The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-11
rr AyALGNcnE OF REPUBLI.
CANISM.

anti-coercion feeling at the North was
repeated by the originators and project
ors of the so-caIled Passive Policy Of the
Democratic party in SO far as they estim-
ated n strength and value in the self
styled Liberal movement, promised by
certain disconnected, recalcitrant, unreG-
cnins Republican opponents-msre per
sonal opponents-of President Grant
Having made estimates upon this miscon-
ception of the importance of certain ILL
tempered and unsuccessful men they pro-
ceeded with astounding and unascount-
able delibemtion to commit the monstrous
error of attempting to make the mountain
go 10 Mahomet- planet to follow the
safe the substance to pursue the
shadow; and SO they sought to emulate
the Opossum and like that sfnPidly disin-
senuous animal, they thought their as
sumption of passiveness would deceive
sharp eyed, prying, suspicious army OF
political detectives from discovering that
their dnmb show was all mere pretense
and their Pretences wholly insincere.
The possible chance of winning The
victory which followed the late contest
was ignored and discarded when the
Democratic leaders sought to DRAGON
their party into marching s. left in 'front.'
and with hated banner floating over
them. Look at tho tremendous results:
We will consider what has been done
in New York. We need 60 no further;
for New York is the natural stronghold of
the Dem ocracy; and when the
Democracy is there overthrown in
Presidential contest BY Is many as fifty
thousand majority-when such an adroit
and powerful worker as Reuben E. Fen
ton is cooperating with that party
trenendous result il something worth
be it not lost out of
mind, Frederick Douglas, . Fugitive Mary
land slave. a Mulatto, who, twelve years
ago came under the dreadful Judicial ban
of having no nights which white man is
bound to respect, heads the electoral ticket
Of the Empire State! fi-
Such revolutions in the popular dis
position of political matters do not occur
without adequate causes:-they are no
mere fortuitous circumstances; they not
only mean something important, but they
spring from sources which lie under the
very well springs of political power One
thing is very plainly illustrated by the
result under consideration: Politics and
policies cannot he put into the life ma
chinery of nation just because they
have been devised by and have undergone
the formal acceptance Of the sponsors Of
a party. Politics cannot be manufactured
It pleasure any more than the writing of
poetry can be made an act of mechanl-
:al volition or an effort of the viii.
There must be a sentiment; ahearttulness
n political professions something more
han mere theoretical brain work or there
AN be no reasonable basis Of success es-
imated in their behalf.
In the FIRST place there was. in truth no
adequate cause for the detection of Sum-
,sr, Fenton. Trumbnll. Schurz and their
associates. Every one of their excuses
vas flimsey. captious and trivial-mere
personal dislike, growing out of an in
ured self conceit. They meant Anything
o .rtGrant: and to do that same, they ,
pun d their mean heart-burnings under /,
he terms of second hand Republican
,latforn and were unfortunate enough to
ell their sh.p-uorn wares at first cost to
he DemocratiS convention ut Baltimore.
This was the meagre stock in trade with
Ehich the opposition entered the cam
,aign that has just passed. 1t was CO
between impotent hate and
he very desperation OF pretense.
Out Of contest between such elements
s these which wei c arrayed upon the OPP
,osite sides of the political field of 1872
field which will be memorable be-
.ond all politica. struggles where the
,silot was the sol. arbiter-out of such a
onfiict as this, ~hat other result than '
UGH al has co1ue upon Is were We to I
1pect? ,
The investing Of n black man with I