Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-22
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mouse OF representatives, mas oeen Sc
lected to accompany his co-invincible,
Ulysses S. Grant, iu u gentle canter.
around the Presidential track. The
Convention had a score Of names pre-
sented for its consideration @ Vice
Presidential candidates, any II Of
whom would have been acceptable to
the party-Wade, Fcnton, Hamlin,
Wilson, Curtin, and a host Of others
equally unobjectionable, but we doubt
whether its members could have selected
another, even from this brilliant cata-
logue, that would have been so geuer-
ally, SO heartily, so universally APP
plaudcd. That tho Convention has
done well all will admit tina, they
could have done better few will insist.
What II tribute TO modest worth, what
an Indictment to honorable ambition
these nominations carry with them
Tho tanners clerk OF GO n candidate
for the Presidency, and the printer boy
Of 10 a candidate for the Vice Presi-
dercy in 1865!
+ In the case Of General Grant, i'd
vancement bus been step-by.step, aud
though when summarized it appears
startlingiy aud perhaps .injudiciously
rapid, yet WHOM wo ponder the irrcir"gi-
bic attendant facts, We find that every
step has been fairly, squarely, honor
ably won. Educated at West Point and
provided with n position for life in the
regular army, his stern sense OF honor
found it irksome 10 eat the bread OF
idleuess and be o useless charge upon
the Government, and he resigned his
life Of easy Incidence to earn his bread
BY the sweat Of his brow or the labor Of
his intellect. But when the tocsin of
war was sounded, and the Government
which had educated him was in danger,
no " thought he might be of some use,"
and could not rest contented until he
had jouryeyed to Springfield aud offered
the benefits derived from his military
education to the State Of Illinois.
Among the gny-plumed p~opinjays that
then thronged the streets of Springfield,
the corridors of the Capitol aud tho re-
c~eptiou.room of tho Governor, Grant,
with his modest dcmeanor and garb
suitable TO his station rs tanners clerk
was long unuoticed.
At last, when he WAS well-nigh
wearicd Of waiting and convinced that
" they didn't need him." his friend
washburuc induced the Governor to
give him a position on his staff, and sot
him to organizing the raw militia OF
Illinois aud fitting them for the arduous
service which thoy afterwards so gal
lantly rendered. His system of org "ni-
cation was so perfect as to attract At
teution aud command commendation,
and won him the command OF n regi-
ment. Adroit in the management OF n
regiment, he won the command OF +"
brigade. Aud thus it has been with
every step Of his career. In no case
suing for or even asking prelcrmcnt, his
able and faithful performance of the
duty assigned have commanded him to
higher trusts. During this period OF
regular but unprccedsntedly rapid i'd
vanccmeut, he has borne contumely and
Misrepresentation with calm and quiet
dignity, while the enthusiastic plaudits
Of a grateful people, whose admiration
fell little short Of idolatry, have neither
turned his head nor affected the calm
flow Of the current Of his life. lilo is
the calm, imperturbablc, modest, col
lected Graut, when every breeze comes
laden with the wild huzzas of his dcvo-
tees, rs when su~pplantcd and maligned
after his brilliant reduction Of Fort Dom.
nelson, the frat substantial triumph Of
the war.
The career Of Colfax has been, in
many respects, the counterpart OF
Grants. He in civil, like Grant in mill
itary life, has risen rapidly, but only as
mort aud faithful performance of duty
justified his progress. Before no had
reached his majority no. assumed the
editor,hip of n leading paper, command
cd respect, and cxertcd a potent influ-
euce in the politics Of Indiana. At the
age of twcnty-seven he was n leading
member of the Convention chosen to
revise tho Constitution Of that State.
Though now but littlo yer forty-ive
years Of age, he has been seven times
cousecutively elected to represent his
District in Congress. And this in spite
of such opposition as it has fallen to
tho lot of few American politicians to
contend against. For years it has been
the utmost hight Of Indiana Democratic
ambition to carry tho Collar District
If ever that had been achieved, Demo-
cratic powder would have Numbered
the news FROM end to end Of the Repub-
lie. AS Speaker Of tho House Of Repre-
ssntativcs, for u longer term and in
moro troublesome times than ever fell
to the lot of any Of his predecessors,
Schuyler Colfax has, in his official ca
pacity, compelled tho commentator,
even of his bitterest political opponents.
He could safely risk his reputation as a
thorough parliamentsrisn and, honor
able presiding officer on the comments
of correspondents of leading Democratic
newspapers. :.
How wide apart their paths, and yet
how similar the lives OF these two men
To hard knocks and true merit each
owes his every achievement, naught to
favor or fortuitous circumstances. Both
are young, vigorous, true and deter
mined. Tho prestige Of victory CLEANS
upon both their banners-ncither ever