Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-20
THE ANTICS OF THE DEHO.
CRATIC ASS.

SIStS partly OF our own Wise anu VIZ
tuous principles, and partly Of the
wrongful tendencies Of our Demo-
cratic opponents. Whenever we seem
to be temporarily despoiled Of the
fairer part of our heritage we are not
therefore reduced to want, for the
other part is always ready and mar
of Republican party triumph begins
to dwindle under the scorchiDg rays
of SANDER, and its banks are perfora-
ted by tho reptiles who crawl into the
stream, our fair fields Of power are not
therefore left to wither, tor upon them
| is turned in fertilizing measure muddy
floods from the Democratic ditch OF
folly. When the wounded king is al
most ready to surrender the scepter,
the jubilant hee-haw of his would-b be
successor warns the animal world That
a sick lion is still a better ruler than q
relentless and indefatigable ass.
There were two men in the Demo-
cratic party whose nomination at the
hands of the Saint Louis Convention
might have given us trouble. DO we
need to say that these two were Sam
uel j. Tilden Of New York and Allan
G. Thurman OF Ohio? Both were
identified with the hard money policy,
the policy of national honor and SOL
vency, the policy which has received
and will continue to receive the en-
1orsement of the massss-who are
honest at heart. OF these two Mr..
Tilden has-by circumstances he seems
to have been unable to contrOl-been
made unavailable. Ii nominated he
cannot be elected without the vote of
New York. and New York cannot be
carried for the Democratic nominee
without the vigorous and united sup
por: of all factions Of the Democratic
party, and that support cannot posi-
bly, be obtained for Mr.. Tilden. The
Morrissey faction numbering over fifty
thousand votes are publicly pledged
to oppose Mr.. TIlden if he is nomina-
ted, and these men keep their pledges,
whether in opposition or assistance.
They cannot be persuaded, they can
not be purchased, they cannot be in
Inundated. To ALLEVIATE them was
blunder in Democratic tactics, and an
irremediable blunder. We should re-
gard the nomination of Mr.. Tilden at
Saint Louis, under the circumstances,
as the very best nomination possible
for the Republican party, and this
opinion-which is but the reflex of the
opinion of Eastern Democratic mag
nates-has lately so gained ground at
political centers, that for several weeks
many eyes have been hopefully turned
toward Senator Thurman as the COM
ing Moses to lead the hungry hordes
of Democracy into the promised sac
charine and tactical Canaan OF power.
But now comes the ancient Joshua
and with one bias. of his /" FOghOrn"
tumbles the walls of his nephew's
Jericho to the earth. The Democracy !
of Ohio in Convention assembled,
have repudiated the honest Thurman
and honest payment, and declared in
favor of soft-money for platform and
Old Bill Allen for a candidate. While
his action on their part cannot pos
sibly secure the nomination of Allen |
It certainly makes impossible the
of Thurman, and must
have tendency to soften and amei.
crate that declaration of solvency
without which the Democratic party
,as not ghost of show.
OF course the National Democracy
hight suppress the capers and turn
leaf ears to the braying of their OHIO
Iss-but he is large and obstinate
Ini,nal and they will probably follow
he poets advice
If had donkey wot wouldn't 20,
Do ye think I'd wallop han? Oh /, no, no!
I'd give him some oats and say, Gee, Whoa!
Get up Seidy :"
And SO while the unterritied leaders
re coaxins their recalcitrant Deme-
ara team. the Republican equipage
will drive quietly into camp.