Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-25

which curing Tire Was quite
content to ride as a cabin passenger in
the Conservative boat, hardly waited
for the election returns to be all sent
in before it dropped the name of Con-
sentative and wanted to paint the
name of Democracy on both sides
and al. over it, when the majority of
the working crew and passengers de-
sired nothing of the kind.
The above from the Nashville Ban
ner is in answer to question of the
APPEAL in aIlusion to an attempt to
get up a new party to be called the
Liberal party" and which, if we
understand its position, it now dis
claims. Well, let it be so. 1t is bet
ter 10 give up what, because it cannot
be accomplished, it would have been
as well never to have attempted. 1t
is a singular coincidence that the
Banner should have been so unfortu-
nate as to produce the impression 1t
was in for a new party, at the same
moment that the AUdldRehe here was
producing the same impression.
When the Banner was taking alarm
lest the Union and american, by paint
ing /" the name of Democracy on both
sides and all over it," should do some
thing for Democracy, the Ardtmlehe
announced, in its own name and that
of the Conservative press of the State,
a great " universal suffrage" victory.
And at the very moment the Banner
was resisting that victory being made
available as Democratic thunder,
we were driven to deny that
the victory was Universal Suffrage
thunder. Is it not remarkable that
thus a tempest in a teapot should be
rafsed in both places, at the same
time, and that we should have so
much ado about nothing all " the
State2
The truth of the matter is, that the
victory was neither a Democratic vic
tory MOI a negro or universal suffrage
victory, but a victory of the people
over the proscriptiOnists in favor of
good government and reform. That
is the whole story. 1t made no capt.
tai for party one way or another, ex-
cept al damaging to Radiealism.
That, we are glad to say, is killed
| stone dead. And we claim to have
had our share in it, mainly by being
sensible enough to be silent, when our
advocacy of SENTER would not avail
so much as silence. Surprising that
the enlistment of Democratic journals
on the side of SENTER would weaken
| his chances for dividing the Radical
party, we went on, simply advocating
our time-honored principles, and, as
to SENTER, keeping still. We doubt
whether the support of anti-Radical
Journals served him much. The Union
and american seems to have taken a
similar view of the subject, and to
have e0ntented itself to ride as a
cabin passenger ia the Conservative
boat" Why is not that well enough,
and how could that paper or the
| APPEAL have rendered more efficient
| service under such circumstances?
BQt the object of the Banner seems
now to be to prevent the Democratic
party reaping advantage. y bat is TO
be made by that? If our contemporary
has no disposition to revive the dead
Wing party, nor more to establish a
s. Liberal" party, what does it want
to destroy, Feyiye or establish? Does
it desire to pull down ali, and build up
none? If it is unwilling the Qem9-
cratic party should reap advantage iq
Tennessee from the late HnpreGe=
dented victory, and does not wish TO
establish any new party, to what use
viii if appropriate the victory, and,
as a pFeeeaent, Ebat future good does
it hope to derive from it, Is A9kGrty
is left but the Radical, are We to un-
derstand he is willing to surrender ali
advantage to that, if bypOssibility any
should be reaiiz692 The Radicals are
already claiming throughout tke
North that this was their own proper
victory, and the Tennessee Radical
Journals seem to be quite satisse4 With
it. But the whole of the matter is,
that It was the peoples work, and
well did the people do it. The Con-
tinuanee or formation of parties is a
matter for the future. What is to be
done now Is to carry into effect the
behest Of the people G tennessee.
Bgt the Banner says:
/" Under the speciops pretext of haf-
mOnizing the majority in the State
with the Democratic party of the
North, when nc question of harmony,
so far a. national politics was con-
cerned, existed at all, these journals
persisted in confusing State and ma
tiOnal politics, to further the deliber-
ate design of making this popular
movement in Tennessee a party move
meat when it was nothing of the
kind"
We do not SO understand the mat
ter. We had not thought of making
party capital of any sort, much less
attempted to make any for the Demo-
cratic national party. But, when the
strange assertion was made, that this
was a " Universal Suffrage" victory,
and it seemed to US that a new party
was to he set up and made out of it,
we protested against an attempt to
weaken the only existing great con-
sentative national organization, for
the purpose of making an expert
ment with any little fractional at
fair in Tennessee. Even if a new
party was desirable, the time
seemed to US unpropitiOus for
its organization, and we believed such
an attempt, so far from succeeding,
would only work into the Radicals
hands, as it has already done. We
are now pleased to see the Banner
abandon the attempt, which, after all,
is likely to prove harmless. We are
happy to be advised that our eotem-
porary has thought better on the sub
iect, or what is still better, never en-
tertained the design. Let the bygone
be bygone. We neither charge the
| Banner with "deceiving the people of