The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-02

chair something moro than one yeaI
During that time no sensations" pc
litieal or otherwise, have emanate'
from the White House. There has bee1
maintained . remarkable average o
business-like peace. Grant has beer
rigidly faithful to the Republican party
has kept his pledges to the country ha.
dealt honestly with foreign powers anC
has striven to prove himself to be, a.
far as possible, neither q partisan nor q
sectional President. The Republican
party has been indicated and strength
ensd BY his administration. His Official
. course, straightforward and unobtru-
sive, and characterized BY but few mis-
takes, has proven that no party ever
stands in need of makeshifts or dema-
gogy to uphold its strength and secure
respect for its acts and principles.
Grants honest, plain manliness always
is apparent. We have had something
toe much of craftsmanship, so called,
within the past forty years. Ii has been
dif6cult to segregate our statesmen from
our politicians. Jacksou's efforts at
craftsmanship vera like Andrew john
sons, . personal policy. Behind it all
was Gan az to grind" That az was
" the next Presidency" We can dis
cover no indications of an ambition to |
succeed himself in Grants proceedings
That he does not strive and scheme to
that end is the very good reason why he
ia likely to be offered second nomina-
ton. The Vaccinations Of the mere
politician oftener bring defea, than sue
ssss. This coun,ry's affairs are too
grand to be made into q convenient
shape for the ends of personal ambition
- The tidal wave is fact - and the time
has gone by when the agitation of
policy will make any one man the great
popular hero. Clay was great inherently; ,
md all his personal policies, ingenious
10 they were, only hurt him. Calhoun,
'ssrting in political life q Federalist, a
md then becoming, suddenly, the cham
ron of State Rights, conjured up pol I
q through which he thought he saw
he means of attaining to the hight of
lis ambition, the Presidency. His igno-
oinious failure is one Of the bit,erest .
ARTS of our history. Webster fell be-
ore . selfish policy of his own; so did
Douglas. Lincoln's nomination over
seward is another illustration of the
allacy of self-interested craftsmanship.
ohnson's shameful failure IS President :,
, still another instance of vaulting am
iiion Overlapping itself aud Chase's
anne will ever be associated with ;,
eries of comprehensive and mastery, :,
ut proftless intrigues. Single-handed
mbition cannot reach the highest goal.
here is An irrepressible propensity to
60 the wrong way to work" linkeG
18th this lust for power which almost
levitably works its own ruin. There cl
. quiet wisdom in Grant which avoids fo
lie attempt at building for self. Men J.
ho are made really great by circum-
auees, as Grant was, are willing to en-
* the retention Of their greatness by TO
e circumstances of the future. Jack :"
q made an event in the coun,ry's his AT
~ when he removed the deposits and m
fler slaughtered the Wing party when an
vetoed the Bank bill i; but no one a..
In, and indeed NJ one party has done on
ything but ride the waves since 1871 Tt
Grant acts upOa studied philosophy So
which we have not the siig btest idea r.,
does-he recognizes this to be a fact. sid
i Grant, with 4 good, eound, we'll eq
lanced mind, seeks to do his duty to 'n'
. an
. best of bis ability. He has made
ne appointments which might well
re been bette.ed, but we kuow OF its
Ehiog else Hbich leaves bis admins '"'
ton open to unfsvorable criticism. h.
. little a.ws which the Democratic Mr.
50 pick in his personal and official lSe
'rse are simply confessions Of 40 ina mo
iiy to discover any truly vulnerable roc
o;s whereat to level theis attacks Tn