Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-26
NEW TO-DAY.
. CARD FROM CONRAD WIEGAND.


runior nas oecn very m.ueIy eneuia.o', auu
peeially ance l rsso!neu 70 st.S q pSo,Io pTI ~ ~
lecture on my own aseount EhousI nos ~ ~
name INC hnII S"tast,'" nJsIsyI,
that all tno puoiHhed nouces anu ellugisnis "
tho lectures given before that society, IN Doth
the Gold Hill NEWS andin the Virginia hh.eTPr,se
were from myown pen, anu ,nat tm1 eultorinto
the Enterp,iss OF ouhaay, sn.'.sa "irsAna,sn
was only tnelr shockIng cu,Lnina.on. ING resui,
mas oeen tthe nccub",ioh nh,ins oeeh oeIefeu
upon apparently gooa gr0unds ny our mepoeI.
ship generally, tnat tne society' whIeh NJ lens
seemed onee 20 entertain tomhra INC sn.Ire conn
dence, ana even almost enthusiasuc fogard' no"
holds me 10 utter sonorrenee. loathlng ana con
tempt, and u iheir niofmaiion were suos.an
TALLY true, all honor 10 their instincts lot 10 ieei'
Ing. ..
Even II ! alone were intores'ea' i thmk u
MouiI 90 UNJUST 10 myself ana ismiy' eTen u w
to endure so deep a shame In silence. But when
tho intorests Oh oocIoty nrs nv sluAe, nSy
prosperity, Chot IN mere hHn,oeIs, put IN hsgn'.
mesa, Is uehrer 10 me tnhh nhse motus 80.
press, There u no room 70 douDt tnat l ougn'
promptly 70 nave tue ruin maus khomh-tnc
substantial and the whole truth-ana NOT u mere
fringe cut from Its edge; Tor my whole aim mas
been, to attain and WELD an influence In this COM
munity for good, ana ossides' q orodder asplra'
tion. lhayo sought to plant q setd OF heaven =
own truth In Washoe, tho end OF "hich no man
can calculate. fet, WIN such an impression
brooding like q nightmare on the puolc mihu,
what shadow even OF lnfiuenco could exert. ma
how much more could a srciety WELD, which NC.
eretly believing 10 damning u lie. would yet not
have the courage to impeHch and deposo 80 un.
worthy n Rector P'
But while l am about II 1 propose going to the
very root Of the matter. which takes US q long
way back. About one year ago ! delivered u
lecture In Pipers' Opera House, Virginia city, on
Radical Reconstruction" 1t was for the bene.
Ct Of last winters poor. Not over lfty persons
were In the housc. You were OF the number.
You deemed the neglect OF Virginians TO turn out
to that lecture, and for that object, In response to
the published invitation Of q number OF promi.
nent gentlemen (mos; Of them yirglnianO, IN in.
suit to the lecturer and to Gold Hill wrote M
editorial, In which you hauled tho VirglniRns over
some pretty hot Goals, In tho course OF which
YOU took occasion TO speak highly Of the lecture
Itself.
Dissenting from your censurc Of Vlrginlans for
a simple exercise OF their undoubted right to stay
away from n public lecture. l felt bound TO re-
View your structures next day, nnd your hoerai.
Ivy permitted me 10 10 som you, eoIuuns. ~
tue course VI 'hht tcvIe",i ieIs 100 ru'''o
those Virginians VINO ghea tne Saiu l,nv.ius ny
10 lecture ~ tne opera lIousel 70 snoM .nn'it
was only one ofthoseformaiues wnich certainty
are proper and customary IN conhesIlon wltnp u'
sondl benefits, the intention oeing 10 increase
the audience ana give asort OF respectaoIo Color
to the occasion. True. thentricai eompiimen'
tary benent, notices, nave now oecome q mere
form. The INVITATION, however, OF .HGt e@la,m
was generally believed would result IN . iuII
house. Even II II did not. II prevented me from
assuming the attitude OF one who wishes ohrHst
either himself or MS riews upon tnS puoile, ana
was for that reason cnieny resorted 10; Every
name used was u genuine signature anu ~ De-
lieve. 10 now preserved put In my review OIL
your editorial, ioit bound oy candor 70 declare
they were obtained by my own friends. The re.
cent rumors render II essential to n radical dissi.
patton Of this nightmare. that l obtain from you
a brief statement as to whether did or did not
write that editorial In your paper too, which was
30 fiattsrlng to myself; for IL did, and should
then turn rouna anu reve" It'll "ouIai ndeeu
argue, either utter untrustworthiness or else on
insanity which delights In seeing my own name
and praise In prlnt
At tho same limo l reviewed your euitorlM
notice. turnisneu you u ounuIe OF punnIns
hits on prominent names OF Tue vlclnity, Hsa
convenience to you. wrote twenty words OF IN
PRODUCTION TO II. When read the PROOF OF ooh'
the abruptness Of termination to the extract,
seemed to require a statement for IN ending, that
the lecture Itself was q very contrast TO the un.
dignity Of this extract, and some pralsing words
mot a 1.-THE Of yours Of the day before however,
were thrown In, and you accepted them az your
own and Published them as such, In view Of re.
ausht olEo than just such facts as can be .nbstan.
teore ~ ,assee os the hem nre,'' rotSsp tSan d.. what.
misc snceived, may be regarded as self.laudation.
But tho only remedy now ", . full statement OF
iacts; aooa, Uo,a ,as no, n ! ~ vo anu In e-n mTf' to
To ono who has grown into The habit Of lifting
above all vlndIciIveness as simply unworthy, and
who feels II nobler 70 get even on those who
do him an Injury land especially when not meant
to DO such) by shaming them with unmerlted
kindness, II matters nothing rho has done the
wrong. Although believe I hayetracedthe whole
thing home, I forbear the mention Of all names,
trusting that my own rotieence may BIO apire-
cIated, not only by the consciously guilty parties
In this case, but by those outsiders and h~critics"
Of q simply honest man, who both believe and
declare, that I am unsafe to trust even with buII.
ness, because l toll somewhat moro than tho
crowd for the common veal, and because I /" talk
10 much! The present slip will only result
In bringing me even nearer to tho hearts OF
alltruo Humanitarian than ever before. Pain.
ful as my present experience IL, 1 shall always