Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-09
CONVENIENT VISION;
Or singular Freaks OF TeIegraph
Wires with Our State Politics.

Wires with Our State Poiif7es.
The Avalanche having foresworn the
name Democrat over a year ago, has ever
since showed positive aversion,
amounting almost to sea sickness, at the
very mention of the word. This was ex-
hibited in small way on quite recent
occasion. Sunday morning the Ava
lanche, which is, by the way, an 'enter-
prising ! paper, and often accurate, had
a special dispatch from Nashville, which
begun as follows: : l IS gii'noi3 5sf
IN b,haa NASHVILLE. August 6.n
The old State Central Conservative
Executive Committee have, through their
chairman, issued the following call for a
Gubernatorial State Convention. Call for
a State Convention-on the second Tues
day in November next, an important
election for Governor will be held tits
deemed important in order to secure the
State from political power, which has
for several years ruled and almost ruined
it, that there, should be unity Of action
among the Conservative and Democratic
parties Of the State in the election. "A
Yesterday the Nashville papers came
to hand, and we find not only singular
omission in the Avalanche version of
the call, but two transpositions of inn
portant words, greatly changing the
sense, and the word party converted
into parties" in accordance with
mental delusion of the Avalanche that
there are at least three parties in Ten
nessee, After the heading, y" Call for a
State Convention appeared the address,
" To the Democratic, and Conservative
voters of the State Of Tennessee" which
the Avalanche could not see. The words
Conservative and Democratic parties, =
as used in the Avalanche, does not so APP
pear the original call, but the commit
tee say: " There should be unity of action
among the Democratic and Conservative
PARTY Of the State in these elections"
Again, the Avalanche transposes these
words as shown above, and again, still
further on, makes the committee to say
For the purpose of nominating a can
didate for Governor and for taking such
steps as may be deemed necessary to Sc
cure thorough organization. When |
really the committee concluded the SEN
tence with-"to secure the thorough Or
gaaization of the party" These may
be called telcgrsphic mistakes, but they
happen to be quite consistent with Ava
lanchian theories and with each other,
for the word parties" is used in every |
instance for party and the word
Democratic, when not omitted entirely
is transposed and made to follow Con
sentative, which is the name of one of
the numerous mythical parties which |
the Avalanche sees, hears of, reads about
and writes of by the strong eye of faith.
If that enterprising journal, the organ
of Conservatism, Whigism, Liberalism
and Sophism, is as anxious to be accu-
rate, as it is 10 be considered meta
physical, it will give its mised readers
she benefit of the Executive Committees
call from the originaftext; for the special
Of Sunday, as sent from Nashville, or
Is doctored" after it left there, is calcu-
ated to misinform the public, to say the
very least. The Avalanche has repu-
alton Gin its own columns) of giving
both sides of all popular questions. This
S one of the best opportunities it will
,yer have to correct little mistake,
made in its own favor. Publish that adj
lress and we will note the fact with
pleasure ISL 81 i.nt