Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-09
SOME OF THE TEACHINGS OF
THE RESULT.


eide sbe victory belongs. there - but
little majority to boast Of. that tie
Republicans should fall short Of as com-
ele.e and nnmistskabls Q triumph as
they ever son, is almost as serious q
reverse ia ute. defeat itself. Let Us
look a. the causes OF this near or actual
reverse, Let Us look at the underlying
reasons Tor a condition OF affairs which
presents thu voters OF the Northern
States in tLs attitude Of people who
are too Indifferent, perye'ae or capri
ciou= 10 secure by Their ballots the civil
success their victorious aims made easy
o: ettainmsnt. To 10 this we must tam
back briefy . tbs events Of the recent
past: II 1858, the Republican party.
anxious for success at almost any prlct.
Insisted upon the nomination OF General
Grant, a reputed Democrat and person
well known to have no experience in OF
taste for political life. for the Presidency.
Tns. candidacy was forced upon him.
His great name; his eminent services for
his country and his ncceptatiiiiy in ell
the North, these qualities and Influences
elected him. He was plain soldier.
sni in .ha Effort to do the duties of his
c.ice he was not always willing 10 be
guided or controlled By ,hs politicians
who held high places in Congress and in
private STATEN. The late Mr.. Sumner
ASSUMING that he. himself, as Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
Iaiions would be permitted to shape
Grants European policy. suddenly
found that the President, though
patient and modest man. was Of An in
dependent mind and possessed certain
strong ideas Of his own. \ difference
arose between the naughty self satisfied
Senator and the very hard-hesded Pres
ident, and General Grant began to e.
perience the difficulties OF his position.
Then followed the detection of Sehurz,
o: Tilton, O; Trun5ui. and others. As
q corroilory to this detection VIE had the
scrii debates upon the French arms
case. the New York Custom House in
ves,isa,ion and the windy pedantie
cbasses Of nepoiism As preferred by
Sumner. Meantime, in Missouri,
Senator Drake had by his own ipdis-
cre,ion and hsrshness Of demesnar. pro
rcLed the movement: which eliminated
in the organization of the so-caiied Lib.
cral Republican party. Allthese causes,
finding utilization il a common eumity
70 Grant. ard the influences they moved
finding sympathy in the Independent
press. the opposition which
expressed itself in Cincinnati in 1872 in |
the nomination Of Horace Greeley. was
In previous articles upop
this subject We have spoken Q: the oppc-
si,ion 20 Grant in 1872 as embracing
ssopg its coBcomiiaIts q conspiracy |
formed by the said indepeBden, press |
whose object it was to take into its ewp
hands the governing politics Of the |
country. The Democracy made the
mistake Of suppOsiug this Liberal Re
publican and Indepeu5en. press move
ment to be of sufficient power to carry
The country, just as the South n.istook
The power o! the Northern Democracy
10 1851. As we all know. Greeley Was
gnomiuiousiy defeated and Grnnt re-
-:ected. This great victory had bafiied
ne press. Its conductors never fcrsave
,iu. From the day Of his second in
until the choice Of Kepub-
Gao nominee At Cincinnati in June
~. the power of the press WAS turned
.,-iu.t him. He was assaulted upon ali
lies. His administration Was de-
as corrupt; his sppoiu,ees were
tho South found its strongest
lily in the great influential newspapers
{ the North; the Presidents mos;
russed friaDds were Gssailed, indicted.
rrsisned; aad every oct ard saying of
is was criticised, distorted and
,alieped. 4 press protesting Republi-
Al preferences, ike the New York i
On, Tribune and Times, the Spring. r
ED Republican, the Chicago Tribune. a
% Cincinns:i Gsze,,e. the Sacramento
scord- Union and the San Francisco !
ulle.in. this most po~erful agen, pro- Z
.eded upon the suicidal sni all f.l 1
cious theory tina: the way to purify and f
tho Republican party was to r
smear, disgrace and 6enolish it i
head. Save here Il
II there minor newspaper Of but Ill u
: influence, the entire Republican press r
as cyrayed against Grant. In the I
idst Of this general assault of the '
.ess. the New York Herald suddenly !
scovered that Grant was another Co. q
z; and the epithet Of Cesarism falling :"
,on the fallow ground Of journalistic .
,tractiop. another too efficient count =
IS found against the head Of the Re- :.
.blican party. Some Of the hes, men :,