Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-30

meets the hearty and enthusiastic en-
dOrsement of the people of old VIII
hanson. AT no time in his brilliant
career has this distinguished states
man occupied a more commanding
position for good in the stormy poll
ties Of his country, and a warmer
place in the affection Of the great
masses Of thepeople.
The Bolivar Beletin, of saturday,
SAYS in regard to the Constitutional
Convention: A wise regard for our fiI-
ture prosperity and the peace Of our
State will certainly prompt every
good citizen in this county TO sanction
the calling Of convention. We are
ia favor Of making laws to suit tho
Pe0ple-We believe the people can
best manage their own affairs. They
are tired Of partisan5 and tricksters.
They must take the work of redemp-
ton in their own hands, abolish the
heresies of Radicalism, purge the
state Constitution, and 20 alter and
necessities OF the age and the welfare
Of the people.
The Nashville Union and 4Dieriea51
Of Saturday, in an article responsive
to the ClarksVille Patriot, which cries
. revoluti0nr' because the C0nstitu-
tiOnal Convention is proposed and a
clean sweep by it, says: Whatever
the Convention may do, VIII be in the
interest Of the State, and not Of po-
litiCal party or a set Of men. We are
entirely satisfied that nothing of a
merely reJaIiaIOry character VIII be
done by the Convention. Let our
Radical friends quiet themselves on
this score. We shall have a COnven-
tiCu composed Of our best citizens, and
it will be an honor to the State, as was
that Of 1884, and Of course it will be
guilty Of nothing unworthy such
body.
The Columbia Herald, writing of
the proposed Constitutional COnven-
ton, SAYS: A number Of influential
papers in the State are opposed TO the
calling Of a convention of the people
by the Legislature; some are not com
mitted for or against it, and the bal
ance, comprising the majority, are
strongly in favor Of holding it. About
fOur-fifths Of the members recently
elected to the Legislature OF Tennessee
were elected BY the people mainly
upon one issue, viz: the calling of a
convention Of the people, for the pur-
pose of erasing from the Constitution
and statute books certain obnoxious
laws, chief Of which was the disfran-
chising laws. GOV. SenteT received
the votes Of about one hundred thou
sand men because he had announced
himself in favor Of a convention of the
people. So, in our opinion, whatever
the Legislature may think Of the ne
cessity Of authorizing the convention,
they are as much pledged TO it a. they
are 70 vote against the enactment Of
any more Radical laws.
The Jackson Tribune of Saturday
says, under the heading Let's Divide
the LOaves and Fishes: " II West Ten
nessep ROJC had the Governor, Secre-
tary Of State, the Superintendent Of
Public Instruction and one Senator,
and were TO ask for the other Senator,
as East Tennessee is now doing, the
claim would be scorned, and If the de-
mand was enforced, the politicians Of
that end OF the State would threaten
rebellion. East Tennessee is not
entitled to another loaf or fish. We
will and do remember that Gov. Sen
ter barely escaped defeat IN that
section, and only crossed the noun
tains with a small majority. Common
fairness demands a division Of the
officers. and we trust West Tennessee
will not lack the elements of man
hood which nerve o section in de-
manding its rights. Are We to give
East Tennessee everything because
she won the day in the late war? This
IS q question which is frequently asked
by the sOvereigns. We answer, No,
Hyveri
The West Tennessee Hhig of Satur-
day, I'm an article inFeview Of the sit
uatiOn, sails in upon those who have
been writing against the third party
movement in this style, but we think
the structures would more properly
apply to the other side: Not to put
to fine a point upon. the matter, we
begin TO be disguised by the ferociOus
manner Of some Of the " shOrt-hOrned
stock" They begin in advance to de-
n0unce as ''unfaithful" to the people
and the section, more faithful and
truer men than themselves. Any
fool who has cultivated the bump of
blackguardism can indulge in denun-
citation. Itrequires no particular tai
ent. except violent, intOl9rant and un-
charitable feeling, to indulge in vitu-
peration and abuse; and no man who
Is capable Of argument is going to en-
gage in such low business. Denun-
ciatiOn, .imputati0n Of unworthy or
improper motives, and ipsinuations
against a mans "iOyalty''-that prize
word of prescribing Radicals-tO the
people and the country that gave him
bifth-dre not OTQltneHtsg and let US
hint, i'm the gentlest possible manner,
that honest men mGydiffer In opinion
upon important questions of policy,
without Justly incurring liability to
suspicion OF being traitors to their own
people.
The Franklin Recielc of Friday last
says, in response to the I" leading jour
nal y: The Nashville Banner is in
many respects a remarkably peculiar
paper. Its chief composition il incOn-
I grulty.
i" It wires in and wires out,
/ Leaving the people still IN doubt
As to whether the snake that made the
track
Was going out or coming back
II one day wants a new party, or at
least its editorials are so written as to
leave that impression on the public
mind. The next day it declares every
body-a liar who says it wants third
party ,.@It one day says it has done so
much for the people that it deserves
the public printing as a reward for its
services. Then it gives US a sound
abusing for iptimating the fact in our
last issue, and accuses Us of acting
through prejudice and ignorance. We
do not put in our claims for a supera-
bundance Of knowledge, but do claim
/ to be above having prejudice against
any paper, or anything else, through
pecuniary motives. The Banner man
rants and snOrts about " the crime OF
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