Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-18
Communicated.
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is
REAP0N1IRLR

From present indications, 1t appears that
the assassination and murder Of President
Lincoln was the contamination Of \ scheme
long coatempl plated BY some persons anxious
to arrest the onward progress OF events, so
astonishinyly developed curing the last four
years, and which, at the time Of his death,
was apparently on the point Of elimination,
in the securing Of peace, and the establish
ment, on firm basis, Of the grandest Gov
eminent which the world ever saw. When
it became evident that our Institutions were
in danger, the fires Of Patriotism were re-
kindled about every hearth-stone Of the loyal
North, and men forgetting self, family,
friends, fortune, and life itself, rushed eager.
" to the struggle. Millions Of treasure, and
thousands upon thousands Of lives (and that
too OF the very flower Of the American peo-
ple) have been sacrificed, and those mex
pressible sufferinys Of imprisonment, and
starvation, incident to war, have been borne
by noble patriots to save the Nation. Right
and Justice was beginning TO triumph. Those
who had inau2urated treason, and the meanef
followers and pAndrrefs Of that deteetable
crime, saw that their hour had come. Dem
1yORueN III TUX NOIIU, NuO uAuh yCAINN
depleted the public treasury, and knew no
other occupation than that OF vultures prey
ing upon its vitals, saw that the country had
no further use for them, and that their bread
must be gained from other sources. It would
be difficult TO conceive Of u man more fitted
for the emergencies Of the day. better ealeu.
lated TO please everybody who had any right
TO be pleased, than ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Yet for SoDS0 cause, and BY the instigation Of
some element or faction, he has been neanly
murdered. Il il the direst calamity that
could have befallen our country. Who did
this Who had an interest to haze Il done
Not the Southerner-A worse calamity could
not have befallen the dying Confederacy and
no body Of ren there, sufficiently powerful 10
have formed this conspiracy, could be found
who were not fully apprized Of this fact
Could it, then, have originated with any
others than those Northern traitors, so long
out Of, and so eagerly thirsty for, Office and
power? The same class Of men, who, ii our
new State, have been for years bowling in
bar-roomS, and on the hastings, against what
they styled the tyranny Of Abraham Lincoln
his prisons and his 6astiles and yet, men
in our midst. high in Office, and who have
been lately raised there BY those who trusted
to their sound loyalty, have chosen for their
most intimate associates and have extended
official favurs to. and can be seen daily hob.
uobbinz with, those very demons who 50
lately were encouraging treason, and openly
and secretly limiting at the very assassination
which has now taken place. These men have
done more to break down the Government,
to spread treason, and nerve the hand Of the
assassin. than all the armies Of tia South.
Without any Of the motives, or natural lean
inox which lead u tn excuse and forgive the
Southerner, they have howied until from
sheer coWardice their mouths are shut. And
nov the noisiest brawler becomes "only q
Democrat" Out upon that false repentance
which comes only when the halter or starSa-
ton 10 in sight Let these men dy from
Government which they have proclaimed q
despotism, and not dare to ask the loyal men
Of Nevada for business or countenance; for
they will sooner trust their interests in the
hands Of Davis or 4 Foote, than 70 the
snakes Who have brought on ~ the calamity,
At which, with ali their show Of grief, thsy
secretly rejoice. MOUNT Davidson.