Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-06
dEMPHES APPEAL.
PoLITICAL srECrIArIoNs

Herald, writing from Washington
makes the following statements, which
we reproduce without undertaking e
say how far they are correct
Sufficient time has now elapsed since
the Chicago Convention to speak of the
effect Of the nominations made there
and the political prospect as viewed
from this central point.
The ticket has fallen fiat and produced
no impression whatever. There are va
rious reasons for this fact, bat the main
one is the Identification of General
Grant with the Radical wing Of the
party, and his full acceptance Of all their
| pOliev. Including impeachment, which
he advocated openly and even violently,
] as is we'll known here and as GeDerai Ln-
gan and Mr.. Judd, of Illinois, emphati
eslly declared at Chicago.
General Grant went over TO the Radi-
Gals aud abandoned his Conservative
| Tendencies last Oetnbar. at which time
| Washburne came to Washington to ar
range the programme. and General
/ Rawlings was sent West to make q
speech revealing his chiefs conversion
/ t0 the doctrines of Thad. Stevens and
the Mountain
Ever since that time he has been losing
ground, and now il even weaker than
| the party, because it is admitted that he
brings no outside strength aud eXcites
no interior enthusiasm, while old and
stTaightlaeed Republicans will bolt his
nomination as an abandonment Of prjn-
ciple.
It is absurd to suppose that C0lfax adds
particle OF influence to the concern.
Any ward politician would be equally
strong. and he is of the dimensions of a
ward politician, only raised in the cnun-
try. There are tens Of thousands of the
same class aud genius scattered over the
Union, many Of whom are vastly supe-
rior to the individual whose smmking
medinerity occupies the chair once filled
by Henry Clay.
The Radicals relied upon the success of
impeachment as their last and only hope
O' carrying the Presidential election.
That defeated, they substantially admit
the game TO be lost. Their plan was for
Stanton to organize the whole South
into q compact Radical column, to de-
clare martial law in Kentucky and Ma
rylaUd under some fabricated pretext in
order to exclude their votes, and then by
coercion and corruption to secure enough
OF the East and West to count them
selves into power. This scheme re-
quired the sid OF Wade TO make it a sue
cass. With Johnson in the White
House it falls to the ground, and with it
all the hopes Of the revolutiOnists.
Disguise it as they may, the Wade
men sre intensely indignant, and will do
little to help the ticket. Their chief has
given no such Endorsement as is pre-
tended by the Radical organs. On the
contrary, he sWears ike our army in
hnk I,
out. 1t Is notorious that the Southern
delegates, who were pledged to him,
were bought 10y the New York jObbers
at various rates, and many Of them as
cheap as the payment Of their hotel bills.
This open bargain and sale is now urged
here as a reason against the admission
OF those States by many extremists, and
IL their votes we're not counted upon in
November they would not be allowed to
come in at all.
1t Is now conceded by leading and
competent Radicals that Pennsylvania
is lost by large majority, first, because
Of the failure of impeachment; second,
because the Convention did not eE-
pressly and by name excommunicate the
seven Senators who secured acquittal,
and, thirdly, because OF the insulting
and Intentional omission Of any refer
enee to protection or home Industry"
That State IS now demanding an in-
crease of the tariff, and the foremost
politicians have written here that with
out it there is no use Of attempting
canvass, But as Congress has no idea Of
touching the tariff. fiuance or any other
large question at this session, Pennsyl-
vania il gone hook and linen u Z
The Democrats aud conservatives will
nrobsbly nominate Hancock and Hen
bricks, at New York, on the fourth of
July. They are both strong, able and
free from objections which have been
urged. Justly or Gnjustly, against other
candidates. It is imperativeiy necessary
to choose the best men and those most
likely to challenge popular favor and
confidence.
The Herald itself says:
Impeachment is broken down com.
pIeteiy. and the failure Of this process is /
10 the Radicals as great q defeat as the
ninth ThermidOr and the fall Of Robes
pierre was To the JacObins, or az great
defeat as the R0undhtads Joet with when
CroTnwell turned the csntlng rRseals out
OF doors Our revolution had fallen also,
ss fhe French Revolution did, into the
hap5s OF men OF whom Robespierre Is
tbe tvpe, All revolutions have the same
fate, Ths great men die as Air2beau
ild, or are driven from public life by
psrfy intolerance as Lafayette was, and
thab the reptiIes-the ROSeSplerEes--be-
come the prominent figures. Vain, cow
ardly, cruel, cODtempibie In every INTEL
IactlJal Rspect, these men rule for the
honr nv reason OF their very vices, and
fSen they also fall, snd their fell is a |
sicrrl that the nation is recovering its bal |
ance aad learning its true position. 50, |
with Ih,coin murdered, with Chase |
nushed IRON, his moral leadership Of the |
marty he made, with all the original !
heads OF the great national movement |
ont of the way, Butler, Sumner and 1
Stevens had their vile hour and gloried |
IN their political reign OF terror. But |
the ninth ThermldoP came soon, and |
their heads are in the ssWdust. All the |
elements they led are utterly beaten, |
and ia their defeat closes their three /
years struggle TO manage the Republican I
party. This Is party rupture that is |
irreparable; for the wise, moderate and |
portion can of course never |
descend to these wretches, Dor will they |
intermit their efforts against the victOrs. |
Satan, stretched on the bnrning mari iu |
hell, cursed in q mild and apathetic style |
they are even now venting their rage
and imagining means 10 repair their for
tunes.
And again:
At caucus Of the Republican Senators
at Washington on Tuesday morning last,
called for the purpose of selecting a Sec
retary of the Senate in the place of Mr. !
FOrney, whose resignation is before that
body, hint was given to the Republi- |
can members present who voted for An
drew Johnson's acquittal which admits
of but one Interpretation. A large num-
ber OF the impeschers refused 10 proceed
10 the business of the caucus while any
Of the recreant seven were present, and
so an adjournment to Monday next was
moved and carried. 10 other words, the |
tbirty-fve Republican Senators who
voted guilt" " on the House Indictment
sgainst johnson refuse to recognize as
members of the Republican church the
seven Republicans who voted not
. uiIty." These seven men, therefore,
nav consider themselves excOmmuni-
eate,y, turned adrift, Il
with ali the world before mon where to
choose
In the change and rifting and drifting