Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-26


II TIE BLACK RIPUBLIcAN PARTY IS to
be blackguarded, by all means let Sunset
Cox be entrusted with the job. The
beauty of his banter!ng is that he has
so. to the ripe and philosophical age,
where rancor and malignity and unkind
ness have given way to a genial pleas
antry-and the suhjoined remarks, quo
ted from the Congressional Record Of
March IS, show that the bitterness of
partizansLip has been mellowed away
with the oncoming of experience and the
ripening of wisdom. The General APP
preparation BIZ being under discussion,
NJ. Cox rose ana said:
We hear economy preached here all
the time; bat because some gentlemen,
sEessrs Holman ard speer on this side,
allied ly one honorable exception on the
other, my friend from Vermont Mr..
Willard. undertake iy their amendments
o. remarks 70 challenge comparison be
tHe.n the economical years, 1850, 1862,
1853, AMI 1856, and the present and re
cent lavish years, not on population,
t.!thongh there we met Ihem.) but on
the d.iiuite salaries OF officers. messeI-
gers, and either employees Of the Senate,
then they sneeIinsiy say It Is such lit
It's matter, [L2ushtsr.l
Little drops of water
/ would r-rind the S,lnday-schooi
scho,a-s CT the ether side. Laughter !
Little drops OF water,
Little grains OF sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
TGrcat laughter
s,ir, Infinite nature proclainls and li.s-
tEGtts to gentlemen through al the stel-
lar spaces. that, compared with cons:el
la.:oHs. you are aIi iutiIitesima! a:o.nies,
cs;,ec,aiiy on the other side Of the House
laughter j that, compared with the
mountains, as well rs the stars. you are
each and al infinitely and inetfably lit
tie. Renewed laughter You Go rot
know how small you are until you look
up al the Sierras, the Hinaiayas and the
Alps, Great laushter.l
When. sir, We make our point on a
large principle, though it be on small
sum: when we undertake 20 show how
to begin to build, after the manner of
nature, grand economies out of small,
then We are tainted that We are saving
at the .pigot only. We are thus tainted
by members on both sides. We are yot
ed against by members on this side, al
most in body. Our party will take no.
tice why we are voted down. and who
by, in our attempt to make this Govern
ment pure and economical. Oh. yes!
you 60 home to your State, COMPRESSION
al, and county conventions, and concoct
and write out bold, inspiring resolves
that it is the duty of all men to practice
economy in public administration: and
then you go-I will not say sneak
through, but serenely go-through the
tellers and laugh at our practical at
tempts. while You vote down economy.
Laughter. But when thu yeas and
nays are called, Mr.. Chairman, they are
then for economy. Laughter.
do not belong to-day, to any side OF
this House. Laughter. l am not par
ticularly in afih2tion with that side or
this; l am an eclectic philosopher.
Laughter. Ipick out gentlemen like
the present Chairman of the Committee
Of the Nhol.. Mr.. Woodford. and ma
ny OF the distinguished gentlemen before
me, some on this side and some on the
other, and make my party. That is my
party for this House. Outside of it, l
am at home in the bosom of my demo-
cratic constituents Think you the peo-
pie do not understand it? l gave you
notice there was meaning in New Hamp-
shire. Laughter. There is bigger
meaning coming from thrifty, steady,
Connecticut; ard there will be still
greater meaning among the grangers
who are to come hereafter. understand
from accurate sources-from gentlemen
who coms here from the West, and who
understand western politics, and their
impulses and movements that not Il
single man, scarcely of either party in
this House from there will ever come
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