Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-12-19

If We are correct in our figures, and
each State and Territory has q full rep
resentation present, the Convention will
be composed of 652 members. The num-
Der in attendance may safely DO estima-
ted at $50, and regarded as the largest
body of tho kind ever assembled in tho
nation. 1t is an evidence of the rapid
Increase Of our population and the vast
extent in territory to which we have
already attained. What will it be even
in twenty years hence? in fifty? in one
hundred years? 1t may not be improper
while considering the character and
magnitude Of the body itself, to notice
briefly the work to be done, the subject
matter to be brought before it, and the
probable action taken. The first subject
before the Convention will be what is
usually denominated a platform, a dccla-
ration and embodiment Of the principles
and measures to be advocated, and in
case of success, engrafted into the policy
of the incoming administration, or in
corporatcd into the legislative will Of
the nation. This done, the next work
will be tho nomination of a candidate
for the offices of o President and Vice
President. If not considered too foreign
to this article, nor too presumptious in
q journal Of our pretensions, we will
venture q few surmises, both as to the
character of the platform which will be
adopted and the men nominated by the
Convention. The body will be composed
of all grades Of radicalism and
conservatism known to the organiza-
ton called in the Atlantic and Western
States the Republican party, and
in the Pacific States known as the Union
party. The extreme views of all will be
presented on the suffrage and reconstruc-
ton questions. Tho result will be ("
strong plank in support of the recon-
struction policy Of Congress in the late
rebel States, and on universal suffrage
"a plank endorsing the principle, but
leaving its application q question of ex-
pediency to be judged of by each State
in its sovereign capacity. This will
harmonic all discordant elements in
the party OF the suffrage question, and
give the party the support of all the
southern States now being reconstructed
under the plan of Congress. There
will, of course, be other subjects Of
interest discussed and passed upon, not
the least among which will be the cur.
rency question, the national debt, and
the resumption of specie payment.
Many other questions of national i'm
portance, such as the Pacific railroad,
pensions and bounties to u soldiers
and their widows and orphans, civil
rights Of all citizens without regard to
race or color, etc., ETC., have already
been passed on and made part of the
organic law of the nation under the ad-
ministration of the Union party. OF
the nominee for President, it is scarcely
necessary to name any other than Gen.
eral U. s. Grant, although others,
among them Sheridan, Wade, Chase
and F~sssenden, will have many sup
porters. The more difficult candidate
to name is the Vice President. The
convention will be likely to be o little
more careful in the selection of that
office than heretofore. Should Grant
be the nominee for President, the car
didate for Vice President will be taken
from one of the New England or Pacific
States.