Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-11
spRRCH OF COL. STOKES.

Col. w. B. Stokes, in q speech at Nash
vile, Tenn, recently, addressed O larss
and enthusiastic audience. we qu0''
some extracts from his speech:
WHY these threats Of another war,
Mark Il, YOU will DO compelled to submit
10 the laws and to the Government OF the
United States. Applause. Montgom-
cry Blair tells you there will 90 ano.ns'
war II the Republican party succeed.
Then you will have another, for the people
of America are determined not to be ruled
by rebels and Copperheads. Applause
I talked with an intelligent rebel soloier
the other day. He said that he had done
a great wrong, and didn't expect to vote
at present; but meant to wait patiently
till the amendment was fully ratified, ana
then he would ask Congress to recognize
him as q citizen, which would be better
than q thousand pardons from q President.
WHO ARE THE STRIPE BREBDBRs!
Who are stirring up this war against
the State government in your city, 10
down and take a look at them. They arc
fellows who never smelt gunpowder. and
never went near headquarters except to
draw rations of bread and meat. They
didn't 20 into the rebel army, but staid at
home, to get fat contracts for the army, or
played the devil generally, prosecuting
Union people. would not be astonished
to see these same fellows in the course OF
a few weeks marching through the streets
with pixies on their shoulders, such as
thew carried in 1861 through this city, to
route the Federal army and push the Yam
kee soldiers off the gunboats. CTremend-
GUS applause and laughter.) Now hear
them exclaim: "We'll file bills we'll get
an Injunction! we'll not give up the old
p%olice!" Gentlemen, for Gods sake stop
this talk and don't bring on a riot like
that of New Orleans. Suppose there IS
another rebellion, the rebel leaders Will
run off North or South and never smell
gunpowder, while the people will be left
to suffer the shock. And il there should
BIO a second rebellion, the North will be a
solid phalanx against you. Reconstruc-
ton will then be an easy job, for it will
need nothing but q Surveyor General to
Law off your land. I don't want to see
another army come down here. You had
best not provoke it to come. Let me add
| also, that there are Union men enough in
| Tennessee to cut a wide swath among the
| rebels il they rise again.
l now come to the President and the
| new Democratic rebel party he has gotten
up. I hold him responsible for the riot in
| New Orleans. and will hold him respon-
sible, if there should be one here. Zap
plause.l How stands it with the Presi.
| dent. A short time since he was univer-
| sally denounced by the rebels. While in
! this place he levied assessments on TIT
| rebels TO the amount of thousands, perhaps
| millions Of dollars. They say it was all
for the benefit of the poor! I don'tknow
| that it was ; I reckon not at least not al
| of it. Again, johnson said, if there wer'
but five thousand loyal men IN a State,
| they must rule it, whether white or black
He said to the negroes:
II will be your Moses" Loud laugh
teri After the assassination Of Lincoln
Johnson said again "None but loyal mel
should control the States" He had thi'
| State Government organized, and the Leg
i~Sla,ure elected by general ticket, on hi
suggestion. 10 Governor Sharkey, o
Mississippi, he said "Let the negroes vot'
who can read and write, and you will de-
stroy the Radical party"
The colored man is under no obligations
to johnson for this suggestion, for it wa
made only to cut under Greeley and break
up the Republican party. Call Congress
Radical indeed! l charge that johnson i
the father of Radicalism. In 1860 he sale
in the United States Senate, that If Louis
lana or South Caroliana should throw of
their allegiance, the United States woult
have a right to conquer them and hole
] them as Territories.