Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-22
POLITICAL.
ANSWER TO THE JACKSON WING AMI


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ANSWER TO THE WING AND
TRIBUNE.
Editors AppeGL-My old friend and
senior editor Of the Jackson Wing and
Tribune seems exceedingly hard to recon
cile, and comes back at me with a leader
in his excellent paper of to-day. Enter
tanning the highest regard for him per-
sonally, because ] have known him for a
life time-boEn and reared 20 manhood be-
meath the drippings of his instructive
pen, / had never sligbted his valued coup-
sci had I regarded him as associated with
me in the duty 1 felt called upon to dis
charge; and to satisfy him of the purity
of my intention, and the rectitude of my
action in the premises, I here subjoin the
names of the committee officially appoint
cd, which has been kindly furnished me
by our friend Albert Roberts, of the Ban
Ber, to-wit:
Geo. j. stubbleield, chairman, Nash
vile.
First Congressional District-Dr. Cow
ard.
Second-John Williams, of Knoxville.
Third-E. A. James, of Chattanooga.
Fourth-Joseph H. Thompson, of Shell
byville.
Fihh-w. Matt Brown, Ira P. Jones, &.
F. Beach, Albert Roberts, James T. Dun
lap, OF ashville.
sixth-Dorsey B. Thomas, of Johnson
vile.
Seventh-H. F. Cummins, of Paris.
Eighth-M. ID. l.. Stewart, of Memphis.
This will convince him, no doubt, that
his memory is bad, and tina he has fallen
into an error in regard to q subject about
which he has toe hastily written.
He imagines, however, that 1 made a
serious charge when L stated in my article
that II feared he would be as unsuccess-
full as he was in his stteH pit to divide our
party and organize a Wing party" and
therefore demands proof. etc. In answer
to his demand, l will only refer him and
the public to the fact that he published
and filed appointments aud harangued
the masses throughout West Tennessee
urging the organization of q third Or
Wing party, which could not be done
without dividing the opposition to the
Radical party, and thereby opening up a
way for Radical success in this district,
and also in the whole State.
This would be the inevitable and legiti-
mate result of his teachings, and whilst
L could not believe that be desired the
success of Radicalism his attempt to or
ganize the Wing party in Tennessee, If
successful, would have certainly resulted
therein. / I'M not welded to any particu-
lar name for our party, and am at a loss
to understand why, at this particular
time when under the name of Democracy
accepted by common consent two years
ago in convention at Nashville, we have
achieved a grand and glorious victory,
that we should seek to divide Our ranks,
weaken our strength, produce discord
simply because of the name. 1t is very
much like the quarrel between the old
man and his wife about the rat or mouse.
We had better agree TO call ourselves
whatever we please, but not let our old
pr~eiudices disturb the peaceful yet ire
sistible march of our party on to not
only State but national success. Let us
echo the glad shouts of victory which
greet our ears from the East and the
West, and as a mighty avalanche let us
bury beneath the reach of resurrection
the hated party of corruption, usurpstion
and oppression. United we will, divided
we cannot. Respectfully,
M, d, L, STEWART,