Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-13
NBEPENBENT CANDIDATES FoH,
THE PRESIDENCY IN 1850.

From tie Richmond VL1 Examiner
"In a recent issueof the AlsXandHs Scafiaal
one Of The most prudent and able Democrats
journals in the South, we fnd The following
significant laneuags " We verelF believe
there is a D rpose. II there shall prove 10 be
hope o. successful result, 10 break up the par
" at Charleston, it it, councils cannot be con-
troiet, and its actions dictated. We believe
that visions Of contingent Independent csndl-
dacv are now floating IN ambitious fancies.o
The source from which this iutimatou comes
entities II 20 respect. Ana yet. we can scarce
ly credit the possibility Of treason 90 revolving
and maustr0us- The very idea Of dividing our
party, az testrovfng its organiLstion and Of
denstionslizing ae Democracy Is hateful 10
the conservative Democracy Of Virginia.
There never WaE In our opinion. : period
10 The history Of the coenlv, when 10 lie
dearest md most vital interests Of the South
more imprrstfveiv demaried th4 close frater-
nal union Of the National Democracy than al
this tima. There nerer was a tine uhrr non
rlar indignation wsuld more severely punish
The attempts Of selfish politicians 20 destroy
that organization than At present.
The Sentind entert7ins the opinion thai The
. proposed blow al the integrity Or he National
Democracy viii be aimed in the Ch7rirstop
Convention. While We hope and believe that
no sush treason as that alluded 70 hv the Sru-
find is being secretly concocled, and that the-s
does not exist in the ranks IF our party pori-
dcsl Lucifer 81 fallen snddementaA ~ o con-
Template en- actfraueht With 50 much misefiaf
g Is necess1ry That the Virginia Danoe-a-v-
should gusrd against sHch contingency. from
whatever quarter d NAV come, and however
remote and improb1ble such a conspiracy
may Be.
The Virginia Democracy expect 10 sb5s+bs
decision OF the Charleston Convention. THev
d. not believe, nor do they care 20 listen 10
those Who insinuate the suspicion. that the re-
nresentatives Of the National Democraev win
nominate a candidate Unworthy Of The wpp5-f
Of The NirEi ia Democracy. ExreHeBcs
caches Us that no National CoDveutfon ~ ~.
Democracy has e dominated a candidate VIZ
was untrue % the south. Nor have they ever
IN rsHedupan our platform Of national pr n
eiples a Doctrine Whfee did not meet the an
ur0vai n Tie slave States. The no-fbe--
Democracy have, during the lsst 6ye go
fuTniEbei he South with The most eon~i.s
and saufactory eviden-es OF their devotion a.
our constitutional rights. In 1855. rather than
desert us upon the question II the repeal 81
he Missouri Compromise, upward OF eiyhfv
northern Democratic Representative in con-
g-ess sui red m~srtyrdom az the hands Of ne
blaeK-keDubiiesns. And the whole Of ne
hofuefn democracy, since that tine. has been
oonsls1enilY faithful 70 The South. They have
ilIlisI Ene most captions and
susplelons with The 81 ghtest room FOR suspacf-
ing leir Aaehty 10 1860. There exists. IN ar
opinion, DO greater reason FOR Inc e,rfb F.s;-.
ing an Independent csnSidacvr pov So
IN lS4i24s]52 and sc. Indeed - s.f.-5
Of theHo thern Democrscy is Far more ro,so-
Fative and States-Rights now, upon everv ores-
ton RESTING 10 slavery, than Il lime 80.
AZ an instance Of this, look al De nobls 81
Ade Of the AeW York Democracy, wbe-e s.
mour and Dickinson represent a unitei nsrty
willing and anxious 70 defend the rights al ~
South. There never was. IN odr ouinion
time when the Virginia Dellocrscy would mors
untedig, terniy and firmly oppose this fisor-
gsnizinE, suicidal idea Of an indeDsndsn+
President al eaniidste, disturbing the boso-
Of the Democracy, tia now. Indeed. wbeT
we frankly admit that We cannot think Of sDrb
. thing without a feeling Of Indignation. 81
believe that we represent the unanimous sen
dment Of the Virginia Democracy. The
nominee o. the Charleston Convention wiz
receive the support Of the Virginia Democracy
because we feel assured that the Natiof al De
mocraeY, heretofore true 70 the South, will not
desen ~ in 1860.
II aa the Senfind intimstes, some u~nforiu-
rae asPirsnt blinded By ambition, eontem-
Piaiss q TIT against the organization Of the