Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-04

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/ ! say, therefore, that the name of De-
mOcracy is appropriate as mark 10 dis
/ tinguish this organization. To. show,
however, that it is not a wild, agrarian
crusade against law. and order, and that
its mission is to preserve and not to de-
stroy. it prefxes the word Conservative,
and becomes the Conservative Democratic
party of the United States. 1914
| Men may talk of third party, a new
party, or an old party revived; but the
scheme is utterly impractcable. Even if
it could be actually organized it could
not live through single campaign. 1t
would either be ground to powder be-
tween the upper and neither milestone; or.
what is worse, it would be engulpbed in.
the maelstrom of Radicalism. Every
vote taken from the Conservative Demo.
cratic ticket would be a vote given to its
opponents, They kow this, and hence.
instead of asking you openly to join their
ranks, they merely encourage you to re-
establish 'tte good Old WHO Porty. y
They know very well that only one step
more will land you in their embraces. be-
cause when man has got halfway
dot0n a htu, it is easier to 90 to the
Dottom than to turn around and 90 up
again. - =. =
Now, inasmuch as the ATTEMPT TO set
up g new party would simply be to insure
Inc success of the Radicals, / would like
TO know what there is Uncommon between
you and them. What measure of public
policy; what feature of diplomacy; what
question of finance; what scheme of
social development; what exhibition of
traternal love and Christian charity, chal-
lenges your admiration, invites your ap-
proval or wins your love9 Your political
opinions were formed from lessons taught
by winthrop and Webster, by Fillmore
and Hunt, by Sergeant and Clayton. by
Rives and Stuart by Mangum and Ora
ham, by Sharkey and Prentiss, by Bell
and Foster and White, by Milton Brown
and Neil Brown and Uohn c. Brown, by
Gentry and Henry and Caruthers, and last
but not least by Crittenden and Clay, and
all their illustrious associates. Can YOU
who quaffed the crystal fountains of
wisdom that flowed from such sources as
these, stoop and turn to the muddy
streams so full of the impurities and
follies and passions OF this unhappy and
degenerate age? -..s ...-... 49,
toan you on this fair mountain leave to feed,
And batten on this moor?"
Wings of West Tennessee! Let us stand
together as we did in happier days, strug-
Cling for what we thought were the true
principles of government. Let us not re-
ject the aid of any who are willing to ioin
us IN that work. Under the present or
ganization with the Democrats and with
all who are in favor of equal rights, we
have accomplished wonders; we have
brought order out of chaos, victory out of |
defeat. We are part of the Grand Ma
tlonal Conservative party which has for |
Its aim the redemption of our beloved |
country, the restoration of liberty. and |
the cultivation of fraternal feelings among
the people. 1t processes no intolerant |
creed, it exacts no humiliating pledge, it |
seeks no unfair advantage, it asks no I'M
worthy concession. The question is, are |
you for your country against a partyf |
Are you for equal justice to all men
A mighty host of Southern Wings are
marching in this line. They have their
full share in its honors and their Just |
weight IN its councils. In Tennessee, es-
pecially, they have been received on g !
footing of the most perfect equality. |
Since the success of this great national |
party IN our State, it has sent Cooper, a |
Wing, to the Senate of the United States; |
1t has nominated three Wings for the Su- |
preme Bench. In this Congressional |
District it elehted the lamented Leftwich. |
a Wing, to Congress; and in this county |
it sent two Wings, Heiskell and Stephens,
without opposition, to the Constitutional |
Convention; and, more recently, has |
elected the Wings Morgan, and Flippin,
and Heiskcll, Judges. In short, every
where in Tennessee, full justice has been |
done, as far as l can learn, TO the claims |
of old-line Wings.
With such evidences of fairness on the |
part of our Democratic associates, with |
such generous abnegatiOn of self, such |
absolute surrender of personal ambition to |
the good OF the country, will you, can |
you, refuse them your hearts and hands /
IN this hour of your country's periR You |
may rest assured that we need their help |
as much as they need ours. Neither of |
US can stand without the other. We are |
bound to bury the recollections of past
and to join hand in hand for
our mutual salvation. / know that in
times of high excitement we used to say
hard things about each others party. |
They said ugly things, and so did we. |
Perhaps, if the balance was struck, it |
would show that the account is about |
equal, and that the debt on both sides is |
paid. So let it stand. If the statute of |
Limitation does nc ar the debt, let it be |
washed out by the ,earful memories of |
that sad but glorious war in which we |
fought side by side, and in. which our
Democratic sons and our Wing sons lay
down together for their long sleep, inter
lockedin deaths cold embrace.
New times, rev issues, new dangers,
rev duties, are upon us. Let us rise to
''the height of the great argument" Let
us put away every sordid motive, every
resentful thought, every envious, malig-
nant feeling, and devote ourselves once
more to our country. We cannot expect /
success unless we act together. The |
Democrats do not ask to be allowed to |
govern US. If we cooperate with them
in this grand organization, we will mould |
ehCA pItAClIlCo duu pOiCy precisely III L
to our numbers and the weight |
Of our talents, whatever they may be.
VIII you, then, my most respected
friends, will you refuse us your aid viii |
you fold your hands in apathy, and shut
your eyes to the duties of the hour? viii |
you leave us, your friends and brothers,
to fight the battle alone against the cohorts |
of imperial power? We must either re-
sist Radicalism now, or Succun16 to it.
We must either overthrow it, or be over
thrown by it. There is no middle ground;
there can be no neutrality in this war of |
giants. If might be pardoned for illus |
trating my position by an appropriate |
passage from most Holy Writ, would |
say: SHE that is not for me is against |
me; be that gathereth not with me scat
tereth abroad.n
Your faithful friend,
VIM II. STEPHENS.
II gossips well endorsed may be be-
lieved, he whose maiden name was Pietro |
BrignOli, otherwise the slver-voiced |