Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-17
ORGANIZATION.

ORGANIZATIONS. &
In Kentucky they have important cleo
tons on the 1st day Of August. 1t is a
slraighi-out fight between the Democrats
and the Radicals. In that old Wing State
where Clay, Crittenden and Prentice ruled
50 long with uudisputed sway, they have
but two parties, the Democratic and the
Radical. In view of the Importance of
the election, and the Herculean efforts
that are being made to elect the Radical
ticket, the Democratic Executive Commit
tee at Louisville have issued an address to
the voters of Jefferson county, from
which we make the following extracts:
On the LIST Monday in August for the
first time in their lives the Democrats of
Kentucky will be confronted by a
thoroughly organized Radical party, COM
posed chiefly of negroes, lately enfran-
chised, and deplorably ignorant of the
complicated affairs and delicate relations
appertaining to great commercial and
industrial center such as we inhabit.
The eyes of the State and nation will
watch your bearing ON that occasion with
uncommon interest-the former to see
whether we are for the first time to be
cut off from the political sympathies of
the State, and the latter to study whether
the great reaction begun in the North
against Radical misrule is to meet its first
check in Kentucky or to go on triumph
antly in spite of every effort of partisan
Government to control the ballot boxes.
The answer rests with you. The oc-
casion is one which calls for the polling
of that large class of Democratic votes
that are usually silent through confidence
in the result or through indifference to-
ward the individual candidates. This is
no time for the display of personal prefer
ences. The moral influence of a majestic
exhibition of the Democratic sentiment in
this election is incalculable. The candi-
dates we present you are all capable and
reliable men, publie-spirited citizens, all OF
whom are well known and manyof whom
have been tried and approved in various
public trusts. To falter in the support OF
such men, through the disappointment of
a personal preference, would, under or
binary circumstances, be blow at the
Democratic organization, but now it will
be telling blow on the side of the Radi-
Gals. The importance of this contes!
rises so far above all personal considera-
tons that vote withheld or cast for q
bolter or an Independent candidate is an
act of hostility to the Democratic party,
and as effective in this crisis as straight
out Radical vote could be. a--s
Here we have a stirring and emphatic
appeal in favor of thorough and eff
Gent organization. We find in the AUG
lo'ache of the 18th, an article on the
other size of the question from which W.
quote the following;
Not few citizens view with almos
superstitious adherence, any insinuatior
of doubt as to the universal propriety Of
''voting the regular ticket of their party
There is, however, no such sacredness in
this duty as to justify US in dispensing
with that independence of action which
flows from the use of our individual res,
soning faculties, or to our sense of right
and to the impulses of enlightened patriot
ism. Party is not infallible, and in nomi
mating individuals for office, personal likes
or dislikes, special interests, or considera
tions of momentary expediency, or the
interested motives of individuals who
may have temporarily acquired an over
towering influence, may sway the choice,
and have Objectionable parties in the posi-
ton of nominees.
That the effect of such teaching is dis
organizing, there can be no doubt. Thai
the effect of disorganization in the Demo.
cratic and Conservative ranks can only be
advantageous to Radicalism, there can be
as little doubt. ..
The Radicals themselves understand
the Importance of organization. Under
the rallying words: 'REPUBLIoANs
UNION MEN! Go To THE PoLIs ON THR
FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST" we find the
following in Grisham's Jonesboro Union
Flag:
Republicans If you know what is
for your own private interest-if you
know what is for the interest of the Re-
publicans of your county, judicial dis
trict, and the entire State, you will not
fail to go to the polls on the 4th day
OfrSt ThatrSddy,) in august nert.
There Is more in this matter than you
have probably heretofore imagined. Our
judicial officers changed, and the entire
legal business of the country is changed.
Every Union man may be involved in
litigation. Go to the polls and avert this
calamity. Go and vote for Smith, Gillen-
waters and Hacker, and by your vote you
may save yourself and your neighbors
many law suits. Fail not
Let US, too, begin the work of organi-
zation. Let us not hearken to the voice
of the charmers. In union is strength.
Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.