Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-29

AT the meeting of the 18th, held at
Jackson, Mississippi, to ratify the
DENT nominations, a discOlored ora
tor from Memphis was introduced,
whose name was HARRIS, and the
chairman in introducing, called him
ga gentleman 81 far as politics is con-
cerned." That definition is quite
original in Mississippi, we should
think, though it has been practically
adopted in some other places. 1t is
rather difficult to tell at this distance
what our neighbOrs of that State are
doing, or how to class them, except
on the same rule they have adopted
as to HARRIS, that they are all gen.
tiemen $50 far as politics as concerned"
We are not able to distinguish them
very clearly by the names they adopt.
The West Point Herald, which is neu-
tral among them all, describes them as
follows:
There are now three political parties in
the field, viz: The National Union Re
publican Tor those who propose adopting
in full the State Constitution thai was re-
ieeted last year, and also the adoption OF
the Fifteenth Amendment) another party
consists of those who wish to defeat the
State Constitution and to reject the Eff
teenth Amendment. This party is dia-
metricaliy in opposition to the first in eY-
cry respect. The third is called the Ma
tional Conservative Republican party,
composed OF those who propose TO occupy
a middle ground with reference to the
other two.
The first of these, or the National
Union Republican, is the DENT par
ty. 1t supports negro suffrage, and
the Fifteenth Amendment, it bends
the knee to Congress and Gen.
GRANT, and pledges them "unwaver-
ing support" dominates a carpet
bagger for GovernoE, a negro for Sec
rotary Of State, and, in the Northern
district, a ~confscator and HELPER for
Congress. The Walden Times
apologies for putting this
ticket at its mast head on
the ground that "there is no
possible chance for a true 'couserva-
tive white mans ticket" and the
Grenada Sentinel is disappointed. The
situation is an ugly one, and we do
not much wonder there should be
some murmuring. What is gained by
taking the negro, GRANT, and the
whole Radical Congress down at one
huge gulp, that ALCORN and his party
will not concede you? We won here
with SENrER over Stokes, but we
never avowed SENTER's principles.
We would as soon have avowed those
Of Stokes. Indeed, we would rather
take Stokes or ALcoRN either. out
and out, whole hog, corn, barrel and
all, than be placarded SENTER sem
tinels, OF submit to be spurned by the
master at whose feet we had fallen.
What cat there may be in the Missis-
sippi meal-tub we may not BE able to
e But if any good comes of avow-
ing principles not believed, and fawn-
ing in the face of power, it will be a
new thing under thesun. We should
as o exPecttO escape the torture by
sniveling beforea council of Comanche
braves. So far as men are concerned
DENT is no better than AIooRN, and
their principles are all the same, ex-
cept that the former ~conceals his, and
the latter is frank and outright
enough to let every body know
what he thinks and intends.
The Convention seems not to have
been very critical in examining the
character of its candidates, or it would
not have been caught by Mr.. CARPET
KELLOGG or Mr.. MULATTo SINCLAIR.
The Mississippians have not been ac-
eustomed to obey the rod Of a master