The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-28
THE ATTACKS UPON GRANTS AID
NINIsrRATI0N..

creed the Sermon on the Mount or ar
accepted Golden Rule, they would eact
and all be just as sedulously attacked
By the Democratic press and politicians
as they are now. With misrepresenta'
tion for a role OF action, and devil
try for motive, the Democracy can not
be expected to pursue any more honest
courses but the Presidents straight
forwarded course has developed NAL
iSnant sore-headisim in some gu are S
of the Republican press and party and
supercillious dilletanteism in others
which would call for serious reprehen-
sion if they were not beneath contempt.
It is to be expected that the majority of
disappointed, place hunters. who. are
simply the camp followers of the Re-
publican party, viii prate of the fail
ure of Grants administration any
thing is failure that does not provide
them with fat places and We should
he prepared fer carping hypercriticisms
from, such newspapers as the Springfield
Republican and the New York Times
for both these supported the Philadei
phia Convention movement and oppo-
sed Impeachment. This studied at
tempt to promote, disssrtions in the Re-
publican ranks is only sore-headism af-,
ter all, and one does not need to be a
very shrewd guesser to attribute it to a
combination of the Albany Regency
with the great maioonteut, Chase. We
must not lose sight Of the fact that
Seward and Thurlow Weed are relent-
less 10 their greed for power and IN
scrupulous as to the means of attaining
l.. They shrewdly know that the most
effective fight they can make is from
within the Republican par,y-or, rather
to maintain the appearance of such
fight.
But Grant has other critics than
these. They are mainly the organs "
of cliques or individuals who having
failed to get possession of the President,
are attempting to impress the people
with the idea that Grant, 18th ough an e1
csllent General, is failure as a states.
nan" This comes of another type of
soreheadism, the wounded vanity of
those who expected to be called upon
to advise the President as to his policy
and appointments. These characters
are of the class who arrogate to them
selves monopoly Of statecraft and
political sagacity -wiseacres and local
q Sir Oracles.'' When Grant was
pat at the head OF tie. armies
some hundreds of Major and Brig.
adler Generals and old, NANCY
army Colonies were instantly converted |
INTO military critics of immense wei ght |
in their own estimation. When be
was promoted to the Chief Msgistracy !
IF this Republic, every disappointed
sspirant to- the Presidency, and every
self designated Estates.
nan" became De Toqueville.
We believe that no man. can be as
.saudly great in civil life as he can in
eading great armies to glory and re-
lown. We look back OF Cesar and
and William of Orange and
frederick and Napoleon and " ellington
md Warrington and cannot avoid the
But we believe that
iraat's administration, not yet three
son,hs old. will prove that his capaci-
les for civil rule are, comparatively, as
aasked as his genius fer great military
perations. He has, already, by his
sand with relation to the XVIII
done more for Southern
than has, been done at
u aod BY his fearless disregard of the
rejudices against color be has added
Iore Of moral force to the position of
,e Republican parry than any Access
On it hss gained since Lincoln's
Proclamation. The very ,
ct that thu, self elected censors of !.
politics have taken it upon
emselves to criticise his acts and
n mble At his sturdy. mistaken indie. .