Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-01-12
We. CANNOT AFFORD 1T.

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Republican party could make.
After the war, certain amend
ments were added to the Constitu-
ton, granting amnesty to those who
had been in arms against the Gov
eminent. Lamar, . confederate
soldier, accepting the verdict OF the
war, subscribed to these amend
uepts, inducing his fellow soldiers
10 do the same. He did this nne-
suivocally and publicly, and when
nominated for Congress refused to
accept the nomination until the
Convention had incorporated the
following plank in its platform:
Resolred, That We are opposed to
Tho formation of parties among the
peeple Of this State founded ON
difference Of race or cslor, and wc
cordially invoke the union OF all
GOOD citisens Of every race and'coior'
a patriotic efforts to defeat ct the
next election the present State ad-
ministratien and its supporters, Asd
TO secure for all the blessings OF
honest and capable government.
Certainly, tAi. does not sound
anything like . rebel yell.
In 1875 he spoke ~ follows b.
fore the Mississippi Convention:
eff any one thing is trus, the
people Of Mississippi have pledged
themselves to sustain the three
amendments to the Constitution,
and have no power or desire to
change them. They confer upon
the newly enfranchised race tho
sacred right of freedom, and their
rights are your duties. Ii impaired
BY an act of yours. your duties are
Nv that same set violated. The
speaker felt it his duty to ascend to
this high position on this subject.
Any efforts, said he, looking to the
abridgment of their rights, is
fraught with disaster and burden
and ruin to the people. The color
line vas talked of. He declared
that it would be ruinous to tho VIC
tors if . victory could be won in that
vay. It Was not right; it was not
republican. One of the principles
e Democratic government was that
al parts of the body polite shall
contribute to its support and con-
troll. Any race organization which
seeks to assert the exclusive man.
agement of country may have .
good government, but cannot have
liberty. 1t is tyranny unnixed and
fraught with disaster.
Il there anything in the above
that any fair man can object to?
The three amendments to the
Constitution came from the Repub-
lican party, and the Government OF
tile United States endorsed them.
ULamar is rejected on the grounds
that he bore arms against the North
it il . proclamation to the country
that the promises Of the Republican
party are mere hollow pretenses,
and an acknowledgement to the
world that the United States is .
nation that openly repudiates its
own Constitution.
Such an act would further solidify
the South, would drive back into
the ranks OF Democracy thousands
who arc leaning toward the Repub-
lican party, and would subject u
to the sneers and scorn OF the Old
World. We might as well repudi-
ate our bonds and greenbacks as
any clause in our Constitution. We
cannot afford to place the party OF
the nation in SO pitiable q position
The war was not one OF conquest
bat to establish peace. Were We
to- carry out the ideas OF revenge
and retaliation pushed by some, il
would be moving back the hands Oh
the dial plate OF civilization to the
time when the Huns ravaged the
face Of Europe, and the Gaul. phi
LACED the cities OF Italy.
1t might as we'll be understood
that when the Republican partl
places an amendment to the Consti
tuition it means it-every wore