Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-27
THE REAL Issue.

In the contest for the Presidency Of
the United States at the present time.
the real Issue remains the same - atthe
closing Of the rebellion. It IL not .
contest between individuals. but be-
tween loyalty and treason; the Govern
ment against the insidious civil foes.
who. could they gain the supremacy
would disrupt and destroy the Union
and the Republic Just A. surely and
naturally a. II IL that water runs down
hill, or that Ere will explode sunpow-
der. The same elements which caused
that cruel. murdsrous. fratricidal wal
still exist and will not die. The South
arrays itself in pronounced soiidity
sQains. the North. and not only says
I'VE will do as wa please, but We will
control you Also"
II this 10 no SO why 10 II that the old
rebel leaders under Democratic disguise
are so earnestly and hopefully working
and trying to lead and conduct the polit-
ical campaign in the North? What Is
the motive Of these leading representa-
tiyes OF the "lost cause" these men
who 20 earnestly clamorsd to "dis in
tho last ditchi" aud yet so earnestly
neglected to do so. more's the pity.
Wade Hampton wades as deeply in
treason as ever. aud bark from the
Toombs the old familiar. traitorous
sound. Banks OF Mississippi. and other
old REASONABLE incsndiaries. are coming
to tho front in the regulation Of Northern
politics. and the brigadisrs in Congress
stand ready to aid and sbet any PROPOSE.
ton or advantage in favor OF their
friends and against the government.
The North has been rightfully accused
OF waving the bloody shirt. but 1t is the
Solid South that is the most industri-
ously waving it now.
Under the spscious guise Of Dsmoc-
racy the traitorous enemies Of the gov
eminent and the Union are sedu-
lousy e%ndssvoripg to seize the reins
Of power, and once let them obtain 1t,
NO one need be fool enough to suppose
that they will not improve their advau-
tass to regain all. everything that they
have lost. The New York Truth, .
square Democratic paper takes the
soundest and most honestly sensible
view OF this subject Of any Journal which
comes under our observation. We ex.
tract the following editorial utterancss
from its issue OF August 18th:
II seems to us, and we nave not hesitated
10 say 20, that Southern politicians would
better be employed In the South In natur-
alizing and preventing such traitorous
speeches rs Wade Hampton and Robert
Toombs have been credited with during
the past month. than in pretending TO con-
duct a campaign In the North whose sue
cess largely depends on the absolute elm
ination Of all Southern elements.
The fact Is. and the sooner tho leaders
Of the Democratic party understand II tho
better IL will DO for General Hancock's
chances Of election. the Northern people
do not want and will not have . prsdomi.
mating Southern influence in this cam
psign. They know that men like Hamp.
ton, Toombs and Banks do not represent
the real feeling Of the Southern States.
and that they are certainly not representa-
tive Of General Haneock's views. His
whole history Is Q living contradiction Of
their blatant treason. aud no men ought
to better know and appreciate that fact
than those who are now at the head Of the
National Democratic Committee. and are
importing from the South men whose in
fiuenee in the Committee must alarm the
loyal sentiment OF the North.
These men are called down South Tho
Last Ditchers." because they represent
the bitter sentiment that still drsgs like .
losthsome sediment at the bottom Of the
loving cup they have professed joyfully to
grasp. Wade Hampton. 9 double traitor
who does not and never did represent the
dominant sentiment even Of his own State.
10 at the head OF these men. He sold out
the National Democracy in 1879 for per-
sonal advancement. and In this campaign
he has already striven 10 identfy the
opinions Of Lee and Jackson with the
utterances OF Winfield Scott Hancock
Lee and Jackson were both brave men and
conscientious. but they we're traitors to
their country. and all t~rsitors' graves.
Neither Of them lived to witness the Sec
ond and third treachsry Of Wade Hamp.
ton. Were they alive today they would
spurn. as all Southern men Of honor do,
the attempt that Hampton has made TO
reanimate the issues that were buried with
their bodies.
Let those who have been put In charge
by . great party at this momentous crisis
reflect that the Democracy Of the United
States are in downright earnest; that they
have nominated General Hancock to win.
aud that nothing but the reviving Of tres.
son. such 40 Hampton has spoken. can
defeat him. Let them reflect. also. that
this 10 their party's last chance. for assu.
redly if<he national spirit becomes insulted
and alarmed BY these traitorous dema.
gogues Of the South. the people will rise
In their might and bury Hancock and his
supporters under their ballots In Novem'
Der. with % much loyal enthusiasm AZ
they responded. twenty years ago. to Abra.
ham Lincoln's hrst call for three hundred