Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-26

N.
whssisr's speech In Vermont.

largo Republican rally was held tonight.
but a thunder Storm prevented illumin.
atoms.
william A. Wheeler arrived this even
ing and was greeted by = salute. and. in
response 10 q serenade. spoke NJ follows:
Repsbiiean. Of 81. Aibams. You honor
the cause Of which lust now I am q prom
inent representative. was placed In
nomination a. the Republican nominee
for Vice President In the National Con-
vention by the action Of the States Of Yer
mont and Massachusetts,. II IL the great
est honor Of my life that the Republicans
Of these States deem me sufficiently ground.
ed In New England faith TO be one Of the
representatives OF their ideas In the pend
ing canvass. Applause. In tho mat
ter Of faith I trust they have made no mis-
take. Applause. believe In New Eng
land; I believe In Plymouth Rock. for
| they arc convertible terms. One Of the
most gifted OF New England has said that
| Plymouth Rock Is no quartz /; II Is . per-
feet stone cut Oh the mountain without
hands. and hands cannot prevent II from
becoming . great mountain. filling the
whole earth. Every church. every school,
| house. every town-house from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific has Plymouth Rock for its
ioundation-stons. Wherever freedom aims
. musket. or raises q standard. or sings .
song, or makes . protest, there IL Plym-
outh Rock freedom. Tho church. the
school-house. the town-house-these, my
friends. form the very cardinal principles
Of the Republican party. l hsvo often
thought and often said that the Common
wealth Of Vermont composcs and Illus
trates the complete realization OF the
highest ideal OF q republican form OF gov
eminent. Where else can you find such
general intelligence the result OF your
free, popular system Of eduoation-where
80 much Of fidelity and economy ~ the
administration VI State Affairs. where so
much respect for the civil rights Of each
aud all people A. In the State OF
| Vermont? II IL the mission OF the
Republican party u confer upon all
people Of this country. In all tho States
and Territories. the inestimable privileges
which you In Vermont enjoy. IL Ii . duty
TO which, in this Centennial year OF our
nation. We ought W address ourselves with
renewed attention and fidelity. lhave no
purpose here tonight, my friends. TO re-
call the memorable conflict through which
this country has passed. and which has
made American arms forever Industrious,
but let us never forget the obligations rest
ing upon us tn secure ourselves and those
| who follow after us; and never. my
| friends, were these obligations more APP
parent and imperative than now. We are
| once more, my friends, face 10 face with .
united South, with the Democratic party
Of the North ns It's subseryient and plant
ally. In every late slave State In the
Union, where this confidence party Ia
| dominant Il claims and may receive votes
In electoral colleges. II has q complete
| control OF the Lower House and the bal
Ance Of power In the Senate. There Ia not
to-day in these late slave States any man
| holding q prominent position who was not
Identified in the great struggle against tho
| Government. Not In Kentucky can you
find a man in any position whatever who
WAS not engaged on the rebel side. This
IL the condition % the South to-day. l sat
for months during last Winter In Con-
gress by the side 81 ~sixty-one men who q
few years since. with arms In their hands.
were engaged In MI attempt to break up
| tho Government. Now, I have heard
those men defend the hellish afro
| cities Of Libby, A~ndersonyillc and
Salisbury prisons; have heard
| Lincoln maligned; I have heard de
Tended the right OF q Virginia Justice Of
the peace TO dctain and open mails OF the
| United States. Can you tell me where IL
| the difference In the spirit which twenty
years ago led Missouri border rufians into
Kansas. and the massacre At Hamburg. In
which q regularly organized militia CON-
| pany were first diaarmed and then mur-
| dered In order that the white race might
assert it's priority My official relations
have called me during the past two or
| three years into the Southern States, and
I tell you what I know. my friends. OF the
real feeling Of the southern people regard.
| ing the Reconstruction Acts. They regard
the amendments 10 the Constitution In
| reference 10 slavery and the laws for the
protection OF the freedmen as the French
provinces did their ccssion To Prussia at
the point Of the bayonet. IL 10 20 the
South, my friends, with this spirit and
with the Democratic party Of the North ~
its plant ally, that we are asked To turn
over the Government OF the United States.
with all its powers Of legislation and with
all Its machinery Of taxation. No such
proposition. for audacity, has lie parallel
In the history OF this country. What 10 the
spirit Of the Democratic partyf Doyou want
10 prove what the Democratic party OF the
North still isi 90 10 Washington and SEQ
fifty soldiers, crippled In the service OF the
Union, turned out OF the House to make
room for ~ many rcbol soldiers. This Ia
an evidence Of the spirit Of Northern Dem.
ocrats. Ny friends. we confront the old
issue. You must not underrato the
strength Of the south and its allies In the
North. You ask me II u can be avoided
l tell you yea, II can be avoided In the old
way, and In the old way only. You must
not underrAte the strength Of this alliance.
have an abiding faith that the conscience
Of the nation will be sufficiently awakened
TO avert this great peril. Under the lead
Of the gallant Hayes. who periled his life
on the field OF battle, and who has eyinced
great ability In his administration OF the
Affairs OF the State OF -Ohio-under Hayes
the Republican party will again achieve q
now triumph. Applause. What shall
DO your duty In this canvassf I tell you.
freemen Of Vermont, what I know. Tho
Democrats arc making great efforts 10 re-
duce the Republican majority In this
State. win you permit thisf Voices,
"No." "No."l The banner Of Vermont
was never yet trailed on the battlefield. |
and "a you value good government. a. you
value the sacrifices Of the past, and ~ you
hope for the future. let your devotion to
the cause Of the Union be proved by your
ballots on the frst Tuesday Of November
next; and may tho star which rover sets
beam with now ~effulgcnce TO light the
other States to victory. tdreat land pro-
longed a~pplause.I
Latest from the Bisek Hills.
CHErESSE. August 25.-Aparty OF fifteen
men on tho return trip from Deadwood
were attacked by Indians on tho Goth In
slant ten miles beyond Sage crock. where
Lieut.. Taylor's company OF the Twenty
third Infantry Is stationed. Two horses
were killed, thrco wounded and six stolen.
The men escaped unhurt into the station
and Lieut.. Taylor sent out q detachment
which recovered the wagons and property.
Tho latest news by the Black Hills Pio-
nesr, published at Deadwood. Is cncour.
aging beyond measure. Eight hundred
ounces Of golddust arrived In this city to-
day. and yesterday . solid piece Of quartz
was consigned 70 the Pacific coast for e.
bibition which bristles with free gold all
over. The piece weighs about twenty-five
pounds and Ii estimated TO contain 500 In