Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-14
saALL WE REsURRECr THE PAsrt

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Our new evening contemporary, the
Post, sssays politics. Last evening IL
boldly arraigned the Republican party in
the following fearful sentence:
"with the advent Of the Republican
party came war. . large national debt.
and heavy taxation"
The Pos steps in where "angsls fear
to tread" Even its somewhat ssnils
contemporary and political coadjutor.
the Chronicle, has studiously avoided the
ground upon which the Pos 90 bravsly
enters. 1t has begged its readers not to
think Of the past; not to resurrsct any
political history Of later date than the
day upon which Tom Williams packed
the primaries in Storey county and
caused his henchmsa to circulate .
damnsSls Islander against an honest gen.
tlensn and party rival. But the Post Is
young. and 1t may DO that in that fervor.
characteristics Of adolescence, 1t has
touched upon q theme which. for its
party's sake. had better been left to the
historian.
"with the advent Of the Republican
PARTY came war also ga large national
dobt;" also "hssvy taxation" And
for these things is tho Republican
party a~rraignsd BY the Democracy. Did
the Republican party begin tho wsr'
Was ii responsible for the outrage upon
eur flag at Sumter? Did its members or
ofacss pull down the banner OF this
Government at Mobile and New Or
lsansi Did Republican officials seize
upon our arssnals and armsl Was tia
Republican Secretary who sent all
monies in the Treasury to Dspositariss
at Charleston. Mobile and New orlsansf
Was ii q Republican Secretary who dis
p.r,.d our navy to the four winds oil
Heaven. Just before the treason OF the
South was promulgated at Montgomery
Was IL . Republican Secretary OF War
who had thsrstofors scattered our small
army in posts most distant from the
headquarters Of this Government was
II q Republican Attorney General who
whispered into the ear Of the then Chief
Executive ofthis Republic, thatits gov
srnmsnt had no power to coerse a Slater
Wa 1t . Republican President who
shivsring with terror at the acts Of these
his Cabinet officers, stood helpless while
plans were made for the destruction oil
this Government And then. when
with the advent Of the Republican
party came war;" who were they arraysd
against the tiagl Was it Republicans
who hrsd upon the Massachusetts troops
as they came through Baltimore on the
10Th day Of April. 1892 Was 1t the
Republican leaders in Congress who
drew up the Constitution Of "ths Con-
fsSsracy," and was 1t a Republican Con-
stitutional Convention which assembled
at Montgomery and declared allegiance
10 a new government, hostile to that Of
the United Statssl II with the advent
Of the Republican party came war. va,
IL Republicans who began and carried on
that terrible and most unnecessary car
nival Of blood and butehsryl
- large national debt" says the
Posf, came with the advent OF the Re
publican party. How was that dsos m
currsdi VIII the Democratic party.
through its journals in Nevada
asssrt that the Rspabiis>a psrty 10
r~sspo.sibls tAsrstor' VIII Its sI-rsbsl
speakers. who now so fselinsly apsstro-
phizs "ths fag." claim that the debt
was not incurred to save 1t from dis
honor2 Will the Democratic ''chivalry,
who now control that party in Nevada,
a that Il was wrong to spend the
peoples money TO preserve this Govern
ment and subjugste them and their
frisndsi And will any man OF any party
in Nevada to-day deny that. in its efforts
10 psrpstuats this Government. the
party which to-day still holds its helm
and guides IL on its oourso Of wonderful
prosperity. had not the right to use its
rssourcss-sye. evsn to the full extent
Of bs,kruptey-to preserve its honor
and integrity?
All, IL 10 these "dead issues" resur-
rected by the Post, which blaze upon the
record Of this party, so much dreaded
BY IL galvanized ~epponsnt, as did Its
arny's signh fires along the hills sur
rounding Richmond. II 10 these acts OF
this cid party. born from the womb oil
human suffering. nurssd in the lap Oh
msil-clad Mars and stsrn Minerva, and
educated in the school Of hard necessity
which render 1t invincibls-whieh
throughout the ages will make its history
apstrioiic legend. its battle songs the
chorus Of our childrsn's children, n
its leaders rivals Of those earlier patriots
who, since history began, have stood
like watch-towsrs on the columns which
mark the centuries OF our race.