The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-31
CHANGING SIDES.


became unpopular in consequence o
its being the minority side, politically
it has been customary for the majority
to lay every sin of the body polite to
its charge. Any man overcome with
tangle leg; a happy German elevated
by his lager; an Englishman joyous
under the influence of an extra dose
of arr and arr; an Irishman a little too
pugilistic from too many noggins OF
the "crature''; or a Frenchman too
much overcharged with ~claret, should
happen to be guilty Of an indiscretion
in disturbing the peace ofone or many
of the aforesaid majority. the man so
offending waScur~ed as add foreign
err and a Democrat. If at a primary
or general election, any rOwdviSm,
purchasing of votes. colonization.
fighting or in fact any kind of chican-
cry occurred. it was all charged up as
a Democratic outrage: in fact, every
thing political which in anvwiSe has
borne the impress of unfairneSs. has
for the past twelve yeGrs been charged
as Democratic. and 50 common has The
cutlery become that. like the fable of
the boy and the wolf, the watch has
been neglected an1tha evil has become
a crying II in the Republican party:
20 much so that the cry is reversed.
and purchasing votes and colonization
have become the very watch words of
the once "honest and virtuous Repub-
lican party"
Not only is the public Treasury
drawn on for coin TO openlv and
shamele>sly purchase votes and con
troll elections, hut the members of the
Presidents Cabinet are the men who
di~bur~o the mOue they are sworn to
use for the interests of the whole
people. Lahorers are hired. nay
bought like slaves. to vote for those in
power. Navy yards and other Gov
eminent works are crowded with
wOrkmen who are not needed, and
these verv men. too poor to resist the
tempting bait, being nine tenths of
them opposed by every feeling Of
right to the present administrations:
aud all this in a free country and in
this century of civilization and grand
era of the worlds progression. If
ever Democracy reached a worse pitch
except the secession element thereby
we shall be pleased to learn of it.
Truly are the chickens hatched by a
good mother coming home to roo>t
and bringing with them the marks of
the parent birds.
We believe that nc nj party has
the right or the ability to successfully
overn this great, growing II ever
changing people. Democracy ruled
the land for Years and. to a certain eS
tent, ruled it too long, for it became
corrupt. overbearing and intolerant,
and finally became, from its acts. a
scorn and a by-word in the land. The
Republican or Union Republican party
died with Abraham Lincoln. and has
existed in name only since, on nothing
else than the prestige of having pre-
served the Union of the country. Its
leaders have become corrupt, its prin-
ciples ignored, and now every election
in every State in the Union is con
troi!ed by means that the Democrats
OF twenty years since would have
scOrnei TO make Use of. We believe
our caption "Chansing Sides TO be
correct and that the State elections in
October last warrant Cd line Jtder
>onian Democrats in feeling ascn>ation
Of pride in the name that has for the
past decade been Il synonym for all
that is base, and that appears to tie
once again arising from its gloomy
horizon and bids fair to eclipse the
now ruling planet-ycIept Republi
canism.