Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-01
Al Orator wAs u ait Assdss.

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Amnesty iut all ths sfiniss and pr.
rows Of The rebellion ID "a szcd ut
ching. but oblivion b scarcely prsode BE
during this ~esnsratoni and The odh>ss
Of the winnsbsgo County ~Agrisaltuil
Society. in Illinois, who recently invi.
ted Mr.. Jsnsrson Davis 70 speak u thir
annual fair. showed vsry little judf.
msnt or knowledge Of human nature.
To insist upon . fAif trial for him, OF,
that failing. 10 insist upon his release
from bringing him forward 70 sddrsss
q respectable association - an honsrsd
guest. There could b only two svov.
able motives for such an invitation; the
hrst being 10 make Mr.. Davis visit an
incident OF the general progress Of re-
consultation and sstahlishmsut Of kindly
feelings among the two sections Of the
country. and the other 10 bring . large
crowd together. and make . good deal Of
gate money through the attraction of Q
hnt.rats novelty.
From both these points Of view, the
choice Of such an orator was injudicious.
II ID not In Mr.. Davis power 70 do any
thing which will hasten the reign Of
good feeling % ardsntly desired By ~
all, unless II 30 for him to keep quist
and rs much out Of sight - possible.
There h IN old Joe Miller about . man
who was cursing another for his usll.
ness. "Can I help my lootsf" nsskiy
Mkei the ugly one "No," saii The
severe critic. "but you can stay q
home" The eibs Il apptoabls In
sober sadness 10 Mr.. Davis. For rsa-
sons over which be has no control, he
cannot appear In public. much lsss
make a speech. without giving rise TO
bitter and angry feeling. He has done
more harm than almost any other man
who has figured In our history. he took
. prominent part In ~fomenting the
wicked and c~ausslsss conspiracy which
ended In var. He was the bead and tbs
front Of the rebellion ~ long - II lasted.
He took no means 10 mitigate IL hor-
rors. or alleviate its aorimony. When.
ever he addressed an audience, hs ap-
pcaled 10 the bittsrsst and basest pas
sions to rouse them against the people
Of the North. This was not . necessity
OF his position. Abraham Lincoln sst
him q far different example,. No man
over heard from his lips anything like
the savage malice whish formed the
staple OF Davis's speeches. And now
that va take . somewhat calmsr
Wow Of the war than was possible ten
years ago. We must still insist that ".
Davis lid not do all in his power 70
make Il a decent and msrcifsl - posi-.
bio. The Union prisoners were not
treated a. we'll u they might have been,
II q generous and humane man hsd been
President Of the Confsdsrscy. 4 part
at least OF the horrors OF Andsrsonvills
and Belle Island can b charged 70 his
account. Such being his conduct
during the war, has he done anything
since the war closed to sntitls him to
the consideration Of well meaning and
patriotic peoplsf II 30 he hAs kept u Q
profound secret. We are mot disposed
to blame him too harshly for this. Il
va, ny o.. h ha :, ~. 80 .s,rs.ry
's."nI, .ha ~ s;Ii..;o
Wi. sa",,,nn hoa ~ ,ao U,ominsnt
his attitude too consistently hostile 10
I.
VI Ieps .as ~ ~ - ssiI.s,.
ages OF tne WaI. no .su
iavor OF peace anu union . eon.las'
WITH his former iscofu wou,a nA.e oeen
80 sharp anu Que a 70 nave eAciIeu
mistrust n derision. Tneis VA,
strictly speaking. no place N pubic hfe
for Mr.. Davis After no o on bis shawl
and waterproof, y surrsndsrsd 70 the
troopsrs OF Gen Wilson. We must DO
him the justice TO aay that ne has never
pretended to be anything different from
what he always was-.a bitter, obstnsts,
u~nrepsntsnt enemy Of the United States.
For these reasons 1t Ia evident that
Mr.. Davis was the wrong person 70 In
yite, u tho oficers OF b Winnsbago
County Fair wanted 70 hear 2 useful snd
practical speech on the relations OF The
North aud South, and TO mako . demon
stration In favor OF good VIII aud na-
tional unity. IL they merely wanted to
make money out OF . sensational ora
ton, they are already convinced OF their