Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-04
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N.rsI, Territory and warmed It Into
tbs more perfect condition Of Safe
PLACED :le Democrat; ors'ni1;t-9n
within our borders. a. 1t h..,t been placed
everywhere eias. under The ban o. ssocs-
sion and disloySlity 10 the ts7G, and
gave it tho charact-r Of Ia Northern
ally Of ::,c s5-c4IIel Sogthcrn GoGfel-
.-.cv. This stigma proved here, - -lIc-
where il Z, North. ncro than the
Democracy could lear; and the result
was lis collapse into the temporary con
dillon of 4 poweTless minority. s. en-
pL-tic ~,s the Republican superiority.
that the frs: Stats Government had .Iot
.siu-is Democrat amongst is -I.--.b-rs;
or Senators and Representatives, IL
Congress were Republicans, Is "a matter
e course, ans, II. L-5isist:!-s ha,! bat
enc solitary member u IN. Democratic
party to eZciis ! sense Of opposition to
unbsitl,I Republieanjs:n. Tce second
State election returned Us similar results
With but lew exceptions the incum5erts
of 1864 us-s reelsctsI to State o.fee5 IN
1866; ami the Presidential election OF
1853 again h.lpsi the Republicans OF
News "a on 10 victory. esan.ins via.
ns,. becs,ae of the Dsaocratic party?
Had it stood severely AMI rsso,;Itely
.loof from any entanGling alliances?
Had it kept itself free from any compro-
misses of ii. professions Of unauthorized
principi,? 4 convention of the Andy
Johnson Br.ad and Butter Brigade. held
IN Carson in 1866, aud il which Gen.
Tom Williams played ths successful and
conspicuous part of niarriase-aSant and
head match maker, furnishes the answer.
The events Of 1870, resulting in the
election of Democratic Governor. SUI
preme Judge, Congressman and other
State officers. and returning a majority
o. Democratic members to the Legisla-
tu-e. will como Up, properly, for allusion
further on. In 1872, tbs Democracy
surrendered its organization into the
general pool of Liberal Republicsnism,
and the supporters and engineers of the
convention a: Cincinnati parted the raj
msnt of 4 Possumatsi Democracy
among them and shook hands under the
coat tail of Horace Greeley, across the
bloody chasm, with q pledge TO let by
cones be by cones. And til. organizs-
ton known as the Democratic party Of
Nevada to-day exists, if at all, in spite
OF these coqIetr;ss AID self surreuders
As hs, been said in this scspitulation,
the Republican party held. in 1864, When
the people Of Nevada adopted 4 State
Constitution, an almost undisputei con,
trol of the political affairs of this State
This organization had small, {rer,
small, ws belisye) nHci.us OF genuine,
free soil Republicans. and still smaller
lsaYen of abolitionists Ths main bod,
was made up Of Unionists who hated
abolitionists ard seccssiopist. alike
an as very general rule. the candidates
WON these of tks majority selected
we're As far FROM being outspoken ant
slavery men as themselves Il is mat
Ter Of history Of which tie people oi
Nevada have 10 special ri .ht to be proud
that but ono M&E raised his voice in the
constitutional Convention 10 protest
against ''tas word white" and h va.
hooted into silence. (This, TO his honol
Be it said, was our first Attorney Gen
eral, Hon. George 4. Nourse.) But thi,
organization, gotten together in the fiat
place br III. battle cries for the preserve
ton Of the Union, held true to Itself il
remarkable degree, through the MOI
trying period. of the War and of Re
construction. Indeed, the Republican
Union Party. as it Was called, preseute,
tle rsmarksble spectacle OF a politica
organization which refused to strike GU
the word white from the Constitution
even after President Lincoln's Etnanci
patton Proclamation; and again rLilt
still declining to equalize the school
laws, and defeating proposition t.
amend the Constitution of IT,. State sc
as to remove all disabilities on account
OF color or race, ratified the Thirteenth
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
And yet this party OF inconsistsnois.