Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-18
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the 9th ar d.v. MON the p-op'sAd INIT
in, Of ca-a-n,nias over the mingled
c-,vas ~ F.lar.l AMI R,hnl dead. at
I,,,;svi,la the S,,. End nen's"t saws:
..Ts h." moaning orrsnlf. ''mHsns
tb,. ,o,. ~. AZ S1-riv'r s,l in-a hfv"
4 vi hit in sh,nin- ~" sentiment Z" DOM
i, ". IN s-,ch m n,r,sinn. watake iSs''e.
E-e-v ,n,n and WOMEN who hv express
sim ~ to,,1a a. zen corsiStart}- p1r-
sra1 course to brace and strengthen.
1, ~ ia p,rts. the c,usa oTr sol ti"rs
H,, ~ fs,- ~, tho fall wa cnn>iter IA
er-i.l,l 70 4 fnll expression in the "i'se
With va now s,ak to honor with fioral
b .r.kirys. ~ fu,.v entitled "a an e1-
pr.ssinn in the shapin, "t Ties eati'n"::::
to =. Illustrated as rSa:. rhe brave nun
WI 30. Ii Ii :,.f-N 20 act his pat with tn
in min mt coll iron.
,-isr,t TO- ht they shai bioo1 thst
~. .,r,p,s. ~ honor :ha tati- nor for
PA, thai hlooi was sh,i- II ia that
th.v enlisted to srDr,rf righteous
cers.. AMI threw into its support all
thu. they hal on etrth-ls our fathers
dill in tho ea-li-r d,vs. II mems graves
are to command equal reverence. on both
SHES merely because both Thought
themselves right. then where IL the
h..althfnl moral indnence-where the
fine lesson to prSter;ty-tha.we h"ar OF!
The oil school-dsy poem knocks 1t all
in the head, unless some consideration
Il to he paid to the difference in the
causes: If killing people mikes men
Great the moral senti nent 10 all evap-
GRATED.
Remember the csnse. in honorinS
those Who stood mp for it; else drop the
custom entirely-if mems graves are he
De :ked because they stood up for rebel
ION, the influence 10 bad. and they
MIGHT ~ we'll have bssn what they were
n to have been true 70 the country. II
thew arc to be houored simply because
thew ensaneuined their belief, the hon.
oring il brutal"
Claiming NO night OF exemption from
the sulss oarsslf prescribsd. (for ne
Ne have eaten too freely from the Aesh-
pots Of politics both before and ance
the var to entitle rs 10 any army nations
or commutations) W make this explain
asiou, namely: That in any and all
cominss together and the grasping OF
the night hand Of reconstructed friend
shin such as actual soldiers alone may
do for themselves and in memory OF
their dead comrades: in al truee-mak-
ines and buryings Of the Ratchet Of .
hard and protracted strife which vas
none the iess- . valorous contest upon
the Rebel than upon the Union side:
in an such significant and solemn de-
mnnstr.tions - this, be it understood -
the meaning We meant to convey. that
the riehtful participants in such " spec
taele need no proxies from the Universal
Forgiveness Association: and require NO
fp-service interpretations from the
,tump and the platform. Let those who
enacted the actual scenes Of mortal COM
hat furnish from among themselves the
doamatis p.rsone of tbs subsequent
peaee alleeory-and let the performance
be in accord with their own prompting
and dev,sing. This, as near as We can
hastily express it. is what we mesnt;
and if We know ourseh We are az far
from being willing to draw a line of I'M
favorable comparison between thel
..Grand Army of the r public and the
civilian patriots of both se1es and all
.ces as any man: and here let rs say
that we know Of no personal and politi- |
cal courage and steadfastness more hon.
orable and admirable than that which |
v - sustained and e1emplified from the
first to the finishing Of the civil war by |
the courageous and answering Union
f,ts of California and Nevada. Espe-
eislly was the Outpost duty" in Nevada
arduous and courage-trying; and it Ia
lint a narrow and unworthy self glorif- |
cation for any man who chose to enter
n. .rmv to seek to draw unfavorable !
between himself and those of
his faithful and vigilant fellow citizens.