Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-19

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masses Of the Union party here would
support the Radical 50 suggestions and
when they arrive here and ascertain what
the real opinion Of the party is on their
extreme hobby, they may conclude that
i, is judicious not to be pertinacious in in.
sitting upon their negro-equality Pro-
srsmme. As for the Enterprises plank
in favor Of negro jurymen, we think It
will no, be tolerated as a serious PROPOSE
ton for a part Of any platform in this
State; and il is quite likely that before
the canvass fairly opens it may procure
an acceptable offer from the C~opperheads,
or have its often. urged price agreed TO BY
the latter. How little demoralizing in
auence i, could exert, if it persisted in
pretending to remain in our party. is IL
Illustrated by the record Of the last Virgil
MIA city election, when it's candidate at
the Primaries received about one vote out
Of 6ve. and that per eentage principally
for reasons no, urged or mentioned in KS
columns. Having thus presented reason
able specula,ions concerning the course OF
u U. 5. Senators in the coming cam
paisn. and having thus thoroughly and at
TOO great length considered the insignih-
cau, item cf the Enterprises advocating
The one way or the other. we return to
the assurance that it ought not TO be a
hard service - the preservation Of the
Union party of Nevada on its right foun-
da,ion, and the insurance thereby Of its
continued and overwhelming success.
When the civil war broke out our
party was formed to "pur down the re-
billion and maintain the supremacy OF
the Constitution" l. was an organizs.
ton tina, sprang from and was maintained
by the sentiment Of patriotism. Again
aud again, during the war, was its creed
asserted in Congress, by its representa-
,ives there in majority, to be comprehen-
| sively none other than what has been
quoted above as the text and title OF its
policy. The rebellion being subdued. the
guarantees OF the organic law Of the land
were 10 be carried out in a work Of recon-
s,ruction which tie letter Of the Constitu.
ZION itself delineated. To the course Of
the war i, was deemed necessary as a war
measure, TO issue an emancipation procla-
nation. The vast majority Of the loyal
people hailed the official publication Of
that instrument with exceeding great JOY.
And ey-and-by the Constitutional Amend
ment a~bolishing slavery was passed by
Congress and adopted by the requisite
number of States, including the vote Of
the Legislatures Of several States ''out Of
practical relations" with the Union on
accoun, of the setting up Of the so called
Southern C%onfederacy. Then came PEACE.
procured through the bravery and endur.
ance Of our soldiers, and the courage and
skill Of our Generals. Contributing to
the Victory for the Constitution and the
Union were many thousand negroes, who
had beea drawn into the army Of the Re-
public, and. TO whom Freedom had been
promised and decreed. The accursed
spirit of the Rebellion had its fit, 6endish
illustration 10 the assassination OF our be.
loved President, Abraham Lincoln. II
was the last Act in the devilish Drama .,
Secession. More than all the atrocities Of
the battle field and prison house. 1t OPEN
ed to popular comprehension the malig-
nancy Of the leaders In the great Con
spiracy against the life Of our Govern
ment, and demonstrated the necessity Of
proceeding with caution and with tirmness
in the work Of bringing again the lately
rebellious States into practical relations
with the Union. The platform Of the
Union party, adopted in "a at a National
Conven,ion-where all party platforms
have heretofore been made-where Mr..
Lincoln and Mr.. johnson were nominated
in spite Of the then called Radicals" in
our party,-the creed Of our organization
then authoriuvely put forth demanded an
unrelenting and vigorous prosecution Of
Of the war, "until the rebels made an n
conditional surrender Of their hostility,
and returned to their jus. allegiance to the
Constitution and the Laws Of the United
States" At that time, it was also re.
solved that the Convention regarded as
worthy Of public confidence and official
trus, those only who endorsed the plat.
form there and then enunciated. A reso.
luton was adopted favoring the Consti.
'u'ional abolition Of slavery.
President Johnson. early in his admin.
istration, informed the Provisional Gov.
errors and other principal authorities Of
the lately rebellious States tina, thew mus,
adop, q provision in their respective Con.
sti,u,ions sooliihins forever slavery, a.
evidence Of their thorough loyalty to the
National Constitution as 1t Is. In hi,
letter Of acceptance as nominee for m.
Vice Presidency, Andy had said: IT, |,
in vain to reconstruct the Union, with
the dissractinS element Of slavery In Il.
Experience has demonstrated its incom.
ps,ibility with free and republican GOV.
mtnts, and it would be unwise and IN.
jus. to longer continue it as n Of the
institutions Of the country" And Presi-
dent Johnson advised that negroes who
had served in the army Of the Union. who
could read the Constitution Of the United
States, who we're worth $3.50 in real
estate. be allowed the right Of suffrage BY
the Southern States. Such was his coun-
sci, and in his own State such would have
been his character of vote on the negro
suffrage question. Congress met, with
the men who had tried to defeat President
Lineoln's denomination and election de-
eermined to drag the Union msjority In
the National councils to extreme radical
n'a'nss'. The history Of thsif action