Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-10-02
career, that he was unworthy of his
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ments, familiar with the classics, and
With the productions of the masters
Of English literature; had drunk deep at
ihe fountain Of political economy, and
it is said that his knowledge Of the ex-
act SCIENCES was far beyond the mass of
his contemporaries.
Yet in his published addresses, in his
debates in Congress, and in his commu-
nicatiOns to the literary and political
magazines of his time, we see no evil
dences of any undue or distasteful dis
play Of those requirements.
AS has been said of Adams and JEFF
ierson, his literary attainments, assisted
$ good acknowledgement a
natural good taste-added polished ar
NOR to native strengthened rendered
it's possessor more accomplished for ac-
ton in the affairs OF life and especially
for public action.
In a thorough knowledge of public
affairs, from long experience in the pub
lies service and in debate upon the
aoOI of Congress upon all practical,
as well as theoretical questions Of leg
islation, he probably had no superior.
He was self possessed and self poised
man; genial il is said in his temperament
and devoted to his friends.
And although in the angry contest.
which pervaded the political party with
which he acted for the presidency he
was not in the beginning pointed to as
the one choice of his party; still in the
ohsainment Of his nomination there is
no word or act of unfairness or of self
seeking charged against him.
He lived through period Of the his
tory of cur country characterized by
great excitements and strong resent
ments, and like all public men Of the
time met his share of partisan warfare.
But such is the elasticity of our coun-
trymrn, and so strong is their sense of
justice, that when the head of the
Commonwealth was stricken down
IN the prime of manhood-almost in
ahe flush of victory, and upon the eve
Of the return of that day, which is cele-
DRAFTED throughout the land, all partisan
strife in the twinkling of an eye is
Aushed, and the language of sympathy
alone is heard or tolerated.
Every citizen felt that the shaft had
been aimed at his own person-that
although different views of public
policy had induced him to pursue
different pathway, in discharging the
obligations which citizenship of the
Republic imposes, yet when the pop
MAR Judgment is ascertained and de-
eiared, according to the forms of the
law, such declaration is accepted by all
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their guidance.
There was no occasion for the surren-
der of political convictions or for their
concealment, but with one unanimous
acclaim, from rOstrum and pulpit, and
IN the public pless, the world was made
to know that assassination was not an
American crime, and that it could meet
with no c0untenance or liberation from
any portion of our countrymen, what
ever may be his antecedents or his po-
litical or party predictions.
Had the distinguished soldier, who,
to our partisan political life,
opposed our departed President, been |
chosen by majority Of the people the |
Chief Magistrate, and been stricken |
down in the manner which we abhor, |
the sympat!ies of our fellow citizens |
Hould have been cherished and ex- |
pressed to the same degree and with !
abe same frankness and truth which |
cfaracterize our utterances upon this |
sad occasion.
When we look abroad and see the do |
smestic disturbances of foreign govern
ments, the great and apparently well
grounded apprehensions of revolution,
BASED upon the curtailment of the lib-
critics of their peoples, we may well ask
ourselves: Which of these govern
Inents could successfully stand the
shock of assassination without any re-
lance upon its armies, but depending
solely upon the affections and inteIli-
gence of its subjects?
What a commentary upon our insti-
tutions and our form of government,
the wisdom OF its founders, and the
patriotism and devotion of its. citizens
that upon the occasion of the assault,
when all eyes were turned to Washing
ton, and to the bedside Of the stricken
President, and during the eventful
days, and at the supreme
when his spirit took it's flight,
no werd was spoken of arms or armies;
oniy the prayers of millions of his
that the stricken and
public serrant should pass the
,ruel Ordeals and meet with safe deliy-
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