Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-30
y.r,oNA11ry VS.. sEcT1oNAL1sM

NATIONALITY vs.. SEcTIoNAL1sM
The Copperheads are loudly prating q
their party Nationality and yet sheiF
alternate breaths are spent in crying Tor
q" State Rights" Their National doc
trine, plainly written, means the "k'Sht
81 ,be Southern States to dictate the pol
lev, fill all the offices with "chivalry" ana
Sough-face associates, and entirely con-
troll the Federal Government. The arro'
van, secesh and the lick-spittle Northerner
cooperate, now under a hurrah Tor FED
o-o, authority, now with a shrek for
State Rights. in e~ndeavoring to hoia' 70
retain, or to regain political supremacy.
Prs;uaice is the foundation OF their hope
TODAY, for a recovery Of power 1T the
Sor,h-mean, malignant, every way de-
,estable prejudice against an inferior race.
Deliberately, in the face Of the open rec
ord, they declare Congress determined to
force negro suffrage, throughout the land;
when that body has most emphatically
pronounced against a policy for restora-
ton embracing any Article compelling
the States to confer on negroes the right
to vote. Prejudice and ignorance, and the
hate born of such parents, nurtured under
q spirit of revenge, form the basis for Cop
perhead great expectations in the South.
To fostera resolution to humiliase those
who preserved the Union-not to inspire
or encourage the sentiment Of patriotism
such is the fell purpose and intent Of the
Co~pperhead leaders Of to-day. And for
such service, it can no longer be question
ed by any intelligent and earnest lover OF
our Nation, President Johnson has thrown
the whole weight of the Federal patronage
at his command. Against this conclusion
we have for a long time commended; be-
lieving the Presidents professions OF adj
hesion to the doctrines of the Union party
as laid down in the platform of 1864,
upon which he was nominated and elected
Vice President of the United States. But,
alas! we find Andrew Johnson, to-day recit-
ing words Of National import that he may
practically argue for the restoration Of
rebels TO power. By the measure Of faith
and charity we have exhibited toward him
and his administration, up to the date of
his defiant declaration Of recreancy to the
party that has conferred on him the high
est honors in the Republic, we experience
a proportionate intensity Of indignation
and disgust at his developed character.
True Nationality Of Sentiment in our
| country has its FIRST aud main element in
a love of human Freedom. He isl ma
tional man." who always and foremost
places the thought and rejoicing Of his
mind in the desire that all men should
possess 50 much personal liberty and po-
htical opportunity as is consistent with the
preservation Of public peace and good
order. This heavenly sentiment is Knocked
by the secessionis,s when they use the
word Nationality" apd say it applies
flor instance) to men, parties, sections,
Congresses, only when Estate Rights"
take the precedence in all logical consider
atoms connected with the administration
Of the Federal Government.
The preservation of the Union was the
preservation OF the Government, Of the
institutions Of civil freedom in this coun-
try. The preservers were National men ;
Our enemies will become Union Nation
alists only when they thoroughly agree to
the principles on which the war was con-
Quoted by the Conquerors. To say that
the Union is not really restored until
traitors are admitted into Congress, is the
creed Of the Copperheads to-day. This
correct announcement of their National
theory illustrates their political dishonesty.
More il warns Union men that the dan
ger of the present is not less formidable
than were the perils recounted in the time
of the War. An uncompromising adhe-
renee to the iberty-proclaiming terms Of
the Great Declaration by our Fathers has
rendered, and will continue, the Union
organization the party in National rule.