Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-02

The Nashville Banner says lana II Is
gorged by the Avalanche), after briefly
quoting the Appeal;
The LEDGER goes further, and says
Gen. Browns letter " is quietus to
Conservatism, that at one time looked
formidable in certain sections OF the
State. This will be news to Gen.
Brown. and would be damaging if true.
But opposition to- Conservatism is not
his record. Gen. Browns letter furnish
es no pretext to our friend of the LEDGER
for welcoming back political renegades
who have left the old root-tree OF De-
mocracy," for his letter distinctly says
that political parties, as they formerly
existed in the Southern States, persisted
with the late war, and their names, as
we'll as their creeds, belong now to hlsto-
ry." This is the sensible language of
Gen. Brown, and, coupled with this ut
terance, the declaration of his perfect
accord with the National Democratic
party. The men composing that party
were always national, before the war,
during the war, and after the war; and,
having accomplished SO much In the
preservation of the Union, in the war
etc.
While we are glad to have the fellow
ship of all who are opposed to Radical
ism, to assist in wiping its mildew and
blur from the escutcheon of our country,
we should be infinitely more obliged II
such papers as the Banner would con-
tent themselves with things as they exist,
instead Of employing every pretext and
subterfuge to show that the present
agreeable prospect sprang from party
that had no national existence, but warred
upon every Southern interest, and after
1.-THE cruel war was over found their
whole national or any other Importance
in Joining the Democratic ranks, the
only alternative to which was Radical
ism. They were such as Gen. Brown
opposed with his firm breast and strong
arm, during the protracted period OF
war, and have no right to claim him as
one of them, now. The LEDGER spoke
of conservatism" in that narrow sense
which would have enlisted all opposed to
Democracy under one banner. If the
nert Governor ever was Of the same
way of thinking with the Banner, which
we much doubt, he is not now. The
Banner would have leagued hell in its
harness to beat the Democracy, and Gen.
Browns antecedents during and since
the war were essentially and eminently
Democratic. But the Banner would
have us believe that he belonged to q
party who we're always national, before
the war, during the war, and after the
war" which it styled the National
Democratic Party" and which it more
than intimates accomplished so much
in the preservation of the Union, in the
war" Notwithstanding Gen. Brown OPP
posed these pdr Democrats totis rfribas.
He might well say, Save me from my
friends" There is no more resemblance
between the Democracy Of Gen. John
c. Brown and that Of the Banner than
there is between the Constitution Of the
United States while it was the egis Of
freedom and justice for three-quarters
of century and the thing il is under
the manipulation and so-called eonstruc-
ton and Interpretation Of Radical ras-
cality and ingenuity We spoke Of con-
servatism as it was-pretending to get
up a great national convention to de-
stroy Radicalism, but, at the first failure
to secure all the offices, skunk back into
the Radical party again. We care little
for names save as the representatives Of
principles, and there is no party name
so significant as Democracy. We know
exactly what il means We know that
it embraces fidelity, experience, intelli
gence and patriotism We know thai
under that party the nation made unpar
alleled strides TO greatness and pros
perity. Our navy was rapidly growing
our commerce whitened every sea oul
people were contented and happy
What a contrast was wrought by Radi
calism 1t speaks for itself. While W,
do not OBJECT to receive "renegades
back, although they come in the shape
Of the Banner, we certainly shall resis
any attempt to misrepresent the past OF
their part, or TO control the future.