Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-06
sPEcULAT1Na ON REUNION.


down to within a very brief period, the
idea Of any other final issue than the ulti-
mate success and complete recognition OF
the Confederacy, seems to have never been
entertained BY the rebels. They seemed
to regard it as a mere question OF time,
accelerated by victories and only ere
tarded" BY the most disastrous defeats.
If occasionally the possibility Of ere
un;on " or re reconstruction" was limited
at by some faint-hearted or far-seeing
rebel. the torrent of ridicule and abuse
from the more authoritive Press, drowned
the feeble voice of the prophet in an in
slant. 1t is but short time since the
Richmond Enquirer denounced as sun
safe" any exhibition OF willingness for
reconstruction, and even went so far as
to recommend the instantaneous hanging
Of the first man who showed any sign of
submission. 1t is true that neither that
paper nor any other rebel journal, has yet
had the temerity to advocate submission.
or to openly prophesy that subjugahon
was the certain ultimate doom of the Con-
federacy. That such an impression has at
last forced itself irresistibly upon the
minds of even the stoutest hearted of these
rebellious editors, is now apparent. When
one commences to speculate at length upon
the result and consequences of measure,
it savors strongly Of an admission of the
possibility that such state of things may
occur. And when the prophetic eye of
the Spectator sees, in that contingency,
grandeur" "power," pride and inter-
est" and 1.-THE wealth and population
which peace and ,0lion would develope in
few years %; when we say, the mind con-
jures up such glorious future as the result
of "peace and union" the conclusion Is
irresistible that, from a bare possibility,
the event is assuming the complexion OF
probability. We quote the following as
an example of this character of specula-
ton, from a late article in the Richmond
Enquirer
Neither France, nor Mexico, nor Eng
land, has extended any encouragement to this
Confederacy, and il our cause fail, after every
manly effort that we can make in its behalf,
then pride as well as interest would dictate
that, if we are to be conquered, We should.
belong to a great and powerful nation. That
we should endeavor to extend the power and
influence Of that nation from pole to pole, and
uniting every country Of America by alliance,
either constitutional or treaty, to seek to make
this continent a unit against the world. In
the grandeur and power of such nation;
with armies such rs the United States and
Confederate States have put into the held
during this war, united under one flag; with
a navy such as the united resources Of the
two nations could put upon the ocean; with
the wealth and population which peace and
union would develop in few years, we might
find at least hiding place Tor our shame, and
perhaps some consolation that America would
become the colossal power Of the world
The rampant editor of the Richmond
Enquirer did not build such magnificent
edihce of national glory upon foundation
of sand nor was ne allowing his mag
nation to run riot IN speculation upon
what would be the results of " subjuga-
tion," that he deemed absurdly impossible.
When the impossibility of subjugation was
the fixed belief of the rebels, and when
their ultimate independence was looked
upon with confidence. the pictures which
they drew, and the castles which they
built in the air, were of different hue and
material, and "peace and union" formed
no part of the plans and specifications.
We can see. and long have seen the
"power and grandeur which would one
day be the result of "peace and union"
and it is pleasant to observe the falling OF
the veil which has long obscured the vision
of our misguided Southern brethren"