Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-01-03
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There is no nobler or truer man In the
nation than Schuyler Colfax. His gen.
ial manner wins the hearts Of his social
companions no less truly than his bold
advocacy Of the national cause has won
the confidence ofhis political associates
His Congressional career has been a
brilliant and a CONSTANT one. He is
honest, talented, true to the great prin'
ciples of freedom, and devoted to the
development Of our American industry
II candidate for the Presidency in 1858
is to be elected from civil life, no man
stands fairer with the people, and no man
would receive their united support more
quickly than the present Speaker Of the
House of Representatives.
In his speech at the late Congressional
banquet, we find the following eloquent
and heroic language:
"Thank God, in this land the people
are the only rulers. Every two years
they resume their sovereignty, and by
their ballot they make and unmake Con-
gress, and they approve or condemn ad-
m%inistrations. They command, and
Congress and the President must obey.
We return then, to these halls, to carry
out and enforce the decision ofthe rulers
of the nation-the people. No a can
misunderstood their will. Four points
have been settled by them beyond con-
troyersy.
LIST. That the work Of reconstruction
must be in the hands of those who have
been their friends, not the enemies OF
the nation.
I'd. That it must be based on the
granite Of loyalty, and not the quick
sands of ~disloyalty, and that with the
privileges and immunity Of the liberty
granted by the whole nation to all peo-
| pie.
Sd. That no person shall be disfran-
chised in the republic on account OF
their race, and yet have their numbers
counted to increase political power in
those DISTINGUISHING them.
4th. That the national debt, the cost
of our national existence, shall be for
ever sacred, and that all debts or claims
growing out of rebellion or breaking Of
letters that ended it, shall forever be
held null and void and the people also
declared as their desire and will, that
| Congress should enforce this decision Of
theirs by appropriate legislation.
Like our forefathers, in the past few
years we have builded better than we
knew. In the first stage Of the war
how willingly would an overwhelming
majority Of the people have voted to
perpetuate slavery in the Republic II
the Southern traitors had taken from
our lips the bloody chalice Of civil war,
which they compelled US to drain to its
very dregs; God willed otherwise, and
at last, when every family altar had
been crimsoned with blood, and every
cemetery and church-yard crowded with
graves, the nation rose in higher duty,
and resolved in these halls that slavery
should die. Then the storm cloud OF
war passed away; Gods smile shown on
our banners; victory after victory bless
ed our gallant armies, and the GROWING
triumph was won that gave salvation to
the Union and freedom to the slave.
| Since then we have been earnestly strug-
| Cling for reconstruction on some endur-
ing and loyal foundation. Stumbling
blocks have impeded vi progress, and
when at last a mild and magnanimous
proposition is made, embodying no con-
fiscation, NO Punishment, no penalties
| of offended laws, w are bafled by q
hardening of heart against it as inexpli-
| cable as it seemed irremovable. Does
it not seem as if again the Creator is
leading US in His way rather than in
our own, and as we turn for light does
it not fash upon US that He again re-
quires the nation to conquer its preju-
dices; that He, SO far above US, has put
all human beings under an equality be-
fore the divine law, and called them His
children2 He demands that we shall
put all upon an equality before the hu-
man law, so that every n in the re-
gions poisoned by the influences of slav-
cry and principles of treason shall be
clothed with all the rights necessary for
the fullest and surest protection against
tyranny, outrage and wrong, and not
left to the mercy Of those who so long
exhibited no mercy to the Government
they sought to destroy.
Since President Johnson declared, in
May, 1865, that the rebellion had de-
stroyed all the civil governments in the
rebellious State, Congress has not rec
ognized any Of the governments estab-
lished under the authority Of military
law, except the rebel DISTINGUISHING gov
eminent Of the State of Tennessee. It
has yet to settle a question, under the
oaths ofits members to support and de-
fend the Constitution, whether those
provincial and ~unrecognized govern
ments, in which those who have been
the bitterest enemies Of the Republic are
dominant in the executive, legislative
and judicial departments, where TO
have been q soldier of the Union, either
living or dead, is a ~reproaeh; where de-
votion to the lost cause Of treason, open
ly avowed, is the guarantee of popular
favor; where the colors and heroes Of
the rebellion are enthusiastically hailed
and where citizenship is refused TO the
only people in their midst, who, as q
class, have been loyal, are or are not
republican forms of government, which
it is the duty Of the United States to
guarantee, and leaving this and kindred
questions to those who will so aptly dis
cuss them, can we not all here say, as
for us and our children, the VOW which
we have given TO justice and humanity
is registered in heaven. No black laws
in our borders; no pirates on our strand;
no traitors in our Congress; no slaves
upon our land.
A DRrApruL DrArH.-The Edinburgh
SeOhman, Of Nov. 23d, says: An acci-
dent occurred at St. Leonsrd's Mill on
Saturday afternoon, whereby n Of the
workers, o young woman named Chris
tina Neil, lost her life. While climbing
up to q window to speak to one Of her
companions, q shawl which she wore on
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