Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-10-30
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL.
Interesting Report Of Diet PROCEEDINGS


EDITOR GOLD HILL News Agreeable
to my promise l have to report that, the
meeting pursuant to adjournment, of the
"National Union Club" Of Ormsby
county last Saturday evening resulted
in an assumed Radical victory-as well
total disappointment of all who attended
for the purpose Of listening to, or par
ticipating in lengthy or lucid speeches
or discussions of the issues now dis
tracing the party. Nevertheless, the
lovers Of the supremely ridiculous, pres
eut, were richly rewarded for their time
invested.
The farcical character of the proceed
ings required witnessing to be appre-
ciated neither words used to convey or
conceal ideas can do justice to the
COMEDY" The following is a brief
statement Of the principal incidents of
the evening, without any %pretentions to
exact quotations of the language Of any
person:
Upon reading the minutes of the for
mer meeting, OF which this was On extern
sion, Chief Justice Beatty discovered an
error in said minutes, viz. their fail
ure 10 show that when Lieut.. Governor
Slingerland's bloody conservative reso-
luton was laid over for consideration
at this meeting, his honor the Judge
had the floor, and consequently was
"laid over with the resolution there
fore emitting him to the floor on resump-
ton of its consideration. The earnest
ness with which the Judge demanded
this correction, and the ~tenacity with
which ne defended his right to the floor,
induced the belief that we were to have
a free, honest, earnest and thorough
discussion of the merits and dement's
of the resolution /; but how futile are
most human expectations How often,
like ours, doomed to disappointment I!
For no sooner had the correction been
made, and the Judge accorded the floor,
than Mr. Mighels, Of the appeal, intro
duced a resolution limiting delegates to
FIVE (5) minutes-which, contrary to
the expectations Of all who were not in
the secret, was declared carried-after
which the resolution was read, as
follows
Slingerland's Resolution
ave believe each organized State I'M
der the Constitution of the United
States has the sovereign right to deter
mine what persons within its limits
shall enjoy the electoral privilege ; and,
Furthermore, we believe this principle
to the prosperity and perpe-
tuity of the American system OF Repub-
lican Government"
The Judge did not consume even the
1--WE minutes allotted to him, simply |
claiming that the resolutions already
by the Club were sufficient ;
wing of the party had notoffered
or insisted upon any measures offensive
to the conservative portion of the party ;
that this resolution was offensive to his
side, the Radicals that while he did
not indorse rebels, he would quote from
them to illustrate the desire Of his side
Of the party "All we want is to be let
alone" He then subsidized, leaving
every one in comfortable amszement at
the brevity of his remarks. Before any
person had taken the floor, eI-Attorney
General Geo. A. Nourse rose and re-
marked that without any desire to pre-
vent discussion, as 10 person seemed in
clined to debate the question, he there
fore moved the indefinite postponement
of the resolution. A second was
promptly given, when Eve or six con-
sprsng to tho floor, which
was conceded to Attorney-G General
Clarke, who severely denounced the
action Of the Club. BE said he did not
want to hear gentlemen get up and talk
about having no desire to curtail debate
after having applied the fve-minute
gag, and then propose to indefinitely
postpone the question. He was for free,
honest discussion of the question. Said
he had come prepared to show that this
resolution, either in letter or in spirit,
had been n Of the fundamental princi-
pies of our Government. -.
He said he had the documents y
with him ; and were it not for the i've
Limitation, he would read the
same resolution in substance from wash
ington's farewell address, Jefferson,s
and all the inaugural ad-
dresses and Union platforms from that
time to Abraham Lincoln's-which, also,
contained the rejected resolution ; read
to show what great fools we were ma
king of ourselves. As Clarke concluded,
fifteen or twenty Radicals said, INT.
President ~ as they sprang to their feet,
but Nourse had the Presidents eye,
and the floor. He said he had intended
bringing the Ten Commandments, Lords
prayer and sermon on the Mount, also
the Apostles creed, to read as author
iaes against the resolution, but failed
70 md them in his library 4; or made
some other excuse Of 9 like nature,-
your correspondent not hearing dis