Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-16
WIRING IN AND WIRING OUT.

Tn. LEDGER insists that we have misunder-
stood ils language in constituting il as intend
inc TINT the Convention about to be held is not
10 be political in its character. The following
is the Language used on Thursday:
1.-THE Convention which is 10 meet Is no
political Convention ii Will be Judicial
Convention, It does not meet to select Pclui-
meet as Judicial Convention, TO SELECT suita,
he men from the bar of Shelby to be First and
Second Chancellors and the Law and Crlmi-
nal Judges for the Law and Criminal Courts.
Appeal.
The Appeal is mistaken; we have never
insisted on its doing more than one
thing, and that was to stand by the
nominees of the party 1t has been on
the hunt for some time for crack in the
fence, through which it nigh. slide in
and out Of the party ring at pleasure.
We are now almost assured that such a
place has been discovered, and the public
will now hear this iternaRt oEgangrinder
making music first for one and then for
the other party. The language in Thurs
DAVIS editorial Of the LErGER is precisely
correct and needs No explanation when
read wiih AZ eye Of diseernment- The
character q the Democratic C0nFsEflon
70 nee. oa No1dsy IS . Judicial eonyen-
Soa The parposs q Saica j. 70 select
Enrrsrz from the Tar 81 his city 70 III
uoss lie t,eneh as Judges We VII
br.rsrs- k convinced beforehand ihsi
4ns csattis aan .eh1sHn are Ea11AeDen.
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serssa q tbs a,ssy. the Ys0Y.s canndS
bsrezfrs- l0ok uPon sueh a suihOrlEed
10 spsak II he name q The party We
are 70 presume ihzt the party can DO no
wrong as il has been long &c; down that
the King can commit no treason There
is as much reason for resisting the law
as to hold that majority Of legal voters
have committed an error in nominating
certain men for Office. The existence of
the Democratic parry is as well under
stood as the organization of the State
Government, and while we owe allegi-
ance 10 one we should never forget our
fealty to the other There can be nc
difierenc. in a mans treason to his
party AID TO the State in which
be lives. The crime is precisely
the same, but the punishment is unlike.
Our duties to both are equally exaeting,
and as the law is never wrong, although
sometimes repealed, so Me party to
which we belong cannot be suspected Of
committing an outrage upon the very
people composing it. What We would
above everything else endeavor to do
would be to ineulcate partisan virtue and
fidelity among the masses. The course
of our contemporary would, if possible,
counteract these efforts, by obliter-
ating and rubbing out party lines,
SO that men without ce1sure
could vote for a Radical or Demo
crat al pleasure If the Appeal desires
TO be independent OF party restraints, BE-
ASSURE it makes little difference With us
The logical sequence Of such action Il
nothing less than self-confessed treason
and the Eorld should know our neighboi
occupies a position so reprehensibie
His loud proclaim Of being independent
is like the strumpet sbo would boast o
her shame. If the thought is pleasure
then we envy not such happiness,