Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-05

PLAIN TALK.

We make the following extracts from
II speech delivered in Philadelphia
by Senator Wilson, Of Massachu-
sets, on the 18th Of Septem.
Der, before an immense multitude oil
people. They are On epitome of the
great issues existing between the Union
Republican and the Democratic party,
and well worthy to be read and studied
by members Of both parties
nm glad to see this large assemblage
of the citizens of Philadelphia. 1t has
been my privilege, during the last three
or four weeks, to see tens of thousands
of Republicans in Maine, and I came
here to say that, while the country
looked to Maine, and as she has spoken
so in~telligibly, now oil eyes are directed
toward Pennsylvania. We look to you
with entire confidence. You will stand
where you stood during the civil war
by your country, and the men who
fought for IL. =.
Our Issue is as clearly presented rs it
was on the field of Gettysburg. Then
the country understood that the Grand
Army of the Republic, engaged in p0r-
ilous battle, carried our flag against the
foe who sought our destruction. To-
day @ grand army are waging a political
war, one led by Grant, who never sur
renders [applsuse1, tho other by Sey-
mour and Blair. At Gettysburg they
fought with bullets, now they fight with
ballots. They are fighting the same
battle over again.
And now I wish to say that if Penn
s~ylvania, Indiana and Ohio vote for the
Republican cause, General Grant will
be elected. All understand this, and
the Democracy will use every power to
defeat him. But my opinion is that
Grant is sure to be elected [cheers and
a large majority Of Congress is sure to
be elected to support Grants admins
tration.
In looking owe this assemblage, l see
before me men who have, by manual
labor, TO support the wives of their bo-
SONS and the children Of their love.
Now, if you look into Gods holy word,
you will read how u first parents fell
from their purity to eat their bread by
the sweat Of their faces. Portions of
the human family, forgetful Of the
rights of common humanity, have
delugcd the land in blood, d%ebauched
the soul, and brought men into deg
radiation in order that they might eat
their bread by the sweat Of others. Our
laws are founded on Christianity and
on the principle that all men are created
equal. Those who believed in caste
plunged this great country into civil
war, and buried 800, 900 men who
fought for the country, and wounded
400, 900 more. And to-day we have the
men who bathed this nation in blood for
the sake Of caste, going into a National
Convention Mt New York, and imposing
these ideas upon tho people:
|. That tho Reconstruction laws of
Congress arc revolutionary and void.
2. Equal taxation-that the poor man
shall DO taxed equally with the rich.
platform in the interest Of privilege and
caste. To-day the Democrat stands MS
the mortal enemy Of every working mar
Of the United States.
He had been born poor and had to
work for a living, and he has some in
terest in q laboring a He chal-
lengcd any man to meet him on that
issue.
The rebellion was made in order that
the Democrats might eat their bread in
the sweat of other mems faces, no mat
ter whether white or black. Because
they are weaker we must help to protect
them. Our duty is to help those who
need it. The black men are men. We
shall live and die and be buried with
them. We have reconstructed the States
and given them liberal Constitutions.
We have provided them with the COM
mon school system their plantation
system their platform system ; their
industrial system. Labor in South
Carolina is respectable now.
We have built up their society and
the lovers of liberty everywhere thank
Us for il. Now the rebel leaders tell Us
we must overthrow all this that we
must relinquish all VIC have gained to
the big laudholders again. The doc
triue Of equal taxation came from the
brain Of John G. Calhoun.