The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-12-12

, tera,ive Speaker of Maine Legislatul
had it: "Veto voided vote, and vo,
e vanquished Veto" Andy is a secon
e Ephriam-joined to his idols-and bi
t idols are "the Constitution, the fla
+, with its :hirty-six stars and a whit
mans government" The peculiar mo
mentum which was given to his mint
by his swing around the circle, still
holds possession of him. 1t is out O
his power to switch off and take new
track. Drowning a he is, he still works
his fingers to signify scissors" A
man better calculated to accommodate
himself to the inevitable, would have
gracefully said to Congress and the
country: Well, you and have had a
long tussle and you have got the best of
il. Such is the fate of war. and | sub
size. Gentlemen, hand in my checks"
Words to this effect would not have
compromised. his dignity and would
have almost disarmed his bt,erest ad-
versaries. But the Humble individual
is bis own stubborn, wilful, iasincere
self to the last. He not only protests
innocence for his political crimes, but
justifies them, while snarling at the eue-
mics he has conjured up. The world s
political doings hardly afford a parallel
case of persistent adhesion to a les,
cause, backed by nothing better than
impotent i'll nature. He begins by at
lacking the Reconstruction Laws which |
he tried in vain to defeat. What he
says upon this subject, he has already
iterated and reiterated, till the country
has got it by heart. Like "Nevermore'
in the beak of Po,'s Raven" this
yibberish anent the Reconstruction
Laws, seems "his only stock and store"
lie sticks to his old misstatements with
akin to monomana, as for
Instance: I
When Congress assembled in the month :.
f December, 1865. civil strife had ceased
he spirit of the rebellion had spent its en- /
ire force in all the Southern States; the peo- !;
lie had warmed into national life, and
throughout the whole country healthy re-
ction in public sentiment had taken place. {
~ the application of the simple yet effective +
rovisiOns of the Constitution the Executive
department., with the voluntary aid of the
taies, had brought the work of restoration fl
s near completion was within the scope E
its authority, and the nation was encour- G
ged by the prospect Of an early and salts
Ictory adjustment of all its difficulties. "
ongress, however. interfered, and refusing v
} perfect the work SO nearly consummated, d
nd to admit members from the unrepresent-
States, adopted a series Of measures which "
rested the progress Of restoration, frustra- j
d all that has been so successfully accom- "
i>hed, and after three years of agitation e'
ld strife, has left the country further from
e attainment Of union and fraternaI feeling bt
an at the inception of the Congressional ST
an of reconstruction. 1t needs no argu- W
ents to show that the legislation which has b.
oduced such beneful consequences should 81
abrogated, or else made to conform with
e genuine principles of republican Gov o.
nment. Under the influences of party Je
ssions and sectional prejudices, other Acts To-
we been passed not warrsnted by the Con- L.
tuition. Al
All this is simply " a lie, we'll stuck e of
~ Following this parting kick AT CHI
e Reconstruction policy of Congress, Sd
is last echo Of " My Policy" his Maj up
~ pitches into the Tenure of Office oe
L and talks with an atfectation Of a arr
lse of jealous love for the common
al as if be, Andy, were not the very
ad and front of the Whisky Ring, and I'
if he had not pardoned all the swim va
tat
rs and counterfeiters convicted in
} United States Courts since his &C.
'sion to Office. One would feel like me
ing patience with this desingenuous, hn,
le-headed man, if his senseless obsti- of
y did not make him appear so utterly sb.
iculous. What the President has to BY
upon the finances, the currency and ~. ~
: Foreign Relations is of but little WI
sequence, and is to be accepted as lou
reflex of the views of his Depart roo
ut officers. Andy sticks, with his e aea
ustommed pertinaci,y to his pet Ro,
endment to the Constitution ito make SIN!
President and Vice President cleo into
, by the people, to leave the election leg
J-o;,aJ Sto,,o So,ator,,o ,ba ,oonjo ~.