Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-23
~E. WOODBURY. VoTES WITH THE
REBELS

>ional Record of January -. Ii con
rain~ report of the proceedings Of the
House OF Representatives of the day
before. Among those proceedings i
i star, meut OF the yeas ami nays on
the JET PAWS Amnesty bill The yeas
are Isl. They embrace evr~v Rebel
IN the House. The NAYS are -. They
embrace the reliable Republican
strength Of that body Among the
yeas ne find the name al Mr.. Wood
burn. lie seems rather To choose the
Southern than the Northern Radicals,
for his company. Ho WAS elected 10
Congress ov>- rebel soldier. Sill he
votes in favor of overlooking Ander-
>onville and giving Amnesty 10 Jef
Davis. Just as Colonel Ellis proba
bly, would have done Politically,
then. the Republican party Of Nevada
threw away its Congressional nominal
ton. At Winnemucca. after Mr..
Woodburn had been nominated over
Mr.. William Bishop, 4 leng time Re
publican, a prominent member OF the
party there present denounced Wood
burn, 20 u>. IA Broomrauger."
We reprehenied such i Remuneration
If = Republican nominee for Congress.
We were willing TO accept Mr. Wood
burns professions OF conversion II
Refuhiicanisin, Unqus>tioned- ito
seems to have forfeited that confidence.
Perhaps he Is a. good i :. Radical as
can be fresh made from Democratic
timber. If he Is a itepuhiican, those
whom We are willing to accept ~ the
tried and true and trustworthy, are not
Republicans. lie be .rrayed against
the =. Radicals" il net Repu b!icanisiIi
II is CopperheaiiSm, Democratisrn or
Dolly Vardcni>rn- Mr.. Wooiburu
was nominated on the " RADICAL
Platform. in a Radical" convention
and as an exponent of - Radical"
views. He has not done what the |
Radicals of Nevada had right TO !
expect Of him. As he seems TO have |
voted in such fashion as 10 please !
the Democracy. would it not be better /
TO let him look for future honors 10 /
that party:
The Pacific Mail Company have sue
ceeded in obtaining pardon from the
Hawaiian Government of James /.
Waddell for piracy as commander of
The cruiser Shenandoah in the burn
ing of Hawaiian whaling bark in the
Arctic seas. This act of the Hawaiian
Government will compel it To protect
Waddell in ease he ever enters Ha-
waIIan water. and Is threatened with
violence on account of that piratical
proceeding-Pressd dispatch.
This is a pretty hard slap in the face
Of the Yankee shippers whose ships
We're burnt by this rebel privsteers-
man. Not able 10 find among all the
LOYAL mariners Of the country Il man
for whom they had so great = liking
As for this Confederate who stands
convicted of destroying northern
owned whale-ship>, even after he had
been notified of the collapse OF the
Rebel Government, the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company cross the seas to
the Hawaiian Kingdom 10 gain him
pardon and immunity from arrest,
trial and punishment when he may
happen to land at the Port Of Honolulu.
Not 4 man who WAS true to the stars
and stripes may sail the ship that this
eauiyocatin- rebel WAS selected for; /
but the Mail Steamship Com panv hold !
the billet subject 10 she removal of his
doing il IL hard 10 keep ones patience.
We suppose, looking t'Ir tie most /
charitable side ofthis matter That the
Pacific Mail Company u",,id concili
ate the rebel power in the Hous" of
Representatives. In tho years of his
power. Senator Gwin WIS reck Oned
the strong Supporters Of this
Ce.lnanv. Doubtless il j. guided
Largely hy his counsel ROW. Sub>i-
dies are. wanted. Mail contracts are
sought: and tie power of Congress is
worth seeking for and
..reening for. The rebeis hang together.
They move ~ che man. The North
gives way to >ardijness and >elfsesk-
ing and Is divided against itself
cause is the common .ause
of the three or four score rebel sol
Tiers who hold Sca;s in the House of
The other day the
story was circulated that these rebel
lions con SressInen had said they wnnid
smash the Hawaiian treaty if Wa!deil
was not pardoned. Whether they
said So or no, they would have done As