Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-15

The News yesterday took occasion to
direc. tho attention OF the Virginia En-
tsrpriss to the fact that II was being used.
unwittipsly psrhaps, by enemies Of our
public school system to bring the system
into disrepute. and suggested in Q kindly
spirit that that journal should 30 careful
not to be nislsd in the matter. When
the News article was written the writer
believed the Enterprise to DO friendly to
our public school System. and that IL
would not Intentionally say anything
that would tend to injure IL. Bot
an editorial article in the Enter
prise this morning shows that the
News was mistaken with regard to
the position Of the Eaiopriss upon the
question. Instead Of accepting the
friendly suggss,ion Of the News in the
spirit in which Il was given. a. . friend
Of our public school system would have
done. II buckles on its Amor and de-
votes much Of its space to abuse Of the
Nrws because OF its course with regard
to other issues Of the day. just a. any
antagonist would do who desired to
divert attention from the real question
at issue. While this way Of meeting the
question at issue may be regarded logical
in the Enterprise camp" 1t Ia not u
considered elsewhere. whs. q long par.
ssrsph about the war Of the rebellion.
pitching Of tents. "blacksned ashes Of
dead camp f~irss." has to do with the
propriety Of resurrecting and giving
publicity to words uttered BY Principal
Boohsr in a school debating society. NO
man outside Of the Enterprise editorial
camp" can tell. unless its object was to
inform people in an indirect way that
the Enterprise editor took part in the war
Of the rebellion. But the News will
remind the Enterprise that the war Of the
rebellion closed nearly seventeen years
ago. and that II is only ~demagcgues who
Mt this day try to make capital out Of the
part they may have taken in 1t. The
Nrws yields to no enc In sulogiziog the
heroic and unselish deeds OF the bravo
men who left their homes and staked
oil they had to stake upon the issues Of
tho war. who fought to preserve this
Union. but II has no feelings other than
OF contempt for that class Of mon who
always fought in the rear and have never
missed an opportunity since the surrsn.
der OF Leo Of boasting that they went
through the wal from the FIRST battle OF
Full Run to the capture Of Richmond.
With regard to the political question
i~rslevanily raised by the Enterprise, the
News writer has not time to discuss 1t
now. but will say in passing that II tho
New York Tribune. the Cincinnati Conf
merciai. the Chicago Tribune. the Albany
Evening Journal. the Philadelphia Press
and the Telegraph, the Poushksepsis
Daily Eagle. the Providence Press and
the Utica Herald are not Republican
journals because they have seen ct to
crihcise the civil courss OF General
Grant. then the NEWS may be Justly
charged with being unrepublicsn. but
net otherwise. But the idea Of the En-
lrprise declaring who shall be considered
Republicans, and what shall DO the test
of Republicanism, 10 pretty good It's
editor ought to have one Of tho 1900"
bias. medals.
Ono thing, however. came near being
forgotten. The News pleads guilty to
the performances Of one act which Is not
perhaps in harmony with the Enterprise
test or standard OF Republicanism.
About q woek ago. without consulting
the Eaierpriss, the NEWS in an editorial
srticle respectfully. but perhaps rashly.
suggested to tho management Of the
Virginia and Truekss Railroad that q
REDUCTION Of its frsieht charges would
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tunats act will not be taken into eonsid-
GRAFTON when the Enterprise separates the
R.rubli..n .beeu from tbs eosts.
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the question raised by the Nkws yes'er'
day, the charge made that the News IN.
,rn,hfully AYERS That Mr.. Booher was m.
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against his wishes aud ~ioeiina'ions, and
that '.there was not a particle Of testi-
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