Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-04-10

INErFIcAcY OF THE TEST 0ATH.-Gen.
| Banks, in Saturdays debate, declared
his utter want of confidence in the test
oath. He, more than almost any other
member, has had the opportunity to see
how easily it is evaded. He knows the
men who sit in secret conclaye ut Wash
ington this winter, as "Southern loyal
ists," and presume to dictate to Con-
gress measures of reconstruction, and
half of them cannot take the test oath
without committing perjury. He knows,
| too, the members Of the Louisiana con-
stitutional convention, which he himself
engineered, and he manifests his dis
trust Of them by opposing the scheme
for reviving that convention, and adyo-
eating q reconstruction of the State
government which they originated and
which he would not trust them to i'm.
prove. The minority report Of the New
Orleans committee informs us Of the real
value of their claims to be the "original
Unionists" Of Louisiana. Many of these
facts are already publicly known, but
taken together they go strongly to sus-
tain Gen. Banks opinion that the test
| oath is Of no practical value:
"Judge Howell, the ostensible leader,
| being the President Of the Convention,
| had been q Confederate oficeholdcr, and,
as such, had taken the oath of allegiance
to the rebel government. Ex-Governor
| Michael Hahn, a prominent leader and
| orator OF the Conyentionists, had also
boon, in the early days Of the rebellion,
| a Confederate oficeholder and had taken
a similar oath of allegiance. He had
also oficiated rs orator in presenting
Confederate flags to rebel regiments
when about to march against the Union
arms. Rufus King Cutler, perhaps the
most influential Of the leaders, had dis
tinguished himself in equipping, at his
own expense, o rebel company known
in the Confederate army as 'The King
Cutler Guards W. R. Fish, a member
of the Convention, had been Secretary
| Of the Southern Rights secret associa-
| tion-a secession society organized dur
| ing the Confederate rule, and exercising
espionage over the movements OF the
! Union men. He vas also n of the
committee of extreme Secessionists who
voted for the hanging Of Mr.. Flanders,
and helped to take him from his house
and family and force him beyond the
lines, on account of his Union senti-
ments. j. Randall Terry, q member Of
| the Convention, and a moving man in
| the professions and demonstrations Of
Az. ronvant;opietu in March 1850 nj n
review of the Confederate troops in New
Orleans, paraded in a rebel company,
carrying q black flag with skull and
cross-bones, indicating no quarter to
Union soldiers. William Henry Waters,
another member Of the Convention,
raised o rebel company and commanded
il himself. R. F. Dannoy, Assistant
Sergeant-at-Arms in the Convention
and candidate for delegate, volunteered
in the rebel army, fought against the
Union at Shiloh, and had paid money to
knock down voters and drive Them from
the polls. He had also himself knocked
down a Judge in the street on his way
to Court, and was accused Of murder.
These men were all prominent among
the Conventionists. They were politi-
cal Adventures, known to have favored
the Confederacy when it vas strong and
deserted It when it became weak. 9th
ers of lesser note, who had, like them,
been rebels when rebellion seemed to
prosper, were active in the Convention
movement. "-SprinafeM Mass Repub-
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