Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-17
wHE Future OF TIE APPEAL

and the paper makes its appearance
this morning under hey auspices.
The charter granted by the Legis-
Iature Of Tennessee, is still re-
tanned, and the Stockholders and
Directory have unanimously elected
M. G. GALLAwAY, J. NJ. HEATING,
and L. J. DUPRE, editors. The ex-
n~erienee of a lifetime admonishes us
of the grave responsibilities that have
been delegated to us; but we enter
upon our duties, we trust, in a spirit OF
enlarged patriotism and Cancellation,
and we hope, by giving our body and
mind, heart and brain to the task we
have undertaken, to win the con-
fidence, respect and patronage Of
a lust and generous public. No
one understands better than ourselves
that the Press, by which we mean
true journalism, has greatly advanced
in character, ability and influence,
No other department Of human indus
try and enterprise, has been more IA
vorably affected by the general causes
which have accelerated and confirmed
progress and improvement in the
nineteenth century. The aglts ons
Of the human mind produced by pO-
IiticaI changes that have taken place,
aud are constantly occurring, in differ
ent parts OF the world; the animated
and diversified discussions Of princi-
ples and fundamental rules Of govern
ment by the people, particularly in
our own land; the extension of COM
mercial and political relations
among civilized countries, and
of intercourse with barbarous
tribes, and the increased facilities fol
voyage travel and Geographic com.
munication; the wonderful chespnes:
OF publications, which has brought
knowledge within the reach of the
poorest classes Of the community
these, and many other causes, have
widely extended the circles to which
the newspaper is addressed, and con
sequently created a demand for the
current intelligence Of the times. II
s:word, more completely than evel
before,
"A map of busy life,
It's fluctuations and its vast concerns"
the daily journal is required to be 6
record Of art, science, literature, poll
tics, morals and religion. To supply
this demand, the versatile talents o.
the most successful and influential
men have been called into requisi.
ton, and the Newspaper Press, con.
sequently, numbers among its con.
tribatOrs the finest writers and
brightest intellects Of the country,
The newspaper, as now conducted,
casts into the shade every other mode
Of communication, as it is exactly
suited to the tastes Of oUr busy and
engrOssed people; and has been uni.
versally adopted as the readiest and
surest vehicle Of the expression Of
opinions anu b6Hllun6llH.
Thus understanding and sppreci-
ating the mission of modern journal
ism, il will be our constant aim to
make the APPEAL emphatically a
newspaper in the widest and best sense
ofthat term. 1t shall contain some
thing about everything that concerns
the public. In addition to regu-
lar press dispatches, We shall furnish
c0pious specials, from every quarter,
when anything of interest transpires.
In regard to politics we shall make
the Constitution our chart and COM
pass, with a full apprehension Of the
sacredness which pertains to an in
strument so hallowed; with a full
remembrance Of all that has been
done by the Democracy since the
beginning Of our national life, to
interpret that supreme law clearly
and Justly; to define its limits;
to inculcate submission to its behests;
to preserve it in its purity; to make
it powerful and perpetual; to bind the
frantic hands which have often been
raised to destroy it. The limits Of
that instrument are sacred limits,
over which the Democracy Of Amer
lea have never, in the hottest political
chase, been known to leap. Indeed,
1t Is a matter of proud reflection TO
Democrats, that the charter of our
liberties, asa people, is the foundation
Of their principles, as a party; that
these principles are not the untried
dogmas OF political enthusiasts,
nor the frail and sudden
growth Of passion or prejudice;
but grave expositions of the written
law Of the land, which have grown to
it and become a part Of i~t-gradual
aecretiOns of wisdom, dropping from
the revered lips Of patriots and states
men, and hardening, year by year,
into a system as firm as the eternal
adamant.
Concerning the course Of the AP-
PEAL as to the questions which
have, Of late, divided the Democratic
party, we have nothing to regret.
Actuated by a sense of the duties OF
an honest journalism, the APPEAL
has opposed what is known as the
New Departure. The result Of the elec-
lions in California and Maine proclaim
in tones sad as the wailings Of despair
that the new movement vas a stu
pendous blunder. The increased
Radical m~sjOrities predicted in Penn
sylvania and Ohio, and the conse-
quent shouts Of the triumphant enc
my, viii be a high tribute to the judg-
ment Of the APPEAL, and a wither-
ing rebuke to those whose folly has
brought disaster upon a party that
was twelve months ago harmonious
and triumphant. But ii is not too
late to rally the scattered hosts Of
Democracy, and 10 organize them into
an impregnable and victorious pha-
lanx. Let US, for the future, ig-
more the discussion of matters
which win be properly decid-
ed by the wisdom of the party in
National Convention. e should
r~ec0lleet, all Of us, that while we hon.
estly differ as to one question, there are
a hundred everlasting principles, in
volving the safety Of the States, upon
which we must and viii stand. II
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