Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-12
cANDIDATEs AND PRINCIPLES.

CANDIDATES AND PkiNCAFLES'
The Democratic Convention OF the
Eighth Congressional District has nomi-
nated JOHN w. LEFTwICH for Congress,
and w. w. VAUGHN, of Haywood, for
Elector.
We were opposed to the nomination OF
DR.. LEFTwICH; but we consented that
the nomination should be unanimous,
when the will of the majority OF the
Convention had been fairly expressed ;
and we shall in good faith support its
nominations
Oar opinions as to widening the basis
of suffrage are too well known to need
reiterstion. Until after the election, we
have nothing more to say on that sub
ieet. Time will show whether we have
been right or wrong in regard to that
matter: and the dsy will come when no
duty TO the party will require US to re-
frsin from speaking. Till then, we wait
Thst we should have prefsETed another
candidate for Congress, can be no reason
for discomfort or lukewarmness in the
support Of the gentleman preferred by
the intelligent representatives Of the
COMMITTEES of this District, whose opinion
and preference were not the same as
ours. or course we cannot, as an hon
est and true man, give any assistance,
aid or comfort, even by indirection and
ipsctioB, to either of the candidates Of
Radicalism.
That we prefer one friend OF the South,
one son of the South who is true 70 her,
TO another, can be no reason why we
should prefer an open enemy. Nor, Il
we dissent from any portion Of the policy
of our party, and assert our own right Of
independent thought and action, must
that be taken as evidence Of moody
discomfort
We could not have opposed and de-
feated the proposition to pledge the
Democratic party Of the District to un-
limited and perpetual negrs suffrage, IF
the colored voters of the State should
consent to our Acknowledgement, without
having it thrown in our teeth that We
had caused the Loyal Leaguers to vote
against Us, when by polite concessions
we might have won them to cur side.
We therefore imposed silence on our
selves, and the pledge was given. We
will wsit to see the result. We hope it
may be as many OF our friends conf
IDENTIFY believe it will.
Meanwhile, the same great questions
and vital issues continue involved in the
contest. The great National Democratic
party demands the restoration of the
Constitution as it was, as the supreme
law of the land; the abolition of mill
tsry despotism the restoration Of the
rights Of English freemen, inherited by
Us, our Iegacies and heir-lOoms of liber-
ty; the restraining OF each Department
of the Government within the CO3stitu-
tionsl limits, and the restoration of their
prerogatives TO those which have been
robbed of them by the legislation Of the
other; curtsilment OF the enormous ex-
penses of the Government; dimiuution
Of the taxation that has become too
heavy to be borne, AID one currency for
people aud the holders OF Government
bonds; and above all, the humiliation
Of ali unconstitutional legislation affect
ing the Southern States, and suppression
of State Governments thst are the
vicious and base progeny OF Force and
Fraud. OF all these reforms SEYMOUR
and BLAIR are the representatives: and
here in Tennessee eighty thousand white
men demand enfranehisement and the
end Of Reign of Terror, of extortion
and corruption, that hss no parallel in |
modern times.
Shoulder to shoulder, then; and for |
ward