Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-02

he has warred upon Democracy and
predicted its destruction as often as
the croaking Cassandra predicted the
downfall of Troy-and he knows,
too, that the Democracy still lives;
that it has recently planted its tri-
umphat banner upon the battlements
Of the enemy in Connecticut, and that
still more recently it has swept over
the State OF New York like a mighty
freshet. Forty years of sad expert
ence ought to convince the editor
of the Wing that a party which sur
vived the unbounded popularity OF
Clay, the matches eloquence OF the
"God-like" Webster, and all the tai
ent of the grand old Wing party, is
imperishablo too impregnablo to be
stormed by the filthy jackals that
make up the d~isgraceful Radical party.
We tell you, friend Gates, that In
YOUR present course you are gnawlng
a file to the great detriment OF your
character, and your teeth already
damaged by long use, should
be saved solely for the purpose
of masticating the food which feeds
a life about to terminate so I'M
proftabIy. An ipsidious friend is
more dangerous than an open enemy;
and the CenseI vative papers of the
South that war upon Democracy are
doing more to perpetuate Radicalism
than Butler or Grant or Sumner. The
vitality Of Democracy has become his
toric. Therein consists its strength
and its pride. Its foundation is based
upon the great cardinal doctrines OF
civil and religious liberty, a strict con-
struction of the Constitution and the
sovereignty OF the States. 1t is the
only organization that now Crap
pies with Radica6sm, the enc
mics to peace, to the Constitution
and to the rights of the States-and he
that is not for the Democratic party is
for Radicalism. There is no where
else to go. The next Presidential cleo
ton will be a contest between Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, and the speak
er or the o1itOr who now prejudices
the people against Democracy is maxi
ing friends for Radicalism. Pvinci-
Piles are immutable, eternal; and
should never be desert /. Backbone,
a strong spinal column, is what is so
often needed in the dark hour of adj
versity. This is no time for faint
hearts, who, upon the occurrence of
every little temporary reverse, become
respondent and advocate the suicidal
and cowardly policy Of surrendering
good and tenable ground, and going
over bodily to seek advantage inside
the lines of the enemy. These tenn
pOrisers require to be reminded that
the Democratic parry is a party of
Principle, not of Expediency; that it
fights for Power, so that it may have
an opportunity of administering gov
eminent in accordance with the Prin-
ciples upon which it uncompromi-
singly stands, and not that it may be
able merely to pander to the passions
or whims of the hour and give place
and patronage to is individual mem
bers. Because it is a party Of Princi-
pie it is enabled to do what no other
party in this country has ever done
survive and grow in strength under
defeat. Notwithstanding all that it
had to suffer and contend with during
the last decade-with every depart
ment Of the Government, armies
counted by the millions, and
money enumerated by thousands Of
millions, welded against it, the Dem
Ocratic party nobly fought the fight of
constitutional government, and is to-
day stronger than at any period of its
-existence; and it is thUs stronger
solely because it adhered tenaciously
through all vicissitudes of the struggle
to its principle. When it abandOns
or ~surrenders these, through fear of
agitation or hope of gaining new-made
votes, there will be little practical diff
ference between it and the one now
in power, and the work of political
Generalization will be complete.
The Democratic party must fight on
as it has fought in the past, and its
efforts will yet be crowned with sue
cess, Notwithstanding the hair, d Of
the Jackson Wing and the ireachery
Of the Independents who are lidng
up Radiealism in the same proportion
that they strike down Democracy.