Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-13


National Democracy, and eonfemplatss throw
ing himself like a bomhsheI into the Charles
ton Convention, the experiment VIII result al
many lmilar attempts have. in'the destruction
not Of the Democracy, but Of the disorganizei
himsef.
The organization Of the National pemoera'
cy, deeply rooted in the affections Of me mass
IS, embracing p party ce-oXtensive Win MI
vast Union, hsilowei by a hundred victories
cannot be destroyed By disappointed Poht'
clans. That desperate game has been unsnc'
c~sssfully tried more than once. he patnea3
Of our party. over which we have marenec
so long in Hium b, is streyrn win the -ieacn,
ing bones Of unsuccessful disorganizers anc
tafium Guide. Their fate has always been tt
same, and their feeble blows hayelsh no sears
upon The healthy. vigorous bodyot the Nauon'
al Democracy
The Democracy OF Virginia have always
been prorerbial for their hostility to disorEan-
izing political fibustering movements against
the hsrmony Of the party. They have more
than once inflicted upon prominent plbhe men
once honored By them. chsstisements which
] thew viii never forget, for endeavoring 10 break
| down the organization Of our party.
The S-atind does not intimate whether this
suspected conspiracy against the natlonaiity OF
the Democratic party, this treason when
locks 10 breaking the solid chfysolite " o.
Il LNHNNUEHAEA Nu|N JUSTICES aAAa"NHNAN
tie South or at the North. viii our intelligent
contemporary state from what quarter OF The
Union this assault upon the integrity Of the
party is likely 10 come?
rs suspect any sane southern man Of Del be-
rsieIv seeking 10 destroy the last barrier which
ur tscis The Sonth from the Abolition hordes
% Seward, is almost absurd. To break up the
Charleston Convention, 10 practice the rule
or ruin poliev alluded 10 By the SfHtiad, is to
n----mHFa 49, and Thrust IN
less than two wears, the horrible alternatives
u disgrace or disunion upon The South. This
idea Of .sindspcndeut candidacy " means moth
ING more nor lees than the political death Of
he National Democracy and dissolution OF the
Union. Il throws the Presidential election IN
the House Of Representatives, deprives the
Democratic partyof the electoral votes Of Ten
nessee. Kentneky and North Carolina, and
leaves us a. the mercy Of the Black-Repubh-
cans and the Know-Nothings.
ia the last speech which Mr.. Calhoun de-
nvsrsd in the Senate o. THE United States, or
rather that which the diving political states
man caused 10 Be read forhim BY Senator Ma.
son, Of this State, be depicted, in language Of
fearful force and power, the gradual wearing
aWav ard swapping under the perpetual at
Triton Of slavery aritation Of an The ties
which once bound the States Of this Uuion in
political harmony and peace. The reader Of
MAX MNLuL NEEnEN OF = greet tIA EDNA AaAs
might alm1st imagine that amid The bowling,
and horrors Of sectional controversy, he heard
the cords which upheld the fabric Of the Re
public Welding TO the storm. And for years
past the perpetuity Of the Union seems to have
depended upon the preservation Of that organ
nation which has made the National Democ-
racy the last great protection Of the constitu-
uonsl rights Of the South. To this organiza-
ton, s~ofai'hfully represented by harmonious
National Conventions, does The country owe
those splendid victories which have again and
again routed the allied forces Of the Abolition
lists and the remies Of religious liberty, and
OF the homes. foreign-bom citizens Of Fthe Re-
public. To this organization have we Of The
South clunE in times OF danger. asthe mariner
clinrs 10 the last fragment of bis shipwrecked
vessel. when the darkness Of NIGHT and the per-
ifs Of the tempest have closed around him.
Behind this organization have we felt a. So
cure as does the pioneer i1 the frontier fort
which a humane government interposes be-
tween bis helpless family and 'he nerciless In
dian.
And vet. il ue Salad Is corrrc. it is this
organization which some God-f0Tssken. selfish
clique Of fattering politicians seek either to
control OF destroy in 1850. IF such an attempt
Is made. from whatever quarter q may come
the Democracy OF Virginia will meet it with
q united front, and visit upon the luckless con-
a punishment as severe as il will be
well merited-
We viii not, at a time like this. when the
preservation Of the Union depends upon the
nationality OF the Democracy, slIoW its bar
mouF 10 be disturbed and its existence imper-
lied. The Democracy Of Virginia viii not
at Charleston, any attempt 10 disor-
-anize the National Democracy. In the great
OF 1860. when the Ma I0ual Democra-
-v will grspple Sswsrd and his cohorts, the
people Of the South will tolerate no "tertium
" no disorganizers, DO =" indsPenasnt'
Presidential candidates.
The National Convention of 1860, like
an preceding Conventions Of a similar char
lcter which have assembled. viii nominate
. good, sound, conservative Democrat, and that
-andiiste, and none other. will the Virginia
Democracy support. And If, rs the SeHtinel
ltimates, &" there are visions 81 contingent in
dependent candidacy for the Presidency float
ne in ambitious fsHcies.' the sooner the am
lItious brains ca question are cleared Of such
rs7ne and idle vspors The better. Let The un-
individuals thus aflicted read atten-
lively the history of the National Democracy,
rom the dars Of Jackson down. and find how
naHv a~spirsnts. blinded BY ambition, have
ought 70 break ND the organization Of the
Democratic party. and have persisted in The at
OF been forced 20 humhly beg r~e-admjs-
ion into the party against whichtbey rebelled.
And above all, let them remember the unhesi-
stinE, unfinching devotion Of the Virginia
Democracy to the national organization Of the
az an times and in every emergency.
The ScztiHd need entertain no appreheasions,
however, OF the Vaccinations OF anv selfish
Politician beng able to break up the National
Convention, or materially disturb its harmony.
North. South, Ess. and West there is an all
lsrysding determination. with the Democracy
" the Union, 20 nominate a sound, National
Democrat, 10 resdopt the Cincinnati Platform,
md 70 throw the crushing weight Of an IN
'roken u~halsnX-like national organization
the Blaek-Rspubliean party in 1860.