Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-26
PROFESSION AND 4ERFoRM-
ANCE.'

ANCE.
Nowhere on earth. we bellows 'eIeept
in Storey county, and by no BET Of men
except the Uuiouists of Storey county,
would such a demonstration as that last
night witnessed ut Fort Homestead be
among the impromptu possibilities.
In another column and by another pen
the details Of the glorious demons,ra-
ton will be set forth, and tho feryid ell
oqucnce of Baldwin, tho caustic sem
teuccs of Whitman, and the plain, I'M
vanished, ,common-seuse u~tterances OF
Bishop, will be duly chronicled. Belt
our task to point tho moral Of this
grandly successful Grant-C olfax- Union
platform ratification meeting. Gu short
notice, an immense audience, remark
able for the uniformly intelligent u
senancss of those whoseomposcd it, and
even more remarkable for It's unanimity
Of patriotic enthusiasm, convened, sang
patriotic songs, was thrilled by tho in
spring airs Of the Virginia Brass Band,
ehcered tho loyal u%tterances Of the
speakers, and with the utmost apparent
h~eartiness ratified the nomination OF
Grant and Colfax, as we'll rs the plat
form of principles adopted by tho Chi
eago Convention. Now, was this oil
ehild's play and foolish voidance of
meaningless wordiness, or did that great
~eoncourse mean just what its votes and
enthusiasm indicated? Without q dis
senting vote the nomination Of Grant
and Colfax was ratified, and devotion to
Republican principles avowed. Did
that crowd mean something or nothing
by their votes? OF the Gold Hill Uni
onists who were present, that question
will soon demand y practical answer
When they ratified tho nominations
Of Grant and Colfax and enthusiastically
Endorsed the principles Of the National
Union Republican party, it was but nat
ural TO infer that they would use every
legitimate effort to elect those nominees
and maintain those principles On
Monday next, ut the Gold Hill Charter
election, the correctness Of that infer
encc and the sincerity Of those who par
tieipated in the demonstration last
night will be subjected to a practical
test. Our nominees, Craudall, Club
buck, Gibson, Mcclellan, Bittner, HUI
guet and Gallagher, each and every one
of them is and are admitted to DO unex-
ce~ptionablo, 6t and proper men for the
positions to fill which they have been
respectively nominated. They belong
to tho Union party, are on the Union
ticket, and erince their willingness to
make the Union cause their cause. its
success their success, and its defeat
their overthrow.
Their competitors just rs squarely
plant themselves upon the Democratic
platform, and merge their Municipalities
in the cause ofDemocracy. Whether it
should be so or not, the contest Of Non
day next has assumed a purely political
character. Whichever side may tri-
umph, the result will be heralded
throughout the country with reference
to its political and not its personal
bearings. Rcpublicanism, and not Mr..
| Crandall or Mr.. Chubbuek; Democracy,
and not Mr.. Stone or Mr.. Vcscy will be
the victors in the fight, and exclamation
or depression Of our Republican friendd
abroad depends upon our fcalty to our
party. If Mr.. Stone, Mr.. Vesey, or any
other Of the Democratic uom inees desire
our support, why are they not with US
| When they identify their success with a
cause which is odious to us, and which
we consider fraught with danger to our
country, how can they reasonably cx-
pect our personal friendship for them to
overcome our sense OF patriotic duty
| Would it be consistent to hurrah over
the nomination of Grant and ratify IL
on one Monday, aud vote for Stone OF
vesey on the next? Will tho election
Of Stone or Vcsey have a tendency to
strengthen the cause Of Grant and Col
fax?
To the full extent that their success:
will have any influence, will it tend tc
make the struggle for Republican SUI
premacy easier or moro difficult? There
is but one answer to all Of these ques'
lions. The Gold Hill election Of next
Monday has, BY tacit consent of both
sides, been made q party fight. The
election of Stone or Vesey, while II
would not absolutely decide the Prcsi'
Dental contest, would iuure to the bene'
ct of tho Democracy. The success
Of Rcpublicanism is far more important
than the election of any man to the Mar
shalship or Trsasurership of Gold Hill
Then let US be true to u professions
of las, night, and make personal friend
ship suBservient to party duty, ant
in serried ranks march to the support
of tho straight Union ticket, thereby
giving n practical proof Of our ratifica'
ton Of Grant and Colfax and our in
dorsemcnt of tho Republican platform.
IT SUIrs MIGnELs.-The editor Of thu
Carson Appeal, one of tho mos. hearty
emphatic, out-and-out Radicals on thu
Pacific coast-or elsewhere, is evidently
we'll pleased with the model platform
constructed by the Chicago Convention
Hear him apatE
It is not IN over estimate to declare thai
tho newly christened "National Republican
Party" have put forth the most complete anf
satisfactory piece Of political work ever sub
mitted to tho American people. : We regard
1.-the platform as the most finished and mos,
ably. constructed enunciation Of the govern.