Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-05-25
An OPEN LETTER To RrTuER-
rORD II. HAYES.

inextricably interviewer with hat which
awaits the II epublic. Il is through you
that the enemies Of the Union seek TO
strike to its very heart. by aiming a
blow at you, as the representative OF
our common country. it Is o attempt.
ell to inaugurats a revolution. which
will embroil not territorial sections mere
ly. but brother against brother North.
South. East and West. And this being
an undoubted fact. II is your duty to
ponder we'll whether 1t Is not in your
power to save the nation from these
threatened horrors.
When you assumed the Presidential
Office. you took charge OF the rights Of
all the citizens OF our common country.
and swors 10 protect all in the legiti.
mate exercise Of those rights. In your
Judgment you i~nauguratsd q policy
which a majority Of good Republicans
feared would result in disaster to the
party. Their fears have been more than
verified. II has not only endangered
the Republican party. but made possi-
BILE the carrying out Of a conspiracy.
which. unless crushed at the polls. will
assuredly plunge US again into civil
war. You inaugura.ed that policy. as
an experiment, and no regarding II.
good Republicans all over the land.
have sustained you. feeling assured that
the moment II WAS demonstrated to DO
dangerous to the peace and prosperity
Of the country. you would rstracs your
steps. and insist that justice be done to
all. We are all. as Republicans. anI-
ious for Cancellation. but as men and
citizens we have q right to demand that
the Cancellation be not all oil one side.
Southern Democrats have rights, but
We would humbly suggest that South.
srn Republicans have SOM rights also.
and that II is as much the duty Of the
National Administration to protect them
in their SURFACES. as to nurse rebellion
by conciliating men who will not be
conciliated.
We have had now a fair trial Of the
experiment. and the result has proven
that the men upon whom II was tried.
were totally unworthy of the charity sI-
tended to them. They have made use
Of the power which they W entirely
to the Republican party, az represented
by you. to cosrcc Republicans, AMI to-
day In South Carolinia. Louisiana and
numerous other "conciliated" States
the Republicans dare not. for their
lives. go to the polls and exercise the
privilege Of 4 freeman. jefferson Davis.
the arch traitor. raises the voice which
the h~sngman's rope should have
silenced forever. not to give thanks for
the mercy and loving kindness which he
cannot appreciate. but to eahort his
hearers to remember tho Lost Cause"
and keep IL warm in the hearts Of their
children. In Louisiana, during this
very week. a Judge has pronounced. in
spite OF the Civil Rights Act. and in
utter defiance OF the authority Mt WASH
ington. that q mans color disqualiiies
him from receiving the benefits Of the
public schools. Are these fruits meet
for repentance Do they show the least
appreciation Of the conciliatory spirit
with which you aud we have extended
the olive branch to our Democratic
brethrenr
To crown all. and show the depths TO
which Democratic ingratituds can sink.
q plot Is now on foot to annul the will
Of the people. as recorded in your cleo
ton. and to plunge this nation into all
the horrors which characterize the his.
tory Of our nsishbor Of Mexico. II.
through any future Cancellation" the
plottsrs are allowed to secure the next
House OF Representatives. they will
assuredly carry out this infamous
scheme. In view OF these facts which
have passed into history in letters 80
large that all the world may read them.
We humbly ask you to consider whether
the Cancellation" policy Is not q fail.
urep-whether the time to retrace our
steps. and follow in the pathway OF the
illustrious man who preceded You. has
not arrivedp Your policy has been
inspired by n noble Christian spirit.
which does You honor. but circum.
stances have caused its failure. Does
not reason. patriotism. the honor aud
safety Of the country itself. now call for
a change OF basef The destiny Of the
nation is. to n very great extent. in your
hands. What record Of the response.
bility attaching to you in this great
crisis do you propose to leave to pos
tsrityl