Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-21

burned down your store, and you sent him
10 the p~enitentiary, you would serve him
right. And you wouldn't let that criminal
come back and tako his old place behind
your counter when he had served his term
You wouldn't even feel disposed TO let him
c~riticiso the honesty OF your new clerk.
who had worked faithfully while. tho old
one was In prison. Since 1860 We have had
but ono Democratic President. and he was
elected by one vote-the vote OF Wilkes
Booth. Under Johnson's administration
the South had two years OF self.rule. MA
did they do with their powcrf. Ever since
the rebellion closed there has been . guer-
rilla warfare going on In the South. They
have shown
no REPENTANCE
Or regret. There 10 nothing but bitter
ness and n desire for revenge. johnson
invited tho Southern whites TO restore
their State Governments. For two years
after Lees surrender the Southern States
had everything in their own hands. and
would have had to-day had they known
how TO use power. The FREQ negro was
moro than they could bear. They legis-
lated against him In every possible way.
They whipped at the victorious North
over the ~negro's back. They made IL
crime for the colorcd man to break o labor
contract. Any man In the Union can do
that II he chooses 20 lose his wages. Not
so there. II was enacted that any black
who should leave his master should DO Inn
prisoncd. and II Of large was . fugitive
from Justice. Any white man who would
give him food or shelter, or medicine II
sick, or oven q glass OF water. subjected
himself 10 q fine Of $3.50 and imprison.
ment at the discretion Of . Justice OF the
Peace. Even the King Of Dahomey would
have been disgraced by those bouthern
State laws directed al the freedmen. The
United States supreme Court decided that
these J~ohnsonian Governments were nm
constitutional inasmuch a. no State Gov
ernment has q legal existence until Con.
gress has recognized Il. That abolished
tho iniquitics and freed the negro for the
second time. for his last state was ~ bad.
ami worse. than tho first. Tho conquered
south amply proved In those two years
that left alone Il could not behave Itself.
And they had
WARN ALLIES
In the Northern Democrats. FRANK
Blair. their candidate for Vice President
In 1868. said that II the Democrats carried
the election they would sweep the " carpct-
bag - governments from the South ct the
point Of the bayonet. There never was q
step in human freedom on this continent
that the Democracy has not opposed. They
s,itution since the war began. Even Presi-
dent Johnson-eleeted by Wilke. Booth
advised .ne sou.n r L li,i,n,
~ IL. ,nan wh.n ,i,sy found him IN
.ne nlssei mi =" ~ nv, M. hocns
Tue way, anu uh'y ~ NV" 49,.
Sta'e au'nori'y VI .ne nUu'uv,A -.
darei IN tho isco OF ci'',mra. aN W u...I
equal rights 10 the negro. u ouIs
Amendment made u possible 70 wIes. .ns
hand o. INC murderer from tno sno. ~
the piaek man Lne uosers nn
wouia not 10 'nls .hou.u -. a. nro,a.-
ineht means orgAnlAAuon ~, ~ P'o
OF All. Mr. oornain sAia 'nA' .ne'y WI
as Chrisiian u humane pevpio 'n Wv
south as can ID ioanu ~ ue No.,ni no
believed that much OF the olo ApoIuo.
abuse was utterly UNJUST. incso "e,v nos
the people ne directed MS snon ~. "u'a
q man complains o. tne Puhlsnnlsnso
murderer no IL himseii muiasrer
heart, anu an accessory W .ho ..e'-
meant tho Northern DemocrAuc party
A SicK RECORD.
From ,b., marty there never has como n
a.. a..
proposition 10 preserve Peace' VI W s'''
equal rights. Every such proposition has
been opposeu WIN aeAa'! '"e's' A"' "0
war They never h,rouneea or pass0u
blI WIN sucn enus ~ view" IN my my 10y
nov TIow r.c.n, n%,,s,iv ami tLe
platform Of these hypocrites practically
accuses every Democrat Of having voted
like q villain In the past. They announce
TO the country: "Wo have turned our
selves inside out. You can hats US worse
than we do ourselves. We stopped the car
Of progress. You were right % we were
wrong. We are In dust and ashe. Tor our
hideous conduct In the past. We were
clogs GU the national wheels. We were
traitors and m~aligners, Int we have e1,
perienced religion. tfolls OF iangnter anu
%applauso.) Your Republican principles
are all right. We have no fauit 10 .
with them, for they are ours now. but
you are 80 corrupt, ANU w. IN our'
regenerated state. are 80 much more
honest than .you'' IL may Ne so.
but MI. dorham didht oeiievo tnAt
Democratic foxes had lost their tasD TOT
chickens quite yet. IL may . true thaI
they want 70 se' ihto the psrnyAru me'e.y
Tor the good OF uhe ehiekehs; 70.
ehari'ably Try " truS'so' 'i'ouu 'AuBh"'''