Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-21
THE PLANT MEMORY OF SARGENT

II has long been said Of the Bourbons
Of France. that with them. "nothing was
learned, nothing forgotten. The speech
of Senator Sargent at Oakland shows
that, in his individual case. nothing Is
learned and great deal forgotten. Inc
facts that he remembers are sadly as
torted, and the facts he forgets are, I'M
fortunately for the argument. all on tue
contrary side to the stand be takes. ne
seems to have forgotten that Lee surren-
asred to Grant at AppomattoK court
honse. April 9th. 1866. Any one to hear
him talk. would imagine the peace OF ten
vssra IN bu. temporary armistice, and
tba. the South Is ready. after the period
~ cessation elapses. to try 1t again. He
,amembers that portion OF the Shep-
herd Ring plumber in Washington was de-
voted TO pretended improvements" but
forQess to add thatall those improvements
are .umbling into chaos again. When
we visited Washington last April we saw
mono OF the Improvement" Sargent
boosted OF on the night of the 10th. We
believe he forgot to tell his ignorant audi
ence--ignorant, at least, SO far us they
swallow his assertions about tho de-
liQhtful mud banks and ankle dislocating
walks Of the Capital. OF course. all
that had the most intimate connection
with the question, who is the best man,
Bidwell, Irwin or Phelpsf but yet we
humbly confess our inability to see it,
Sargent, in speaking Of the National
debt. makes the remarkable assertion
that the great war debt that gives pre-
tense for the charge OF extravagance, with
its sl0O,OOO,O 900 gold interest charge,
and $50, OO0, 900 pensions, with the in
creased number Of officers to handle and
collect revenue, is the result Of Demo-
cratic intrigues to destroy the country.
The charge OF extravaganza or corruption
does not lie against the Republican party.
and II does against the last Democratic
National Administration, when, under
Buchanan, the nation was plunged &c.,
600, 900 in debt, and Democratic Cabinet
officers stole the National trust funds by
millions from the vaults Of the Treasury.
Though we regret to differ SO much with
Mr.. Sargent, yet we must say no knows
the national debt is not the result of
intrigues to destroy the country. That
dread incubus is the result OF intense
hatred and sectional animosity between
the New England abolitionists and
Southern secessionists, and which that
sterling, Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas,
cav plainly and strove so hard to recon-
cile, or at least avert the sad conse-
qusnces that the result proved he was
powerless to prevent. When Sargent re-
msmbered to charge the last Democratic
administration with plunging the nation
$4,000, 900 in debt he forgot to bring up
proofs, and he must also have forgotten
that throwing mud on that party will
never clean his own political skirts. But
the greatest example Of forgetfulness on
the part OF the honorable Senator, is
where he concentrates his much-to-be al
mired memory and says "the Republi
can party is opposed to unconstitutiona
interference, but has been guilty o
none" As we read this concise bu
pregnant declaration, the past melts int
airy shadows. We drink OF the cup o
oblivion, and though misty shadow
float across the brain. Of troops in U. s
uniforms driving State Legislators on
Of the Capitol Of Louisiana at the poir
OF the bayonet, though We imagine "
hear the echoes Of Sheridan's voice cal
ing the Louisianans ''banditti," thong
We see, or fancy we see, Arkansas tor
BY the rival claims of Brooks and Baxt
and Grants indecision, yet We know 7
but the baseless fabric of a vision
Sargent declares at Oakland tn
the Republican party has not be-
guilty Of unconstitutional interft
snce, and that is enough. Twelve yea
ago he declared Bidwell to be a parag
OF honor and honesty. now obscure
cords are searched to furnish evidence
fraud which, il it existed at all, was
much crime then as now. Perhaps
some future day when the scales sh
have fallen from his eyes and the pr
ent misty glamour shall have lefts
brain, he will look wondering back at
consistent assertions, and pat his p
Old pate in mourntul regret for
pranks that same brain played upon b
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