Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-09

WE who are antagonists of the Rad
zeal programme and party, and who
have Just achieved a victory in Ten
nessee, have been called COnserva-
tives and sometimes Democrats
never Liberals" never Universal
Suffragers. The organization under
which we combined in the late Presi-
dental contestw was called Democratic.
1t is the great and only anti-Radical
organization in the United States. 1t
was properly called Democratic be-
cause a peoples organization. The
people of Tennessee are democrats
not Imperialists, not Wings. Impe-
rialism is a moments fancy, and will
have but a moments duration within
a very restricted circle. The Wing
organization no longer exists. But
Wing principles have in a great meas
ure been adopted by Democrats, and
Wings have become one with them in
the support of great patriotic princi-
pies. The old Wings had as good a
right to be called Democrats as the
Democrats had to claim any exclusive
right to thename. They were asgOOd
democrats as any that went by that
name, and, anterior to the war, we
thought somewhat better. But mutu-
0Ilu adoDfinn4 tho mama for fba nom
combination of patriots there is no
longer any room for dispute as to who
is the best democrat. In the old sense,
and because old issues have become
obsolete, there is now no longer either
a Democrat or a Wing party. But
the true democrats and patriots OF
both parties have combined and tri-
umphed in the overthrow of Radical
ism in Tennessee. And now the ques-
ton is raised what name shall be
adopted for the new combination
which has thus so signally triumphed.
The Wings tried various names in
former times very unprofitably to
themselves. The anti-Radical North
is organized still under the name of
Democrat. We shall not succeed in
getting up a little new name here for
a little new Tennessee party which
will be adopted by our friends in the
North. The harmless present name,
under which we organized for SEY-
MOUR, they will retain. We shall 90
into the next Presidential election
under the same name we adopted for
the last, unless we can get up a tenn
pest in our own teapot and force a new
name on a great party with which we
shall be compelled to act, if we act at
all. We cannot change the newly
adopted name with any profit if we
would, for names are nothing and
Democrat is as good a name as any.
Being all Conservatives, some might
prefer the name Conservative. But
the Conservative who claims, and if
once a Wing, always did claim, to be
better democrats than any Democrat,
cannot object to appropriating the
name of Democrat to himself. A
name may excite a prejudice in the
minds of some, adopt what you may.
We certainly should not adopt that of
the weaker party. The only question
is whether, without all possible preju-
dice, we shall adopt that of the
stronger. For ourselves. we say that
we shall go with our friends, with the
great body of men who would reform
the administration Of the country,
with those who are periodically seek
ing to put down Radical m~isrule. We
shall do all in a conservative spirit
and on the conservative plan. And
until the present organization Known
as the Democratic organization and
party of this country shall choose to
change its naESe, we shall have no
part nor lot in making any new
cognOmens for a party here or else
where, and shall be content to be
a Democrat.