Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-24
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Tn one of the famous countries under
he sun sthers are a class Of people who,
their relative geographical position,
ire called by persons Of the same nativity,
: landowners 1t seems as though the
extreme Radicals-(they are worthy of q
double superlstive)-in the Congress Of
the United States might well be titled as
u Backdowners for their relative retro
movements. They curse the
for his accommodation Of q
Lincoln doctrine Of Reconstruction, and
then-nos straighsway, but by.and,by-
they do the deeds the doctrine enforces or
spells out, and say, $50! this is all our
motion, and it is very good!" There is
evidently a growing appreciation among
the people generally Of the righteousness
of such exhibitions Of denunciatory tenn
per yesterday and approving sentiment
to-day.
This war of ours, this dreadful conflict
OF four years, was commenced, conducted
and concluded for the pre,srvation Of the
Union, and thoroughly based on the dog
ma that no State could secede from the
Nation. If the armies of the Republic
were rallied and rushed to the shock OF
battle on any other cry, the record that has
not hitherto been gainsayed is all wrong,
and deserves to be expunged and sup
planted. To declare that President John
son ais faithless to fteedom," because
he will not 60 entirely outside Of, and
ever contrary to, the letter and spirit OF
the Baltimore platform Of 1864, on which
he was nominated, is to talk stilted nom
sense-thinking the citizens who do not
have time or opportunity to read all the
history condemning the assertion will be
imposed upon readily with a mocking
hurrah for Liberty. Slavery was abol-
ished to preserve the Union ; 1t was de-
stroyed as the alleged cause Of all our
war :" its revivrng can never be suggested
except in the palpaols interests Of seces-
sion. The war being successful, the
Union was preserved, not restored in an
absolute sense-the Union was main
tanned; peace was recovered therein. This
is as certain, on patriotic logic, as in the
fact that eleven stars were not removed
from the azure Of our banners that were
borne to the fields Of strife by the armies
of loyalty. Therefore it is that it cannot
be said that vague, unessential points are
enclosed in the sentences that insist upon
ell the due and ancient concessions Of
Union title and integrity.
Several days ago we gave item notice Of
a prophecy that Congress would admit
Tennessee Representatives before adjourn
ing. Such is, undoubtedly, the actual,
accomplished fact. The Representatives
Of Tennessee were in Congress all the
time during the war. A grosser incon-
sistency-to characterize it by a mild term
never was shown than wa exhibited by
their Wholesale rejection up to this date in
the T~hirty-ninth Congress. To make a
consistency" a gross act Of inconsistency
was perpetratsd; speaking Of it directly,
the rejection of Tennessee Representatives
was a fragrant and i~nexcusable wrong.
General Rousseau, Of Kentucky, than
whom there is not a nobler heart in all
the land-though in a moment Of passion
he recently committed an evil act-de-
clared in June that Congress could not
adjourn without the admission Of the
Tennessee Representatives, and save its
character. And Tennessee is admit
ted to "practical relations" = Presi-
dent Lincoln's apt and just-hitting
phrase.) Tennessee, that but a few days
ago was represented by Governor Parson
Brownlow as in need of United States
military aid for the performances of the
duties Of the Sergeant-at-Arms! Verify,
things are taking q round turn; and the
day cannot be far distant when the circle
reasoning for the restoration will be "prac-
tically" right. Another months session
of Congress would probably result in the
admission OF Arkansas and North Caro-
lima Representatives, and, very likely,
Congressman from Mississippia and Florida.
The indication is clear, that despite all the
divisions that really exist, and that are
promised, the President and Congress
would be together BY December, II Ste
vens' motion for q continuous term could
have prevailed. The Backdowners-well,
no, we won't call them by that name. It's
quite erroneous. The Congress has ad-
vanced, and is still progressing on the true
reconstruction policy-the one mapped
u by President Lincoln. A text Of that
policy" is not suffrage universal" but
"freedom to all under the National Con-
stisutiou, and the right Of suffrage as the
States shall respectively grant within their
limits"
The President insisted that Congress
should at once determine on the individ-
uals elected to represent the lately rebel
lious States, so soon as this Congress
assembled. Congress refused, and the
Radicals insisted that Southern Repre-
sentatives never should be admitted until
negro or universal suffrage was adopted
BY the Confederate" States. It is now
plain to be seen how far each has "carried
a point" up to date. Congress has sd-
hered to its plan for dealing with the
members of the Confsderacy-as States
and the question Of suffrage is left, so far
as qualifications Of electors are concerned,
precisely where it has always been and
should remain. There ought to have been
a thorough Cancellation between the Ex-
ecutive and the Legislature Of the Nation,
on this compromise-result. This compro-
~mise-action can and will be carried into
the State canvasses this fall, and upon IL