Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-29
THE EVENING NEWS.
p,,x,r,. Speech Last Might.

was quite well euc1S oeAuS ~
least two hundred and fifty persons pres
emf, unite a Number OF them Republic
cans, who attended for the purpose Of
hearing what kind Of q speech a Demo-
crat could make at this time. Judge
Pi,zer (who, by the way, is very popu-
lar personally with many politicians OF
both parties), was introduced by the
President Of the Club. Mr.. Z. j. Ian
sing, and was warmly received. As we
stated yesterday, Judge Pitzer is a very
ingenious speaker, and his style OF sPe-
cial pleading sticks out in his poilticS
as prominently as it does in Court wnen
defending II felon. He started IN nus
address last night by arraigning Tue
Republican or Union party OF .ue
Nation as q "one-idea or aooiition
marty" and attributing all the trouole
tribulation, and sources OF misery wni.u
have existed in the Uni'cd o'a.es
for the last seven years 10 m.nis
one-idea or abolition party We'll,
This is an old, threadbare, aud
Ionc-aco refuted charge, and which we
are surprised the Judge attempted to
again trump up, rs he claims to keep
posted on the progress Of the times.
The fact is, the present organization OF
the Republican or Union party did not
have an existence until the year 1857,
when the Douglas Democratic party
merged itself into n cooperation win
the then existing Republican party that
had elected Mr.. Lincoln President-and
which had never been charged with be-
ING the 'soue-idea or abolition party
"a title which solely belonged to the
old Anti-Slavery party which went out
OF existence, for the want OF friends n
in 1856. 1t is, therefore, n
little surprising that Pitzer would en-
deayor to rcsurrect u defunct old party
name q dozen years after it had passed
away, and attempt to apply 1t now 70 q
party not entitled to it. The question
Of taxation also seemed a very
prominent point in his attack on
the dominant party. But this IS
the old story in Democratic meetings
we have heard it and read OF 1t as n
prominent point Of attack ever since tue
rebellion broke out, and since the reoe!S
and traitors were conquered. II IS true
the people have been heavily taxed, ana
they are vet under the inhietion; but
then was it not done 10 preserve tue
Union, the Government, the Nation, ana
10 its enemies, the traitors m
rebels? And has it not been most ef-
fcctually done? We rather think 1t
that effect-aud if the good work has
not been very effeetually accomplished
vet. late news from Washington GER
tainly indicates that it will be done
and will be we'll done-so that neither
this generation, or any other to come,
will ever again be troubled by Jeu.
Davis rebellion. As n general thing,
Democratic assemblages should not COM
plain Of oppressive taxation-as the
assessment rolls Of the country plainly
show that the masses OF thar party
do not bear q great deal of that bur
den. Still, the question does Tor poiiti-
clans to harp upon," n to make
people believe that they are " wondrous
wise" The Judge gave Andy johnson
the cold shoulder, by saying that as
President Of the United States he respect
edhim: bu, as an individual he did not
.suor any other man who allowed him.
self TO be led and used by this one-idea
abolition party" The speaker, now
ever, forgot to mention that the whole
campoody Of Democrats in Congress, as
we'll as in many other sections, and es-
pecially among the conquered rebels In
the South, he is to-day claimed as their
leader, and their Moses, to again resur-
rect the Democratic party which
has been wallowing in the slough
of despond" for some years past. The
Judge lust accidentally forgot to tell
his audience this little circumstance last
night, although he knows this IS the
fact. Pitzer don't like Grant for Pres
ident; he says Grant smokes too much;
that he never liked him since he at
tempted to make a meer'hd" pipe out OF
n soup turreen-which, the Judge says,
happened up in Humboldt county, Call
fornia. when Grant and him were poor
hut honest miners. Now, the truth is,
ace were up in Shasta in the year 1858,
and we positively heard that same
v " told on Pitzer himself !-(and
we always believed it, too). We in
tend writing to Grant, and shall plainly
ask him whether it wasn't Pitzer who
nut up that Job. Now, the Judges I'M
favorable opinion of Gen. Grants as
pirations for the Presidency, we take 1t,
IS rather in his favor, as the Democratic
party are not expected to nominate hin
although thousands and tens Of thou
sands of his soldiers who entered the
army as Democrats will support him
when he is nominated by the great
Union Party Of the Nation.
There is a little scrap Of history OF
the late rebellion to which Judge Pitzer
alluded in his speech, to which we call
his attention, as we believe he uninten-
t~ionally but grossly misrepresented tue
Union party, President Lincoln, and
General Sherman and created perhaps
n very wrong impression among some OF
his audience. Judge Pitzer remarked
that after General Sherman and his army
had conquered the Georgiaus and their
military forces, he stipulated with Gen.
eral ]. Z. Johnston and his army, that
if they would lay down their arms and
surrender, that the Southern States
would be received back into the Union
under their old Constitutions, laws and
property, ana DC aSaiu SonsiuefSu
brothers and members Of the family the
same as they were before the war
General Sherman never made any such
stipulation he had nc authority to
make any such conditions-and we are
surprised that Judge Pitzer would make
such an assertion without showing the
documents. General Johnston and his
armies we're completely whipped, and
the only stipulatious entered into be-
tween Sherman and Johnston, were the
following, which we copy from "The
Military and Naval History Of the Rebel
lion" by W. ]. Tenney. We repuolish
this treaty to set Judge Pitzer, and his
Democratic friends right-he having
charged the Union party with having
deceived the people of Georgia and
broken faith in violating their treaty
s,ipula,ions and as we are just on thu
verge of a Presidential campaign, W.
desire to see Democratic orators speaS
the truth, if such q thing is possible.