Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-19
An uNcENDIARY scouNDREI.

There is . man in Washington. who,
without any real claims to pablo recoe-
milton. is continually forcing himself
into notice. His name is Don Piait.
and he runs a noudescript sort Of weekly
newspaper. made up mostly OF stories
and clippings. and known as the Sn0iay
Capital. Through the columns OF this
Journal he vents his idle spleen, and by
attacking the great men Of the nation
secures a questionable rcputation, by
linking their names with his own. No
work is too dirty for him. provided 1t
leads to money and the peculiar fame
to which ho aspires. II he were n
Frsnchman he would have proved avery
mediocre communist OF the Rochefor,
stamp. For a long timo he was n hang
er on Of the Republican party. iiut last
Winter II was discovered that he was
party to a conspiracy to swindle the
Government ON an army contract. and
then be was summarily read out Of the
party which he d~isgraced.
Such Is a brief outline Of the man.
Now for his last and crswning work OF
infamy. Yesterday he published In his
paper a doubls-leaded editorial. calling
in plain. unmistakable words for the
assassination OF President Hayes oil
Inauguration day. and advising the
Democrats Of Louisiana and South
Carolina to let 1.-The lamp posts show
their fruit" We pride ourselves in
this country upon the freedom Of the
press we have a right to pride our
selves in it. but there is n point be-
yond which freedom becomes license.
and that point has been reached and
passed by Don Piatt. In any other
country in the world tho Capital would
be suppressed and its editor thrown
into prison. II remains to DO seen
what steps our Government will take,
IL. indeed. they a take any under the
law. to squslch this infamous apostle Of
Tilden and reform Democracy.
To-day this ineendiary article takes
the wings OF the lightning. and sheds its
pestifsrous odor all over this broad
land. II will DO read from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific /; from tho boundaries OF
Canada TO the Mexican line. Anon;
the hundreds Of thousands Of its read
ers will be many who will applaud its
ssntimsnts-for there are madmcn AMI
revolutionists here Us in other countries
and many who will be in Washington
on Inauguration day. President Hayes
will be well guarded. Of course. but he
cannot be absolutely secure from the
as.assin's ball. II he should fall n vic.
tim to the pistol Of some l~unatic. will
not this man. Don Piatt. DO an accssso.
~ to tho crimsi II the lamp-posts are
indeed to "brinc forth fruit" in re-
Spouse to his appeal. would not the civ.
iiizsd world rejoice TO know that he was
the FIRST fruit Of their bcaring7
II this contemplate agitator were
taken from his home and burned
ON a funeral pile composed Of his own
papers. We believe that tho intelligence
and patriotism Of the nation would APP
plaud the decd. II would be trchnic-
ally crime. to be sure, but not one
thousandth part so monstrous rs that
which no has striyen to induce. It
would involve the death Of n traitor
to his country; his broad and eomprs-
honxivs scheme contemplates the
der Of the nations chief magistrate, the
slaughter Of hundreds OF patriotic men.
anarchy. co~nfusion-in q word. the wip-
ing out Of the American Republic.