Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-27
POLITICAL. LIES.

Rutherford b. Hayes, President Of
the United States, Is now sharing the
lot Of all great men. He has enemies.
Of course. What man holding . high
sface ever escaped thsmi His snomiss
are vindictivs. tso. All enemies ais.
They attack him from the front. from
the rear. and in flank. They have
newspapers 70 aid them in their missr.
able work OF defamation. The New
York Sun heads the pack and following
close upon its heels isa band Of lesser
iuminariss yslping and bowling at Mr..
Hayes because be dared 70 accept ths
once Of President from . people which
forced Il ON him. II 10 the old story
over sgaia. Jealousy must have Its
vent; IL il the fate Of greatness to b
rsvilsd. President Hayes IL now e.
ps~riencing what General Grant suffered
for eight long years. II is q great honor
TO DO the President Of this Republic,
but the man who accepts the honor must
take with IL the tolls and suffering.
But IL Is pleasant to knew that while
the little hounds yslp. the great body Of
the people applaud. The Republic ar-
prrcia.ss greatness after all. and Presi-
den, Hayes is nov being impressed with
that fact. His progress through Massa-
chusstts Is q perfect ovation. Every
where he 10 met with popular snthusi-
asm. Everywhere the citizens turn out
10 greet him. lie is the lios OF the
hsur, a. he deserves to be. The good.
and the true, and the noble men Of the
nation. respect and honor him. first for
his qualities M q man. and second -
the Chief Executive Of the Republic.
What cares hs. then. for the petty spite
Of his snsmiesr Why should he pay
any attention to the ours who are bark
ing at his heels? There il a great and
powerful nation OF hia back; the hounds
in front OF him. though numerous. are
~powsrless.
OF course the President looks down
upon his enemies with supreme con-
tempt. He can aifsri 10 do 70. But
with tho nation 1t IL different. These
systematic attacks upon nj principal
ruler bring US into disgrace with the
whole world. In no other country on
the face Of the globe would they bs toll
Grated. An insult to the man whom the
people have elected President. h an in
suit to the people themselves. and
should be treated ~ such. Pro-
scriptivs press laws are contrary
TO the spirit u our institn
tons and can. OF course. never be es-
tablished here. II is well that thsy
cannot Be. A free press 10 essential to
the existence Of the Rsrublic. But
freedom does not mean unbridled license,
and II il unbridled license which Is be-
ing exercised by the men who are scat.
tering FLANDERS about u President
throughout the world by means Of tie
press. They should certainly Be re-
strained In soma amer from the per.
pstration Of these Wholesale falsshoods.
The dignity Of = nation is represented
by its ruler. A lie about the President
Of the United States Injuries the fair
fame OF this country much more than Il
hurts the President. There has been
too much OF this lying for political pur-
poses in the past. Il Is time that an
end wa pat to it. II moral suasion
cannot effect q reform. the Law should
be brought to bear IN the offenders.
Congress could not do q better act at
the coming session than to pass = stat
ute making Il q criminal offence TO lie
about the President. Such an act would
soon DO away with the Danss and Storys
Of the land.