Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-29
Another Disguised Republican.
A BELMONT CORRESPONDENT KICKS THE
STUFFING OUT OF DAGGtTT ANO
THE BLOODY SHIRT.
WHO SAVED THE UNION? NOT THE
LEADERS OF RADICALISM
IN NEVADA.
BKLmoxr, October Is, 1878.


Enron SENTINEL, You had a letter the
other day from this place, written by "a
disgusted Republican" Whoever he may
be, or whatever his name, l beg to assure
you that he is not the only one in this Sec
ton. Whenever our Republican speakers
have nothing better to offer than abuse Of
those Of our everyday neighbours who may
chance to differ with us in matters Of
politics, l think it is time for us to pause
and see If there are not live issues in.
volved in the canvass which claim and
deserve our serious consideration. ! know
Of my own personal knowledge hundreds
Of Democrats who are to-day as loyal, and
who will 60 quite as far for their country
as an equal number Of Republicans.
What folly, then, to talk Of disloyalty at
this late day. 1t so happens, also, that /
have never seen one Of these rampant
~bloody-shirt fellows who could show an
honorable discharge from the Union army.
Nor have l seen one attempt to explain
why he did not fight for the country which
he now seems but too anxious to serve.
Two years ago we listened to the Hon.
Thos. Wren, in the same room in which
Daggett and his automatic machine, Bar
tine, disgraced the Republican party last
week, and heard him (Wren) a the
broad assertion that ''one-haIf the Dem
ocracy fought in the Confederate army,
while the other half remained up North
aiding and abetting them, and when asked
by an honorably discharged Democratic
Union soldier, who carries scars from
many hard fought battles. if he would not
admit that there might have been one loyal
Democrat, he tWren) said. mo, not one."
Then we looked at u County Republican
ticket and found but n solitary Union
soldier with a nomination. Turning to
the Democratic county ticket for the same
year, we beheld the names of no less than
four Union soldiers. This opened the
eyes of a good many of us, demonstrating
as 1t did. that we were on a cold trail in
longer rallying under the CORY rag. The
present welfare of the people and country
deserve consideration. Let the dead past
bury its dead" If the Republican party
is, az | have always believed, a party Of
progress, it should live in the present and
not go prowling about to see what hap
pened twenty years ago. There is nothing
in that. We must grapple with the para
mount issues OF the day or go of and die
as a political party No political organiza-
tion can endure permanently ON past
achievements. We must address ourselves
to the wants of the people now, or quit. 1t
begins to look like we might be compelled
to accept the latter alternative. Certain it
is that we cannot make Roadway any longer
under the e~nsanguined banner. In the
present campaign in Nevada we have been
so wrapped up in the bloody garment that
not a Republican Convention in the State
has dared to indorse the course of Presi-
dent Hayes. Why is this? Il ne not max
ing a good officer? Has he not settled a
question that baflied the wisdom and
patriotism of his predecessor Is more
rect and worthy Of the support Of
every true Republican Sentiments like
these, written by me to some Of the Repub-
iican papers of Nevada, never appeared
were. in fact, suppressed: Hence it is that
l address the SENTINEL, knowing it to be a
journal that gives everybody q show"
| would, in conclusion, like to say one word
to the Republican State Central Committee.
1t is, that we want no more blatant bloody
shirt screechers like Daggett and Bartine
in Belmont. They do naught but injury
all the time, and are driving hundreds Of
sensible Republicans over to the support
OF the Democracy. Send US straightforward
statesmanlike orators whom We will not be
ashamed to introduce to our friends and
lndorse as our candidates. or send US none.
ANOTHER Discussed REPUBLICAN.
fNorE.-0ur correspondent is informed
that there are non Of that kind Of orators
left in the Republican party. He is also
informed that Messrs. Daggett and Bar
tine are under engagement to the Democ-
racy. until after the 9th proximo.-ED.
SENTINEL