The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-05-18
AEIuUs OF sPRAaUE's SPEECH.

temp0rarleS, We nave SiShineu uishp
r,obariou of the matter and manner Of
tie speeches which Senator Sprague
delivered in the United States Senate
aad which have caused so much com
mont. Certainly the Senator violated
good taste aad quite as certainly he
made himself ridiculous. If there is
Any one thing for which Mr.. Sprague is
sminently untitled ii is for being a re-
former of American politics. But, as
much injustice as he did the subjects
which be essayed to handle, the tru To
compels one to acknowledge tbatit is
more on account of the uncouth manner
Of his attack that be comes out worsted
and ridiculed than for the reason that
lie occupied wrong premises. His at
tack and John Pope's fiasco at Manas-
sas are much alike. The fault was not
il the cause or the plan of battle but in
she ipfelicity Of the commanders style
of execution. The fact is, Sprague at
tempted 10 master subject that was
too much for him. He set himself for
DaTid when the fact is, he is Lilllpu-
tian. When he hurled the tremendous
charge at the Senate tina: it was an
aggregation of slaves to capital, he
biurted out most humiliating fact. he
told in terms which were only ridicu
lous because there was not powder
enough behind them to give them force,
what is lamentabls trulh. Capital is
too largely an actuatiug cause of Sena-
torial action. It is Sprague's manner
that makes him. an upstart-that and
his associates but be said what, COM
ing from stronger lips aud backed by
more respectable character, would have
lad its weight with the country. Bur
there IS al animus underlying Sprague's
attack upon Burnside and tue saris
tocracy" of Rhode Island-whose pet
Burnside is-tbat has not been ex
planned as We think it is capable OF
being shown up. And here again
Sprague is at fault. He was supremacy
injudicrous in ascribing cowardice te
Burnside and his army associates for
tie fact is, that, affiliated as Burnside
is, with tia saif-styled afistocrats"
OF Rhode Island and New York, and
orerweeR;Og as his INCLINATION may
tsye been to Surround himself with
staff officers picked out from among the
sapcrcilous young sprigs of those same
g. aristocrats," it is simply to place
oneself at fault with them and him to
accuse them Of cowardice. Burnside is
good deal of q "c-eau- cheese" Gen
eral, to be sure: and those who lad
close knowledge of what his habits
cad surroundings were, could easily
appreciate that the grand mistake of
lis army career was his propensity to
keep himself surrounded wita an often
size staff of e1iuisites and snobs of the
: fsst family" order bat neither he
ncr they were towards, untitled as they
were for the plain, democratic duties
tf volunteer officers. To explain the
thing Grant and his staff were just
Inc antipodes of Burnside and his mill
Iary fami.y-so far. as manner is con
cerrej.
We should say that Sprague's phil |
,ippic would excite chuckle of salts
faction among the Browns and Ireses |
gsinst whom the purpose of bis mala-
] roit speech is mainly directed These
ndescribable aristocrats" born of
I olasses, wool, cotton, whale blubber.
i oney and New England colleges are a
i.ckiy set ; and it is no wonder that a
stirring fellow with activity and money
y the Darrell full, like Sprague, who
AS been ruled GU: of d" our SET" by
u use weak -blooded pretenders should
( volt, and, being incohereaily " riled''
iake himself rather ridiculous by his
naUre, of expressing himself. More
ger, if Sprasue WAS less pretentious
ad ambitious ihaa he is his sayings
fou.d have come with better grace and
il harder. Tbs fact is, there is 40,