Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-07

ACeeA AA0 NOI(AloAOA ina ~ ID nOM
time that weshould organize our party
upon principle, and, in making this
organization, any difference of opin-
ion as to mere policy which may have
obtained in the period of cur exodus,
should not interfere in the least, or be
made a test.
But what shall this organization
be ? Shall it be a mere State organi-
cation ? OF one placing US in line with
an organization already existing, bat
ting for principles similar to those we
entertain, and eOeXtensive with the
Union 1? 1t seems to me that the
question answers itself. We know
that the only relief to be had from ma
tional grievances is through national
legislation, our State authority is help
less-emasculated. Then e indi-
vidual we add to the national Organi-
cation is that much support given 10
the mighty arm of Justice and truth, al
ready appraised to strike off our chains
and unbind our bonds. In everyState
North, in almost every State South,
this organization exists-exists, not in
a waning and dropping condition, but
in all the freshness and vigor of per-
ennial youth. In the two last State
elections NOrth-in New York and
COnnecticut-with defiant shouts and
invincible determination, this organi-
zation has placed its victorious BAN
ners upon the very battlementS of the
foe; and Ohio, the young giant of the
West, has echoed the 4" wal cry" and
is even now marching on to the front.
Shall we, for whom this battle is
mainly fought, for whom these noble
are to-day in the field, be re-
creant? - r~ecreant, when the fray
grows warm and the hour grows red
with the fury of the tight2
Then let us place ourselves In line
with the great National Democratic
party, and push on the fight till the
victory be won, and,the brotherhood
of the people again restored. What
other national or even State organiza-
ton now exists? None save
the Republican. Need 1 say that
if the old Wing organization
had survived the war and that of the
party to which we have both ever be-
lOnged, been lost or absorbed, how
proudly and gladly we would have
placed ourselves in its line and fought |
under its flag? Would we be ashamed
of the leadership of the great men
who Illustrated its purity and its pa
triotism, and whose names are the
bright Jewels of the treasure house of
Onr national fame? Would their
great leader Clay and their great ex-
FOUNDER, Webster, have stood idly
by at such a crisis? Rather would
the one have sounded the rally with
tho oIarirn pnfas oeabfo aIOcranoa and |
gathered the clans from the noun
tains and valleys of the South, to the
rescue of the other who ere this would
have taken up the sword and put on
the mighty armor (which Archil- |
les alone could bear' in defense of
Constitution heilluminated with the
brightness of his intellect and de-
Tended with the matchlesS strength of
his logic. The Democrat who would
his support to anyone merely
because he formerly belonged to the
Wing party, would be recreant to the
and solemn duties of the hour
and in all my association with the
people | have found no such man, nor
do L believe that many such exist in
Of the old parties. The old
issues that divided these grand old
belligerents sleep in the grave of the
past, and he who for personal promo
lion would disturb their quiet repOSe,
is unworthy the name OF patriot, and
deserves, as he will receive, the con-
of the peOple.-The princi-
pies which mark the Democratic, as
4 distinctive party, and upon which
is present organization is based, re-
.ai xra tho gonafinn aud gYTnnort of oil
most every Southern man, and of so
arge a minority of the Northern
masses that it will require but a small
Der centum of gains to givea national
to the party. What we most
need in the South is TO be reindOctri-
In the turmoil and smoke Of a great
evolution in the almost life struggle
iince our people, as l have said, have
had to look more tOthe policy of the
lour than to any political creed, and
his remark is especially applicable to
he young men WhOEYere boys when
his revolution begah. With charac-
er5 formed in ''times that tried mems
purified As by fire." what
nay not the natien expect
It their hands in the develop
nent of its grand and almost
abulOuS resources? These constitute
he lfe-guards of the "Arch of the
Into their hands it is
bout to pass, and shall we not look
its table and see that no false
has interpOlated or corrupted
is text. The great doctrines which
constitute the distinctive differences
,ot uaan tho napangraffp and Pnnuh-
lean parties can easily be found;
zone of them, like the Sybiline leaves,
lave been destroyed. They have
,een, and still are, in the hands of
he faithful, and but a few days ago
eceived the sanction of the purest
md most patriotic men of Ohio.
Upon this platform of principles we
in my humble Judgment,
take State canvass, and proudly
maintain the next national contest.
will ask you, Messrs. Editors, to
this platform in the issue of
our paper in which this appears, as !
PRESENTING an epitome of political" |
doctrines as pure in their substance as
n the strong Saxon language in
which they are es Aressed. So much A.,
or national politicss :
| submit if any expression of Opin- (
on in regard to State policy would '
lot be premature, in view of the fact
hat the new Constitution has {
been published and none
f Us have given it that
nature consideration which its
Importance demands, or can be ex- I
ected to point out, in so short a time. !
he legislation the changed conditions
f things may, and probably will,
nperatively require.
This much, however, may safely be =
entuped, that the State should be di- 1
creed from the internal improve :
tent schemes, to which she has been
} long welded, and her interest pro-
from the manipulatiOns of
ngs and lobby brokers. l would .
ay promptly and in good faith every O.
Ollar for which the State is legally >
Ound, but claim for the State the o
lme right individuals have to protect n
lemselves from frauds, imposition
nd unauthorized acts of agency =
his whole subject is now before the 81
of the State, and the wis
Dm of that body may find, before
le assembling of a convention, a safe
from the wilderness of our finan-
al situation. But principles, how
yer pure and right they may be, are
Fad things without the vivifying in
hence of party, and the work of a
irty is dead work without or 4
iniZatiOn. As well might you :
Jpect an army to win victories
ithOut discipline. The Republican
lrty is thoroughly organized, thor