Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-10
A 4 OLD MAN.


until no is fastened down In his cofin.
He IL one Of these old line Democrats
who can see no good outsids Of his eva
party, and to whom no logic . appeal.
In constructing . fallacious Argument In
support Of . bad cause. he hasao equal.
unless IL DO Dave Dudley Field. and to
compare Judge Black 10 the bulldog Of
the late House. Ia an insult TO him: for
the Judge doss set from principle; he
firmly bslisves In Democracy. while
Field simply works for money. and
acted ~ the hired attorney for . poll
ticisn while drawing coin from the pub
lie treasury for services which he val
supposed to render TO the people.
Judge Black IL an intellectual giant who
has become infatuated with false notions
u s,alssmanship. But the fault 10 In
the brain. not In the heart. He 10 hon
est in his convictions. and therefore tits
that We can rsspsct the man. even
though No utterly deny the correctness
Of hia opinions on matters OF State.
II is piiiabls TO see an old and learned
man like Jsrs Black in = towering pas
sion: more piiabls still to zee him adj
vancing opinions which SAVIOR more Of
insanity than reason. Yet this Is the
spectacle that We are called upoa TO
witness. The old man is angry. His
noble soul Is indignant at the thought
that the centennial year of the Republic
should SEQ a fraudulent President In
the White House. and his indignation
breaks forth in what would be thunder
notss were II not that the very absurdity
Of his IDEAS takes the thunder from his
words. He was one OF the counsel for
the Democracy before the Electoral
Commizsion. In that capacity he IL
haus,sd his learning and his rhetoric.
to eoun, Tldsn in ami cheat General
Hayes cut Of the Office to which the
people had called him. His rhetoric
and his learning were too feeble to
secure the accomplishment OF this great
crime. and he subsidized for q time. We
tondiy hoped tina, ~s had heard the last
Of Judge BLACK ON the Presidential
question.
put 20 were doomed 10 iisappoiut
m.nt. Like Bsuouo's ghost hi. man
will not down. He Ia. csn. 10 the
from, .,.in. and ,his tim. In urint.
HAVING triad tho Presidential question
once befor, the Electoral Commission.
he 4. nov trying /, again in the columns
of the North Amsrieaa Rsc;oe. lie says
that the Commission was snconstitu.
tional. We 10 not propose " take issue
~;,h him nj, ,b,, mint N, 4. .,ouch
40, n. nov 70 know ,ha, ~ IN. Commi..
.ion v,. Unconstitutional. Gen. Have.
and ,h. R.uubl,ean marty ara not TO
h,.,,. 70, n rh.x wanted ,h. cou,,
-.a. 4. IN. manner urs.er;b.d NV IN.
Con.u,u,iou. Bu, the Democrats. IN,
marty Of J.rs black. iusi.ted upon the
Comuissiou. IL was a crss,ur. Of their
own making. and BY calling i'm question
In oop.ttutionali,y now. judo, Dl.ck
.rr.i,us IN. su,ir, Democracy Of the
ua,;on. II h. and ,b.v ara eon,,n,
-. ..,,.;n,v. h.v. nm cans. IN com.
pIsi.-
lint .Jud,. Blsel has An. s~sron,.rv IN
m.k. th. amazing statement that 9Th.
.,sa, and im.or,ant au,x cast u,on m.
Commission BY . sp.eisl Law and bv /.
,p.eial oath Of each m.ubsr. v.s,o ON
bsliud ,h. rsturns. and inquire into ,h,
validity Of each electors sppo,utmsut..
Til. ss.sr,ion e.,.bl.b.. nm. NJ ,~o
,hino. Either larry Bl.., h.. ,o., nj.
,...on ., n. has a.ln..,.,.,v u-;.,.,,..
..,,,a fact. vh,.h ar. ,.,.,, 40 49,,
citizen in III, land The AZ, e,..,ip,
IN. Commission yay. 4, Al. ,.us nav.
.rs. ..if any," ths, yer. po..ss,.d b,
Congress, to 20 behind The r,tun,
The bill Gays (see,iou ., the cowui..
sion ..shail proceed to consider IN.
same 1.-THE objections TO IN. eount oi +.
STATED with the same powers, u a.v.
now possessed for that purpos,
by the two houses. acting s.par.
at.ly VI tossther." Great stress
was placed ON these two woris. eli
any," both in the debates In Congress.
aud in the deliberations OF the Commits
sion. The speakers ON both side. eI.
plaiusd the bill in the same way.
.'whethsr Congr,ss or the Commits
sion." said Senator Frslinghuyssn.
(Republiean) .'csn go back u tn. Ger.
tiicats. returns. and accompanying pa.
psrs. il n Of the questions referred by
the act 10 the Commission" aod Mr.
Frslinghuysen Was u Of ths trainers OF