Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27
THE NEW PARTY MOVEMENT
No New Party Demandcd-spirit OF
I Et the Press. Nf

Flom the McMinnville New Era, Aug 26.
i The Era, in connection with the mos
OF the Democratic papers in the State
took the Banner pretty severely to tasl
about his unnecessary TRADE and abuse
of the Democratic party, and the organi.
zationof his, Progressive Liberal Party
The Banner says that it has not declared
for third party and that its Country
exchanges are inficting upon their read.
ers an unusual amount of ford nom
sense" upon the assumption that it has
In behalf of the Banners's Country exs
changes" we thank it for the compliment.
If the following extract from the Banner
OF August III, does not look to the for
nation of q new party, then we must say
its meaning is as clear as mud, and we
award the Banner praise for so arrang-
ing its sentences that it cannot make it.
self understood. 1t says:
"The same thing may be said of the class
OF partisan newspapers of 1869, who are
pratlng about Democratic party in the
South, or Democratic party even in the
North. The Democratic measles or the
Wing hives may now and then break out
but there is no danger in the thing. Most
people are satisfied to have these conta.
glous diseases but once in their lives. We
had ours before the war and are not at all
keen for relapse"
The Banner says it does not want to be
afflicted with the Democratic measles nor
the Wing hives-it had its share before
the war; What then does the Banner
wanP Republican smallpox, or the for
nation of a new party? There are but two
recognized political organizations ia the
country-Democra.ic and Republican; 30
then he must either have the Republican
smallpox, or he certainly desires to escape
all these affections by the formation of
new way of escape-and he proposes to
call that the Progressive LiberaIn road.
We would prefer to see our Banner friends
have severe case of Democratic mes-
sles" rather than the Republican small
pox, or TO see it go off after strange gods.
From the Fayetteville Observer, Aus. %.
The Banner urges that the name "Dem-
ocral" calls up disagreeable recollections
that 1t is associated with secession, re-
bellIoD, and other obsolete and unsuccess.
ful issues, and must be iguored-to all of
which we demur. A new, or third, party,
to succeed, must come before the country
with other and more Substantial claims
upon its support than mere prejudice
against name. A similar effort, led BY
the Louisville Democrat, was made in
Kentucky couple of years ago, to organ
lzs new or third party. The Democratic
party had performed its mission, it was
said, and new liberal party was to be
created, that would be understandable, in
asmuch as no odor of secession" "rebel.
ilon, etc, would cling to its garments.
But the people refused to receive the bant.
ling, and to-day Democracy is stronger in
Kentucky than ever before. So will
II be In Tennessee. There are now only
two great parties in the United States-the
National Democratic and the Radical.
Ibis State cannot affiliate with the latter,
all know; its only proper course is to
link its destinies with the former.
By the imprudeDce or violence
alone of the Democratic party may
the present revulsion in the country against
Radicalism be checked. We need prudent
though firm guidance. "Let us have peace,D
and not attempt to create division by an
abortlve effort to organize new party. Let
us act with circumspection. We call upon
the Legislature, soon to assemble, to see to
1t that nothing will be done or left undone
that can be used 10 the injury of our cause,
We must show to the country, practically,
that under Democratic rule, a former
slaveholding State can be wisely, yigor-
ously governed-peace preserved in its
borders, prosperity insured, Radical thiev.
ing stopped, and abundant justice done to
all citizens.
From the Memphis Sun. Aug. 3.
ExCRUCIATIEG. - The Nashville
Union and American comes to us filled
with the disapproval of almost the en-
tire press ofthe State, Of the Nashville
Banner movement for a new party and
no convention. The expression is so
universally in opposition that the Banner
which only last week characterized its
opponents as impracticables" -
now comes out and denies
furiously that it ever favor.
ed "a third party" Not only 'the
country exchanges" but the whole
press of the State, seem to have alarmed
the Banner and frightened it out of tens
pei. Leading journals, which lead like
the Banner, should be content to part
with their pretentious claims, roost low
er, and tarry awhile at Jericho. 1t takes
brains to '1ead."
From the Memphis Ledger. Aug. %.
BACK DOWN OF THE BANNER.
Our Nashville contemporary is dispose
to kick against the pricks, and brays most
piteously over the castigation received
from all parts of the country. The new
party move has proved a failure, and the
editor of the Banner, like Peter denying
his Lord, swears he never knew any party
by the name of Liberal. That is decided
ly rich, and, we must say, very rare. This
is the language of that sheet of the 10Th
instant:
"THE LIBERALS IN PowER-The arti-
Gle which we copy on another page of this
issue, from the Memphis Avalanche, upon
the subject of the liberal party of Virginia
and Tennessee, embodies our own views
entirely. We like the name, too, under
which the needed reforms are proposed to
be achieved and our car of progress be
drawn out from the old ruts of the past.
Indeed, if we mistake not, the name origin
sted with ourselves, some months since, in
referring to the struggle inVirginis, and we
may have to contest the claim of our con.
temporary to the credit of having suggest
ed it first. We claim to be Liberals, in
every sense of the word, and prefer TO work
10 the interest of liberal party to that of
any other. The success of liberal policy
in the States insures for it a brilliant and
prosperous future, which the pursuit of an
opposite policy would certainly prevent.
We have no need TO look to parties in the
North for our political guidance. They are
already beginning TO follow in our wake"
But listen, all ye gods, what this same
sheet says on the 2lst inst:
THE assertion or insinuaiion, from
whatever source it emauates, that the Ban.
ner desired, suggested, or even limited at a
third party, is false"
This is a square back down, which rivals
even our Avalanche Contemporary in its
rapid change of front.
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