Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-31

contest MS seat on the gfouno tnat the
creation Of . Prssidsnt-mskss 10 unoon-
ssitutionAi.
IL Is always spisasars 70 wsaeems .
wandering sheep oack 70 me fo'd nom
which no has strsysd; and when . man
Of giant intellect, who has long been
walking In devious and crooked paths.
suddenly strikes the straight and narrow
way. We rejoice as IL were with great Joy.
Buch an opportunity for thanksgiving 10
Afforded US to-day. and the man ovsr
whom va are called upon to give thanks
IL no less distinguished apsrsonass than
Charles A. Dana. the gifted but srrins
editor Of the New York Sun. In .
doubls-lsadsd editorial In this mornings
isaus. a. the telegraph informs rs. he
attacks the electoral "eompromiss" bill
ON III. ground Of unconsti,utiouAlity,
and slashss right and left among It's
supporters, Democrats and Republicans
alike. He declares that by its operations
,he judiciary il degraded, the two houses
Of Congress absssd, and that q usage a.
tius-honored % that prohibiting . third
term Of the Presidency has been dis
regarded. and . stab given to the Con.
stits,ion.
The NEWS IL naturally pleased to and
its opinions endorsed by 20 able . jour.
nalist a. Charles A. Dana. And ye,
thes. Is a iinge Of sadness in cur Joy.
Tas question naturally arises. what ar,
the Saa's motives for thus condsmnins
tho bill alter IL has passed and become =
law7 For nearly two weeks this meas
ure was before Congress /; the whole
county was ssitatsd over IL ; the pres,
Of the nation Of both political parties
were discussing 1t. and yet Dana opsuet
not his mouth: The New York Sa"
whatever may be its moral standing
yields q powerful influence over peliti
cal events In this land. Had Mr. Dam
come boldly forth and denounced tn
Coupromiss measure when II was frs
proposed. bis inei.ivs arguments
couched a. they always are. in 'h,
purest OF Anslo-Salor. would have s1
erted grsas power in determining ID,
fate Of the bill. But no. He r.maiui
silent, until his words can have NO pos
sibls effect. and then lausehss forth int.
one Of thoss terrible dsnunciatory sdito
rails which have made his name famou,
the world over.
What, then, 10 his motivsi Alas. Il
IL the same snsaking political motive
which 10 the keynote to all his action,
as the conductor Of . great mstropoli'
tan journal. II crssps out in the edit
orial itself. and its sarnarks are to b'
seen In every line. so long a. thsr'
was . possibility Of Judge Davis being
selected - the nth Justice. Mr.. Dam
was not alarmed for the safety Of the
Constitution. So long a. there was q
possibility OF this bill working for the
good Of Tildsn. IL was all right. Ser.
enely be sat In his sapctum and took
counsel with himself. He said nothing.
aud therefore committed himself to
nothing. He o'd'd his time The time
came yesterday. when IL became moral
ly certain that Justice bradley. aRspub-
iican, would hold the balance Of power
In the nongrsi commission Had Jus
tics Davis beer the "ons man. The
SaA would have found no iaui' Win the
Hill.
While. therefore. we spp'and the
Wholesale d~snunciasion which The Sun
haris against . clearly unconstitutional
"couprsmiss." vs are srievsd 10 Dc
forced to condemn is too apparent
motives Tor the act That =" nave read
them Alright 10 proved NOT only " the
course Of the paper dunns the discus
sisn. but by the tenor Of the Article IN
question. Il announces the probability
OF Judge Bradisy's ssi'e'ion TO ssrvs on
the Commission. and thsn INDUCES IN .
long and most "na' n"
"A' -. ,h.,.,.,i.
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