Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-07-01
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Colonel James Coey was lately an
officer in the Union army, fought with
rare g~allantry and was repeatedly and
most seriously wounded. AS q result.
of his courageous patriotism he is but
a wreck Of his former self, aud totally
incapacitated for active service or
severe labor. He is, in the fullest sense
Of the word, q modest, retiring, worthy
aud uu%obtrusiye gentleman and citizen.
In a remarkable degree his comrades aud
familiars are warmly attached to him.
The estimation in which he is held by
those who, like himself, barred their
breasts and offered the hazard of their
lives in defense of our endangered Gov
eminent, is evidenced by his selection
to fill the highest position in the organ
ization of the Grand Army of the Re-
public on this coast. The organization
by which he is thus honorei is COM
posed exclusively Of those who served
as soldiers of the Union and were hon.
orably discharged. The objects for
which they are associated, though man
fold, are all worthy and c~ommendable.
Among these are the perpetuation of
the memories of hat era which they
helped make glorious; to mako sure that
the deeds of those who died for the flag
shall not be forgotten nor their graves
desecrated; to strengthen the bond
which unites them Us patriotic citizens
and fellow soldiers; to facilitate the in
terchauge of courtesies between those
iu health, and organize a system for the
relief of the sick and afflicted, not only
Of the organization, but also Of the
widows and orphans of the heroic dead.
These and similar purposes are the
objects of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, and not to further the interests
Of any particular party or clique. OF
this most worthy organization, Colonel
Coey is one of the most honored chiefs,
and was recently appointed to the com-
paratively Insignificant Office of COL
lector Of Internal Revenue for one Of
the FIVE districts into which the State
Of California is divided. Thereupon a
yell that would shame the denizens Of
Plutonic realms rends the empyrean.
Congressman Axtell, who is reported to
have consented to the s~acrilegious out
rage Of preferring this man to a Broom
Ranger, has maledictions showered
upon his devoted head, is compelled to
bow before a wild tornado of Demo-
cratic indignation, crceps likes whipped
spaniel to the feet Of his Infatuated
constituents, and disavows the damning
act. Not one syllable has ever been
whispered against the moral character
of Colonel Coey, nor even an intimation
made that he is personally unfit or in
capable to fill the office. His only |
crimes and their only objections to him
are summed up in the following elegant
extract from q late number of the Souo-
ma Democrat:
One Coey, a mongrel .shrieker, Of
San Francisco, has been appointed Internal
Revenue Collector. He is a brass button
chief in the Grand Army Of Cut.throats, and
was a delegate to the Black Crook pow-wow
at Chicago.
We will hazard the assertion that
neither the writer Of the above nor any
Of his co-howlers ever knew Colonel
Cosy to obtrude himself into political
discussions, and we will venture to say
that the Democrat knows nothing Of his
political preferences except as they are
indicated by his selection rs o delegate
to Chicago. And the fact is, that posi-
ton vas gratuitously assigned him by
the California Convention while he was
in Washington City. 1t was unsolicit-
ed, unsought and unexpected. He is
doubtless q Union man, was probably
Aattered by the compliment implied by
his selection, and it must have been a
rare pleasure to him to attend the Con-
ventiou and add his voice to the general
acclaim which greeted and honored the
chieftain under whom he had faithfully
and calamity served.
Not because they knew him to be a
" mongrel negro-shrieker," nor because
they knew anything derogatory to him
as a fit and proper gentleman to receive
the appointment did tho Democracy
howl, but, to use the elegant and clas-
steal language Of the Democrat, it was
because he was a "brass-buttou chief
in the Grand Army Of Cut-throats."
That is, he wore the blue and not the
gray. He fought under the Stars and
Stripes, not for the " Benny Blue Flag"
He opposed the lost cause" and slew
rebels instead of loyal men. The head
and front Of his offending hath this cx-
tent, no more.