Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-31
THE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT.
Response of the Press of Tennessee-
No New Party Needed.
ON the Jackson Tribune. Aug. q

From the Jackson Tribune, Aug. q.
There 10 nothing so nonsensical as par
| y names, and nothing 30 liable to muta-
tion. This is known to the merest tyro
in politics, and we see no occasion for
any hubbub In our camps about the
name which shall fash upon our stand
ards Let US go forward and reconstruct
Tennessee. Let US multiply our rail.
roads, open up our farms, and by habits
Of economy replenish our empty Golfers.
Let US US build up grand State, one
that will take a high and distinguished
position in our glorious sisterhood Of
States. When this point is achieved, we
can elect our best men to fill our Offices
OF profit and trust" and the noblest as
piratiOn that will beat in the bosom Of
our people will be to serve the State.
Let US have reform everywhere.
A new and liberal constitution and
an honest Judiciary. and in fact, recon.
struction in its true sense throughout all
the departments of our State govern
ment, and then we viii doubtless have
new parties and new leaders. For the
present we stand with the hickory bark
Conservatives" and if this makes us
Democrat let it be 80. g. ...
From the Brownsville Bee, Aug. q.
Ii is no unusual occurrence to have
squabbling over the spoils after victory.
All parties are sure to want them and
they all generally claim them. In the
late election in Tennessee it was no one
particular party organization that won
the fight. We could only say "ths vieto-
ry is oursp But in view Of tho various
clements which went into the composi>
ton Of Mr. Senter's 10000 majority il is
hard TO decide who holds the proprietary
interest Of this immense victory. 1t was
simply the people of the whole of TenS
nessee giving final death blow to pro-
scriptiys Radicalism in the State. Ii
was no party triumph, in any sense of
word, but peoples triumph, glorious
and complete. The tickets with the
name of Senter at the head were usual
ly :called universal suffrage tickets"
but the principle which won in the cleo
ton was the enfranchisement of the ex-
Rebels. Universal suffrage was not con.
sidered in the casting Of ballots, by a
very large proportion of the supporters of
Mr.. Senter. White suffrage was the
principle On which the election was car
riedl Radicals and negroes voted against
it. Let party lines be estab.
lished when and where they may be
found necessary; they were not marked
in the late canvass. For our own part
we are still Democrats, and in favor of
preserving the organization Of the Dem.
Ocratic party in Tennessee and when We
have occasion to discuss political matters
we will regard them from that stand
point The little Liberal party started
over in Arkansas will not win as q ma
tional party; either Democrat or Repub-
lican. Take your choice, dear people
From the Bolivar Bulletin, August Is.
The proposition made by one or two
newspapers in this State to get up "new
party" does not take well among the
masses City papers may be, and I'M
doubtedly are, great rehectors-some>
times upon themselves-but the country
press generally indicates "the course of
the popular mind" being more intimately
acquainted with the people and thei.
wishes. In cities, the editor of daiIy paper
only eOnsults with few; in the country,
the editor talks and consults with almost
every man in his county. Hence the
great advantages possessed by the latter
for expressing the views of the masses
The tone of the country press is decidedly
averss to the new party" movement
n When we say that the peo-
pie of Hardeman county are contsnted,
and are unanimous in their determine
ton to stick to the road that we have
bsen travelling ever since the war, we tell
the truth Before the unhappy struggle,
Hardeman was the banner Democratic
county in the State; and, since the term
inatiOn Of the war, has been the most
united community that we know of-neyer
having elected Radical or countenanced
disorganizers or risky, self-conceited
aspirants to Office in no particular: We
want no new party, there is no necessity
for one, the lately enfranchised and
those to whom the ballot will soon be
given have made no promises to sell out
for a mess Of pOttage