Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-08
A Riresrnnd-An Usurpation.

The Union State Central Committee Of
| this S,a,e-or rather a minority Of it, for
a, the meeting held in this city on We'd
nesday. only eight Of the original nine
teen members were pressnt-has usurped
extraordinary powers and prerogatives.
and wantonly thrown q frebrand into the
Union ranks. That body yesterday pro-
mulsated a document, setting forth a
platform of principles for the Union party
of this State. In so doing, it usurped
powers not delegated to it, outraged the
sentiments Of many, very many, good
Union men, ana attempts to set aside and
ignore the platform adopted by the last
Union State Convention, composed Of del
esates elected by the people Of the State
at large. The Committee takes high
ground in favor Of the policy pursued by
Congress during its late session, under the
dio,ation Of Thad. Stevens & Co.; pledg-
es the Union party to the support Of that
| policy; and denounces the reconstruction
policy of the President. The last Union
| State Convention met on the 10th OF Aug
ust, 1865. In the platform adopted by it,
the Convention fully Endorsed the recon-
struction policy of President Johnson,
and unreservedly pledged the Union party
of this State to the support OF the Presi-
dent. That platform was the work OF the
representatives Of the people composing
the Union party. The Central Commit.
tee has no right, whatever, TO change that
platform. The reconstruction policy OF
the President was then we'll understood.
He has no. swerved from it from that day
to this. When Congress assembled,
Thad. Stevens s Co. organized an op-
position to that policy-the policy
to which the Union party Of this State
is pledged-and succeeded in arraying
the majority Of Congress against the Presi.
dent. 4 moiety Of the Central Committee
now attempt to dictate a new platform to
the Union party, thus casting a irebrand
into its ranks for the purpose Of accom-
plishing the objects Of a few reckless poll
ticians. At the time it issued its AFRO
CANT and presumptuous manifesto, the
Committee was well aware that true and
staunch Union men were organizing
throughout the State, in opposition to the
dosmas contained in the Committees die
tatorial circular. Therefore, we can only
look upon the action Of the Committee as
a wilful attempt to cast the apple Of dis
cord into the ranks Of the Union party, or
else as an attempt to force a large portion
Of the Union party into the appearance OF
indorsing sentiments and policies which it
heartily condemns. There IS no State
election to be held this year, and therefore
the Committee had no business to inter-
fere. Il has no right to act at all for the
Union party, except to carry out the Prin-
ciples laid down by the Convention which
appointed the Committee. The object Of
the Committee in taking the steps it has,
is undoubtedly to practice a political
cheat. Believing that the local Union
ticket in this city is sure to be elected, the
Committee has put forward its platform
a, this time, in order that the election OF
that ticket may be heralded over the
country as an evidence that the people OF
this city indorse the policy pursued in
Congress by Stevens & Co. II such is the
object of the Committee, and it appears to
be, that body will End itself disappointed,
and the attempted cheat will recoil upon
its authors. The election Of Union men
as such-to fill the Offices Of this city,
is an event highly desirable, but there are
in this city many. many Union men, who
will not under any circumstances allow
tricksters and designing politicians to place
them in a false position. No power can
compel them to wen appear as indorslng
sentiments and policies which they heart
ily detest.-S. F. CaA