The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-04-19
BAIT FOR GUDGEONS.


with his own hands among the railway
statious of the North, the Humble In
dividual makes the devoted Bates his
proxy to trudge through the South and
wave the national banner among the
cane brakes and cotton fields lying
between vicksburg and the Potomac.
Another johnson, (Sam, we belieVe)
curtly construed angling to be " stick
and a string, with a worm at one END
and a fool at the other The Ser
resut's name is suggestive enough as
!, is. but would be more fifty self des-
criptive if it were differently speit. 1t
should be Bat, by all means. But we
opine that the Sergeant has solied his
chevrons to little purpose. The flag in
his hands was merely an accepted tenn
porary substitute for the stars and bars.
The white flag of truce would not have
been so we'll received. Contederates
too often disguised themselves in dead
Union soldiers coats of blue not to
understand this little game of the plant
Serpeant's. The stars and stripes were
never employed to tell so monstTous
lie before.
This dodge ofsending the flag through
the Confederacy by a route prepared
Tor the purpose, is well worthy OF lis
protector. The Five Points could get
short reputation for honesty upon an
agreed care between its thieves to per
NIT a lone female to pass unmoiested
through its vilest haunts at midnight
laden with diamonds. Lady Godiva
rode, naked, through Coventry, avoid
ing all impertinent eyes but " Peeplng
Toms" A pre.arrangement made the
streets as free from intrusion as her
own bed chamber. But did her ride
prove that Coventry above all other
ueichboraoods respected female mod
es,y? By retaining from stealing dur
ing solitary hour can the riff raft OF
St. Giles convince a credlous world OF
their sudden conversion to absolute
honesty?
Sergeant Bates trip furnishes a
sorry commentary upon Rebel frankness
add integrity of intention. His life
would not have been worth penny ii
the Kn1 Lux Khan had not been his
willing escort. The men and women
who cheered that flag in earnest had
better followed it away from the be-
setting danger of Bates entertainers.
This bald cheat can do no good. Osteu-
sation of simulated loyalty and '' sub
missioa" deceives none but such as
ara anxious to be misled. The at
tempted argument is the emptiest OF
sophisteries. The peddling of such
sham and shabby wares only confirms
distrust of those who offer them.
II Johnson and his allies at the South
would give an honest, practical show
ing OF their acquiescence in the verdict
of the rebellion let them take their
clutch away from the threats of the
Let them cease to defame
and prosecute all that is loyal and
true to the flag which they have just
employed in mockery. Let their pro-
'.ssious be demonstrated at the polls
,od in their treatment of their country's |
Avs. Let them wrench the knife and
,;,to! from the hands Of their proving /!
outlaws and make military law and
military occupation at the South nc
onyer a necessity. Let them cease to
.aact vagrant laws which are simply |
of the Slave code, anG |
,bandon their assaults upon the teach
rs and pupils Of the colored schools.
let them discountenance the tone OF
heir dastardly press aad give to loyal
I.,erance the applause which they pre-
ended to give to Sergeant Bates flag.
Let them do these things and DO them
n hearty good faith, and the friend
hin and confidence which this lying
,a-ade was employed to fitch from tie