The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-09-10
TIONAI.ITY, REPUnLICANISMA AND
RECONSTRUCTION.

TIONALITY, REPUnI.ICANISM AM
RECONSTRUCTION.
Never since the history of the govern
--ent have the vital issues of q pending
national election been more simple thar
those which now demand public atten
ton; and yet never were the various in
ei.iential elements of struggle more di.
'ersifed or more worthy of study. The
war carried on for the preservation of the
Union indicated the national idea Per
fected measures of reconstruction have
gwen Us a strong. healthful and much
r,spected government. At present We
are made cOSnizant of the various extra
ordinary makeshifts resorted to in aid Of
: conspiracy which owes its origin to
those never idle marplots whose upper
most object in life is to 50 far pull down
snJ destroy that government as to dis
race it in the eyes of the world and rem
der it powerlsss for self vindication and
iho assertion of sovereign power. The
name by which to designate this move
Iaent Is Conspiracy-for such. and moth
ing else is the term that rightly indicates
tie motive which called into action the
continuation Of hitherto mutually repel-
ians forces which now, surging about the
Political field. believing meaningless
hattie cry and swinging banner whose
heEaldic devices are wretched compro-
liise between q flag of truce and the rebel
si,ss and hans. has nothing better for a
watch word and rallying cry than ''Any-
thing to beat Grant, That men of
hitherto respected character should be
found lending aid and comfort to this
convenient. surprising as it is, does not
rs!ieve it of the epithet with which We
have stismatised it. Let US examine it.
Something more or less than one year
since. certain Democratic politicians in
Missouri supplemented the 'sNew De
psrture" of Mr.. Vallandigham with what
they chose to call 1.-The Passive Policy
The first suggestions relative to this
Passive Policy were timidly given to
'ir public through the columns of the
Missouri Republican. The gist of this
s,henc. As it is needless for us to saw,
VA. that the Democrats should make no
nominations for President and Vice Pres
i.isnt but that they should. instead, wait
fo- such disaffected Republicans as were
disposed to do so. to nominate candidates
Of those offices in opposition to the ae-
ton Of the duly authorized national con-
Fention of the party. Led into tempta-
ton BY Carl Schurz; counseled by Frank
!iiair and melted by that Free Trade ia
nat;c. Colonel Grosvenor, the few and far
scattered remnants of the old, anti-iron
clad. ''LiberAl'' Republicans of Missouri
80! together, last Fall, in jefferson City
and held q convention there; and this
served as q nucleus for that queer and
l1e-ulous aggregation of inpracticables
> I'D rafting of6ce-seekers who assembled
i. the name of ''Reform" at Cincinnati,
asst July, and Who. by their very readi-
aess 10 enter upon q corrupt and shame
eas acheme to restore the Tammany Ring
. power. disgusted their then willing al
lies. the Revenue Reformers and sent
Door 0rosvenor back to Missouri to try
nd solve the problem of How to make
p lifelong md super-bieoted Free
f.,der'a mind to swallow such dose as | i,
Ioraee Greeley. the he.d-center of Pro-
>;.ionists and vorld-renowned Awful
.Eanple of Pig Iron ON the BRAIN
Carl Schurx has bean not ipaptly, .
q Aephistopheles. and thus !;
ogtrayed he has been exhibited, /.
J Sass's inimitable pencil connecting
,cA diaholical schemes and whetting
,ch tools - seemed fitted to disgrace d
nd destroy this Government. This bad t
earted and implacabls mischief maker j
10 Aaa. IN climbing to his present Ia i
lpseaass psominence. proven himself ut q
'rly unworthy to have had the honors of p
,astean ritissaahip conferred upon q
$3.50 mini warped aud his consider T