The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-29
BLAIR as A REVOLUTIONIST.

Zach Montgomery S plan for restoring
the masses to a condition for Demo
cratic rule is to break down and destroy
the common school system. In this he
is consistent =; for he shrevdiy recog-
nizes popular ignorance as the corner
stone of modern Democracy. Zach
comes boldly out and frankly AYERS as
q principle what his fellow Copper
beads believe while lacking the courage
to speak theis sentiments in public
General Frank Blair proposes a plan
fog tae reconstruction of the South as
it was which is as radical in its way as
Zach Montgomery's proposition for the
establishment of " plebian ignor-
mace The Democratic candidate for
the Vice Presidency proposes that in
the event of the election of Demo-
cratic administration Congressional Re
construction should be at once declared,
By the Executive, to be null and void
and that thence following should come
An order for the army to set up a white
mans Government in the Southern
States, no matter what Congress had to
say upon the subject. But here is what
Mr. Blair has said -
WASHINGTON, June Both.
Colonel James o. Broadhead Dear Col
In w IN I hoy
10 say that leave You to determine. on con-
suitation with my friends from Missouri,
whether my name shall DE presented to the
Democratic Convention, and to submit the
following, as what consider the real and
only issue in this contest The reconstruc-
ton policy the radicals will be complete !
before the next election the States, SO long
excluded. will have been admitted negro
suffrage established, and the carpet bag
gers installed in their seats in both branches
OF Congress.
There is no possibility OF changing the
politica, character of the Senate, evrn i'll
the Democrats should elect their Pres idcnt |
and majority of the popular branch Of
Congress. We cannot, therefore, undo the |
radical plan OF reconstruction by Congress |
sional action the Senate viii continue a
bar to its repeal. Must we submit to it :
How can it be overthrow 1t can only be
overthrow by the power OF the Executive
who IS sworn to maintain the Constitution
and who IL fail to do his duty If he allows
the Constitution to parish under a series of
Congres sionsl enactmeIts wflich- in pal
x,a5ie violation of its fundamental principles.
Ii the President elected by the Democ
racy entorces or permits others te enforce
these Reconstruction Acts, the radicals, by
the accession of ftwenty spurious Senators
and fifty Representatives, will control both
branches of Congress, and his adminIstra-
ton will be as powerless az the present one
of Johnson.
There is but one way to restore the Gov
eminent and the Constitution, and that is
for the President elect to declare these Acts
null and void compel the army to undo its
usurDations at the South, disperse the car
pat bag State Governments, allow the white
peopie to reorganize their own Govern
ments, aud elect Senators and Representa- i
tives. 1he House .of Representatives will
contain a majority of Democrats from the
North. and they will admit The Representa-
sives elected by the white people Of the
South. and with the Cooperation of the
President it will not be difficult to compel
the Senate to submit once more to the obi
gations of the Constitution. 1t will not be :
able to withstand the public judgement, j:
if distinctly invoked and CLEARLY expressed,
on this fundamental issue, and it is the
sure way to avoid all future strife 10 pu:
this issue plainly to the country.
I repeat that this is the real and only ques-
ton which we should allow to control u.s.
Shall we submit to '.e usurPations by which =
the Government has been overthrow, or :,
shall we exer. ourselves for its full and COM r.
elete restoration It is idle to talk Of bonds. W
greenbacls. gold, the public faith, and the as
public credit. What can Democratic OF
Pre- sident do in regard t0 any of these, with
a Congress in both branches controlled by a
the carpet oaggers and their allies He y,
will be powerless to stop the supplies by da
which idle negroes organized into politi I'll
cal clu5s-oy which an army is maintained So
to protect these vagabonds in their outrages OF
npoa the ballot. These, and things like re
nese, eat up the revenues and resources of ~
he Government, and destroy its credit, make L.
he difference between gold and greenbacks. az
We must restore the Constitution before we tr
,an restore the finances, and to do this We 81
must have President who will execute the tn
will Of the people by trampiing into the dust, rE
he usurpati0ns of Congress, known the nu
Recon structien Acts. | wish to stand be- p,
ore the Convention upon this issue, but it OF
S one which embraces everything else that tel
8 of yalue in its large and comprehensive an
esults. 1t is the one thing that includes A.
ii that is worth a contest, and without 1t ~. IA
here Is nothing which gives dignity, honor, IN
" value to the struggle. Your friend, die
FRANK r. BLAIR. an
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