Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
THE HESIGS.TIoN OF GOVERNOR
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Dy any utllci-iltS eE eE-'s"'tN =. iAn
personal 81 official acts, justified such u
course Of procedure. We should cheer
fully deal with him in II spirit Of charity.
and st,ive to discuss him III an unrariI-
IAN spirit AMI upon his zeal meriis-hid
ing ~ far as se might, the faults ct tent
permanent ami adoption which so besct
his character as to make him an almost
unavoidable object for the analysis Of
the political cIitis. but his course since
the California General Eiection OF ISL
has been Of such Ali eccentTic and IN
precedeuIed character: the wrong thing
has Teen so invariably substituted 10y
him for the right thing; he has So often
chosen to 60 out Of his Way to outrage
the feelings and trsmpie upon the usIeeS
of the party at whose hands he was
elected to the Guberna;oriaI chair: ana.
in short. he les fn"ituaNy shown II
disposition to ;Isat with absolute hautenr
aud ,iis,la.in the majority ot the Eepub-
licau patty Of California, that We are
temple, to give fu'l recognition to the
discouraging fac. that his faults - far
obscure whatever of negative vi.tUe he
is possessed o. as TO leave the latter in
total. Il not constant eclipse II Is only
too evident that Ir. Booth who notori-
oHs'y is -keptic in matters Of religious
faith. carries hj- skerticisyn lnto the
domain Of politics: aud that in SO doing
he h A. persuaded himself that promises
and pledges arr bat legitimate means
TO q given end: and th,t they ase to he /
kept or broken ns policy and circuni-
stances may dictate IN designing his
office Of Governor Mr.. Booth Is simply
breaking his p'ieLt-,l word Of honor, !
voluntarily given at Il puoi'c meeting OF
Republicans ,iurIug the canvass of 1871. /
NnoSing that on the good faith of. and
honest support by the GJrhsm wing Of
the party. of the ticket which he headed. |
depended! his election. ard regarding !
Nr. GJrham rs q candidate for the |
Uuitet, States Senate, Senator Booth. OF /
his own yolitivn, at a meeGin, at Chico, /
promised his hearers, lis party aud the /
State OF CaiIforni, that if lie were elected /
70 the GubernatoiiaI chair he would, if |
he lived to do -, serve ont his Term Of l
office. He Furthermore declared emphat- /
icallv that he was not nor would he be /
while in the executive chair. a candidate /
for the Senate. Mark his career:-Iu .
1873 when the Highest woTd iron him .
would haze ers>he,! Dolly Warden into
the Shameless 5awd of politics which
She has since been discovered to he. Il
sold the RepuolicaG party for the ha'st!e
of Il seat II the Senate CT tie United
States
Just for = hsn.ifal cf silver Il lett ~.
Ias: FOR feather "a slick IL his l.t.
At time when. il n. had had enough
of the intuition OF personal integrity to
keep his word OF honor. lie would nave
turned his back upon the temptation Of
the Senatorship, he corsorted with the
bitterest enemies Of the Republican
party. and with the infamous Sacramento
Gaj1s, as his organ and rloUthpiece, be
came the champion and leader of the
political banditti Of California who ars
saIf-styIed the Independent Party al
that state Out of this political adultery
was spawned his bastard Seratarship.
And thus il comes. these facts OF history
being duly considered, that when Sir
Booth signed his name to comInUnica-
ton to tie Secretary Of State Of Caiifor-
mia informing him II his resignation of
the G1berna.orIai otEce. he put his sign
manual TO the Must shameless written
violation OF solemn pledge ever perps-
trated by any man invested with q COM
mission to a Senstorship in the Congress
of the United States. That brief COM
municatIon Is the finishing stroke and
base fultillment OF political perjury
and tbs man leads 1.-THE reform party,
OF the Pacific coast, Pledges are moth
ing but snares; party is nothing but
thing to be sacrificed: principles are
nothing but empty piatitudes; duty is
nothing but a weary bore, and Newton
Booth. the embodiment of these rotten
antipodes to honest principle furnishes
whstSoever If commentary biS poSitiop