Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-17

IN order that our readers may SET
how the Vallandigham movement i:
viewed by true Democrats Of Mis-.
souri,, let them read the following
from the Jefferson (Mo.) Democrat, o.
the 9th. It will be seen that while
they deny all honor to the movement,
neither more do they conCede any
sound policy, II any probable good
to the party is to be derived from it:
That Mr.. Vallandigham should be
the leader OF the ''neW departure is
not a matter of great surprise to US,
but that the Democratic party OF the
State should follow in his lead, and
adopt substantially the platform OF
the Montgomery county convention,
is a matter of establishment. We had
hoped that wiser and better cCunsels
than ValIandigham's would prevail,
but it appears that a large majority OF
the delegates to the Convention had
resolved upon a deliberate and shame
fnl surrende, of the Democratic party
Of the State, to the enemy. This was
mainly brought about by the IN
righteous caucus system, that has dis
gTaced every State Convention in
Ohio, for the last ten years, and closed
the mouths of every intelligent DEM
Ocrat who sought to make himself
heard in opposition to the resolutions
which are always cut and dried in the
committee room, and then cutting of
all debate by moving the previous
question, and rushing them through
the Convention.
The Dayton movement was under
stood TO be anti endletOn in its char
acter, with General Ewing as its fig
urehead, for Governor; but it appears
that the adoption of the Ohio plat
form, and the nomination of General
McOOOk for Governor, is a cOmprO-
mise between the friends of Vallap-
digham, Ewing and the "neW de-
parture," and the friends of Pendle
ton and the opponents Of the Dayton
platform. We cen see no necessity
for q compromise Of that character,
as the resolutions adopted by the CO.
lumbus Convention are all that Mr.,
Vallandigham, or any other Repub-
lican, could wish for. They contain
in substance all that Mr.. VaIlandig-
ham put in his Dayton incubation,
with little sOft-sOlder nonsense about
the public debt in greenbacks,
and elevating the credit of the Gov
eminent.
They danounce the extraordinary
means by which the three amend
ments 90 the Constitution were
brought about, and then accept them
as accomplished facts in the same
and that the same are no
longer political Issues before the
country. There is not a Democratic /
politician in Ohio, from Mr.. Vallan-
1igham down to the crossroads ora
Tor, that has not a thousand times de-
lounced the three Constitutional
amendments as illegal, revolutionary,
and fraudulent, and therefore null and
void as ? parts Of the Constitution.
Now, with "bated breath" they mild
V denounce the extraordinary means
Jy which they were brought about,
md then accept them asaccOmplished
acts. Such pitiful demagOguery is
iisgraceful to any man or any party, /
md viii result in the utter discOmft-
ire of the party, and the
iefeat Of the ticket nOmi-
lated. We know that the platform
viii not be approved by the masses of
he Democratic partyo of the State, nor
Vill the ticket be cordially supported
" them.
MIR. Vallandigham has committed a
most fatal errCr, in attempting the
unconditional surrender Of himself,
nd the party that 50 nobly stood by
i'm IN his days CT trial and perseeu-
ion, to that party which has we'll
ligh destroyed the last vestige Of re-
publican government in this country.
+ we accept the amendments as fixed
acts, and pledge ourselves to enforce
hem If we get control OF the govern
nent, we have no issue to make with
he party in power, and we would just
ls soon see Grant President on such a
lladOrms as the Hon. Q. L. Vallan-
Had MI. Vallandigham asserted
he true Interpretation OF the Consti-
as expressed in the first Ken
ueky resolution years ago, he would
lave been a tower Of strength, around
which the true Democracy of the
Ountry could have rallied, and re-