Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-23
WAS THE DEMOCRATIC r1nrYDrs-
LOYALs

war was above that Of the aforesaid VIII
liams. This young man said he was q
soldier Of the late war on the Union
aide. had fought on many . hsld. and
bore the scars thereof. These remarks,
introductory 10 his speech. gained him
respectful attention, II not sympathy.
from the hundred or two Republicans
present. We wondered how this young
man. frssh. u Il were. from the battle
fields Of his country. with the groans Of
her dying heroes yet ringing in his
ears, and the pale faces Of her dead pro-
tsetors turned upwardt TO the murky sky.
We say. We wondered how this Union
soldier could bring himself to sulogizs
Tom Williams; to praise the reptile sls-
mont Of disunion who, while he. the
speaker. was risking life upon the bat
tls-Hslds Of the nation. was over en- this
coast eursing the Union army, bewail-
ing Federal, and rejoicing at Rebel sue
essses. We listened earnestly to hear
him isud Tom Williams. and to eur re-
lief failed To hear q word Of praise for
him (Tsm williams) or his kind.
We are not disposed 10 harshly criti-
else that young mans speech. When .
speaker tells US he bears marks Of ser
vice in the armies Of this nation. We
warm toward him instinctivsly. We
certainly would do him ne injus-
tee. The speaker addressed him
self TO the herculsan 'task OF proving
the Democratic party not to have been
disloyal. And to do so he cited the
election Of 1864. He said that MeClsl-
Ian received . million and Q third OF
Northern votes. largely from the armies
under his command, and urged there
fsrs, that the party which As candidate
he represented. was not disloya. The
argument upon its face 10 good enough.
But let M see. No M denies, much
less q Unisn soldier. that the worst enc
mics the Nsrth during the war haa TO
encounter. were those men who stayed
at homo and gave thar votes and infu-
sncs in opposition 10 the war. The
chief troubles Of the Government came
from the efforts Of this class. to deprsci-
ate our credit. resist the draft. and COM
municats with the enemy. The anti.
war or soppsrhsad element melted riots
in New York and other large cities. One
Of its representatives, vallandisham.
became 90 obnoxious to our Govern
msnt that he was sent over the line into
the South. Another. Psndlston, was
foremost in disersditing u money. and
Democrats in Congress psrsistsntly OPP
posed each successive issue Of bonds, BY
sale Of which and in no sthsr way was
Government to be provided with funds
to prosecute the war. It will not Be- de-
MED by any candid man that the Demo-
cratic party, as a party, through its Con-
grsssmsn. its Senators. and . large per-
csntaes Of It's membership. psrsistently
opposed the prosecution Of the war. and
the fast that loyal men and Union SOL
diers voted its ticket, proves nothing
more than that they erred in judgment.
We held IL to bs true that he who.
whom his Government adopts measures
Of defense against its enemies, opposes
these measures and sndeavors 70 obstruet
their force and efficacy. in 30 far a. hsdoes
so is disloysl, and that the party which.
whom the Government il threatened with
disruption from within or destruction
from without. allows its representatives
to give aid and comfort 70 either home
or foreign foes. does 30 against its duty
a. q loyal party. and In dialoyal.
II the speaker, who, a. he said, voted
for George b. Mcclellan. the Democratic
candidate for President In 1864, had
then carefully read the platform upon
which that brave General had placed
himself. in our best Judgment he would
not 10 have cast his ballot. That plat
form resolved. among other things, that
the war had prored a failure. and
10 was RECOMMENDED that . commits
sisn ks appointed to devise measures Of
Cancellation and compromise with the
Confsdsrscy. This was the sss encs Of
the resolutions which. to receive the
Democratic nomination in 1864. Nc
Clellaa accepted and Endorsed. II was
compromise, cancellation. trade and bar
ter with the men who sought cur ruin
Who sndssvorsd by armed force to dis
rupt this Government and erect upon its
shattered remnants al oligarchy based
upon degraded. servils labor.
Was Il . loyal PLATFORM What wal
the issue In the war between the Union
and its snsmissl Wa IL net the indi-
visibility Of the Federation OF the States
which composed ii Most assursdly.
What did the South claiml The right
to divide the Union. And the power Of
the Government, at the moment when
the Democratic Convention adopted
these covardly. disoyui resolutions. was
being exercised against their spirit a.
well as letter. The Democratic plat
form Of 1854 gave up the contest; con-
cedsd to the South success. instead Of
and claimed that the Govern
msnt had shown itself incapable Of self
Was II sloyal PLATFORM
We think net. The writer Of this ar
.icle was also q Union soldier. He voted
rem . hospital bed in Portsmouth. vir-
yinia, in 1864. for Abraham Lincoln.
And hs did 80 because no thought the
was not . failure; that the Govern
msnt had power enough to keep itsslf
intact. 10 overcoms its enemies and