The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-06-19
GRANTS VILLIFIERs ANSWERED.

Ell, in the Democratic press. The op.
position offered thereby to General
Grnnt now that he is the nominee OF
the Nat;ona! Union Republican Party
for President, is unfair, untruthfu |,
cowardly and mean. Even the most
cot spoken of the rebel press are too
,nean-spiriied to make square attack
upon him because of his having fought
against the rebellion-they lack the
fraakness aud sturdy consistency to
stand up for the Lost Cause but
with one accord, from the St. Law
renee to the Calf and from Maine TO
California he is assailed with such mis-
cradle, groveiling, unn,anly abuse as
cha-acterizes a recent article in the San
Francisco Call. The tactics moot lately
adopted consist of detractions from his
military capacity-coupled with the
cry Of " druukard which coming
from the source i, does, sounds very
l,ae tie pietpoeket ,cutilefish dodge OF
pointing ahead as he runs and crying
- Stop Thief \ late article which
we pnblished from the Nevada (Cal.
Transcript pretty much covers the
ground when it refers back to the Dem
ocra:ic encomiums lavished upon Grant
wueI he was believed to be one Of that
pa-:y but by way OF relating and
putting to shame and confusion such
w-etcned deftmers IS the Calf such
seemingly shameless recreants can be
shaned-we republish the following
op;aion OF General Grant, not from
aay Republican organ. not from neu-
tr.i even, bu. from that persistent OPP
p0cent Of the war for tie Union and
foremost Journal of the Democratic
party, the New York World. On the |
llth of April, 1865, when the victory
at Richmond and ApDomattcz was
fresh and complete, and when the |
belief prevailed that Grant was Dem |
oCrat. and but t few weeks after the
World bad denounced Andrew john
suu as Ii more utter beast than Calig |
mas horse, that paper said
Gen. Grants history should teach US to
discriminate better than we Americans are
apt to do between glitter and solid work
&, J..
spouters may find wholesome corrective
Ii tue study of such character as his.
The qualities by which great things are
ompiished are here seen to have no nee
essaTy connection with snowy and super
fetal accomplishments. When the mass of
men look upon such character, they may
learn a tcuer respect for themselves and ,
each other they are taught bv it that high ;
qualities and general abilities consistent
with the simplicity OF taste, contempt for :
parade, and plainness of manners with ,
which direct and earnest men have strong ,
Natural sympathy. Ulysses Grant. the tan
per, Ulysses Grant, the unsuccessful appli-
,aRt for the post of City Surveyor of St.
Louis, Ulysses Grant, the driver into that b
Wv of his two horse team of wood to sell, o
had within him every manly quality which .
v ii cause the name of Lieutenant Genera Il
rant to live forever in history. His career a
) lesson in practical democracy it is II
Iist satire on dandy ism, the puppy sm and CT
he shallow affectation of our Fashionable 81
xquisites as we'll upon the swagger of lie
ur plausible, glib-toneued demagogues. g
'ot by any means that great qualities are "
Inconsistent with cultivated manners and a 81
uent eiocu ton but that such superficial W
accomplishments are no measure of worth b.
&, ability. tC
Gen. Grants last brilliant campaign sets m
he f.nai seal upon his reputati n. 1t stamps Z
I'm as the superior Of his able antagonist OF
s we'll as of all the commanders who have M
.zved with or under him in the great cam as
aigns o f the last yrar. 1t is not necessary m
, sacrifice any of their we'll earned reputa-
on to this. Sherman and Sheridan de-
,rve a II that has ever been said in their
raise but there has never been a time,
zee Grant was made Lieutenant General, nj
hen ANYBODY but Sherman, on our side, :.
,uld have been classed with him Since l"
lerman's bold march through Georgia,
lG his capture ofSavannah and Charlie, ton. IN
ere have been many who, in their strong hu
i.nir alton for his achievements, inclined de
rank him as the greater general of the tn
70. That judgement, we take it, is now
sersed oy the court Of final appeal not fol
dwarf;lg the reputation of Sherman, co
tich Suffers no inst abatement, hnt by the hi
pansion into grander proportions of that WI
Grant.
Grant stands pre-eminent among all TIN
E generals vino have led our armi,s in Jo
e late war, in that he has exhibited the Jug