The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-28
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ing upon the Impeachmentsubject says
II Mr.. Johnson remains in the Whit
House, we shall have an Administration, ant
a very bad Administration, to attack durin!
the campaign if he should be ousted, ant
Mr.. Wade or Mr.. ColfaX should succeed him
we shall have an Administration to defend
as good all Administration, probably as coulC
be had, but yet an Administration which
would suffer to some extents from the sins o
its predecessor, and which could not helI
making some mistakes. The advantage will
more than compensate for the loss of Fedora
patronage.
1t is unfortunate that newspapers Of
the stripe of the Times should persist in
fastening themselves upon the Repub-
lican party. Such journals are too
much infltrated with certain notions
which get their derivatio from what
the conductors of those papers conceive
to be the requirements of their money
getting patrons to be anything better
than very stupid or very inconsistent
political teachers. We are not surprised
at the tenor of the foregoing extract !;
for since the Times became the advocate
of the Pendletonian proposition to pay
off our bonds in greenbacks, We have
been prepared for its PRONUNCIATION of
any absurdity however vague and Ill
tenable. The idea conveyed in the
above is, we suppose, that the only
promising position to occupy in the
political field is that of reformer; or
if not a retormera pretender to reforma
tion-a demagogue, in other words. We
say we suppose this to De the idea which.
prompts the queer position assumed
but the inference therefrom to be de- /
daced is, that it is a dangerous thing to
make practical application of cur lie .
because it might put the .
party upon the defensive Ia other
words, what woull Christianity 60 if
the Devil were to die or lie impeAched?
Il the Times breaches from Il correct
standpoint then is the Republican party
reduced to the painful makeshift that
the temperance lecturer was who had to
employ his drunken brother to accom-
pany him in his travels in order that be
might be Constantly provided with
landy lawful example" Such ad-
missions as these are not particularly
to the parry which expects to
,!ect Grant and COlfLx. They are sim
ply roundabout way Of expressing
want Of confidence in our ability or in
esrlty to carry out, when We
nay get the chance, what we do not
hesitate to promise before election.
Such slip-shod reasoning is expressive
f cowardice and faint hearted expe-
liency. If the Republican party is
ot prepared to take the reins OF this =
Government at any time, its professions
re falsehood aud lis existence an IN
liiigated pretense. When it becomes v
ecessary that the Presidential Office
hould become the shelter of treason 1
nd yilla;ny and the abode Of corrup- Il
on: menacing the integrity of the Re q
ublic, IN order that our party should
ave something to give it vitality and !
mission, we had better abandon it u
IT something that possesses mere y
ound, practical, self sustaining life d
rinciple, something that does not 4
and in need Of such dangerous and
eplorable counter irritation as an in y
lmbency of the White House that is
living threat to the best interests OF Il
le country. If RepublicanisT cannot J"
ford to accept place and power now, u
e are afraid that its advocates won't '"
} to trust il Office bye and by. Bur =,
e are happy in the conviction thai u
G Times is not an infallible reflector Ut
even that very unreliable part of the IL
publican party that has its local bab- al
ltion in San Francisco. 10
The EsNERALDA UNION, under the pro oC