Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-07-24
noorn,s sPHECH.

we make the following extracts
from the speech of the Hon. Newton
Booth, Republican candidate for Gov
ernor Of California, delivered in San
Francisco, on Friday evening, 2lst:
There are certain general princi-
Piles and lines of policy which the
people, by tacit consent, desire should
be recognized and pursued. Among
them are, that government In all Its
departments-National, State, NUM-
cipal-should be economically admin
istered ; not as something 60 get rich
out OF, to advance particular Interests
to confer places and honors, but as the
equal guardian and protector OF oil,
Its whole power being pledged to each
individual for the enjoyment Of his
own. That taxation should be uni
form. and all property contribute to
the support of the Government In pro-
portion to its value ; that taxes should
be levied only for the necessary pur-
poses of government. never to enrich
corporations or individuals ; and that
legislation should be shaped. not In
aid of the concentration of wealth, but
Of Its diffusion.
That all labor should be free, pro.
tected from servile competition, and
secure In the fair enjoyment OF its own
| production; that the public lands
should be held for actual settlers, In
small tracts, to become homes for the
people; that no more OF q pubic
| domain should be alienated except
under the provisions of the homestead
and pre-. emption laws.
That all men should be free In their
religious opinions and ~observances.
That there shall be no division OF
the public school funds; that the
schools supported by the State should
be kept free from sectarian bias or
control, be ample for the elementary
education Of all children, and that tho
State should require every child to
receive such an education from such
source, as the best preventive Of crime
and security for social order. That
there shall be such q reform In our
civil service, that qualification and
fitness shall be tests for holding office !;
and there shall be some security in the
tenure of office. for a fixed term, while
its duties are faithfully discharged. :.
That the intercourse Of the General
Government with foreign powers
should be conducted fairly In the In
terest of honorable peace, and that 1t
should neither demand nor submit to
wrong. .-
That the public debt should be hon
estly paid, no part Of the rebel debt
ever assumed, and no compensation
made for the emancipation Of slaves.
That the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the Consti-
tuition, by which freedom Is recog-
nized as universal, equality before the
INV secured, and suffrage EXTENDED tc
all citizens upon the same terms,
should remain undisturbed as q part
Of the organic law Of the land. .o,
If there be a general concurrence OF
public sentiment In favor Of this brief
outline of policy, the practical ques-
ton before tho people In every cleo
ton Is, through which party can 1t be
best advanced rs q whole, without for
feiting any good already accomplished?
WHICH PARTY HAS BEST CARRIED THEM
OUT? stngn
It is not q question Of perfection
that exists nowhere outside the mind
of the dreamer, nor In 1t for that mat.
ter it is a question Of choice. Which
Is the positive party, which negative
Which has gone forward, which been
borne forward? Make the Democratic
party strong enough In any State and
Is there no danger that the public
school fund will be divided and the
schools sectarianized? Give 1t con-
troll of the General Government, Is
there no danger that the spirit which
animated the rebellion will dominate
that the nations credit will be
stained by some kind Of Juggling re-
pudiation of the national debt; that
the debt of honor to our pensioned
soldiers will be dlsregarded ; that some
portion of the debt Of the Lost Cause
will be recognized, or some compensa.
ton made for the emancipation Of
slaves? These questions are not dead
they sleep. The guns that would
celebrate a great Democratic triumph
would awaken them. Shall the Dem.
ocratlc party be restored to power,
rehabllitated In the doctrines Of the
"new departure 2" Why not con.
tinue the Republican, which accepts
the measures Of reconstruction, not as
hard necessities, but established truths
not as distractions to be overclimbed,
but rs bulwarks of freedom aud but
tresses Of union? Are the new doc
trlnes to be thrown aside as q mask
when power Is obtained, and the re-
; suits Of the war to be attacked In the
spirit which characterized the party
during the war? Is the party to come
back with Its old instincts for State
sovereignty and against union-witl
its denial Of any right Of self-preserya.
ton In the General Government?
At the gorgeous Coronation OF Ma
poleon, the Republican General Au.
zeran was asked If anything were
lacking to the splendor Of the scene
Nothing" he replied, "but the
presence Of the million Of men who
have died to do away with all this
When wo shall be summoned TO such
a reinauguration, let the roll OF oui
departed heroes be called, let vacant
places at three hundred thousand fire.
Sides be polled, and the silent protest
Of the dead be placed upon that page
Of history. 81" aE ~
TIE REsoLuTIoNs OF '9s. IN NJ
Having spoken of these compare,
lively new questions, 1t Is perhaps nee,
essary briefly to refer to an old one
and no political speech can be consid.
cred complete Without some ,allusion
to tho RESOLUTIONS Of 'aS." j IL con.
stantly charged by the Democracy that
the principles Of the Republican party
are hostile to State rights. Analyze
this charge into It's specifications and
Il will be found to mean they are inim.
ical to State wrongs. From the adop-
ton Of tho Federal Constitution Two
theories were advocated In regard 70
Its construction. The one, known best
perhaps as the Calhoun theory, Is that
Il Is a treaty between the States-a
league of independent soyeIelgntiesI,
each State hayfng the rlghtto tfdgeS o.
Its infractionsy and the measures and
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