Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-24

IL is gratifying 10 learn mat the people
are becoming thoroughly aroused to tie |
Importance of the approaching County |
Conventions, which will select delegates |
to the State Convention. While 1t will be
the duty of the latter convention to nomi.
nate candidate for Governor, that will
not be Its most important duty. 1t will
be called upon, as hiss every other stste
Convention, to declare the platform of
principles upon which the next canvass is
to be made. 1t will be called upon 10 de-
clare its position relative to the two great
nGtioral parties now in the field, whether
it is for the one and against the other, or
whether it will spit upon both by declaring
that 'entangling alliances" with either
''can do us no good now and are certain
to entail evil" thus forming at least for
the present third party, The opponents of
Radicalism in the State of Missouri being
largely in the minority, by reason of the
rigidly enforced DISTINGUISHING laws of
that State, will probably make no guber-
material nomination, bnt support a con-
sentative Republican, as was done by us
in our last gubernatorial canvass. In
South Carolina, Radicalism, by reason of
the immense negro vote in that State, is
largely in the majority. Hence fusion
ticket has been nominated by those OPP
posed to its "ringsn and rogueries, with q
Conservative Republican as the candidate
for Governor. In Virginia where there
is danger of Radical success, and where
to defeat the extreme wing of that party
Conservative Republican was run and
1 elected Governor last year, the State Ex-
ecutive Committee of the opponents of
this extreme Radicalisrn have, as the die
tate of policy, whether wisely or unwisely
we will not stop to discuss, issued an ad-
dress in which the party. is called ''the
Conservative Sand decided grounds are
taken against the Conservatives of Vlr-
ginis merging themselves by name
or in fact into any national par
IT," "7he Conservatives are e.
horted to stand Gy their name,
| (a0hich can be borne equally By Wings,
Democrats and Repu6Hcaras,) and
under il to rally and organize in every
Congressional district for the coming fall
campaign" We repeat, we will not stop
TO discuss whether this policy Is wise or
unwise in Virginia, but it is urged upon
Us in Tennessee where Radicalism is
largely in the minority. We are told:
"The course of the people of Virginia
is eminently polite and wise. No sincere
and sensible man viii question this. Ten
nessee should follow in the same straight
and safe pathway by all means. " I
We invite the particular attention of
the people of Tennessee to this point,
| Here the issue is made which will disturb
the deliberations of our State Convention
unless this suggestion that Tennessee fol-
low in the pathway of Virginia be en-
phaticslly condemned in the county con-
ventions by the appointment of delegates
who will boldly and unequivocally declare
that they are against Radicalism and with
the national Democracy. .-. -..
In our last State Convention, June 8,
1868, a preamble and resolutions were
adopted, from which We extract the fol.
lowing: ra f.-a1-F .. Ela .-.aE 3
"Whereas, the people of Tennessee IT.
respective of former party affiliations, or
differences of opinion arising out of the
recent civil war, in a convention assem-
bled for the purpose of appointing
delgutes to the represent them in THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION to
meet in the city of New York on the 4th
of July next, etc. "a q. ~
Further along in this preamble the Con-
vention declare: edo
''They deem it proper to adopt the
name and designation borne by the only
political organization with which they can
associate, and in thus formally uniting
themselves aUith TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
as it r,O1C eristS, herewith declare the
principles they maintain, " etc.
The question then presents itself, shall
we stand to the position which we then
took, or shall we formally dissolve the
Union which we then established with the
National Democracy, and follow in the
pathway of Virginia by taking decided
grounds against merging ourselves by
name or in fact into any national par
ty;;" by exhorting CONSERVATIVES to stand
by their name, which can be borne equal
ly by Wings, Democrats and RepubH-
cans? These are questions to be con-
sidered and determined by the next State
Convention. Let delegates be sent there
who viii stand firmly to the position as
sumed by Gen. Brown and the State Con-
vention in June, 1868. LET THE COUNTY
CONVENTIONS LOOK TO IT.