Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-09
DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION.

to listen to the programmed speakers o
the occasion. There was a fine displa.
OF 6re-works, taking the aggregate, frou
different portions Of the city-rocket,
being sent up aud Roman candles anC
blue lights fred from the top Of thu
Enterprise building and elsewhere. Larg,
bou6res were bull, at the junction of {
and Union streets, and in front of thu
Post Office building. We made II count
while Mr. Anderson was speaking, aud
the crowd on the street numbered ABOUT
$40 persons, while, we estimated, there
were from $50 to 200 on the balconies
| adjacent, which are very commodious
| and which were not crowded. A ful'
! third of the audience were Union men'
]. C, Currie, Mayor of Virginia city
was nominated and elected chairman oil
the meeting; and he came promptly
upou the hsg-decked stand-which was
illuminated with a half dozen American
mot ChiueseD lanterns and three hre.
| mems torches. Mr.. Currie said he mad
not eypscted TO be called upon to pre-
| side until late in the afternoon OF the
d,y. Certainly nothing in his expert
enc. had entitled him to such a selec'
| ton. For many years he had beer a
ouie, worker in the Democratic ranks,
| and with the citizens he saw before MN
had passed through seasons Of pros
perity and adversely, ofpolitical triumph
and defeat. Considerably more OF the
| defeat. we should SAY, Mr.. Mayor They
had met together (, celebrate u Demo.
| cratic victory in California. lCheers.I
The glorious news had been borne TO
their ears, and had already flashed to
the people of the Eastern States, that
Harry II. Haight was the elected Gov
ernor Of California, by II majority OF ten
or twelve thousand. ICheers. It was
fit and proper that the Democracy Of
Nevada should assemble on such 40
occasion, aud congratulate one another
on the cheering tidiugs of the victory
achieved By their brethren in Caiifor'
| mia, aud take courage and comfort and
renew resolution for the Democracy o.
this State. Dark, dark indeed for many
wears, had been the clouds that hung
over the Democracy of the Nation,
Hardly u ray Of light from a star OF hope
| penetrated the gloom, aud gave occa'
sional cheer to the heart OF II Democrat
| But now a food OF light streams upon
the Democracy from the heavens; "nd
not ONLY in Nevada, but in the Atlantic
| States, many a weary-worn Democrat
would be rejoiced heyond.eSpression a
the telegraphic signals Of victory flash
ing in electric light from the Pacific &c
| the Atlantic. Aud what n revolution
in public sentiment was witnessed, 10
| California At the lowest calculation
an absolute change Of twenty thousand
votes! Making all allowances, here
were, a, the least, the figure, represent
ing the mighty revolution in public
sentiment, in the Golden State 4 hur-
rah1 But he had not been called upon
the platform to speak, but TO act. lCries
OF Go on" He could not make a
lengthy speech to them, ever If 1t vas
desirable.
Judge Pitzer nominated II list of Vice
Presidents, which was adopted; and K.
E. Lowery, \. VI. Kruttschuitt and an
other, whose name we did not hear dis
~tinctly, were elected Secretaries. The
first speaker was
WILLIAM =. ANDERSON.
He commenced by inquiring: "Whc
is Governor of California" The ques.
ton being repeated, and a long dramatic
pause following each i~uterrogatory,
Union man in the crowd, who evidently
| misunderstood the object and literally
| took the tense OF tue question, ana pro-
badly thought the majority OF the
audience were unable to respond, cried
out, "F. ;. Low The speaker then
said, "H. Fl. Hsight." He then pro-
ceeded 10 congratulate the Democracy
on the California triumph. He illustra'
ted the folly OF attribu,ing the Dem
ocratic success in California to the ell
forts Of the Independent Press. They
had contributed, undoubtedly, to swell
the majority for Haight, but the majority
was so overwhelming that it was evident
that the attacks of the Union and Buhe'
Tin upon Gorham had been only a small
portion of the influence thai brought
about so grand II result. The lndepen'
dealt Press did not urge the defeat OF the
entire Union ticket, the three Congress
men, aud the legislative and County
tickets. He asserted that the cause o.
the Democratic victory in California wa:
| the opposition of a majority Of the peo'
pie to negro suffrage, Chinese suffrage
and the endeavors of monied monopolie:
TO procure enormous subsidies from the
| State Treasury. He said that the OLE
Republican party never was beloved o,l
a majority Of the people, the people
were never enamored Of that party
| The successes of that party had beer
through the divisions Of the Democratic
party wholly owing to adventitious CIR
c~umstauces. In his judgment th'
change that had taken place IN Cal'tor
mia, in the transfer OF political power
would go on, would be followed by sim
| liar changes in the Atlantic States, un
I'll nearly every State 10 the Union ha
become 10 Democratic" through the pc
li,ical character of its chosen officers
In his opinion the Republican part.
would soou retire from control IN TIM
country and because Of the negro an
| Chinese equality doctrines which tn
leaders Of that organization had imposed
upo the party. He thoughtthey had go
into their % last hole" and told an an
ecdote in illustration. The people al
ways had u lurking suspicion thar tn
| Republican party was in favor Of making
the g the equal of the white man II
this country, and hence that organiza
ton never really had u strong hold upo'
the affections of the masses. In Califor
MIA. said Mr.. Anderson, the issue hat
been made by Mr.. Gorham' hrst lette
to the Auti-Coolie Association, and b,
the speeches of Senator Stewart an
others direetxpon the question of uegr
suffrage and Chinese fraternity. BE
hold the result I! So it would he in al
mos, every State of the Union. Why
Because il was true that the Radica
champions of Republication had mad
negro suffrage part of the creed OF tina
organization; aud with that article /
Its platform it cannot be otherwise tina
that i, must go to the wall. He Propo:
ed 10 talk seuse-common sense;-
abuse no man, but candidly to reaso
with the intelligent people before him
Il had been thought that with the work
ing out of the placer diggings in Cal
fornia Democracy had been worked on
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