Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-29

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the stump, In the present canvass,
should. in our view, express the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. il would be well that they
sbould guard themselves, in their
manner of expression, so as to avoid
false capital being made throughout
the North by the Radical party,
which is so ready to snatch and per-
vert every utterance they may make
Common prudence involves no double
dealing. or suppression of the senti-
ments of an honest heart, true to all
the obligations of patriotism. But,
LET the speeches made be guarded as
much as possible against perversion.
Jfnone other than a rueinterpretation
is given to them, when expressive OF
southern sentiment, Radical capital is
not to be made, because the charge OF
disloyalty they set up is a false one.
But those so liable to be misinter-
preted, must speak upon their guard
in the presence of an enemy capable
of any garbling and p%erversion Of
their true meaning and sentiments.
The Importance of these suggestions
will be seen on reading the following
paragraph from the Sweetwater En-
terpriSe, which says:
We utterly condemn all such talk as
that made by Colonel Combs, OF White
COUNT at the Meanwhile Convention.
There is no such thing as a rebel in Ten
nessee. When q man announces himself
As such he lays himself liable to public
ceusure, and we are not sure but that he
should be otherwise responsible. We
hope the whipper-snapper of the Knox
vile Chronicle will take notice.
To this the Chattanooga Times adds
the following comments:
The Enterprise is edited by General
John c, Vaughn, one of the bravest and
most gallant soldiers in the Confederate
army. q man who raised the second regi-
ment in Tennessee tor that army and
fought all through the war. General
Vaughn quit being q rebel when the wal
was over, and we suppose MI. Combs only
commenced to be one in earnest about the
saQ6 LlmSs Andb 10 dOOOh VIC AAAOASASS
between them, we presume.
What the exact language Of the OBJ
noxious speech was we are not ap'
prised, but the following Nashville
dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
has been extracted from it by the
Union and american:
Five hundred copies of the Democratic
journal containing the proceedings OF the
McMinnville Convention have been
bought by the Republicans, and will be
sent, marked, to Radical papers and poll
tieians Throughout the United States
Combs rebel speech in the Convention is
considered an excellent campaign docu-
ment.
The inference is fair that it con-
tanned %imprudent ~utterances, misrep-
resenting Southern opinion, which
may be easily tortured Dr. construed
to suit Radical purposes. Combs
may be friend or enemy. But, what
ever he may be, it would be well i
he would shut his mouth until he
leans the true sentiments of the peO-
pie he pretends to represent. And We
beg our candidates everywhere tC
be wise as serpents, while they
remain harmless as doves. The cal
is an important and uncommon one
Let them heed it, or quit talking. i
is no less important because Andy
Johnson is falsely representing the
State in Convention as speaking Out
rebel sentiments, and indicating dis
loyalty to the national government
but all the more so. The Radical
North may call him traitor, but they
will make the most Of his treason.
They will believe what he says, when
1t suits them, and they will encourage
his playing into their hands as a sec.
Ond traitor, by maligning the Demo
cratic party and disappearing its
character and purposes. A candidate
who does not know what not to say
as well as what to say, we wish might
be stricken dumb before he enters on
the canvass. Indeed, until there is a
Radical candidate in the field to op-
pose, we see no particular use for a
canvass at all. We should prefer
leaving the contest to Gen. Brown,
with such experienced friends as he
may select, to the much talking OF
many who do not know what not to
say.