Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-10-24
Old Ideas.

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acism accord to John Brown his apothe-
osis and the courage and fortitudc the
purity, and the constancy, love and faith
of the "red, white, and blue of 1776 will
once moro fill the hearts Of every good
citizen, The truth and justice of old
constitutional doctrines, are being vindi-
Gated by the people. The storm is qui-
citing, and the old ship is righting, the
old flag is huttering above her in fresh
er breeze; and the pcnnons of Democra-
cy are being hoistcd, one by one, as sym
bols of victory over the enemies Of libcr-
ty, Rally round the flag I" And let
us not rest till the thirty-six streamcrs of
the old thirty,six States shall futter
proudly under the flag, representative of
the restoration to our old unity and broth.
erhood The vermiccous doctrines of
Wendell Phillips, Sumner and such, are
becoming very rotten; the utopianism of
fanatacism is, like castles in the air, tum.
bling to the ground. Error is receding
before the irresistible advance of truth,
as the morning mist vanishes before the
rising sun; and there is hope for our
country yet-LaEs Dec.
In continuing our soliloquy (forit can
not be styled discussion on the princi,
pies of Democracy, or topics Of the day,
we do so under the usual heading; for
We conceive it to be as appropriate as any
one We could adopt. \ certain faction has
loraed it over the people little long;
disorder and confusion have reigned for
long years over our country, and it be-
hooves the intelligent masses to takein
serious consideration, the best means of
bringing about restoration.
Can we effect restoration? That is
the great question of to-day. We say
yes. The signs of the times seem to in
dictate that we can California says we
can, and we will soon hear that other
States say so too, How? BY doing as Cal.
ifornia has done. Elect conservatives
and Democrats to the high places among
US; clear out the StabHis Augeiat Wash
ington, and put in better men; we care
not so much whether they are all Demo-
Gratis or not so they are true Romans, and
lovers Of their country, and their coun-
trys cause. This being effected, and it
must be effected by the people; then re-
store our Charter of Liberty to its origi
nal purity. Then will be the beginning
Of better times Then every State in
the Union will be represented in Con
gress. The constitution says Gerry State
shaH be represented in the Congress of
the United State. Then if we have parties
Or factions, as We necessarily must have,
let them not be founded on geographic
cal discrimination but on u unanimous
lesire to promote the prosperity of every
section Of our great country; remember
ing that minorities have their rights, as
we'll as majoritics.
The negro is free-so let him be, but
leave him with the Southern people,
their old masters, who best know how to
take care of, and what to do for him.
Change the Revenue System, and reduce
taxation this must be done, or the land
holders of the country, and particularly
Of the North west, will lose their real es-
ate, which will fall, from necessity, into
he hands Of the capitalists, and the
oondholders, and the farmers of the great
west will be reduced to a condition no
better than feudalism. Tax the bond
FOLDERS, and that will, as a consequence,
essen tariff rates, and all other rates of
axation, whether direct or Indirect
This must be done or, it seems to US that
equalization is inevitable
Let every State attend to its own bust
less. Let us cultivate feeling of friend.
hip for each other as a people of one
ommon brotherhood. Then the South
Till send its products, cotton, sugar, rice,
obacco and rum, (if you please, except
way down in Maine') to the North,
Iafted thence by the spicy breezes of
hat region, and the mutual interchanges
f commerce will be resumed; and the
Id friendly feeling will be revived and
he old American pride, of the old Amer
IAN flag, will be rekindled in the breast
f every true American. The sun of