Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-10-07
THAT RATIFICATION.
The Democrats la virginia. sstur.
day Night-A cold Congregation
That Couid Not Be warmed
Presumption. impudence -
I~nsolence Of the Speakers.

The great (i) ratification Of the Dem.
ocrats at Virginia last Saturday evening
cannot be- accounted a success. IL was
anything but n ratification, and was all
unenthusiastic affair from beginning to
end. The Preparations were good.
There was music and bonfres AMI
torches. aud a platform conspicuous for
bunting; but neither conilagrations nor
illuminations. o glare nor blare, could
enlivsn or enthuse. Even Kittrell's
phillipics fell on unresponsivo ears aud
sank into ssnssless breasts. and the only
way in which a cheer could be raised
was by attaching TO his sounding periods
q tail and flirting II in tho faces Of his
hearers, like q mule on the kick or n
skunk on the defensive. The sentiments
uttered were received without emotion.
while such expressions us Put that In
your pipe and smoke 1t" were APP
pAuded. =,
Mr.. Deal Is q very fine gentleman and
a good lawyer. but he certainly has no
place ON the stump. His talk would be
listened to respectfully by a Court OF
Appeals. but will not be effective in turn.
ing partisans to his side. As n political
speaker he is dali. heavy and prosaic.
He led of Saturday evening, and for n
time ratified" by denouncing Kin.
ksad's actions In early days aud by
praising bradley. He spent most OF his
time In fighting Mighels aud Jasper
Babcock and In lauding Maryland. tho
land Of his birth. because IN 1851 lib
erty OF conscience was there first pro-
claimed. Mr. Deals speech was there
fore neither convincing nor enlivening.
II may have been "good for doctrine"
but was terribly cold and corpse.like.
Mr. Kittrell took for the subject OF
his remarks three points kittrell.
Bradley and Kittrell-N sort Of mental
sandwich Of tongue with the Republican
party at large for mustard. lie com.
mended Kittrell, he praised Bradley. he
Landed Kittrell. Never did no soar so
far above these subjects as to lose sight
OF them, and never did he wander 80 far
away but that he came back TO Kittrcll.
Bradley and Kittrell for inspiration.
Once, indeed, he touched tho banks OF
the Fraser. where unto him child was
born, but the murmur Of It's waters had
no music to his ears or those OF the AL.
dience, and be apologized and tried to
lay the responsibility OF that little cpl
sods to Dagget. OF the Enterprise.
Mr.. McAiahon followed Mr.. Rittrell.
but an the apostle did his Master. "aiar
or" Probably that was because by
that time Of night the audience. re'
spectacle in numbers ut first. although
not great, had gone and were. when he
commenced talking. "afar OIL too.
Mr.. Mcmahon is n good repeater but
not much as m originator OF thoughts.
The whole affair OF Saturday night
was no compliment to the voters OF Sto'
rsy county. The speakers, especially
Kittrel. were i%mpudent in their presum-
| ton Of the ignorance Of their auditors.
They discussed no subject fairly and ON
only garbled statements Of facts, even
when they must have known that their
hearers were cognizant OF the truth.
We say. therefore. that to do this was
an insult to their hearers and all unau'
thorizsd presumption upon the ignor
ance OF those about them, which was,
to say the least. most impatient. A few
more Qualifications such as that OF Sat
urday nightin Virginia and the Republic
cans may golo sleep till election day
and then wake TO victory.