Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-08

who, by their y0fss, control Ne MAD
ehincry aud policy Of the eeusify, and
whose wise Or >erroneous coIclusions
affect the welfare, not oaly of this ma
ton Of thirty odd millions, but that of
hundreds of millions oSpostsrity, and
the grsatproblem of the practicabili.y of
Republican Government, as we'll. In
ideas of sound polsy, -Coasielioas-of OF
duty and concerning statements of fact,
this great body Of voters is almost
equally divided into parties that sesut
TO be Numerically and irrecoucilably
opposed "' -"
At least two millions on either side
profess their belief iui certain dekned
and opposing creeds, and assert their
determination to support and maintain
each respectively-5oa, n side at least
a threat Of the sacrifice of n million
lives being tho alternative of defeat.
Now, as the doctrines Of these two par
ties touch upon the same points and are
yet Numerically opposed, there must,
be absolute right or q tendency to, IT,
on the one side, and wrong on he other
side in corresponding degreo.CU
It would sssuredly be uncharitable,
il not unjust, 10. assume that q majority
of two millions on either side are wilful.
ly and vioiously wrong. On the contrary,
rs two millions, or upwards, of our
countrymen, on the q side or the
other, are in error and disposed to cast
their SURFACES forthe establishment or
maintenance Of wrong, We prefer to as
sumethatAs majority Of The erring err
isuocently. If this be true, it will
only be necessary to present the
merits Of the right cause, so that they
may appreciate and comprehend it in
order to secure their adhesion and sup
port. To achieve this result would be
glorious, to attempt it highly lsudable.
Trembling as we contemplate the mag
| nitude of the task aud tho momeutous-
meas Of the issues involvcd but braced
by n conscientious conviction Of the
righteousness Of our cause, we devoutly
dedicate the utmost Of our feoble pow
ers aud energies to convince and con-
vert the srring. IAis moro manly to
argue on questions Of principle than to
fight over them. It is noblor to con-
vince than to curse, to convert than to
kill.
The Democracy assert that the Repub-
Leans have violated the Constitution.
If so, the Constitution is a. written in
s,ruuent easily referred to aud the vio-
lative acts are probably matters of re-
cord. They say that our Congress Has
usurped powers not conferred by the
Constitution or in conflict with u fair
construction Of the spirit Of that instru-
ment. The acts Of u%surpation, if in
fact they have been committed, are
probably capable Of clear and conclusive
statement and We would not be afraid
to hazard our life on the deposition
that the proof of Congressional usurpa-
| ton would insure the condemnation Of
the usurpers by fully one million Repub-
licans. Surely it would be more patri-
otto, more humane, moro fraternal to
submit the proofs, convince and convert
this million than to kill or cripple them,
or to arm tho Maryland militia against
them, or even to kcep'the Ohio legisla-
ture in perpetual session to awe and
intimidate them.
We assert that the principles of the
Democratic party are low, base and
grovclling; thatit relies for its chief
support on the most ignorant, illiterate
and bigo.ed members of society /; that
to ecurc the support Of these it appeals
to their lowest prejudiees and grossest
instincts. We charge upon tho Demo-
cratic pass the responsibility anddamu-
ing guilt Of the late cruel and umeees-
sary war. We charge that the princi-
pies Of the Democratic party are in direct
conflict With tho fundamental principle
Of any government founded on popular
suffrage, in that they are not willing to
submit to the ballot-box arbitrament
after full, fair and free Submission Of
their case, but have rebelled and will
rebel whenever thsyiare defeated. These
charges and many more we propose to
establish by legitimate evidence rs space
and occasion permit. For these broad
assertions we Of course claim no ore.
dehce until we establish them BY proof,
but We deem it not unreasonable to an-
tieipate, il we do mai ntain them, that
some ut least Of the sound hearted and
right-ninded but hitherto deceived and
misled members Of that party will repu-
date the mischievous and anarchic or
g~anization and cast their votes and
influence into Tho 'scale IN favor Of the
friends Of equal rights and human pro-.
gress. S.GTEil G g.
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