Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-09-21
l,,cn,,or, soldier, md sailers,

Attcution. soldiers nnd saiiersi
The Executive Committee Of the above
Association ha, issued the following
You are hereby notified that u Mass
Meeting of loyal Soldiers and Sailors
will be held in San Francisco on the
evening of October LIST, 1868. Delcga.
tons from all portions'of the State will
be present on that occasion, and the
meeting will be addressed by eminent
speakers. Your attention is directed to
the following circular:
Headquarters Soldiers and Sailors Ma
tional Republican Executive Commit
tee, 44e Fourteenth street, Washing
ton, D. c., August LIST, 1868. Attcn.
ton Boys in Blue Fall in
Comrades Tho din of battle has
ceased, but the conflict Of ideas still
continues. The shock of arms ended
with the surrender at Appomattox Court
House, but the struggle of principles
still goes on. Had Abraham Lincoln
lived, doubtless our labors and tolls,
ere this, would have been over and past.
But the bullet that carried Andrew
Johnson into the White House revived
the dead rebellion and bafled the ad-
vance OF peace. Since then the nations
life has been one ceaseless struggle with
Copperheads and rebels. They have
filled the public offices, they have
swarmcd over the land in places where
only loyal men should go; North, they
have been In cye.sore and otfense to
every loyal citizen ; South, they have
opposed reconstruction and equal rights,
and now organize their Kuklux klans,
in defiance Of the spirit and civilization
Of the age. The Democratic party, un-
abashed by its unpatriotic and shame
full course as o party throughout the
war, now again confronts the country
with a platform and n candidate which
are at once an insult to every living SOL
der, a mockery to every dead soldier.
and a reprOach to every patriot in the
land.
On the other hand. we behold the Re-
publican party, with their shining
| record of patriotic deeds, the banner OF
our country floating proudly over them
aud the great leader of our conquering
army 90 their chosen champion. They
were our hearty, Iteadfast friends
throughout the war, they sustained US
in the field, they defended US at homo,
they rejoiced over our victories and
mourned over our defeats they fred
no rebel bullets, thcy recruited no rebel
armies, they gave no rebel votes, and
now they ask US again to aid in carry.
ing the nation forward to its natural
aud logical destiny ! to help secure the
| rich fruits Of the war in all their full
ness, 10 assist 10 grounding the Repub.
lie at last on the imnutable basis OF
loyalty and justice, and equal rights for
all.
Soldiers in Horatio Seymour the
Democratic party have II tit candidate,
a representative Copperhead and rebel
in disguise. In our " u. ). Grant
we haYo the simple, honest soldier and
loyal defender Of the Union. The ono
represents reaction, the other progress.
The one ,ympathized with the Confedo.
racy, the other fought for the Union
The one stands on the platform OF ma
tional Reputation, the other Of national
faith, i~uyiolate and iuviolable. The one
summons you to the defense Of class
and caste ; tho other declares for the
right, of man, rs man-for loyalty and
liberty-fvr equal and exact justice to
| NIL men. Comrades ! the ISSUE Is plain
ly made up, and now hoose yc.
Soldiers | it is the old cause, the
hosts are again gathering for the con-
fict. The Old Flag is again unfurled,
and Grant again heads the column. lie
is the same brave, patriotic soldier that
led you to victory during the war. It
10 the same flag you supported so gal.
lantly on many q bloody field. 1t Is the
same glorious cause for which, during
the war, so many Of our comrades laid
down their lives. Shall IL be said that
We fought all in vain, and that our
dead died thus 10 vain? No you will
not reverse the record Of the battle field
no; you will not prove fnlse
to o u slain comradcs-no; you
will not now desert the old cauS and
turn your backs upon your old chief
and leader! You will not forget tue
shining record Of Donelson and vicks-
burg, Of Chattanooga and the Wilder
ness, Of Petersburg and Appomattox
Courthouse No; but rs the men OF
Lexington and Bunker Hill, Of Valley
Forge and Princeton, Of Trenton and Of
Yorktown, afterward with their ballots
made Washington the first President oil
the new Republic, so you, remembering
our common victories, will, by your
votes, make Grant the first President OF
tho restored Union. The Tories n
Cowboys Of &c Of course voted against
General Washington, but what true SOL
dicr of the Revolution would not have
blushed with shame at the thought OF
casting u vote against the savior OF his
country So the rebels and Copper.
heads of to-day will oppose General
Grant. So will the deserters, the
bounty-jumpers and draft sneaks but
surely no soldier or patriot will follow
their ignoble example. Who wants il
said Of him in future years--who would
have his children and his childreu's
children suffer the repronch that in SO
no voted Against the great soldier aud
honest man who in '65 crushed the pro-
slavery rebellion and saved the Union!
Surely no one who loves his country or
Is proud of his country's prondsst his
tory.
Soldiers, Grant will again be ricto-
rious. The omens are all suspicious
He has never yet been defeated. Let
us, then, again form line and move nto
baltic. Let the drums beat and the
buglss sound ; advance the colors along
the whole line-and now, with God's
help, and in the name Of humanity and
our country, let us everywhere charge
the enemy home
Mr.. BsEouER vas lately called upon
to marry two infidels, with the request
that he would so respect their conscien-
tlous independence Of churchly ordin:
ances as to omit any form OF words
based on these. The ceremony, no.
cordiugly, was enacted as follows I:
The groom clasped the brides hand,
saying, 81 take you, -, for my
wife," she responded, 81 take you,