Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-25
THE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT.
The Voice of the Tennessee Press-NO
New Party Needed.

II. The Voice of the Tennessee Press-N
d. New Party Needed.
of From the Clarksville Chronicle. Aug. 81.
In Our State exchanges come to us fillet
lg with discussions as to the formation of
"a new party. We have given some atten
8 ton to the arguments pro. and con-, anG
!, must say that we have failed to discern
q any necessity for the formation Of new
r party, or indeed any propriety in such 8
/" step.
l. The Nashville Banner and Memphis
q | Avalsnche-both supposed to be favor
!, able to Mr.. Etheridge's ASPIRATIONS to seat
a in the United States Senate-are regard
0 ed as friendly to the new party moves
, ment, whilst other journals, esteemed
;; not unfriendly to Andrew Johnson's
aspirations, seem rather to discourage
! the idea
But who wants new party, and what
are its objects? There seem to be GER
tain men who, at this particular juncture,
are unable to find any party just suited
their manifestations politicians who
propose to form a new party for their
special accommodation and convenience.
One great difficulty in the way, as it oc-
ours to us, will be to find members for
the new party after it is formed. From
what source is it proposed to draw the
materials for the new party? How many
Democrats are so much dissatisfied with
the Democratic party as to be willing to
leave it and embark their fortunes in the
new craft? How many Republicans are
30 disguised with their party as to desire
a new organization? How many voters
are there outside of both the Democratic
and Republican parties whose scruples
forbid an utilization with either? These
are important questions. Who proposes
to answer them? 1t is very certain that
the new party must draw its recruits
from some or all the sources suggested.
Composed Of the fossil remains Of sew
eral dead, and the disappointed office
seekers of the two living parties, the new
organization in numbers might be a
| respectable tea party, but party in no |
other conceivable sense, and might, per-
haps, be able to muster recruits enough |
to ill the Offices, but the voters would |
be exceedingly lonesome. What would |
be the status Of a Rebel in the ew
party Would he be taken by the hand
as an equal and gentleman, or would
there be tests and Determinations, re.
quiring him to take a back seat and re-
pent Of his sins, while some good Union
man, without the nerve to shoulder
musket on either side, but with an eye to
business, which strained itself anxiously
to discern the winning side, went forward
to wear the honors and gather the emolu-
ments of office? This question it is, Of
course, impossible TO answer, unless we
knew the quarter from which they pro-
pose to draw their members. Perhaps
the anticipated influx of coolies may have
something TO do with the new party move
ment. Who knows Unless the new
recruits come from abroad, we are sadly
at loss to know where they will be
found.
But, jesting aside, we were born a
Wing, and raised within the pale of that
grand old party. We yield to none
in our reverence for its memory,
its history and its traditions. We were
with the South heart and soul in her UNI
equal and unsuccessful struggle. We
yield to none in our admiration Of the
/
spirit that bore her through tho struggle, 4
and the sublime patience with which she
has endured the taunts, the humiliations
and the obloquy with which victorious
enemy has seen fit to visit her. Remem>
bering the source from which those at
tempts to blacken her name, disgrace her
cause, degrade her leaders and falsify her
history, came, we say with all our heart
we can walk into the ranks of the De-
mocratic party, and, with all thestrength
that natures God has given us, aid in
striking the blow that shall lay the Res
publican party low. When the war
closed, the Democratic party took us
by the hand, invited US to
seats in their conventions, considered it
no dishonor to be found in our company
and boldly advocated the constitutional
rights of our dismantled States and disa
franchised citizens. ARebel in the ranks
of the Democratic party can feel that he
is still an American citizen. But let the
South never forget the course of the Re,
publican party towards her States and
citizens. She owes that party a large
debt-not on account Of the war, but on
account of the treatment we have re-
ceived since the war and by the blessing
of God, and the aid of the national DemoN
cratic party, we expect to pay that debt.
The South owes it to her own self
reSpect-to her dead heroes-to her glo.
rious history--at once (without wasting
her strength in vain and futile attempts to
form new parties to suit dispeptic and
superannuated pOliticians), to march in
one solid and unbroken column to Join |
the grand army that is now in the field
fighting the battle of constitutional liber-
ty. Here is an army of veterans, with
all the appointments, arms and munitions
of war, fighting with heroic courage in a
battle, which, when won, will give us
our true status in the government, and
disarm our malignant and .nveterate
enemy. They call on us for REIN
forcements. Shall we march to their
relief and our own, or fold our arms
and waste our time and throw away our
opportunity in gratifying senseless
prejudices, and in ridiculous and abor-
tive attempts to form new organizations?
Let the old Wing who is unable to join
or act with the Democratic party, be-
cause he don't like the name Demo-
crat," go to the Republican party, ifhe is
after a name and likes that name better
There are great issues to be met-great
questions to be settled, and men have
more important matters to attend to than
humoring the whims of decrepid politi- [
clans and forming new parties for their
accommodation Party names are
nothing; parties, as such, are nothing;
but the eternal principles of justice and
liberty call aloud to US for help. Let us
stand not upon the order of our gOi ng,
but 90 at once to their relief
From the Paris Intelligencer. Aug. q.
1t is very true that having ourselves |
been brought up at the feet of the great
Democratic Gamaliel, and having hon.
estly entertained those old. fashioned |
ideas Of republican government with a |
written constitution, where certain pows
ers were delegated and the rest sacredly
reserved-believing that each govern.
ment, federal and State, were sovereign
and independent within their own sphere,
and that it was impossible for the lines of
their orbits ever to intersect or come in
contact with each other, if both should
adhere to the distinct orbit marked out
and assigned it; entertaining these views.
we have to confess that the Northern wing
of the Democratic party did not brayelY
meet the issue with its principles
clearly made up, but surrendered
before the storm of Republican fanati.
cism and united in the suicidal policy of
eoercion-thus at blow striking down
the Democratic partv's peculiar and 1;s.