Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-28
CHARLES A. Iri-.iE.

sum total Ct tie rLsnomeGa Of iii
.tr.lngr, eventual comet stricken year
The Elst has hal lis .el.sestS AID ii
d.es: the rrairies OF the West have haC
their potAto-buos and their swarms o
seveu-yoar iocUsts; aEt. tAe S3a:a has it:
carpet-bagsers and lis white ieaguers
but nevada. with its sere aid wrinkle,
froat and early disadvantages, has not
! only been stricken aud SCARED with
wa.er-spouts and cloud bursts, but now,
| to cap the climax Of her woes, she has a
plague Ct itinerant vagabondage, trebly
intensified il the person and character
of Charles A. Summer. For volatility
Of reckless villiication; for a braggart-
ike manner OF pouring out the gall and
woruwood o. personal detraction for
that almost unanswerabie quality of
attack which hesi:ates at nothing, how
ever sacred, or however exempted from
the legitimate sphere OF public criticism;
for constant and rabid mania for bis
tering with the merciless caus;ic Of scur-
rilcus defamation the names Of respected
and useful public and private citizens;
fOr a Lorrid ingenuity i'll the art OF tor
turing good acts into bad ones, and coed
motives into devilish intentions: and FOR
the exhibition Of causeless hate aud
venomous rage, made all the more vio-
lent by its possessor's consciousness Of
his own utter impotency, this repulsive
specimen of perverted humanity is, hap
PLY, with no near rivals and no success
full imi,ators. And yet, while he can
talk with q marvellous glibness upon
any subject which can be twisted into a
theme for his peculiar style Of detrac-
tiou; while be seems possessed of crazy
demon of the Shades when standing be-
fore an audience; while, as public
speaker, the concentrated virus of ma
Lightly seems to stew out Of him, like
oozy bubbles from q rotten haunch; and
while. as a public taiker he seems il
spired with the very fend of SANDER and
mendacity, he is the sorriest, meanes.,
most p:tiable, yea, loathsome, failure as
q journalist that this epoch Of scribblinS
slanderers and chattering character
thieves has produced. He groveis in type
and IS insignificant; he makes faces and
throws srit-5alls aud calls his fellows
nasty little names, aL,! eioats il this
mea 5ureic-s Ntlla2es-. lie seeks TO
emphasize = simulated contempt tor lis
nei5a.ors br paer:!e explosives; and
he Ie,ac;s to means ii dc.rac!ion which
are 90 contemplate AMI petty as they
are redundant and disgusting. Il is n
his writings, then. that this half monster
0: tie :ostrum ana in-Jecile OF tie press
d:sp,eys Lis helpless weakness. He Is
possessed OF = moral tare-wor1a. Ills
hungry and ez2ctiEs !DL2bi:a2t 0. Sum
ner's soul e=2;;es GHe2cLies- APP lite
tor the Interest GOOD that Is A.ukerei
foE u; the stomach Of canke-ous m@!cv-
oience. Nothing short Of the i.oasse
applause Of tie u..tAiaains and abuse
loving hob en- give him surte;s and
temporary relief from this gnawing pa;a-
site The qnieter duties Of the editorial
desl, fail to paader to the demands Of
this disease. The inspiration OF applause
is wanting: n1aieyolence is forced 70 con
tent itself with its own cold and ques-
tion;ng company and approval; yillifca-
ton. robbed Of its zest. becomes a fiat,
weary, quere!ous, self-d ,spisirg none
tone; q filthy task IS performed where 10
courageneut, and the wretched and des-
pairing scribe is overwhelmed as with
sense of mis- own debasement which nc
disappearing in the guiso Of threadbare
explosives can assuaca or mitigate. In
certain weak and travesty-like sense,
Sumner reminds one of the more inta-
nous and detestable characters of French
Just, Danton, Robes
pierre and Henri Rochefort Like
and st. Just, he would
gladly screech into existence a cruel riot
or a ruinous revolution: like Rochefort,
he would encourage the peirouleuses and
of another beIeagured
Paris; and like Robespierre, he would
turn from blood-reeking incendiary to
IN abjecs and covering poltroon-a
beggar for q forfeited and |