Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-04
A CENTER SHOT AT THE En-
lMINeR.

less in lis investigations. That paper
as We lately showed. has made itsel
conspicuous by its denunciaiions OF tn,
Bancroft Readers, Oh the ground o
their contairin. matter calculated to in
fame the siUnberins passions Of oul
de!Uded Southern brethren. The Sac
rameI;to EscOr!- C,.iU.. seems 10 have
fred i shot into the very vitaIs Of that
exponent of rI-Con.ederate prejudice.
In Monlays issue OF the latter named
paper we have the following:
The San Francisco E.cp"in,r has IN
G-rfaken The championship II the Ne
GGfev Eea6-r- without sufii .l,ntlv in
I forming itself % their contents. and. a.
we propose To show. has hereby euian-
Sled itself in tie mos: awkward and
Inextricahle manner. In a recent article
j; observes: - II We have in our schools
series 81 Readers. acknowledged
I throuGEuE. :he country to DE among the
. best. ii not the very best ever compiled
for the purpose they serve. which have
been testedhy ti;ile and longuse, and,rbjch
ere free from tie rsRs0:aSt p0t,.trGl or Other
a'iilsiOa ,,hich Nigh. ,n"'G,d tie s9Sc,ptiJi.-
i.iss ~ arg citizen, Why Danish il and
substitute = series which i not superior,
and which IN all probability will Prove
offensive Ia thousands Of the taxpayers
al California. The italics are oUr own.
Their significance will presently become
apparent Now let il Ice remembered
that the Er,n,..s'r objects 10 the Ban
croft Readers solely because they con
tain Sheridan's Ride" and then read
this extract from one nj the pieces in
MctiGffeys Fifth Reader. which Our
Democratic contemporary has 50 fully
Endorsed aud approved. The piece is
entitled "Dlty OF an American Orator"
and will he found on page 253 Of the
Reader. We quote One theme ot
duty stii! remaips, and have placed i:
alone because Of its peculiar dignity. sa-
cr.lness and Importance. Need l tell
YOU that speak OF the union OF
these States: lie: the american or
ator discharge all other duties but
this, i. iui-eL. Il be no: impossi-
bic. with the energy and e!oquence
OF John REtlei.e. and the ii-interssted
fidelity o. Eoher. Morris. yet shall he
be eouaiei \ traitor. If lie attempt to
dissolve the Union. His name, illus.ri-
Gus as IT may have been shall then be
gibbetet on every hilltop throughout
the land. monument Of his crime and
pUnishms ant and of the shame and grief
OF his country. The speaker proceeds
20 say that II there axe persons who hon
estly believe i'll secession they should
bury the sentiment in their own breast
or breathe it only in the confidence Of
friendship. but let them lift the hand
OF PARTICLE. In the insolence OF pride or
the madness of poMer, 10 strike their
country. and her countenance in all the
severity sud terror Of parents wrath,
shall smits them with amazement and
horror. Let them strike, and the voices
OF millions % freemsn. from the city
and hamlet. from the college and farm
house, from the cabins amid the west
ern wild, and on ships scattered around
the world, shall utter the stern. irrevo-
cable Judgment, self-bauishment for life.
or iSnOmini0us death
1t is true that McGuttey's Readers
~.re published before the war. but the
extract We have quoted will serve TO
show tina, If. "a the Examiner asserts,
they are - free from the remotest polit-
i9al or other allusion which might
wound tine sensibilities OF any citizen"
the charge that paper makes against the |
Bancroft headers is mere hypercriti- |
cism. In a word, our contemporary has |
been stfaining at cnat and swallowing |
a camel. MqGutfey's Readers, though |
written before the war were evidently |
not compiled for Southern use, and they |
characterize secession far more plainly |
even than modern textbooks are in the /
habit Of doing.