Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-10
ON THE STUMP.

speech made in Sacramento, last We'd
desday evening, by Hon. A. A. Sargent,
nominee for Congress on the Union Re-
publican ticket for the Second Con-
gressioual District. There are some
good and truthful points in it for the
consideration of such of our natural
lied citizens who would vote the Demo-
cratic ticket in this State. Read it:
A. A. Sargent, of Nevada, came forward
amidst hearty applause. He said: no
speaker Is adequate tonight to speak to the
enthusiasm and patriotism Of this vast as.
semblase. The attendance tonight shows
that the people appreciated the importance
Of the campaign. Shall the Union party
give place in the councils OF the nation to
the Democratic party? I know no way OF
Judging parties except by their fruits. Sc
ccession was nm accomplished fact before Lin.
coin came to the Presidential chair, and
Democracy was the father Of secession. The
Democrats in the South accused the North
of schemes that were never dreamed OF, but
which came to pass BY the mad acts OF the
South themselves. 1t was boosted hal the
South was the happiest country in the world,
full Of palatial mansions, fertile valleys,
highly cultivated plantations, huts for the
DOOR whites and cabins for the negroes.
There we're school houses n churches IN
abundance, and their crops were luxuriant
and their cities prosperous. In q few years
the bloody plowshare Of civil war has
changed ali this. There IL not q feature Of
the ountry remaining; but II was Southern
politicians that accomplished this ruin.
The Democratic party had great influence
with a portion Of the Southern yote-more
influence than il ought to have, II all the
facts were known. The Confederate Con.
gross was a legislature Of Democrats, and
there was not q single Black Republican to
interfere with their acts or interrupt the
course Of true Democratic legislation. The
Confederate Congress suspended all natural,
ization except BY acts passed by itself. And
the only bill introduced into this Congress
during its four years Of bogus existence, was
one which fixed the period at Il years,
which q foreigner must reside in the country
before he could become a citizen and have a
vote in the government Of the country. A
probation Of only q years was thought too
short BY these Democrats, and SO tho bill was
voted down and they never introduced an
other. The facts are on record; NO one can
deny them. How a party should have 80
much influence over the foreign vote in these
days, when they ostracised that vote alto
gether when there were no Black Republican,
to compete for 1t with them, is more than !
can understand.
A few years ago the Democrats were talk.
ing against tariffs, and s~neering at protee-
~tionists, and now they are stealing Wing
thunder, and framing resolutions aiming ut
protection for the encouragement OF Ameri-
can industry. There Is not q principle ever
held by the Democracy which they have not
deserted. Everything they have advocated
they have afterward become traitors to.
Seymour's nomination was not the sponta-
neous result Of the unbiased opinions Of the
New York delegates-it was the plotted re-
suit Of q skillful adept in political trickery.
II the New York Convention had sought for
a man wanting in all the true elements Of
manliness-for a man most full Of all those
qualities which are detestable to all good men
for q man who united in his " person all
the attributes Of the crawling miscreant, and
the sneaking demagogue-they could not
have chosen q man more fitted for their pur-
pose than noratio Seymour. And this Is tho
man put forward to match our Grant. And
whom have they brought out to match our
statesman Schuyler Colfax? Frank Blair.
Believe me, / know both these men. know
them we'll for ! had the honor Of being In
Congress with one, aud the disgrace Of being
in Congress with the other. Look at Blair's
letter. Have WI not had war enough shall
We plunge madly into the vortex Of another
bloody strife, or shall we say with Grant,
"Let US have peace" Shall we reproduce
the dreadful scenes OF the past, the slaughter
and suffering? Shall we Increase our taxes
and double our debt in putting down Seymour
and Blair's WARP It is beyond all doubt that
It is within the purpose Of the leaders Of the
Democratic party that there shall be no peace
for the country IL they can get their way.
We did not believe these mutterings eight
years ago, yet they were not moro distinct
then than now. Had any one foretold the
loss Of life, the destruction Of property, and
the debt that has come upon us in conse-
ouence Of these sullen mutterings Of the
South ripening into acts, he would have been
derided as a dreamer. Yet they have come
to pass; and come because right and truth
prevailed in the choice Of q President.
These things,will be averted now IL right and
truth prevail in the coming choice Of q sue
cessor to that President. Let US, therefore,
throughout this State, send Radical men to
Congress. / like that word Radical. Let Us
select q Radical President, a Radical Vice
President. How much better q word Is radi-
cal than conservative. Conservative Is a
word that belongs to European desposisms-
to monarchies that crushed down the men,
and deprived them Of their liberties. The
apologists for everything old and bad arc
conservatives. Christ was a radical, and
every great reformer the world over has been
a radical. II the word conservative has any
good meaning, we, the Radicals Of the coun-
try, are the true conservatives.
I am proud to say that the German ele-
ment 10 entitled to the thanks Of the Repub.
lican party for the generous support they are
everywhere giving to Grant and Colfax.
Their loyalty does them honor. we welcome
the German and other foreign born citizens
to our ranks. We invite more Of them to
this side OF the world to share the adyant-
ages Of our noble institutions with ourselves.
In conclusion, he said in electing Grant they
would be choosing one who wished for peace.
Elect him and we shall have peace.