Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-06-08

tional liberty-the right of trial by
jury, the right to elect their own Off
GERS, and the right to determine their
own internal policy. And as soon as
their prejudices and hatred against the
South are removed, and they see that
by the unlawful action of those IN
power toward the South these sacred
rights Of theirs are In danger Of being
invaded, full justice will be done.
HE ACCEPTS NOTHING.
/ am not OF those who "accept the
situation" l accept nothing. Those
cant phrases that we hear so much Of,
about accepting the situation /" n
about Il rights having been submitted
to the "arbitrament of the sword"
are but the excuses of towards. lap
plause.] l admit that power prevails
over truth; l admit that that power Is
so great that 1t would be folly to resist
it; and therefore I am In favor, my
self, Of being acquiescent, and I advise
you to the same course. But / do not
admit that our rights have ever been
submitted to the arbltrament Of the
sword. Who has the power to submit
your liberties to the arbitrament Of
battle? You never delegated that
power to your representatives. /, as
your Executive, never claimed 1t, and
never, dying or living, will / admit it.
Applause. And then, my friends,
about this much-talked-of subject of
accepting the situation" You arc
not called upon to acknowledge that
you have done wrong unless you feel it.
IDoN'T BELIEVE DID ANY WRONG,
and therefore l don't acknowledge 1t.
All that a government has q right to
claim from any Of its subjects IS that
they will quietly submit to the law.
Liberty. of law Is their inheritance,
and submission to the law rs long rs
1t is such Is their duty and their obliga-
ton, and 1t should be their pride.
Now, my friends, having already said
more than | intended, 1t only remains
for me to say how happy l am to see
the evidences Of prosperity that now
surround you. The first time that |
saw the place where your city now
stands 1t was little more than a wilder
ness. When l saw 1t again | looked
upon blackened and deserted ruins,
| upon the sad wrecks of noble fortunes,
upon desolated hearthstones, and upon
a ruined and stricken people. Your
| city had been devastated and laid waste
by an act of vandalism darker than
aught that ever disgraced the fame OF
Turenne. But I look upon 1t again
to-day, and the traces Of desolation
aud destruction are no longer visable a.;
but in their stead magnificent struc-
lures rise upon every hand to mark the
wonderful advance Of improvement,
prosperity and material greatness. |
rejoice In it. It Is but the beginning
of the grand era of prosperity that is
| yet to come, and | rejoice to see you
going OH building your railroads, cs-
tlblishing your manufactures, inau,
gurating new enterprises of commercial
profit, building up your town, I'M
| proving your lands and developing
the material resources within your
reach. You will thus 90 on increasing
until you become wealthy and power
full. | say | rejoice in these evidences
of assiduous, earnest labor in things
material, because there Is little In this
that a foreign government can inter,
fere with. Perseverc in this direction,
wait quietly and patiently until the
tide turns-as, sooner OF later, turn II
willard the day Is not far distant
when the sun will shine upon You a
free. independent and sovereign State.
IApplause.1 With these expressions,
and with this advice to you, | have
done. | feel that | cannot fully ex-
press my gratitude to You all for the
kindness you have manifested toward
me, and the heartfelt desire | have that
your ways may be ways Of pleasant.
ness, that your lives may be prosper
Gus, and that your eyes at last may
close upon your country free, and your
| children standing erect, proud repre-
sentativcs of the grand old Common
wealth Of Georgia. [Great and pro-
longed applause.
Mr.. Davis Is making q tour of the
Southern Sntcs, and speaks to excited
crowds at every important place. The
South Is awakening under this inspira-
ton, and the tempest is brewing.