Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-25

notwithstanding this lamentable short
coming, where shall we look fol
material out of which to-. organize
new national party The
Northern Democratic masses are moving
they constitute compact mass, while in
the Southern States, if all the elements
opposed to Radicslism were united under
one party name and with one party shib-
boIeth, it would be of no future avail, be-
cause it would be sectional and not ma
| tional. With whom then can we act, other
than with the Democratic party of the
| Northern States? The strength of that
party was we'll developed in the North in
the last presidential election and but for
Acknowledgement and federal blyonets,
would have shown itself in formidable
numbers in the Southern States. But
where is the necessity now of talking and
writing about federal politics at all? The
election of 1872 will re-kindle the fires of
party soon enough. In our State govern
ment we have enough to do if we do it
well, 10 occupy our attention for the next
two years, without troubling ourselves
about party names or federal politics.
But while we do not feel any better
right TO call ourselves par-excellence a
true Democrat because we once loved that
political or partizan eognomen, than the |
honest Wing or American or Republican,
who believing in free government and the |
sacred pledges of our old time.honored |
written constitution, nevertheless, now and |
at all times if our views must be called |
forth, either privately or as a public jour- |
nalist, we cannot better express them than /
by copying the following language taken
from the Memphis Ledger: %
"If peace and liberty are ever re-
stored TO the country, it viii be done by
a return to the principles of our FORE
fathers, and that will never be done
while the present dominant party re-
mains in power. All parties opposed to
Radicalism must unite for its overflow.
Some of the issues of the past are dead,
such as secession, slavery and many
smaller issues, but republican Democrat
lc principles are not dead, and cannot
be throttled, either by open enemies or
friends. The time is not far
Instant when a Democratic party will |
weep the land and drive from high |
places those who have degraded their
,fhces and violated the sacred articles of
he constitution"
From the Jackson Tribune. Aug q.
We shall stand with the men under
whatever name they fight, who resist
he encroachments Of Radicalism. Our
'olitical textbook is the old constitution,
S interpreted by our fathers, and we be-
ieve that our only safety lies in strict
obstruction Of that instrument, and we
hink the best definitions Of the powers
f the federal government are to be found
4 the resolutions of 1898, and we OPP
ose, in the language of those resolutions,
ny effort that tends to consolidate the /
tates by degrees into one sovereignty,
he obnoxious tendency and inevitable
esult of which would be to transform
he present republican system of the
nited States into an absolute, or at best,
mixed monarchy" We want no legis,
Ition outside the constitution. In Ten-
essee there is great work before US.
ur State authorities have let US slide on
ito the regions of anarchy and bank
lptcy, and we must return to our moor I
lgs We must have new rulers and
ew order of things, and if this evolves I
new party let it be so. 80.