Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-15
Opinions OF the Press.

below we puOllsn eStrHct5 from tnc
press, in relation to the questions now be.
fore Congress, from Union newspapers:
The San Francisco Spirit Of the Times
says:
We can not so soon forget the eminent
services Of johnson at q time when the
fate of the Nation depended upon his eS-
ertions and his alone. We can not so
soon forget his services in the Senate,
when cravens from other sections did not
dare to meet the frown and swagger Of the
chivalry. and when he stood up alone and
dared them to the worst. We can not so
o forget his sufferings and trials, and
those of his family, in the cause OF the
Union. We can not SO soon forget his
devotion to the flag, the Constitution and
the country, and his long life Of service i n
its behalf, and his honorable record and
we can not so soon forget the implicit con-
6dence reposcd in him BY Lincoln, and
the fact which can not be c~ontroverted,
| that he is but simply carrying out the Oft
announced policy Of that pure.minded
martyr, as TO turn upon him, ~befouling
him with slang, yituperation and abuse,
dragging down. not the man, but the office
into the filth and rottenness Of political
venom. For services such as Johnson
has rendered his country, some other ar
gument is due him, to convince him that
in the sentiments he has ~enunciated, he
does not meet the views of all than bill
lingsgate and libel.
The San Mateo Gazette SAYS:
1, is not only lamentable, but disgrace
full to witness the course pursued by sew
eral newspapers in this State that claim to
be Union journals, in their outrageous 1T
tacks upon President Johnson. What has
the President done that he should call
down upon his devoted head such harsh
vi,uperation and abuse. from such papers
as the Sacramento Union, Stockton indie
pendent, Flag, and others Of less conse-
quence.
We believe in the fullest protection by
law to the e~mancipated negroes, but for
one, we are not yet willing that they shall
be maintained at the public expense.
We don't believe in the Government
establishing free restaurants and free
lunches for indolent negroes, MOI white
men. in every county and town in the
United States, to be carried on at the ex-
pense of this now, tax-ridden country.
1t won'tpay and President Johnson knows
it probably as well as anybody.
The Sonora Herald says:
Just what the nation has to fear now
is, that men will take sides too precipi.
lately, and thus commit themselves in adj
vance to the defense Of error. Already
the respective adherents Of johnson and
the Congress are arraying themselves in
hostile attitudes, and marshalling their
forces for q vigorous warfare; and happy
will it be for the country if the impending
conflict is confined to the tongue aud the
pen. Johnson differs from Congress. Is
he, therefore necessarily q traitori"
The Visalia Delta says;
ave believe in Andrew Johnson, in his
patriotism, his wisdom and loyalty to the
great principles upon which our Govern
ment is founded.
We believe largely in VIM. H. Seward,
as n of the first statesmen Of the. age,
and we shall be slow to adopt any conclu-
sion which convicts him of Incompetence,
or want Of the souudest patriotism. Until
farther information. I'VE shall stand by the
President"
A large number of the Union journals
Of the State Of California hold to the same
views, among which are the Alta, Chico
Courant, San Francisco Call and Pajaro
Times. The Sacramento Union calls all
papers that sustain the President or depre-
cate hasty action, "Eshy Union papers,"
May the Lord deliver the Union party
from the Goldfish Unionism Of the Sacra-
mento Union.-Fosom Telegraph.