Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-08
For Pre~idenG Of the United States:
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
OF OHIO.
For Vice President:
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
THE LETTERS OF THE DEMO
Cratic NATIONAL CANDE-
DATES.
For Vice President:

period of years wboss political events
form the basis of the letters of Governors
Tilden snd Hendricks, in order to frame
y response to their assertions, criticisms,
pestulstes and sophistries. Til9en's
effort is to enMssh tho mind of the
country in 4 network Of prolixities com.
posed OF sxtravasaDt and one sided
statements, the Inventions of the adroit
special pleader and the very heroism OF
eyotistical dictum. Hendricks letter is
IL 4 coarser but n1anlisr and less priS-
sish sort, while it scarcely reaches .
higher level than the aim and achieve
mept of the demagoguss Of the stump
and the ward meeting. Tiiden DISCUSSES
the vulgarity of his attitude with smooth
worn phrases resulting from q month OF
wary revision and careful polishing.
Hendricks, of lesser literary ambition
aud less sslf-glorifed by the attitude in
which be finds himself, betrays the un-
refined character of his schooling and
makes painful display of the uncouth-
ness Of his habits Of thought and ex-
preston.
In one sense-in tho true sense IN
deed-ths preservation of the old I'm
ion was not achieved by the war against
the rebels of the Soath. The American
people found themselves, after the pre-
tense of Southern Confederacy had
been demolished, in the divided and
contrasted conditions of an inexperienced
orphan who has suddenly becsms in
vested with the ownership and response
bilities of heirship, ON the one hand,
and that of prehisste, malignant and
wan.on parricids on the other-Mason
4 Dixon's line dividing the two. The
Northern representatives of this condi-
ton of National orphanage found them
selves, after the so-callsd peace of
1865, in the possession of an estate al
most incomprebensib!y vast in its pro-
portions, and encountered with debt
and responsibilities far surprising the
capacities of the Old and superseded
establishment to sustain. They found
that this peace was merely nominal
inasmuch as the PARTICLES, batiisd Of
the purpose of their crime, were still
malignant. and not only malignant, but
plotting With diabolical Industry and
ingenuity to despoil the Iightful heirs OF
their heritage and themselves become
the guardians and possessors OF the
estate they had attempted to wrench
asunder. In this alarming and unpre-
cedentsd condition OF public affairs,
without q friend in Europe to whom to
turn, With brooding bitterness in the
South and carpins treason at home. the
North set itself at the gigantic task OF
the evils that had been done,
providing for safety in the future and
meeting the enormous obligations I'M
posed by four years of terrible war
forced upon a people who had become
tanned and ennervated by prolonged
period OF domestic peace. And the dltfl-
culties Of the situation were not wholly
by these great debts and
burdensoms responsibilities. The gov
ernmsnt was surrounded on all sides by
people whose ancient habits Of thrift
had been suddenly laid aside through
~
abundance of what passed for money
As if come to add fuel 10 this flame Of
ftful proflieacy were the e1citemsnts Of
a new industry which seemed to promise
boundlsss wealth. We refer to the dis
covsries of the oil regions Of Psnnsyl-
vanis. On all sides were unnatural and
stimulants to spend money
and run in debt. Tho heir, finding |
himself freed of the shacklss of an irk-
soms restraint, was, like too many pro- |
diRal sons, disposed to give Care to the |
winds and enjoy tho luxury and tempta-
tons of An abundant supply of ready |
money, easy credits and lush times. It
vas while this unhsalthful condition
prevailed throughout the country that
the burdens of debt imposed by the
Kreat var forced themselves upon the
attention Of Congress. The nation had
been fighting for dear life. 1t must have
money at all hazards, because it must
have the men, means and munitions re-
,uirsd BY condition of tremendous war.
And while the outcome Of the conflict
had annihilatsd the whole financial
scheme and fabric Of the South. demo-
ishipe at sncs its bonds and its eur
,snev, its credit and its ability to pay its
lebts, the Government was enabled to
,orrow money onlysat usurious rates OF
interest and como to the hard terms Of
money lenders. "All that
nan hath will he give for his life," and
III that it had-its present productive
,ees and its future prospects of develop
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