Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-23

From . perusal Of the mass Of
newspapers during the campaign
one would readily reach the con-
clusion that simple downright
blackguardism has almost entirely
usurped the place Of argument.
The majority of editors seem to en-
terrain the idea that their only mis-
sion in the world is to pour = slop
pail of abuse and defamation upon
all opposing candidates the mo-
ment they are nominated. The
mention made of the various letters
Of acceptance will serve to illustrate
this point. The Democrats saw
nothing in Blain's letter but deme-
gogery and bosh and pronounced it
. tissue Of absurdities and false
logic. The Republican papers took
exactly the same view of Cleve-
lands letter. They looked upon
BIaine's as a great State paper"
while the Democratic press charac-
terised Cleveland's as AN able and
convincing document" Now the
facts of the case are that both of
these letters are splendid efforts;
for the American people never NOM
mated a man Of either party for |
the responsible Office of the Presi- |
dency who ever wrote letter Of ac-
ceptance which could be truthfully |
characterized as containing" puelil-
ity" or ''bosh." A letter of &C
ceptance after Presidential NOM
ination is not hastily considered
document, and as a rule after it is
written it is submitted to the lead
ers and thinkers Of the party and
every line carefully scanned and
weighed before it is given to the
public. A letter framed under
these circumstances is bound to be
something more than an ordinary
document and frequently has upon
ite face more of the stamp Of the
party, ito records, intention and
principles than the characteristics
of the man who writes it. It is
written with the idea more than
anything else of rejecting the
views of the party as to the whole.
The Democratic editors pronounced
Blaine's letter IS bosh before read
ing it, and about as many Republi-
can editors denounced Cleveland's
as a puerile before reading it. We
venture the assertion that there is
NO bosh in Blaine's letter and no
puerility in Cleyeland's. If Blaine,
Butler and Cleveland had been
boys at school submitting their as
says to the tutor of the class they
would have been marked down as
follows:
Blaine-100 per cent.
Butler-97 per cent. c
Cleveland-94 per cent.
The professor would compliment
all these upon their ability as pos n
sessing intelligence far above the
average. But the American editor
thinks that he is running a splen-
did party newspaper by seeing \
nothing good in a political oppo-
nent. This is just why SO many pa
pers are utterly useless in cam I
paign. Indiscriminate abuse Of a
man is a clear indication that the
writer is mad about something and
, loss of temper carries the idea 2
With it that the writer's veracity
has gone out also. He overdoes
The work and in all cases for moth
ing, because a man in bad temper
never succeeds in convincing any u
body and wastes his words upon
he wind. The moment you admit
some good in your opponent the 81
public credit you with fairness, and
! fair man always commands the
aspect and attention Of his listen :
.rs--a BLACKBOARD, never. :
Mr.. Jefferson Davis continues to Z,
'lunder. Why should he at this u