Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.


to judge OF its general emo ulcn the
all absorbing question from the com
mentS OF the NewGork press, received
in our reports of yesterday, which We
publish below. notwithstanding thu
adverse criticism of the journals OF
both parties, we believe That the Pres
ident pursued a wise policy in re-
framing from adding TO the excitement
which is now aGiia;ing the people Of
the nation, and which is liable at any
moment to a ~belligerent alti-
tude Notwithstanding the efforts OF the
conservative element OF both parties
to avert such a calamity. The Pres
ident evidently realizes the situation
and is determined that no act or ex.
preston of his shall be utilized as
fuel to add to the flames which are
burning more than fiercely enough al
ready. We commend his judgment,
and greet his present policy as a happy
indication that he desires. and will
assist in = just and peaceful adjustment
0: the unhappy condition OF our ma
tional affairs.
The New York Times says:
Republicans of all classes. whether
they have approved of Grants admin
istra.iou of not, would have been glad
to see him lay aside the apologetic
tone regarding the past, and u Il
49,. - l@a,.y~, ~ ,p,nrl tN tIn y-NIN
lens of the present. 1t will be time
enough to sum the result Of his eight
wears .of power when they are we
His policy during the next three
months may have more to do in de
termining the vote of history upon his
character than all the record of the
civil administration which has proceed.
ed it. For aught that appears in the
message, the country might be set
down as in a condition of profound
domestic peace instead of being. as it
is, i'll q condition nor critical than has
existed at any period since the a
How is the Presidents silence to be
interpreted? Has the Administration
nc definite policy upon the subject; no
conviction of right and duty pressing
for early and explicit utterances? Is it
controlled from day to day 10y the ac-
cidents of the day and not by some
fixed, weil-detined principles? He
owed an emphatic declaration Of his
opinions 10 his own reputation. which
may easily be miSjudged; and to the
Republican party, which is in no mood
to brook timiditv or hesitation in its
leaders; and to the people, who in the
presence OF the great emergency, are
entitled to be advised as to the princi-
pies and purposes of those who are
intrusted with the administration of af-
fairs. The Democrats will pursue him
to the end. Nothing less than some
act of party treason would win for him
forhearance at the hands of those who
look to Tilden for orders. and we will
not insult him by admitting that this
is among the possible tactics of the
crisis, which he can consistently leave to
the Republican party whose chief de-
sire at this moment is that he shall by
the infeXible maintenance of authority
in the States which the Democrats me-
mace with bloodshed and anarchy, m
spire courage in the sorelv pressed
Republica,A and s~ignalize the termin-
alton of Observation-Disclosures by a bold
viudica ion of the principles for which
re fought as a soldier. As for the
record appealed t o by the President,
it is in reality a record of his party.
New YORK, Dec. 6.
Tie newspapers are generally dis
satisfied with Grants message, as
something important was expected rOI
corning the election.
The Sen says: the message is small,
meagre and unsatisfactory. OF course
nobody expected that he would show
any comprehension Of the p~erilou>
political state of the country, or any,
thing in the way of suggestion or
craftsmanship. His closing wards eX
press the improbability that public at
fairs will I'VE again receive attention
from him otherwise than as a private
citizen, and we must say there must be
no inconsolable grief over this fact
when we see how utterly he has failed
and still fails to comprehend the duties
of his ~Ofice-the responsibilities of the
situation and the gravity of the qnes-
tons that are before The country.
The HcruM has the ~tpllOwing: The
last annual message of President Grant
is the elnpliest document Of the kind
ever sent to Congress: but i has the
merit Of being short. The President
is a man of sense. He sc0rns TO make
d pdlduo VI WHICH
have no chance of adoption or to spin
out words TO no purpose. We com
mend the brevity anu have no particu.
lar fault to find with the ~inanity of hi,
tina. message. In the earlier days O.
his administration, when his politica
party had large majOrities in botl
houses, he made many recommends
tons which were ignored or regretted
and very few that We're adopted. Why
should he continue to make idle re
commentators nOw when one brancl
of Congress is Democratic: when M
bill "a pass without the consent OF hi:
political opponents; when he can no
remain in Office to carry out a new
policy, and when i is a fOregune Ger
taintv that Congress will be engros>e(
through the greater part of this SEES
sion with exciting questions bearin.
on the election Of his successor?
a LOCAL politician authorizes US t.
say that he will pay a reward of $40,
600 for the discovery OF a single Re
publican precinct thrown out by an,
of the Returning Boards in the doubt