The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-25
HOW SHALL PATRIOTISM CHOOSE !

tno PATRIOTISM VI any mau, WHO, WIN
tae great war was upon us, higgled and
huckstered about to get share of the
strength of the strongest party. Such
as this are now just where they believe
lies the greatest probability of benefit
to themselves. The Republican aud
the Democrat party each has its share
of these mercenaries. But the war
itself proved that the patriotic instinct
was paramount in the hearts of the
people of the North; and we speak With
certainty, therefore, when We assert
that the good of their country, through
the stability and ensured safety of the
Union, is the dominant sentiment of
great majority of all classes of citi-
xens of the Northern States. Quit a.
vital now as four years ago, quite as
vital, indeed, as when the Constitution
Of the United States was submitted to
the people thereof for ratification is the
question of duty presented to the lover
of his country. That question itself is
simple enough. True, one should have
watched closely the drift and detail of
public affairs to be intimately acquaint-
ed with the history of our coun,ry's
politics during the last four years but
the duty of patriotism is as apparent
now as i. was four years ago. Grant
is nothing if not the representative of
an idea which governs 6ne side of
American politics. Yet, having so well
represented that side by his notable
deeds On the field of battle, he is deemed
highly worthy of personal considera-
ton. Months before the National Union
Republican Convention met at Chicago,
Grant had been named as the loyal |
peoples man for the Presidency. Neither |
primary election nor convention was
really necessary to put forth bis candi-
dacy-would not have been, rather,
save for our accustomed fealty to party |
usages. The fact is undeniable that if
all the people of the United States were
republicans, entertaining n differences
of opinion regarding the great issues of
the day, Grant could command a two
fold larger vote than any other man.
The people have chosen him in prefer
ance to any and all loyalists of what
ever degree. He stands then the I'M
doubted choice of the men who reel
ected Abraham Lincoln. What, then,
does Horatio Seymour represent Is
any man of truly patriotic predictions
80 utterly blind as not to perceive, and
10 stolid as not to comprehend, that
managed by such men as
Hester Clymer, C. L. Vallandigham, t
PendIeton and Belmont, assisted by
Wade Hampton, Alexander H. Stevens,
Vice President of the Confederacy")
Ieaeral Forrest and General Bucker, q
packed up by such auspicious persons a
IS Franklin, Buel and McClernand, has
or its object something different from '
desire to put the affairs of this Union n
,eyond the reach of its enemies If O
patriotism is searching for the candi-
late who most fully represents its OBJ il
ects, what need is there for hesitation
3 to choice? Compare Grants po- P
itiou four years ago with Seymour's.
compare it with any mans. No man c
uder the great and good Lincoln held Il
o important trust as Grant held in
S6i /; and no man in the world ever
reformed his duty more faithfully or II
lore satisfactorily to bis country. In IN
s63 Horatio Seymour protested to be- V
ere that the North had been proven
nable to cope with and put down the al
.beiliou. Being the Governor OF u d'
tate, it was rank treason for him to
y 80. Yet be said it. He said it 10
hen Lee was ia Pennsylvania and III
hen the timid were beset with fears
. rebel occupancy of PhilsdeIphia &C