Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-17
POLITICAL PARTIES IN TEN
NMEEgEE.

nrsseut perfect suspension, il not complete
oblfterston Of old party lines and Preudiees
AZ formerly existing 10 the slave States. he
ancient party shibboleths, having fulfilled
their missions. have faded into insignihcanes
before issues Of mighder import. A broad
and comprehensive esthOlicity Of feeling, and
a mutual tolerance Of minor differences upon
mere questions Of policy, now pervade the pub
lie mind OF our people, ana one question Of
rsrsst moment, Ike AARoN's serpent, swallows
mn all the rest. This yiclssitude is rendered
obvious by a recurrence to the startling incl
dents hat have 50 rapidly crowded upon Us
for the last few months. The Government,
under which we live, 80 far from performing
its functions OF establishing justice aud seeur-
ing exact equality to all sections, has become
4 stupendous engine Of oppression, which,
under the inauspiclous guidance Of = sectional
intolsrant and bigotsd faction, promises insv-
itsblv to be used for the sggrandisenent Of
their own interests at the expense Of the
South. In fact, they have dshaBtly proclaimed,
a. thsi .uture programme Of action, q syste-
matte and vigorous crusade upon an institu-
ton, which il 90 closely and indissolubly
linked with the social, industrial and CONNER
eisl vitality OF our people, asnot even to admit
FOR one moment the agitation Of it's abolition.
Remittance to this h4gitious project was, from
the moment Of its development, the war-ery Of
the south from the Potomac to the Rio Grsnds.
AdHHsrenee as to I" the mode and measure +"
OF that resistance constituted the only dividing
line between the respectable and solid portion
OF Der citizens, and necessarily gave rise to
two parties,s known as the immediate and
the Conditional standardization, if any,
having 50 little principle as to avow themselves
for abjsct and unconditional submission.
So soon a. the triumph Of the immediate Sc
esssionists in the cotton States was hersldsd
through the country, and it became 2 fEedfset
that they designed Withdrawing permanently
from the Federal Union, the Contest in Tennes-
see and other border States began to wax
warmer, and party rsneor was allowed to enter
the councils, and dethrone the raason Of our
politicians. In the heat Of discussion the pro
fessed advocates Of the co-opsration policy,
swaysd BY a lust for victory and bent On sac
cess, whether BY means fair or foul, allowed
themselves to be led of By false lights into the
eusgmires Of partissnship. In an evil tour
they turned the batteries Of their vituPeratioD
upon their brethren Of the South, and sought
to countsrvail, BY specious apologIss,ths strong
array Of evidence which went to make up our
Indictment against the people OF the North
While diligently esssying to mask from the
gaze Of the people every villainous feature Of
Blaek-Republiesnisn, they made marked aud
strenuous efor-s to paint in the colors Of dark
est gloom tie future OF the new Republic.
Popular indignation at first frOWning upon the
unnatural ISLANDERS, begottsn from the womb Of
passion, piqus and prejudice, would have over
whslmsd their authors with the fate which
their conduct 50 richly msrited, had they not
inesnisusly offered an sntidote Of promised
onsvolution," in the event The ultimatHas they
contemplated Offering should fail to be speedily
accepted. As the advocates Of a policy Of
procrsstinstion, and yet under the positive
pledge Of secession, in case additional guar
antses for southern rights-eould not be OBJ
tanned, they went into the contest before the
source Of all political power, the people, and
gained an overwhelming Endorsement Of their
alleged platform Of principles. So soon, how
ever, az the laurels Of victory had been Won,
the last for Office prOspeetively viewed CON-
nsneed to shape their rough-hewn ends, and
solidify their plastic principles; the pledges Of
other days were forgotten, and The people were
made he facile oupss Of designing politicians.
A triumph secured upon a false Issue
and a basis Of hypocrisy, is sought to
Be prostftuted to purposes Of psrtisanshiP and
Of sslf-promoton. A political organization
IL thus i~naagurated, whose ineongruous els-
msnts are held together by that most potent Of
all ligsmsnts, "the cohesive power OF public
plunder.1 It's leaders now in the federal
councils, not above suspicion in the past, are
lending new confirmation to the charge Of re-
ereancy to the South every day Of their lives.
CosEed. fsttersd and whesdled by the unprin-
eiplsd parasites OF the Administration, and
unrebuked in their reckless tTeachsry owing to
the absence OF southern representatives, they
are ienorsntly drifting into the putrid pond Of
Black spubliesnism. Commencing under the
leadership Of ANDREW Johnson, with a blus
e. sering threat Of contingent resistance to the
aims Of sbolitionisla, they now appear the
passive and fawning sPologists e a party TIL
unphant upon tie odious principles. Theyde-
sire to lead the people into the meshes Of IN
conditional submission 70 the powers that
bs.D The press Of the state are in many in
stances speedily, though stealthily, preparing
tie wav to echo the watehword Of these Polit-
zeal imposssrs. They propose to organize e
party 10 Tennessee, whose paramount Object
win be to fasten our gallant state as the eau
dsl sppeDdsgs to a abolition Confedsraey-
Always with fair promises Of resistance On
their lips upon certain indefinite contingencies,
they srs every day furnishing an accumulation
Of proof that those contingencies shall never
be allowed 10 happen. They have 20 far made
no tangible embodiment Of their political prin-
ciples, except in the form Of prOfessed neu
fraIlv in the contest between the Secession and
the Blsck-RsPubliesn parties. Delay is what
they have sought, and "hssty action what
they pretended to dsprseate. Their principles
have been unstable, eFaneseent and subject to
modification every day Of their existence, there
being nothing positive or permanent sbou'
them. Their weapons Of war have been
what they now sre-revamped ISLANDERS uPor
the integrity Of the gulf States from the col
umns Of freeson journals, and strained apollo
giss for the shortcomings and even the iniqui-
tous sgEressioDs Of the party in power. Ben
upoa a given end, they seem to iBdorse The
iesultical maxim that the end justifes The
means.
But events are fast thlekning around u
which viii strip this pseudo-soutberD party Of
lie plausible subterfnges in not facing the true
issue before The country. The time is drawing
near when there can be no HeutralAy-When
TIE supporters Of an unconstitutional Unior
must Of necessity be the supporters Of The
freesoil faction which dispenEss its Offices
when the issue las i. is) Of a choice between
the North and South will be presented directly
TO the people Of Tennessee, stripped Of al
euuivocstion and contingency, and men mus
rally beneath the banner Of southern indepeB.
dsbes ss the sole alternative 10 defending The
foul heresies Of Observation-Disclosures. It will
be impossible to seek refuge from public seOu
behind projects for procrsstinstion snd delay
No vain dslusion Of exiortiug justice from op-
preston, snd equality from despotism, can be
used as false beacons = allure tie honest yeo-
many Of the land into the fatal SHARES Of free.
soilism. There must in course Of tine, W
repeat, Be but two political organizations ii
our midst. Every son OF the South, who does
not adhere 10 the northern Administration al
Washington, must rally to the support Of ID,
southern flag which now proudly floats from
che dome Of the capitol At Montgomery.
STATE CONVENTION OF THE Sc.
CEsSION PARTY.
Our ~eotemporsry o. the ApalGnchs suggests
TIE frst Monday in april &c a suitable day
FOR the Secession party in the various counties
q the safe to elect delegates to meet In
general convention At Nashville, Con the frsI
Monday 10 Msy) to omina a candidate FOL
governor. We concur with the .AUalanehe a.
to The propriety Of The time mentioned, ant
would snioln upon The friends OF the souti
thronrhout Tennesqee tie necessity ~ res,o,a