The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-23
vited so to do, Senator Jones delivered
the following address:
ADDRESS.

GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE AND AS
sEMBLY: 1t is with no ordinary emo
tons that in response to your most nat
tering call, I appear before you. NY
nature would be cold indeed did l nos
feel an honest, even an exultant, prfde In
the result of the canvass for United States
senator, which has eliminated in this
Honorable Legislature choosing me to
represent this young and enterprlsing
Com monwealth in that high capacity.
am grateful, beyond the power of express
sion, for the honor I have received al
your hands. In poverty of utterance l
can only say that thank you most SIM
cerely for this distingu shed token Oh
your favor and trust; and through you
desire to extend my grateful acknowledge
mentS to our common constituency, the
people of Nevada, whose friendly and
earnest wishes l believe have found faith
full expression through your votes ami
voices to-day. 1t would be affectation in
me to deny that have sought and COW
eted this honor. The ambition was laud
able, trust, which impelled me to aspire
to 1t; but should be guilty of disingenu-
BUSINESS did not confess that the popular
response to my appeal, and the bestoWai
of the honor by you, have been cordial
and generous beyond my expectation or
deserving. l can find no terms to ade-
quately acknowledge such shperhuity OF
favor. My gratitude can only Indulge in
q repetition of thanks.
Tue position to which you have elevated
me Is one of grave responsibility and az
most periiOus exaltcdneSs. the great
men of the Nation have woven around 1t
spell OF genius, elOQuence and grand
a sacred theater of the gods, towards
whose handicapped glories the mortal
gaze might be reverenily lifted, but to
whose lofty hight no ordinary mortal
should ever climb. l discard the myth,
and approach ii as a place where honest
purpose, common sense, unf1lnchins
courage and average abilities Will be
crowned with II just degree of success.
Conscious, as l am, OF a lack OF THOSE
commanding talents AMI that hlSn men
til discipline and culture SO earnestly to
be desired, yet accept your trust, MOI
without iaitn IN my cnlowments anu az
j:lirementS, with confldence IN my couf-
age integrity, aSStdu.ty AMI purpose, ana
w ii reliance upon my thorough su>cep-
.oIiity to The impulses and impressions
Vnicn sway the masses ana SraNitate
forever toward the general good.
Knight with propriety c'n'luie mere
| without furtner ties passing upon YOU:
| time and patience but fee, tnat Jus.ice
! 10 you, to the people OF Nevada ana u
myself, demands that something add
| J.Onal should be said. for which l c.tn
onceive no more fitting opportunity
| tnan the present. An !, ia ordeg that my
| plain. ca nest meaning may not De
| warped or misinterpre! e.! through errors
II exfemporane"us speech, or oy strole'
| reports, have conn ted my re
| marks to writing, tn at they may serve
AS an authentic record . my sentiments
md declarations, to whose truth SOL
emily subscribe to-day, ana to whose
Eas been charged by portion OF the
press and whispered about with the de
precating hypocrisy OF scandal, tlh the
1 very air has become poisoned Win the
| falsehOod, that he recent campaign IN
this State was n corrupt and profiigate
I one. 1t has been charged that nave re-
sorted to vile ami reprehenslble practices
in furtherance of selfish designs that
IL,
principles and preferences for less than
! a mendicant's pittarce that you are the
natur | spawn of this unlawful COM
l lnerce, and have slavishly set the
| seal upon a dishOnOrable comp TT.
blush while I repeat the shameless SLAM
! lerS with which wantOnneS~ has illeu
the atmosphere, and which have alrea y
found. currency in a portion of the press
east fthe Rocky Mountains, to the seam
ial and reprOach OF the State and its cit
| liens. have not suffered my peace to
| be di>quieted by these malevOlent voices,
which noat about as busy and anOny-
nous as the wnisperingS OI the wind
stand too firmly poised o 1 the basis of
| +. prOachlesS conscience and the rectitu q
Of my aims, acts and purposes, for such
assaults to disturb my equanlmlty; and /
nave been silent amid TINS storm of mis-
representation, falsehood and calumny.
knowing that II my ch trlcter and actions
lid not vinuica:e me at the bar OF inteiii-
gent public opinion, should hnu Du
.ejoinders. BuV the vindication whici,
SANDER could no. have wrung from me
on personal account, l feel TO be due To
you ant TO the people of Nevada VINO
rave suffered dispersion through you
generosity to me. l deny that the recent
canvass was corrupt or prOhigate beyond
wnat might be as justly charged agains'
my and every political campaign
whether municipal, State or national /.
within my memory. Money was used, i
| IS true but generally, as far as know.
BY the entral Committees of the various
counties, and iegI;im ltely in the Intere,.
Of the Republican party, and in present
ing clearly to all the true issues involved
in the campaign. There has not an cleo
ion gone by since our existence as Ma
ion that has not witnessed and sane
toned its like Use. They VINO lnvelgn
against political expenditure OF TINS
character simply decry the inevitable,
Ind incur more than suspicion OF
t leir candOr Or intelligence. In the
present instance the cutlery emanates
rom those who invested their money in
political venture and encountered defeat,
md are now ml>taklng the pangs of dis
appointed hopes an ambitions for viriu
Gus emotions anu honest purposes. Cor
ruption is no necessary coroiiary TO the
use OF money. A sum as vast as our Ma
tiOnal debt might be disbursed and no
one be corrupted. The mere disbursc-
ment of money is blameless in itself
the purpose, intent and effect must con-
Stitute the Offense, if any there be. And
Ieny, SO far as these charges have been
connected with my name, that l have
ever sought to corrupt single voter, On
that have ever eXacted, or sought to eX-
act, or even asked, a pledge of political
support, from any member of this Hon
Orable Legislature; or that l have ever
exacted or asked a pledge of political
support from any man, living or dead, in
return for any consideration whatever,
other than my promises made in public
and in private that 1 would, if elected,
faithfully represent the people, and that
each and every vote cast by me in the
senate of the United States would be for
the general good, untainted by venaliiy
and unstaine by selfish or personal con-
.ideratiGns. TIE pretense or insinua-
sion, then, that your ell ction, or the cleo
ton of any If you was brought about by
cOrrup Influences, or that, haing electes:,
your vot IS for senator w"ri In 1uenced by
rewards or promises If rtwa'i, is an III
,uIt to the integrity ot .sc honest yeo-
| many of Ne. did, and an outrage OF t.ie
| SrO>seSt CHI iractPr upou The honorable
md higl-minded gentlemen WAC repra-
| sent them an their wishes n the L'5l~-
| ,nre. Those cha yes or Insulation
re tae suggestions Of dishonest AMI Dis
| Appointed men, nj tle inrousA the m
| personality of certain tiSrep5table new
! .,apnr; in tnis anu u neigh boring Sta .
truthful, pure, independent and honor
.ble n W paper is II cc'sity to mo@s era
| civilization. Its true mission Is nisH
n,bl and ennoblng. Ii is the briy,
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