Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-08

11AasHPs0s1T1oN OF THE
There seems to be grave reason to doubt
whether the recently proposed con'titu.
tional Reconstruction" amendments will
pass Congress. The leader Of that same
body of Radicals who defeated the repre-
sentation section on 9 former occasion has
given out that he will oppose the passage
Of the policy" Of the committee. No
more intense, we win not say vulgar terms
sould be with t~olsration applied to any
proposition on the floor Of the Senate than
Sumner directed to just such an amend
ment As constituted the principal item in
the present series. True, the word "col-
or" was in the former and Is not in the
but the point made is the same /;
and evidently the eloquent aud influential
Senator so regards 1t; and to the defeat OF
the entire number, except this be stricken
out, he will undoubtedly devote his elo.
and all his personal appeal and
weight of opinion and character. It will
be somewhat amusing to witness tho effect
which this condition Of things will have
on the Radical" newspapers Of our party.
A majority Of Congress, whose course is
approved by the President, thwarted in
their endeavorS Il inaugurate a sound
reconstruction policy by the very class Of
men whom these same journals have been
holding up as the truest and most saga
cious Of the leaders in Congress! Or it it
should SO happen that the "Con'erva-
tives" in Congress should carry the day
on these amendments, how It will vex the
blatherskite sheets that have been daily or
weekly baptizing themselves as "Radi-
calls" and damning Andy Johnson or
any other man who refused to take a
sectional christening. They see the day
Of their humiliation 10 coming. They are
not very emphatic in edorsing the propos-
ed amendments but they cannot, even
now, lif, up their feeble voices, as OF old.
and damn the propositions the Congress
sional champions have hurrahed for and
now denounce. But the amendments may
fail, by reason Of lacking five or six votes
the votes Of the par szcsltnos OF Rsdl.
calls" in the United States Senate I; OF BY
reason Of Thad. Stevens opposition in the
House of Representatives. What thsn'
Who is to DO stigmatized in such an evens'
To be really consistent, it IL manifestly
proper that the Radical" sheets should
curse and swear about-if not at-the
men in Congress who very nearly made
up a body Of sufficient strength to carry
the proposition; and they must lament
tina. an entirely acceptable set Of amend.
ments had not been passed. as they came
from the hands Of Thad. Stevens and his
associates in our party.
OF course, the present and prospective
dilemma the class Of journals referred to
are now placed IN is not a topic worthy OF
any extended notice or comment. So far
as it is considered, /. 10, q already re.
marked, simply amu,ing-regarded in the
most favorable manner permissible.
Who are and who are not in favor OF q
Restoration Of the Union must speedily
become undeniably apparent, according
as action is taken on the "Policy" sub
mitted by the Congressional Committee.
It may be that there are n or two minds
in Congress SO constructed, so warped BY
education; so inflated and rendered obsti-
nate in pride by success in defeating a
part Of the now submitted amendments
that they will sincerely object to and vote
against the POLICY" But we do not
hesitate to declare-as a statement touch
ing the majority Of men who will oppose
these amendments-that they do not ear
nestly desire a Reconstruction, that they
hope the day Of reunion is far distant.
It would be idle to specify all the sinister
motives that abound for such q disposition
on the subject Of Reconstruction. Men
who have not aided a particle in putting
down the rebellion, newspapers that never
raised a State Union ticket during the
war, and that talked of and on and
around the Main Question Of the times
that tried mems souls-many Of these are
vociferous for keeping the Southern States
out of the Union for an indefinite period.
They do not recognize or confess that fact
which our Representative Ashley found it
necessary to distinctly enunciate on the
floor Of the House: You can not keep
these (southern) States out Of the Union
forever" By and by, It must become
clear to the vast majority in the North that
the doors can be no longer closed. There
fore-so runs the argument-hasten the
preparation Of your schedule Of recon-
struction. Write II down what these
States may do, and recover their "practi-
cal relationships" with tho Union. Ninety
Union men out Of q hundred will say that
II these Constitutional amendments are
in Congress through the votes OF
/" Radical chieftains" in our party, then
&" Radicalism Of to-day has become .
disastrous and intolersble nuisance. And
Il the President express his approval OF
these amendments, and announce his cor.
tinusd connection with tho great mass of
the Union party. on the basis Of their
sanction, he will so reply by his action to
his maligners-in Congress and elsewhere
the PEOPLE will appreciate and ap.
plaud him for his position, and tho cur.
rent of popular sentiment will SGT deeper
and stronger than ever against tho few
who will abide BY the Legitimate, logical
Of their "Radical" dogmas.
For, according to the extreme Radical
there is no day anticipated when
:. practical relations" shall or may be re.
; there is neither policy or hint Of
policy /; and in q great many instances
there 10 very little eandor or honesty.