Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-12
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SAN Francisco, Sept. l2-l Pm.
Union MectinKa.


Last evening a Union meeting was held
in front of the Merchants Exchange, on c
street, Virginia, at which spoke Senator
Nye, Representative Ashley. and Hon. c.
E. belong. Themeeting was called to or
der at 8 o'clock, and D. ". Balch, Of Flow
cry, wal chosen President. Congressman
Ashley was the first speaker. He spoke
for an hour. Senator Nye was then intro
duced. He spoke for an hour and a half.
At the conclusion Of Senator Nye's speech,
belong was loudly called for, and on his
mounting the stand he wal received with
tumultuous and long continued cheering /;
and during his brief speech, his remarks
were often greeted with deafening out
bursts of hurrahing, to which nearly ev-
cry one present appeared to contribute to
the extent Of their lung power. Really, it
seemed as though the meeting had been
called as ar ovation to belong, judging
from the salutations his presence on the
stand and his few words were hailed with.
Mr.. belong said that this was, in COM
mon parlance, our Congressmen's night
properly called and set apart for an audi
ence to Senator Nye and Mr.. Ashley. He
did not wish, under the circumstances, to
undertake to make a speech. On next
Saturday night he would address the citi-
zens of Storey county, at some convenient
place in Virginia, when he would fully re-
ply to the attack that had been made
against him by the Enterprise. He was
not afraid to compare his record or char
acter, political and social, with the con-
ductor of that sheet. There was not an
item in the long editorial the Enterprise
had leveled at him, to which he could not
make a full, complete, and, to all intelli-
gent and candid Union men, o perfectly
satisfactory answer. Such an answer he
proposed to make on Saturday night. and
to the meeting which would then lbe held
he respectfully invited political, personal
friends and foes alike. He had not an
'organ" through which to reply to as
saults that are or might be made against
him he must rely for his defense upon
such a hearing as he could obtain from the
stump. Mr.. belong retired from the
platform amid a storm OF cheers. Loud
and enthusiastic calls were then made,
during several minutes, for Colonel Sum-
ner; but it being ascertained that he was
not present, the meeting, on motion, ad-
journed.
Remember that on this evening there
will be speaking in the Second Ward Club
room, in Virginia, by Col. Collins, v.
Butsch and r. D. Ferguson-a trio Of
tall takers. Gold Hill will be well rep
resented on this occasion, in Dull sister
community, by "Butsch the Blacksmith"
who is not to be discounted on the stump
by anybody 'twixt here and Moore's Flat.
As many as can Of the number Of those
four or five hundred laboring men in Vir-
ginia City who knew Butsch in Nevada
county, California, should and will attend
tonight. The speaking piA commence
precisely at half-past seven.
On tomorrow evening, Hon. Jonas
Seeley and Chas. E. DeLong speak at
Theater Hall, in this town.
On Saturday evening there will be a
grand rally in Virginia City, when Mr..
belong will make a speech which will be
highly entertaining, no doubt; and all
Union men ought to endeavor to be pres
ent. A personal fight has been inaugu-
rated against belong, and no unpreju-
diced man can gainsay his right to and
propriety in a public reply. We depre-
Gated the commencement Of this "war,"
but now the only way, land for the Union
party itself the best way,) to settle the
matter is to afford a fair hearing to the
attacked. Let the disastrous, ultimate
consequences fall where they belong. The
Union party will not be injured by the dis
c~ussion, if 'free speech" Is the order of the
programme. We once believed the state
ments now revived against Mr.. belong /;
but they, and others Of a different nature,
have been satisfactorily explained away
to US, and we are confident that such ex-
PLANTATION as has been afforded US in the
premises, if made directly from belong
to the people will close the contest-unless
his maligners insist on reading themselves
into universal and unmitigated contempt.