Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-21
"REPoRMER. vs.. A "coNTRIBU.
TORI

II yesterday, from the pen Of one
whom the Enterprise chooses to call q
contributor, evidently troubles the
editor Of that oracular journal. Not
outstanding a faint attempt at sar-
casm. the plain tact seems to be that
be cannot, or at least does not, avoid
tho conclusions therein logically
drawn from his own u%tterances: The
Of the Enterprise, In a lumin-
Gus leader Of nearly . column this
morning, not only falls to show where
In, by victory rel the Democratic
party, Republican principles were
"uprooted," but In every line Of his
attempted reply to our criticism begs
the question. He utterly ignores the
fact that logical deductions from bis
own premises prove n OF two things:
frat. that for five years past, or since,
the Presidential election Of 1858, the
support by the Enterprise Of the Re-
publican party was solely for the I" of
fees Of court and spells Of the arena"
or second, that the Ignorance OF Its
proprietors and editor was too great
to comprehend the assumed facts to
which 1t has recently awakened. Either
these conclusions are correct or the
premises are wrong. We endeavored to
show that the principles Of the Repub-
lican party, as stated by the Enter
prise, had been engrafted upon and be-
come part Of our fundamental law
that by numerous enactments an ele-
ment Of opposition between the Dem
ocratic aud Republican parties tchattel
slavery had been obliserated; and
that to-day instead of being uprooted,
these principles were q part OF nation
al jurisprudence.
The particular portion Of our arti-
Gle yesterday to which the Enterprfse
pays Il, addresses, Is the enumeration
Of Republican principles. 1t alleges
that we amplify its "conciser phrase"
and suggests that with more expert
ence we would Indulge In less syn
thetical hair splitting" Opposition
to clattel slavery was u Of but Two
grounds OF difference laid down by the
Enterprise as existing between the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. The
other vas opposition to tho Southern
doctrine OF States Rights. We said
I" opposition to slavery means free
jom." Does the Enterprise deny this
p~ostulate? Will he also deny its con-
comitant premise that Z" opposition to
States Rights meat an enlarged pow
er OH the part OF the Federal Govern
ment aud a restricted power OIL that OF
the States?" We said that the Re-
publican party was In Its inception
opposed to a%ristocracy, to feudality,
to u nobility founded upon labor deg
radiation" This the Enterprise elects
to call "an application Of is pre-
misses" SO far rs lit means any
thug" but he does not show how. He
fails to see any distinction between
opposition to negro slavery and enmity
to .mouied control In popular govern
mens," aud In this failure proves his
inability to comprehend the plainest
expressions Of the English language.
Throughout the whole Of his ome
what finely turned rhetoric and windy
generalizations, this astute loglcian
dodges part aud begs the balance Of
the question. ICED help the work
Ing man" says this political theorist,
" when he relies upon any champion
but himself" This fervent ejaculation
must have brought with 1t a sense OF
relief to the editor OF the Enterprise,
who has 30 lately sot himself up as a
champion reformer. Has he wearied
in his efforts, grown sick Of his role,
and Is he already experiencing the
pangs of that "hope deferred which
maketh the heart sick? ?" We cordial
ly unite with this apostrophe Of the
Enterprise editor, "God help the
working man." merely adding. II the
politics OF this nation are to fall into
the hands Of such iconoclasts as tho
class whom he would lead.
The only idea in the Enterprise edi-
torial which entities 1t to much atten-
tion 10 the one put forth In Its conclud-
ing lines:
1--WE do not perceive, upon revlewal
OF the question, that the contributor to
the NEWS has ampliflsd our meaning
or advanced additional arguments In a
manner which affects Jul conclusion
that the Republican party has outlivsd
Its principles. So far as his present.
ments are entitled to any weight, they
confirm our judgment, and justify the
formation of u Eew party whose mis-
sion embraces a correction Of the very
evils 10 which he claims Republican
lam was once o~pposed-but which have
now become Incorporated Into Its ex-
i~stence."
We admit that evils have crept
into the Republican party. We
admit that these evils require correo-
ton. But wo do not admit that these
evils have been Incorporated Into Its
existence" We shy rather that they
are the attendants Of long continued
power, and do not belong to Its prin-
ciples, either past or present. The
Republican party needs cleansing. 1t
may need the knife. It has superfiu-
Gus branches. Some Of them, like the
Enterprise editor, become affected with
the dry rot and drop OF. Others are
suckers started from the roots, and,
nrot.cted from the tempest by