Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-20
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The ds6nition given to the word ''Stal-
wart" by Webster Is brave; bold; strong;
but to give IN exhaustive definition OF
the word As now used in the political
sense would DO very difficult. Perhaps
to fud q definition OF the word Stalwart
or Ssalwartism as now used. one should
90 back hundreds Of years before Web
ster's time. and take the Anslo-Saxon
meaning Of the word "Stalwortn' or
..Sielwsordh." which was worth steal
ing or taking" This old definition 10
v.ry appropriate and ftiiDg for stalwars-
Ism Of today. In fact. the man who
adopted the word Stalwart for the class
Of men who now bear that name vas
sinsularly happy in his selection.
..wor,h stealing or taking" Excellent
rs far as IL goes. but the definition IL
not broad enough. II should include
arrogance. im~pudspcs. insolsnce. pre-
sumption. corruption. syeophaney, sub
s~srvisncy. man.worship. f~uuksyism.
duplicity. and possibly murder. The
last word may sound harsh TO the better
class OF S,alwarts, bat as Guiteau was Q
Stalwart and committed murder for the
benefit Of Stalwarts. it cannot therefore
be said to DO Inappropriate. The offices
under control OF the Administration
were worth stealing. or taking" and
as there was NO other way to take them
than by murder. Guitsau committed muir
der. and the Stslwarts now have the
government Offices.
No better illustration OF what Stalvart-
lam Is can DO given than that Of the part
played by Emory A. storrs at a dinner
recently given in New York by tho Lin
coin Club. on the celebration Of the sew
eniy.third anniversary OF the birthday OF
Lincoln. In q speech made on that oc.
casion Mr.. s,orrs said: 'Mr. Lincoln
led the Republican party when II did
not tampcr with wrong. and knew no
hali.breeds in its ranks" For q repre-
sentative Of q faction OF the Republican
party that was beaten OF the Chicago
National Republican Convention, beaten
In the United States Senate. beaten be-.
fore the Legislature at Albany. and that
finally obt aimed political power only rs
the result OF q cOwardly asssssin's act.
this expression was in sipgularly bad
taste, aud shows what manner OF men
leading Stalwarts are.
Il is quito true that there were no
''Hali.breeds" in name during Mr.. Lin
coins administration. but tho leading
men in tho Republican party possessed
the same principles that the majority OF
the Republican party. known as Halt
breeds" do today. That Sumner. and
Seward. and Fsssendsu. and Motley
would have been opposed to Grantism,
or s~,alwsrtism. today il they had lived
till today, no man can doubt who knew
them, or knew OF them. They were all,
as were many other iarst-class leading
men in the Republican party. crowded
to tho wall during Grants ADMINISTERS
ton. and their places were partly filed
by the class OF men now known as Stall.
warts. Men, Of whom Bslknap. Bah.
cock and Shepherd wero representatives.
were deemed more worthy OF official
position by the Grant administration
than Sumper.a and Seward. and Fssssn-
den. and Motley. And It was because
OF acts like tho pushing nside Of such
men rs those last named. together with
the San Domingo scheme, the st. Louis
whisky ring. and similar doipgs-Stal-
wart scts-that so disguised the better
class OF the Republican party as to
cause the great falling Of in the party
vote at the Presidential election OF 1876.
Grantism. since called S%talwartism. gave
Tilden at the election Of 1916 q majority
OF tho popular vote OF about $4,000.
Tho true spirit OF Grsntism. or Stall.
wartism, was seen In its dictatorial at-
tempts, as Q minority, to override the
wishes Of tho majority at the Chicago
Convention. II was manifested after
the nomination Of Garfield In the fol-
lowing campaign by its leaders ''sulking
In their tents" until shame aud fear oil
party defeat induced them to give their
support 10 the Chicago ticket. 1t was
again seen in the efforts Of Senator
Conkling to dictate appointments to tho
President. and his resignation because Of
failure to humiliaic the President. The
letter and tbs hasiy return Of Grant
from Mexico. for the purpose Of forcing
the President to make certain appoint.
menis to office was q manifestation OF
tho spirit Of Stalwartism. And (t
should not DO suppressed the cowsrdly
murder OF President Garfield was but
the logical carrying out Of the true
spirit Of S~talwsrtism. Since the acces-
sion Of Mr.. Arthur to the Presidency.
the redistribution Of the federal offices.
the reversal OF Garheld's policy. and the
attempts to destroy Mr.. Blaine are but
manifestations Of the spirit and prin.
ciples OF stalwsrtism. Stalwartism
would change tho form Of eur govern
msnt to absolutism, or Gran,ism. Stall
wartism would rule or ruin. .
Two masked robbers were lying in
wait for Q lumber merchant at Russia