.
Permit one reading nero. Alter tue SuirenuGr
OF Sumter, the rcoel secretary Oh war; Lax
Walker, said:
"No man can foretell the events OF the
war inaugurated; but l will venture to pre-
dict that the flag which now floats on the
breeze will, before the first OF May, hoat over
the dome OF the old capitol AT washington,
and If they choose to Try southern chlValry
and test the extent OF southern resources
will eventually float over Fanueil hail' In
Boston 90, u,
The richmond Enquirer OF the loeh oi
April, SAID: -
Attention volunteers: NStn!ng rs more
probable than that President Davis VIII soon
march an arm. through North Carolina and
Virginia, to W~ashington.'
The Enquirer don't state what uniform
jeff: was TO wear. ,...
Those Of our volunteers VINO decide 70 JON
the Southern army as It shall pass tnrousn
our borders, mad oeuer organize u once lor
that purpose, and Keep their arms accoutre-
ments, uniforms, ANN unition and knapsack,
in constant readiness"
The New Orleans Picayune Of April 18th,
said:
"The first fruits Of a Virginia secession
will bp the removal of Lincoln and his cabi.