Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-07-20
THE INGRATITUDE OF ORMSBI
COUNTY REPUBLICANS.

For many years have the old line Repub
leans been told by some clarion voices that
the party deserved condign punishment for
not listening to the commands and warnings
of such great souls as were reluctant to be-
ieve that their services were not particularly
required by the State or the nation. The
momentous words thus uttered grew into the
miraculous deeds of heroism and self sacrifice
which gave Democracy such ascendency as IS
probably permanent in this county. The four
hundred odd Republicans who stood fast for
their party and their principles were then
told and are now daily admonished that thy
only hope of the party for decent and re
spectacle futurity is through submission to
the lesson thus taught, and unqualified sup
port hereafter of Railroad Dolly Vardenism.
1t is to the impartial observer undoubtedly
strange that such kindness is wholly unappre-
ciated by that solidAnd stolii minority which
adheres to the idea of Republicanisn and I'M
complainingly leaves the Democracy the dol
ing ont of such official prefermeut as it chooses
to the wishful mouthings and tailwaggings of
starving political martyrs. Human perver-
sity has, however, always produced numbers
enough of its own kind to prevent the total
surrender of the Republican party. If this be
ingratitude to that sort Of bene6cence which
takes the form of sel6shness and treachery,
it will probably remain such, and the case be-
comes practically hopeless. The conclusion
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undertake to deliver the Republican party
into the hands of such men as would give
the preference to the rebel yell as the mode
Of command, are undertaking that which is
cut of the question, and the Republican party
must suffer the charge of ingrattude to its
self styled tutors, as best 1t may. The men
who have thus far voted the Republican ticket
will undertake to stand it, and the ambitious
individuals who would teach the party some
wholesome lessons must take some other
course than voting the Democratic ticket.
That system of reliable cooperation which
is able to make the cause of wrong successful
is worthy of the attention of those who wish
the right to prevail. Where party asso
citation of men propose to accomplish any le-
ultimate human aim project, the strictest
good faith is an absolute prerequisite, and he
who betrays the faith thus reposed in him, or
is secretly traitor under the mask of hon
est professions, is no longer to be the trusted
companion of his fellow men either in council |
or in war. Honesty, good faith, and strict
loyalty to the aims and purposes of any polit
ical organization to which man processes al |
legiance, are the only things that entitle him
to any legitimate influence whatever, and the |
man who thus acts always occupies his proper
place, and in the end receives the rewards
due him so far as human affairs allow. The
man who departs from his party affiliations
upon the ground that he is the victim of in
justice, proves to the world his own hypoc-
risy, and disproves every carping complaint
he makes If this be ingratitude to those who
are increasingly making the endeavor to sell
out the Republican party, let them make the
most OF it. The four hundred Republican
voters of Ormsby County are content with
the situation, will hold the fort, and cannot
be delivered into the hands of the Rebel De-
mocracy OF their ALI es.