The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-07-31
GRANT AND HIS DEMOCRATIC
CRITICS
CRITICS

Hickory and who made Geo. B
Mcclellan :beir candidate for the Presi
dency in 1864, have now discovered
that-0rant is DOT only not etatesm an
but that Of all men in the world he has
the least claims to merit a. a Geaerai
Now aud then is heard q Democratic
orator who, with simulated candor
admits that Grant is a passably fair
General, but that a. to statesn' Il ship.
there can be no sober comparison be-
tween him and Horatio Seymour. Have
We stupid Black Republicans been DE-.
luded al the while since the fall OF
Fost Donslson and tire surrender OF
Vieksburg With this man Grants mill
tafy proves II certainly seems SO,
II our Democratic friesds tell the truth
We begin to be aeprehensive that Buck
ner. with q rare gift offoresight, caught
Grant just where he wanted him when
he induced him TO accept Of an uuccn
ditiopat der of Fort Donelson
it begins to be apparent that Pember
ton, (ihe. sarcastic oad joksr) success
fully entrapped the snsus1ec,iug and
upuili,ary Ulysses when he got him to
receive the parole of thirty thousand
rebels and take command of tie " Glib
ralter Of the Mississippi" 1t begins
to look as if Lee had made Grant the
bluIderheaded party TO a" blessing in
Disguise when he induced him to
parole the army Of Virginia and march
unmolessed into Petersburg aud Rich
mond. These sly Democratic rascals
have seen the point Of these broad
jokes from the very time of their per
petration and now that the Republ-
cans have been fools enough to nomin
ate their wit!ess victim, they persist
emily gibe US with their ssliies of wit
bad Then as to craftsmanship. Who
would think Of comparing Grant to
Seymour as a statesman What sort
of craftsmanship was it for Grant toj
organize into one perfectly harmonious
machine the great armies Of the nation!
What was that compared with Sey-
mour's manipulation of the New York
State militia What sort Of Statesman
ship was manifest ia the terms which |
Grant made she basis of Lees sgrren |
des compared with the mastery dip'om
acy exhibited BY Horatio Seymour ia
his operations among bis constituency
In 1863 WAe will be weak enough to
compare Grants stupid and malignant
declaration that This is = Republic
where the will of the people is TIE law
Of the land with the brilliant words
of Seymour's to his friends " Of the
Five Points that . revolutionary doc
lrine of public necessity can De pro,
claimed by mos as we'll as by . Gov.
.rnment?" When you come to reflect
upon it how is it possible that any cane
man can think Of comparing CRAFTS
with that Of the man VII 10
vetoed the Maize Liquor Law?
But We are in for it and We must keen ,
on declaring that We think that Graut
lid display considerable gene.alship ia
beating the brains out Of the rebellion
We must still muster assurance enough
70 point with seeming pride to Doael-
ION, Champion Hills, Vicksbars, Mis-
lion Ridge, the Wilderness, SpottsyLI
'ania Court House, Petersburg and {
Richmond we must still Insist upon !
t that in his controversy With Andrew r
ohnson, Grant hewed bis way through ]
he neshes of Intrigue and political
rickery with a master hand and it is q
ur duty to claim fer him something Of :,
bilit.- in dealing with the unscIupul- t
Us " statesmen" who have swaug
.ouad Andrew JohGson's circle. And 4