Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-27
PROFESSION AND PRACTICE.

in classifying itself under two or three
sets of general doctrines. Democracy,
in fact, is a painful necessity, and as
such, it is accepted and borne with, but
the claim of its disciples that it has any
inherent virtue is altogether unallow-
able, and we may say, monstrous. The
Democratic party of this day processes
many excellent things, but its practice
is opposed so absolutely to its declara-
tons, that we are entitled to believe
them hypocritical and false. 1t breaches
rascally sermons from good texts, and
has cardinal doctrines that are not de-
veloped in its code of laws.
The Democratic party loudly pro-
| claims itself the defender and conserv-
ator and special champion of the Union,
as we perceive every day in its organs.
And yet for thirty years it lent itself to
the men who had sworn to destroy this
Government, and when the blow nj last
came, it consistently supported and
upheld its allies, placing obstacles in
the way of loyal men maligning the
soldiers who were in the field opposing
every measure adopted for the vigorous
prosecution of the war /; giving MD and
comfort in every shape to the encmy,
and finally trying to deprive us Of the
results of q h~ardly-won victory.
It processes to be the only advocate
of perfect liberty, and yet it sustained
the institution of slavery through the
last three decades of its existence 1t
sealed the lips of Northern men upon
the subject Of emancipation it made
free speech o crime in tho South, pun
ishing it with death ; and even now, it
is trying 10 suppress FREQ opinion ! n tho
same section by deliberate intimidation
and assassination. It claims by its
name and declarations to be the party
that cherishes universal equality. But
it opposes equal rights for NIL men in
the North and in the South it built up
and sustained the only ~aristocracy we
have ever had in this country, drawing
rigid class lines, and destroying, in the
South, that middle class which is vital
ly necessary to the protection of human
rights. Its advocacy Of slavery was
only ON attempt to degrade the laborer
to a position from which he might never
hope to rise.
1t processes to be the party Of enlight-
eminent, and yet it lives and thrives
upon the ignorance and prejudices of
the u~neducated classes. The most de-
graded among our population are found
wholly in the ranks, and they are dis
ciplined by appeals to their p~rejudices
and their selfish instincts. Its strong
holds are in those sections where the
ignorance Of the people is densest. If
there is q district in which free schools
and newspapers do not abound, and
where civilization lags, there will always
be found q large Democratic majority.
It defeated educational enterprises in
the South, and established that poor
white class, which is q disgrace to .
Christian land, and it made the possess
sion of book by a negro a crime.
The Democratic party claims also to
DO the especial champion of honesty,
aud it has perpetrated the most gigantic
frauds in elections that the world has
ever known. Under its administration
Pennsylvania and Mississippi both re-
pudiated their obligations Democratic
secretaries robbed the United States
arsenals to furnish Southern rebels with
weapons ; handed over our naval ves-
sells to the secessionists (; depleted the
Treasury that we might be left defense
less; and the Democratic Floyd con-
summated the largest bit Of thieving
that was ever attempted by m officer OF
the Government. Now, the whole party
is pledged to virtual reputation of the
National debt, and to the destruction Of
the National credit.
It claims to be the party Of decency,
of law and order, and Of progress. But
it is represented by the most scurrilous
journals that have existed since the dis
covery of printing-journals that do not
hesitate at profanity, obscenity and
falsehood of the grossest description,
It outraged law in the New York riots,
the New Orleans massacre, the Camilla
massacre, and in its support Of the
Kuklux Khan in their organized system
of murder. It proves its enmity to PRO-
gress by all of these things (; by its vir-
ulent opposition to every liberal meas
ure !; by the honors it bestows upon the
bigoted conservatives in its ranks, and
by its obstinate clinging to the tradi-
tions of the past.
This is the party that comes before
the country to-day and asks to be placed
in power. The American people recog-
nize its shabby utility, but VIC have too
much faith in their intelligence to sup
pose that they are willing to conflde the
best interests of the country to its hands.
Our destiny is to advance, and this or
ganization is pledged by its record and
its principles not only to retard our
course, but actually to undo much of
our accomplished task.
A BEGaAR who was in the habit Of
sitting on one Of the London bridges,
accompanied by a dog with q placnrd
inscribed Blind" attached to his
neck, was fortunate enough to awaken
tho charitable aymnnthiea of n. gentle