Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-02
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS on THE
NOMINATIONS.

NOMtN
The nominations made by the Re-
publican Convention at Cincinnati arc
variously received by the religious
press. The Independent, while ex-
pressing lis preference for eN-Speaker
Blaine, cordially accepts the nomina-
lion and promises to do what 1t can to
elect the ticket. The Methodist advl-
SEES Christians TO keep cool in the cam
paign, and not create hot blood by hot
words, but to pray good deal. Ihe
Christian Union is delighted that the
Republican party was able to avert
The danger that threatened 1t by lac
1ious opposition to any OF the io"r
leading candidates by the friends and
followers of the Others, had either one
been nominated by the Convention.
r"he nomination of Hayes and Vince
Ier was not only Il surprise, but de-
iiverence. The opposing contestants
ii! welded gracefully ard al once to
one who had excited no luminosity.
The republican party says the
Union, "presents to TIE country can
s,ilates that canno; fail to win conf
s.ence. They arc personally ire
prcachable-nOt becauso unknown,
IN: because after years of public SER
vice they have established Il reputa-
Ion for prudent management. for
honorable fidelity and for scrupu!oUs
integrity
The Chu.chuian sees no reason why
literary men who are capable should
not take part i'll politics and be elected
10 political Office. Hut it adds that no
man can serve both literature and POL
tics succc> sfullv with his whole
heart. The Jewish Messenger secs i'll
The nominations Il hope for the nation.
they are, j; says. OF special >jgniiica-
zion. They give Il ncw definition OF
availability to suit the times. The
Gentlemen selected as candidates were
chosen because it was necessary to
present names untarnished in public
or private life. The available man to-
cay is not the merely insignificant
personage who is too contemplate to
have open enemies, but the positively
homes: and upright statesman who
has been tried and found faithful.
This is demanded rs the pre- requisite.
The same influence which compelled
;he selection of Mr.. Hayes at Cincin-
,lati Will secure the choice Of an hon
cradle competitor az st. LOuiS. The
great democracy cannot afford 10 be
.epresented by candidate whose rec
<,rG is stained or whose reputation is
doubtful.
Or. Talnage. who paid visit to the
House of Representatives in wash
ington a few days ago, tells the read
srs OF the Christian at Work that he
was amazed at the slaughter OF public
men tina. was going on there. Good
men were slaughtered indiscrimi-
r,ate,y with the bad, and he instances
Sneaker Kerr as one 50 that the Doc
ror left the place in doubt whether he
had been in a wholesale butcher shop
or pandemonium. The Tablet re-
joices in the defeat Of such partisan
IS James G.. Blaine, whose claims had
TO give way to the safety of his party,
which would have been seriously en-
dangered, if not completely under
mined, in the approaching campaign
by his candidacy. but the corruption
in the government is so gross that the
very atmosphere Of Washington reeks
with the fou.est odors.
TT is great point gained says
the Evangelist. "that the whole driit
@. the national sentiment has been
turned toward the attainment, if pos
sible, of public virtue and the utter
condemnation OF all connection OF
commercial speculation with Offices oi
,ublic trust. The case of Mr.. Blaine
affords warning TO political aspi-
rants, which is rendered all the
stronger by the very explanations
and palliatiOns which arc offered III
his behalf. The lesson of the case is
that a man must avoid even the ap-
pearance of evil if he would hope to
pass the ordeal of candidacy for the
highest trusts Of the people, The
Freeman's Journal thinks that Gov
ernor Hayes, standing on tho repub-
lican platform, will be like the man
dressed in store clothes-;hey don't
Lit. The platform was made for
Blaine, and the Journal thinks Gov
erpor Hayes' first response looks as
If he might decline to wear the suit OF
clothes made for another.
CONSIDERABLE fiuttsr has been occa-