Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-09
poL1rICAL PROGNosrrCArEONs.


TUESDAY : : : SEPTEMBER .. ls7s
POLITICAL PROGyosrTCArEoNs
One Of III, reculiarities Of America is
that we possess a good deal Of liberty. and
little fraternity OF the first We have al
that we can use with reason. OF the sec
ond we are as yet a little afraid or tAa
last We talk a great deal. while We practice
it with great Difference to self II we has
less liberty. we should prize it more J.
We had more equality. We should bosstle<s
And il We were more fratrnal. polidca
conflict would never rise higher than .
gentle breeze. None but q ~good-humorf'
people would tolerate quadrenniai elec-
tons; which not only tusrulse the nafioi
from center to circumference Tor 81
months OF active campaigning. but das
temper every hour Of life. beset fsuas, cui
tivate ranking animosities. and I'LL tn
business world with alarms One cam
paisn closes to make room for specnlaflons
touching another. Here We are nsver a;
peace With GU. selves. There is a gres
noise of conflicting opinion, and risins
above it. to the great confusion Of all, "
alvays hear the tonl-.onss OF ambitious
leaders calling their cohorts togethsr 10
the next heat. The man who has not al
ready settled the question Of the candi
dacy in 1850 must be sought in vain Tn
politicians, who are only pawns on th.
great chess-boArd. but who fancy them
selves knights at least. settled the matte
to their own satisfaction long ago. Eac'
has his favorite upon whom be is putting
his money. Ask any one OF these gentle
men, and he viii assure you that the heie
il made up.
But the Ee,d Is not made up some o
these jealous persons may be backing ths
right horse, but al CT them cannot be
Some must be mistaken, Of course Ii i
too early to say that any 4 Of them
right. Let US take into consideration ths
fact that sometimes the persons who "h
things awake some day and end tia
things are fixed altogether in . difssren
way. Sometimes it happens that politics
managers go into = convention loAdec.
cooked and primed. and never get a chana
to shoot At all. That was what happenes
in 1850. Again it happened in 1854 Again
in 1865. and still again in lsT2. What has
happened several times nay happen again
However sagacious men nasy be- sherei
not 50 szgaeioaS IS to be able to pre-
dict who the candidates o. eithsr part
will be in 1850 w~irhxnything like certainty
The truth is that tie sentiment Of TIA
masses is bound TO control NOT only tbs
candidacy. hat the award Of the prize. Ths
people will ihemselvss poins cut the mar
to whom they are willing TO entrust TIT
destinies o. the Nation Tier viii selecs
him with nns-ring instinct. and the man
aging men viii not revolt Before TIL
Conventions meet. The whole matter vii
have gone bfsAi compliments and com
promises
Men Who conceive. and whose frie16s
conceive. that thsv have -c,zins.- viii
study their interests By : waiver. Not tbs
man Who thinks he las claims upon shs
people. bat the ma upon whom the pespls
fe=i and knou that ihsy have clximes1ci
man Is almost certain 10 carry e1 The
nomination OF the Democratic rarfv. Ths
Presidsnt-maker has vanished from Il {
stage Of American rolisie-- Perhaps ths
nast powerful uoldsr Of public opsninn,
On . large scale. who ever figured in fhi.
country EAs Horaas Greeley. He saz .
privileged persan. who never Aatssr~d any
body bat himself. Tie people rallied wbe
be encouraged them. but they did not fxll
Array when be sesrrsed then. In s fa,s
hour he undertook to farce p1blic sent
nenr- Tas rssalt is . matter oil h:ssorv
Smaller mea may take warning By kss safs
which was also tbs fate Of Thousands sAu
inflated him ia thai supreme blunds- 81 4
LIE TAs wise nan waits. alxAys sxx-s
tat eoisectivs wisdom is Of higher Grade
than any Other Bus the biggest fo0l Of al
i he Who thinks il possible 70 hlab Kny
EAa i1so or cat Of The P~re$aAzncr.