Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-11
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By the Democracy we mean those, ir-
respective of old party names and old
party affiliations, who are willing to act
with and be considered part and parcel
of that National Democratic party who
are struggling so heroicslly in every
Northern State against Radicalsm
A few days since we referred to the
following paragraph from the Memphis
Avalanche: aH@ r-F 80 n
The speech delivered by ex President
johnson at some obscure place in East
Tennessee, a few days ago, was aimed
chiefly at some imaginary third party
which doesn't suit Mr.. johnson. The
only party Mr.. johnson has any
use in the world for is the party that will
crafty his ungovernable lust for office.
This reference is to the speech made
by Ex-President johnson at Rogersville,
which the avalanche calls ian obscure
place in East Tennessee" That speech
was acknowledged by all who heard it to
be one of the ablest efforts of President
Johnson's life. 1t was speech against
Radicalism, against its entertainments
and usurpations, and against those who
favor third party as the intentional or
unintentional aiders andabettors of Radi-
cslism This speech was made the text
of unjust, uncalled-for and undignified
attacks upon the Ex-President.
In the article in which we quoted this
attack of the AUaJanche, we also referred
to other articles from papers supporting
Gen. Brown for Governor, in which viru-
lent attacks were made upon " the Brock
inridge-Isham G. HarTis-Secessicn De-
mocracy of 1861" In the avalanche
of the 9th, we find a lengthy political edi-
torial, from which we extract the follow
ing: '# ."li a~ ".a
We propose to acquire by peaceful
measures, new political power and influ-
ence in the Union, not to restore the lost
property of the South in slaves, nor to
restore to leadership the secession leaders,
teachers and exhorters who have had
their day in court and before the people.
And this leadership never will return.
In the call for State Convention, as
published in the Banner, we find the
Democratic and Conservative element
spoken of as "parties," not a party.
In the Banner of yesterday we find re-
ference made to ga Conservative address
to the people of Virginia" The Banner
says:
The address, we are told by the Suns
correspondent, takes decided grounds
against the Conservatives of Virginia
merging themselves By name, or in fact,
into any national party, and urges that
the political and material redemption of
Virginia must be first achieved before we
can afford to tramel ourselves by entang-
ling alliances that can do us no good now,
and which are certain to entail evil.
The course of the people of Virginia is
eminently polite and wise. No sincere
and sensible man will question this. Ten
nessee should follow in the same straight
and safe pathway by all means.
We refer to these givings out from GER
tain organs in this State to show that
there are those in Tennessee who are re-
garded as formers and leaders of public
opinion, who have a fixed purpose that
those who were ante 6eLlun1 Democrats
shah be prescribed. If not, why this
unceasing effort to heap odium on ex-
President johnson, the leader of the
Union Democracy in 1861, .aud on Gov.
Harris, the leader of the secession De-
mocracy. Why this constant effort TO
make secession leaders, stink in the nos
trils of the publicg We appeal to the
Democracy of today, old Wings and old
Democrats, to be pre- pared to resist this
effort to overslaugh the Democracy of
1860. Let US not be afraid to say tothe
Democracy of the North that we are with
them in their struggle against Radicalism
that We are neither ashamed nor afraid to
bear their banner and fight under their
name. Let each adopt the noble Ian
guage of Gen. Bate in his recent letter:
confess / cannot distinguish the fea-
lures of Wing and Democratic through
the battle smoke of four years OF strife. |
If we stood together in the hour of peril,
in defense of constitutional rights, on
the battle field, ought we not still to do so
in seeking to maintain the same right by |
more peaceful means? Our sacred dead, |
whose bones are crossed and bleaching !
in their soldier graves, could they speak, !
would say SO. Were l to visit the battle |
fields of our victories and defeats, and, !
like political ghoul, go searching among
the mutilated forms for Wings and Demo-
Gratis, / would feel dishonored in the act |
and fly their sacred precincts like Irving's |
IchabCd from the headless horseman.
'ALOSE CHILD RECOVERED.
Early in JIInp an infant child Of Mr.