Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-20
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ALE. DOTEN, Edltsr and Prsprietsr.
A TERMINATED MISSION AND UP
ROOTED PRINCIPLES
"On the other hand, the achieve
ments Of the Republican party over its
adversary we're at once the triumph
and conclusion Of It's mission. In
ov%erthrowing the principles Of the De-
mocracy 1t uprooted Its own. The two
champions had couched their lancss
upon the issues Of States Rights and
the continued servitude or the freedom
Of the bondman ; and when the bloody
arbitrament had broken down the bar
riers Of States Rights and hidden the
bondmen 60 free, the great political
antagonists were LEFT In the national
lists without an object for which to
contend-except the offices OF the
court and the spoils Of the arena"
The above quotation Is from an edi-
torial In the Territorial Enterprise Of
yesterday. Let US give 1t a careful
reading to see II It will bear inspec-
ton and analysis. The last triumph
Of the Republican over the Democratic
party was In 1865. Since that time
the Democratic party has made no
nominations for national office. Did
the mission Of the Republican party
end with the first election OF Grant?
II so, what was the Territorial Enter
prise contending- for last year save
1.-THE offices of the court and the spells
OF the ARENA" But the next sentence
contains a most startling assertion
"In overthrowing the principles OF the
Democracy 1t uprooted Its own" The
Democratic principles, says this logi-
clan, were States Rights and Slavery.
Opposition to these tenets, he asserts,
were the doctrines Of Republicanism.
Opposition to States Rights means an
enlarged power on the part Of the Fed
eral Government and a restricted
power on that Of the States. Opposi-
ton to slavery means freedom. Have
these principles Of the Republican
party been uprooted? He Is indeed =
poo student Of events and an inaccu-
rate historian who will say that the
general Government has not in these
later years, in accordance with this
Republican principle, enlarged Its
powers and that the sovereignty Of the
States has not been restricted. Still
more audacious and untruthful Is the
assertion that "freedom from bond
age" In the sense In which the editor
of the Enterprise uses the term, Is not
a living element Of our Jurisprudence.
q chartered, vested and inalienable
right Of every citizen, made absolute
and perpetuated by engraftment upon
the fundamental body Of laws which
form the base Of our Republican unity.
Are these principles uprooted? Do
they not rather live and breathe upon
nearly every page Of our national
statute books?
But the Enterprise is wrong In It's as.
sumption that opposition to State
Rights aud to slavery, we're the only
bases Of original Republicanism. II
was, in Its inception, a party In the
interest Of labor. 1t was opposed to
aristocracy, to feudality, to nobility
founded upon labor degradation. 1t was
the champion Of the working man and
the enemy Of monled control in pop
ular government. These were the
solid foundations on which the Repub-
lican party was erected-the bases Of
its superstructure-the faith Of its fol-
lowers. Negro slavery was the salient
point Of attack, because that institu-
ton was the most formidable opponent
OF free labor, because It degraded the
farmer aud artisan, and tended to
create an aristocracy based upon All
enforced humiliation OF industry /; aud
more than all-because 1t outraged hui
mainly and the instincts Of the age.
Therefore, It was attacked primarily,
its extension opposed, aud finally as
an incidental measure in putting down
a memorable war, 1t was exterminated.
lie Is, indeed, a careless chronicler,
and with a very limited Idea Of the
scope Of the Republican party, who
will assume that opposition to ehattel
slavery was one Of but two principles
on which 1t was founded ; and we won.
der at such assertions coming from n
journal which has for SC many years
held high rank In its communion.
We have o little space to discuss
this question fully, and close with the
remark that II "the course Of the
party for years has been but a blunder
ing makeshift, which has finally de-
generated into a disreputable scramble
for place and plumber" it i'll become,
the editor Of the Enterprise thus late In
the day to make such an avowal.
Bearing In mind his conclusions tina,
since 1868, the mission Of the Repub'
lican party has been ended, the In.
quiry naturally arises, what since that
time has been the object Of the Eater
prise In supporting it? Has 1t been
rs before quoted, the offices OF cour,
and the spolls Of the arena?" Has ii
been "lust for Office and greed oil
gain?" What else could have impel'
led its strong advocacy OF q party
whose principles had been "uprooted'
for five years? Many now wonder
like ourselves.
A Dies MoINEs dispatch Of the 18th
instant says that reports continue to