Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-02


a deep interest in the outcome of the
proceedings begun in Washington
looking to the sitting OF the facts in
yolyed in the issue between Governor
Sheppard and the proprietor of the
New York SIN. sheppard as PreSi-
dent of the Board of Public Works in
the District of Columbia and the lead
ing spirit in the great improvements
which have converted the National
Capitol from the condition of the most
dilapisia,ed and filthy. To that OF the
cIeanest aud hes. regulated of Ameri
can cities, afforded a conspicuous mark
for The ,naIignities and wantOn detrac
tiors of the Sun. That paper has
heaped upon him. in an uninterrupted
stream. the most yenomous outpour
incs of abuse Of which its inspired
slanderer and editor. Dana, Is capable.
IF Sheppard hal been a thief OF tile
most insatiate sort he could not have
been asslilel with a greater freedom at
yiliiiication than he has been by the
Sun. These attacks have been con
ti.lt.ed with unr-mi,lin- bitterness
notwithstanding the public and official
fact that rigid investigation by Con
gross failed 10 discover * IaTcil a o;te
sincls blanewortlly act or one dis
honest procedure al >herpar,I's hands
There are many reasons WIZ this sun
should be pressed 20 a full and satisfy
itg conclusion. Sheppard aud Dana,
much as they are personally inter-
es.ei in is outcome. are bat small and
uniiu portant parts 81 the spectacle
The question which should lie deter
mined by 50 conspicuous trial l.,
Whether the press, TO satisfy It's con
ductors' ends, may. with IMMUNITY,
bIacken citizens character with the
color of illumination or destroy the
reputation and standing OF public
officer TO satisfy an appetite for defa
nation themselves have created. 1t
is very bad motto that the eud JUST
fies the means. MicbiaveIii held and
Davis acted upon it when he starved
Union soldiers at AndersonNllie; the
Democrats in the U. ;. Senate justified
their course by guotin. 10 themselves
its precsp:s when they deliberately
cast . wholly vludeserved stain upon
Sheppard's character; and the Sun and
its colleagues of the Independent
press alop: it when. 10 sustain and in
crease 4 money making notnriety they
give private character 10 the raveaous
wild beasts of SANDER, deiractiou and
infamy. It IS high time The character
of the license OF the press Were tested,
examined and understood. This case
should he surrounded by the rravest
OF circumstances and the severe.t
forms of trial. In Brooklyn the
depths o: pitiful personal jealousy
and unmanly elimination are being
sounded to no better purpose than the
uncovering of the astounding mental
emascula,ion which make such things
possible where two bearded men are
the chief actors. Better repetition OF
the blood atonement of the SickleS
Key tragedy than that the nasty EN-
braces of one another by Beeciicr and
Tilton. and their unnatural fawnincs
and fumblings should be given to the
world. This, the most conspicuous
trial ever taken into an American
Court V Ill dete rinine nothing, and viii
produce no better effects than demon
alization ard wholesome disgust. But
a trial which would determine the
bounds of the liberties of the press,
and establish ON a firm ami indubita
BILE basis the sacredness and value
of persona! character as related 10 tho
journalism Of the day; trial which,
when determined, should rehuhe the
prevalent spirit OF detraction and put
n bride upon professional malisners:
a trial which should make it possible
for men of independence of thought
and vigor of action to hold public
station and not be subjected to tine
wantou SANDERS of envy stimulated
ingenuity; a trial out of which the
true province of a experimenting and
influential press should come duly