Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-08
EREOAUSE"
TORS IN DUB CAMP.

THECA USE OF EFEAT-TRAE
TORS IN OUR CAMP.
The Democracy deserve little SYM
pathy for their partial defeat in the
late judicial election. Never did they
enter a contest with more confident
and reasonable assurance of success.
Never was a campaign so badly man
aged, and a battle so poorly fought.
With an enemy so divided and dis
tracted by internal discussions and
connections, that either portion would
have preferred the triumph of the
Democratic ticket rather than that of
the opposite wing of their own party /;
with a larger registration of white
voters than ever had before in Shelby
county; with a ticket in the field
nominated by a Convention of dele
gates elected by the people atprimary
meetings held in every ward Of the
city and civil districts of the county;
and yet the Democracy suffered a
defeat. Now that the smoke of the
the battle has cleared away, we can
calmly survey the field, and arrive at
a correct conclusion Of the causes that
led to our disaster.
1t is conceded that the white regis
tered vote was at least thirty-nine
hundred. The Radicals have never
claimed over five hundred white votes
in this county, which would leave to
the Democracy Oyer three thousand
four hundred votes. While thenegrO
registration largely exceeded the
white, yet it is notorious that it was
so by reason of each negro being reg
istered two or three times over, under
assumed names, there not being as
many negroes in Shelby county
rs the number of registration GER
~tiffcates would indicate. There was
no well informed POLITICIAN in either
party, but what would c6ntede before
the election that three thousand votes
would elect the Democratic ticket.
Therefore, We say that the Democracy
entered the contest with almost a Ger
tainty of success. Why wds not the
entire Democratic rOte cast!
Nearly twelve hundred Democrats
staid away from the polls. II cannOtbe
claimed that it was the weakness of
the ticket that caused them to do so,
for had that been the case, they
would not have taken the trouble
to register. 1t certainly required a
greater effort to procure a registration
certificate than it did to vote. Fur
thermOre, it must be borne in mind
that the great proportion of our voters
were registered after the Democratic
ticket was put in the field. The cause
of our defeat is apparent, and we
mightas well "plumpwithit; t." traitors
in on OTR party and IN ON O,cn camp
are alone to blame. When we were
marching as buoyantly, confidently
and enthusiastically, they were found
the seeds of distrust and dis
sension in ranks-predicting de-
feat when victory was apparently GER
and using every e in their
power for the success of the Radical
headed by en-. NJ. SMITH.
Men protesting to be Democrats and
men. openly used their influ-
ance against JOHN p. CARUTHERs for
VIM. NJ. SMITH. Now that a storm
Indignation is gathering around
heir heads, they attempt to excuse
themselves with the plea that they had
'ather vote for VIM. NJ. SMITH, al
hough a Southern man and a Radi-
than for JOHN p. CARUTHERs, a
southern man, who could take the
ron clad oath. We do not appreciate
his reasoning, especially as weare in
ormed by reliable authority that VIM.
VI. SMITH, in 1865, used language to
he effect, that he fSMITH) stood on
he STEPHENS platform-less pardon
ng and more h0'ging.3'g Ea eTgrE
Well may they hang their heads in
and attempt to make excuses
Or their treason. Well may they
lush for the corrupt practices Of the
Jerk and Master, the half-brother Of
heir pet candidate. Well may they
lush for the undignifed figure their
andidate for Chancellor cut In adj
ressing a negro mob! These traitors
re well known, and they are marked.
hey cannot get back into the Demo- 1
rate party. They have made their I
ed, let them lie in it. {
we viii pay our respects to those !
entlemen more fully on some future {
ccasion. ]