The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-11-03
A WORD 70 REPUBLICANS.

The great work which the Republi
can party set before itself in the frs
years of its existence has been &C
complished. Slavery is destroyed
Equality of all men before the law j.
permanently established. The right
of suffrage has been extended to all
classes. The danger of disunion has
been removed forever. But the prin.
cipIes which animated Republicans in
then long and severe contest to secure
these results are principles of general
application, not designed only for a
particular emergency, but applicable
to the whole course of public affairs.
1t Is the duty of honest Republicans,
therefore, in choosing their stand dur
ing the present canvass, to inquire
which of the ~contending parties repre-
sents the more truly those doctrines of
equality, of justice. Unpopular suffrage,
which insured the Republican tri-
umphs of the past, and which must
prevail in consolidating and utilizing
the accom- plished results of the war.
Mr.. Greeley. during long and busy
life, has been one OF the most conspic
nous adherents to the Republican
creed. He was one of the founders of
the party. He has stood by it in
prosperity and in disaster. For his
devotion to it he has sometimes been
honored and sometimes been booted
at and mobbed. The most diStin-
guished of the older Republicans. like
Sumner and Trumbull. and Chase,
are among his staunchest supporters.
purposes of his party are Identical
with those which the truest Rapubli
cans have always pursued. The Lib
eral party contends for equal rights.
for the white nan as well As for the
black. 1t contends for impartial
Suffrage, without needless and exas-
perating di~qualiiications. 1t con
tends for a true union of the States.
not held together by bayonets. but
cemented by brOtherIy feeling. 1t
contends for a genuine. not technical
peace. 1t contends for honest cleo
asthe very basis of popular gov
eminent and the best pre>ervative
against Capitalization. 1t contends for
free speech even for office holders.
General Grant, on the other hand.
never was a Republican. He was a
good soldier from ambition and per
>onal interest, but he had no sympa
thy with the arms of the Republican
during the war, and he has
shown no sympathy with them since.
The policy of his adherents tends to
he destruction OF Repubiicanism. 1t
; ~ variance with every creed. Il is
zone man" policy, which seeks 10
Derpetuate power by the forcib.e con
rol of unwielding communities, by
prescription, by fraud, by setting
brother against brother. and prolong-
ng the suflerings and anIm">i,ies Of
Var. That is bur a swindIing Imitation
# RepubIicanism which DISTINGUISHES
20 900 men in Arkansas. takes cunvicts
,ut of the Pennsylvania ~penitentiary
% that it may better force their accom-
Dlice into tie GOVeruGrShir. Sends
,verbearing deputy Mlrshals to drag
Heinrich, a respectable German
OF New York, from his hOIne AT
midnight. to secure by violence and
a vote; carries. primary
nd general elections by fraud and
money; d~esignediy varies the Initials
II registering electors with the purpose
# challenging On election day; truck
es to the great powers of Europe aud
the little tree States of the West
ndies, and spreads all over the couu-
~ a frightful pe>tiience of corruption.
And this is the administration OF
ieneraI Grant--an administration
,hich has not merely brought repub-
Ican institutions int di>repute at home
abroad, but has exposed them to a
only a little lighter than that of :
vii war.