The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-07
Cs,N - SENSE PROGRESS -
TIL :. SPIRIT OF TIiE. AGE, Etc.

upon common sense aud the en-
llghteumcnt of the age W live in; in
1thrr words. Il IS Democratic. In its news
department the Register Is I'll That could
"a desired. Its olumus display ability, |
"t ms an exponent Of local interests,
Carson and the Sta,e viii b. gamers ~
Us publication. We trust that the Regis
Ter may become a paying institution To
IL proprietorS.
The foregoing is n portion Of a very
~fla,tcring notice of the STATE REGISTER
contained in - recent number OF the
Nevada State Journal. For 50 much
Of tie notice as i complimentary we
thank the State Journal; as for the
balance We are under the impression
that the journal is laboring under a
very common but very great error.
Republican journals arc usually
very liberal i'm their expressions of dis
sent from the dogma OF a Papal in
iallibili;y; but in political matters
they seem to appropriate the idea with
singular readiness. They seem tohavc
naturally taken up the argument
which s.iIc of the celebrated pilgrim
Fathers" logically embodied in a syl-
lo-;s,ic form when they concluded to
locate a few nomestcads on the Indian
lands. without regard to native claims
or titles. The Earth is the Lords,
and The fullncss thereof. We are the
representatives or the Lord: therefore,
,his country belongs to us"
This SORT of argument reads much
like the state Journals definition "a
Democracy. We do 10 like 10 dis
turb that personal OF pariizan vanity
which assumes that all tina, is good
in the world-all the common sense
cx,au,-all the enlightenment of the
ara prcvailiug-is specially insured by
the Republican parry; bu; unless we
are shown some better logic ,han bald
assertion. we shalt conclude that the
Republican ,.;!a TO the possession ol
all these ogualities is ~deraigncd from
assumptions a, .1uuIa.iouless As those
/ Of the founders Of Plymouth.
Sometimes these >cIr--aIi~tying as
~umuaous to superior and exclusive
meri. are pm. ia 81 ,it,!o different form.
W. are frequently told tina, the Re
publican organization s.. o party cd,
progress; tina. /, keeps sep w,.h Ill.
music og tho age. la.a.llu- ia mission
OF destruction and reconstruction ia
accordance with .ha progressive de-
manIs of !hc times. e.c.: while ON ia,
other hand. thc Democracy g.. "a parry
of dead issue. and obsolete ideas. le.
hv old fo.fc,. aui bound by a|a,iquat.
"a u~rrr.Ien.,.
WIN f. tb. ,rs-re.s' of which W,
baar 90, ,,,.re II o...ur- =, u. TIA.
many who -, niurantlv use tine Term
have hu. faint r,aliza.ian OF It's ~i2.
|n.ncation. VIVA, is most of +. bu, an
other Tern, far ..l..mar.Iizati,uo.' 4,
in relation. progression means ee.tir.
a, far away as possible from the priui
tive. orthodox idea of the father.
and a.t.iu. rs near To the borders ii
ipfd.i.fv 81. ue..fhle. and u,. 90.
There. ~. much e.. thi, poIi.,rll or,
rr.s.iap +. only q more ]a.fraa.iy. tit,
: tor ra,rg,p,inn-the wa~t;u. AWAY ,
all faith i'm "a government Of the pa.
~ ple-and q growing determination {
make the most of personal oupar.,
mixes, and 10 make the o|rpur.uni.is
49, well. 10 certain extent pro-rc,
is cYautrendah3e and indi.reu.ill,
D., 1ut that r,..y.>.ueSs thai r,.gtrI, oul
Sr.ed ami oyergoop~ tle en-, Is n,
= s.ale,mansh.p. Driving head.ou-
destruction may Ice progress" but
is in the wrong direction. II is tia.
kind oT progress which the Ecpubl
can party has been making. II
."a.ry ha, had too much OF il for j
Z ON good. VINO will undertake
o -aE tia, ihe standard o4 either priNa
or puoi.c virtue Is as hiSh - ii :"
T. hitN or even twenty-five years az
"np t"a. Is ''laalhieu "Nh p@ni
-!e, Heh and lh"i does II
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