Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-17
PRETTY talk.

PRETTY TALK.
The recent order,of General Mcdowell.
requiring satisfactory assursnces" OF
the loyalty and paeiaGdesisns Of smisrAnt'
to the neighboring frontier Of Mexico, -
of course, extremely distasseful to tnAs
pink of loyalty BeriAh Brown Governor
General of that patriotic order OF the
Knights of the Columbian Star. There Is
prejudice against thss most loyal order, in
The r,;od. of /" Abolitionists," " Lincoln's
h;,a,;n,s" and the . minions Of the Adj
m;nis,ration," which detracts from the
force of Beriah's assurances; but that the
Governor General stalks pretty, thereis
no denying. Hear him: - . 1855 d
We can only regard this order of General
Mcdowell as another concession to that pes
tiferous influence. Ifthere were any facts to
justify such precautions against emigration
to friendly country, all good citizens would
concur in their necessity; but it is based
solely,upon the malicious inventions Of ire
sponsible persons who seek every oppor-
tunity to disturb the public peace at home
and embroil the country in difficulty abroad.
The Glands Of persons inimical to the
United States reported to be now assembling
in the Mexican State of Sonora with hostile
intentions towards the frontier population
and frontier military posts" have no more
existence, etc. - Aaa. saif .Ns.H
An assurance so positive, and coming
from such a source, ought, perhaps, to
allay any hastily conceived suspicion on
the part of the Government. "The White
Mans Colonization Society" of Beriah
Brown and Zach. Montgomery, is a most
excellent and soundly loyal institution.
That much is readily gathered from the
published prospectus. To the distorted
vision Of those "enemies of freedom"
who march under the stars and stripes to
the tune of Yankee Doodle. these emf
grants to Mexico assume the appearance
of traitors combining with foreign power
against the American Government. But
Beriah says that is all prejudice.
For some years past, there has existed a
very widespread suspicion that one VIM.
NJ. Gwin, formerly steam-doctor in Mis-
sissippi, later Senator from California,
and now the Due de la Punta de Limo,
was shaky in his attachment to the Gov
eminent of the United States. In fact.
and not to put too fine point upon it, it
has been limited that Gwin was a hoary-
headed old traitor, and an undisguiSed
enemy of the American nation; and that
a short shrift and long rope was the fit
and proper doom to be melted out to him
whenever he should be captured. Gov
ernor-General Beriah Brown takes occa-
sion to inform the Government and Gen.
Mcdowell and the American people that
they are all in the wrong in this matter.
In fact, we are informed that Gwin Is an
injured. slandered and outraged martyr to
popular prejudice. He says: -
However well disposed towards the Gov
eminent men may be, it requires . irmness
Of purpose more than human to maintain af-
lection for the Government which outlaws
them without cause, and treats them as enc
mics for no act of their own. The SUPPOSE
ton that unfriendly designs are entertained
against the United States because DR.. Gwin
| is to be the Governor Of Northern Mexico, Is
founded in error" .. DID,.
Then Beriah comes at US with another
startling announcement. He says: E
"Dr. Gwin is a citizen Of California, and
has not transferred bis allegiance to any
| other Government. He was passed into the
Confederate lines oy order Of President Lin
coin, his wife remaining in the North in the
meantime. A large property which he had
/ in Mississippi had been con6scated BY the
| Confederate Government, upon which he
! withdrew his son from the Confederate army
and retired to France, where he was joined
BY Mrs. Gwin, and resided until he came to
Mexico with the appointment Of Trustee for
Louis Napoleon and Maximi6an-the sub
iecr of neither. We are assured that he
never held any position or took any active
part for the Confederate Government, and
only sought to avoid complications with q
war in which his family associations were on
one side and his allegiance as citizen was
on the other. We speak disinterestedly OF
| THIS maLteI, anu Ouly lIon AhioAh3Aon VIC
regard as reliable, for under the old party
divisions we were not partizan Of DR.. Gwin,
and did not regard him with any personal or
party favor" .-s
Horrible thought Gwin is still
citizen of California and is now merely
lowering on our southern frontier waiting
for Jim McDougall's senatorship to expire;
when he will once more appear to the
miners of California in that historical gray
shirt, and run muck among the aspi-
rants for the succession! Shouldn't
wonder. We think we see him.
Beriah concludes his advice to General
Mcdowell in this matter as follows:
ain conclusion, we trust the military au.
thorities, in enforcing this order, will have
the discretion to insist upon no arbitrary
tests which the reasonable circumstances Of