Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-28
THE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT
Why a New Party Is not Needed
What the People and she Press

What the People and she Pres
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From the ShelbyVille American Rescue.
FELLow-CTTIzENs: Doubtless the va
rious periodicals of the day have born
the news to your hillside homes ant
valley farms that new party movemen
is now being agitated by certain restless
disorganizing spirits who are operating
through the medium of such papers Al
Nashville Banner, Memphis Avalanche,
etc, and that the alluring appellation Of
| the new hedgling is that of 1.-THE Liber-
al party" or "The Great Progressive
Liberal party" Progressive in what
Liberal in what2 In giving the so-called
Republican party all the credit for our
late overwhelming victory? Or in adopt.
ing the progressive idea of Emerson
Etheridge, in his speech at Dancyville,
and giving all the glory of said victory to
the negroes? ~ /
That would indeed be very progress
sive, and exceedingly liberal Any party,
after such progressive and liberal con-
cession, would richly deserve to be
called a party of great progressive and
liberal ideas. Do not suffer yourselves
to be deceived by any such tinsel garb,
my countrymen. Strangle the bastard,
the hydra-headed monster, the cormo.
rant in its infancy. Dissect It, analyze
1t; examine closely its component parts,
and you will perceive that it is full of
rottenness and corruption and from the
putrid mass will arise a stencil so foul
and rank that it will 'tsmell to heaven. .
Who doubts that the old Radical. party
will take this founding to its arms and
bless it-that it will warm it in its
bosom and nourish it with its blood?
Can such a parentage produce an off
spring worthy Of your confidence? As one
OF the watchmen upon the watehtowers
of old Bedford, say unto you to be.
ware OF this new party. A gum more
deadly to our peace, happiness, pros
Perity and liberties, than that of the far
famed Upas tree, will exude from its
body. "Things rank and gross in nature
possess 1t entirely" Avoid it-hy from
1t, as you would from raging pestilenee,
or doomed city which was about to fan
a victim to Heavens direst vengeance.
In the language of the "Father of his
Country" l earnestly exhort you to
"aVoid all such entangling alliances
Heed not the fulsome cry of the LIB
erals that we owe the opposite party
debt of gratitude" We owe them
nothing. The Suffrage. Republicans, it
is true, voted with US in the last election.
They are still with US. ~ We have re.
ceiVed them into full fellowship; and
have buried the Ratchet of the past in
regard to them They can now take
their chOice-remain with US, or depart
in peace. Henceforth let our motto be,
principles, not men - And let us
conquer by this sign" **rf
Let it be the earnest endeavor of every
one, from the highest to the lowest-frorn
the greatest to the smallest in our land,
TO restore, as near as may be, the old
constitution, which the hands of our
fathers rendered sacred, and which our
own may render immortal, to its former
glory and pristine purity. Well, my
countrymen, you are ready to ask how
this stnpendous work can be done-this
superlatrye renovation TO be accom-
phshed? L answer-By remaining true
to the immutable principles of truth and
justice, and standing firmly by those who
have ever, under all circumstances. and
at any and every sacrifice, stood bv u.s.
Now you may be ready to inquire who
are those, our self,sacrifcing friends2 |
reply, unhesitatingly,-That they COM
pose the present Democratic party.
Not the old Democratic party which
hourished in anterbellum times. That
party died and was buried with those
times; but the new Democratic party, 30
to speak, which was bonn amid the ex-
citing scenes Of the late war-coyered
with Its murky clouds, and rocked to
sleep by the music of its musketry and
artillery. Which has planted its feet
upon both the Atlantic and Pacific
strands, and stretches out its long arms
and invites all to come into Its ample
embrace. A party that is eminently
protective, not proscriptiye, in its policy,
and carries Its iberality to the utmost
limit of the constitution The only party
in existence which has ever oppos ed
with unbroken front, every species of
Radicalism, and commended, manfully
and uncompromisingly, for republican
liberty In Its broadcast and fullest signii-
cation.
have neither time nor space to carry
my eulOgium of this great party any fur
Their; nor to notice some fimsy Objec>
lions on account of the name. etc.
What's in name2 Names may die, but
principles never And where can you
find better, more appropriate name A
democracy is simply government by
the people, and Democrat is one who is
In favor OF letting the people rule. Pure
and genuine democracy is opposed to
monarchy, heptarcy, oligarchy, aristoc-
racy, ETC., and to despotism, radicalism,
fanaticism, etc. Then let us take this
party for our party, and follow bravely
and unfalteringly wherever its banner
waves. Let US enlist at once, for the
ample folds of that banner are now
proudly floating the neighboring breeze.
The Rubicon is passed And may God
protect the right OLD LINE WIG.
| From the Memphis Appeal, Aug. &.
The truth of the matter is, that the VIC
tory was never Democratic victory nor
a negro or universal suffrage victory, but
a victory of the people over the proscrip-
tionists, in favor of good government and
reform. That is the whole story. 1t
made no capital for party one way or
another, except as damaging to Radicals
ism. 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 prin-
ciples, 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
1 similar view of the subject, and to have
contented itselfto ride as cabin passen-
ger in the Conservative boat" Why is
not that well enough, aad how could that
paper or the Appeal have rendered more
efficient service under such circ um
stances2 -..... r....s
But the object of the. Banner seems
now to be to prevent the Democratic
party reaping advantage. What is to
be made by that2 If our contemporary
has no disposition to revive the dead
Wing party, nor more to establish "Lib-
eraP' party, what does it want to destroy,
revive or establish? Does it desire to
pull down all, and build up none2 If tits
unwilling the Democratic party should
reap advantage in Tennessee from the
late unprecedented victory; and does not
wish to establish any new party, to what
use will it appropriate the victory, and,
as a precedent, what future good does it