Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-08

Perhaps it ought TO be called the move
ment Of Foote, Etheridge, and VIM. Gray,
IS. Vols. But by whatever name it may
be known to the public the principles, pur-
poses and intended results are the same.
Enough by way of introduction.
After We had left our Office Friday night
we were approached on the street by
couple of gentlemen, who asked If we could
publish an article which they had in type,and
which wethought would occupy more thana
column of our paper. We responded That
we could not, that the proceedings OF the
Legislature, the State Fair and our tele-
graphic matter for that night had compelled
us to Weld to new advertisements nearly all
of our editorial space. Hence we could not
possibly comply with the request. We
were then told that the article presented
was sort of non-partisan political address,
which had been agreed upon by the gentle
men whose names were signed to it, and
that it had been printed at the Bonner Of
fee. A suspicious mind might have
endured why that address had
not been presented to the UNION
AND AMERICAN; why some one
connected with the UNION AND AMERI-
CAN had not been requested to sign it, OF
in some way approached upon this subject,
either for signature or publication. Not
knowing then the ptTpot Of the address,
the publication of which was desired, we
simply declared the impossibility of our
publishing it, and the uniaiIness Of present,
ing it to us at that late hour.
Yesterday morning by reading the Banner
we found that ga preliminary or
ganization of citizens, irrespective Of
| party, having been effected for the purpose
of carrying into effect the principles EN-
bodied in the platform or compact
of alliance, at large and enthu.
siastic meeting last Friday evening
an address previously signed by nu
merous citizens of all parties and section;
was adopted we very naturally felt some
degree of chagrin that our usually keen anC
energetic city reporters had been unable tC
learn and report anything of this 'large ant
enthusiastic meeting We also fel
some degree of modification that this "pre
liminarv organization Of citizens, irrespec
tive of party including Democrats an,
Republicans, Wings and Conservatives, ire
spective of section" lad never made itSel
| known to the UNION AND AMERICAN unit
it had fully and thoroughly concluded upol
its political course and published its mani
festo.
But all this seeming negligence was full
understood and appreciated by us yesterda
morning when we read in the Banner thi
address of Foote, Etheridge, Gray & CO
Emanating from such source, it coul
not but be elegant in its verbosity and yeI
bose in its elegance.
1t is glittering in its generalities, and pre-
eminently general in its glittering corrusca
tons. 1t has init the fervor of unsophisti
Gated youth and the eager indiscretion c
disappointed and disaHected age. Of tn
former We have not word Of reproof t
utter. for we know that little more c
age and experience will teach
that new wine cannot be put int
old bottles and be preserved. In othe
words, the young gentlemen who have gon
into this movement with all Of the ardo
and energy Of youth, viii learn that thei
new wine cannot be preserved in the bottle
of political hacks, who have been in politics
" everything by turns, and nothing long.
Their hearts are right, but they have bee
overreached.
A plain and simple question presents itsel
to every Southern man: What does it bel
eft us to divide the Democracy of III
South? Uuited, we standardized, W
fall.
Ifthere be anything in third party, Il
the movement commence in the Nortl
where there may be hope Of dividing RI
publicanism. Then yOu may present areaso
for our encouragement and support. Bu
when YOU begin here in the South, it ma
seem that the motto is to divide and Col
quer," when there is nothing but the D.
mocracy, to divide and conquer.