Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-26

the house belonging to Hedge Reynolds.
father of the bushwhacker. Such an act
is contrary to law, and is q bad precedent
every way.
From tn. Reese River Reveiiie Of Wednesdny.l
An Impending Revolution.
The political aspect at the East may be
regarded as Of q rather startling character.
A positive breach has been made in the
Union party, and expressions show that
the breach cannot be closed. The breach
is more than q usual political disagree
mcnt, but is assuming the character Of
violent enmity, and would in any other
country produce a forcible revolution OF
government. 4. short time since Thad-
deus Stevens, the skillful leader of the
radicals, declared that the President had
said in conversation wha, had it been
said by>a British King some centuries ago,
would have cost the monarch his head.
but now We are lenient Of usurpation."
To-day we have q report that one OF the
leaders Of the same faction in the Senate,
has reported an amendment to the Con-
stitution declaring that the President shall
not be eligible for q second term OF office.
These expressions and resolutions emanate
from a spirit Of tyranny and factiousness
that can brook no opposition to its schemes
and can see no honesty in opinions that
run oun to its own. Mr.. Stevens is q
Republican, but he is such q Republican
as made France run red with blood; and
that the time are now more lenient OF
u.urpation, and therefore he canno roll
the Presidents head in the dust, i, not the
result Of his teachings, nor is it a condition
with which he is well pleased. Mr.. Ste
vens' republicanism might do for his Re-
public Of Lancaster, but even there, we
think, If in power, his government would
par,ake more Of the character Of me des-
potism Of Austria than trusting power to
the people. Mr.. Stevens is one OF the
ables, leaders that ever had a seat in Con-
gress, and BY his management is enabled
to give u faction, and it i, but q faction,
the power Of a majority, at the same time
endangering the peace OF the Union,
dividing the Union party. We have said
the radical party in Congress is but a fac
ton, and we have seen it stated that 1t IS
two thirds Of all the members. There are
one hundred and eiShty-seveu sitting mem
bers, and of these only sixty-nine could be
brought to vote for the negro suffrage bill.
and about seven,y-6ve is all that it is pos
sible ever to rally for the support OF any OF
the radical measures to which the Pres
idens is opposed. These bills have not
been passed by a two-thirds vote, nor even
by a majority, but by a %factional minor
i,y in both Houses, under the skillful,
persistent and determined policy Of such
leaders as Stevens, Wade, Sumner. Will
son, Trumbull and others. The Rad
ical. Of Congress possess overpowering
ability. while the supporters OF the Presi-
dent, with but few exceptions, can lay
claim to no high power. 1t is error to
charge that the President is opposed to a
majority of Congress. But who are the
supporters Of the President, and how does
their patriotism compare with their oppo-
nents: For the President are Seward,
General Grant, General Sherman, Nc
Culloch. and others whose patriotism has
never been questioned. Our Nevada del
ega,ion stands by the President, and are
the ablest Of his Congressional supporters.
We glory in their firm position a. we are
proud Of their ability. In the great ques-
lions lately at issue we have seen the
President as il battling alone IN the inter-
est of justice and right, attempting to
pacify the disturbed government and to
heal the wounds of q conquered, bleeding
and much suffering people. But by the
side of the President we now see the
mighty Seward, who, as Q statesman, with
c~learness of vision and purity Of heart,
stands superior to any other now in
power in the world. In supporting his
measures of great affairs Of state, we can
not go very far wrong.
These men understand the position Of
the country, and are not actuated by feel
ings OF hate, revenge. nor personal amoi-
ton. These have suffered, labored. and
fought for the Union, and now wish to
maintain it. and restore it to its path OF
greatness. Il may not be generally con-
sidered as argument. but nevertheless we
think important and worthy Of notice. the
remarks of General K. E. Lee before the
reconstruction committee, that the conf
dence and respect for the North and the
Government wal much stronger soon after
the close Of the wal than now" The
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laws Of enmity. first lighted by the debates
in Congress, famed into a destructive
%coniagration by the same, is again fed by
the same material as if hoping to light the
expiring embers, and utterly destroy all OF
which there is to reconstruct the Union.
The dangers Of their course is apparent.
Some have even said they would prefer
another sea Of blood rather than abate
one jot of their demand for the equal
rights Of the negro. They ask that the
negro shall rise and with his true friend
Of the North march upon and exterminate
those in power who would drag the black
back into the power Of the white" II
such can rule, there is neither hope for the
reconstruction of the Union. MOI for
peace, nor for republicanism. The safety
Of the country and Of our institutions are
imperiled. and it is only through the firm
ness Of the President and his advisers that
peace can be maintained and the Union
preserved.