Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-18

we could make, would absolutely ap-
pail the heart and paralyze the hand
of our affrighted adversaries, and thus
ertOrt from them that recognition OF
our rights, and that due respect for
Justice and the sanction OF law which
a less vigorous and determined resist
ance on our part has heretofore failed
to evoke. We know, of course, that
the Radical leaders are calculating on
carrying the next election by prac-
ticing their old game OF force, fraud
and ballot-box stufing; but they are
also calculating on meeting with only
such feeble resistance on our part as
they encountered in the last election,
when, by reason of our lack of sufti-
GENTLY vigorous organization, and the
apathy and the Indifference OF the peO-
pie, Clayton and his myrmidons were
permitted to ride rough-shod over
the rights and liberties of the people,
ignoring all the sanctities and Obliga-
tiOns of the law, and setting at def
ance all the restraints Of common de-
cency and propriety.
Our province and our duties are not
of a Legislative but purely OF an erecu.
the character. 1t is our business and
duty not to make platforms, but to
aid, direct and assist in the OIganiza-
tiOn of the party. And ii is in the
discharge of that duty and the further
ance of that good and important work,
that we would now invoke the atten-
tiOn and enlist the earnest, active and
untiring efforts and cooperation of
each and every individual member of
the party. The work Of organization
is now the one great duty that lies be-
fore US. We need not trouble our
selves so much about the making of a
platform-that is a matter which viii
be sure to be properly taken care Of;
but the work of organizing and bring
ing out our full strength, and dispOs-
ing of our forces to the very best pos
sible advantage for the next campaign
is, pre-eminently and exclusively,
work of our Ol0Il, which we, ourselves,
must do by ourselves, and for ourselves
alone, without any help from others,
or succOI from abroad.
Let US see to it, fellOW-citiZens, that
Governor Hadley shall not be per.
mitted, with impunity, unchallenged
unchecked, to re-enact the role and re-
peat the hOrrid enormities of the in
famous and almost universally exc
Grated Clayton. There is a way to
prevent it-an easy, practical and eff
caciOus way, and that is simply by
demanding our lawful rights respect
fully, but with tirmness and decision,
and backing our demands with an
exhibition of the necessary and suffi-
cient moral and physical strength to
enforce them. This is no novel idea, or
new discovery, it is as old as the history
ofpolitical parties and confirmed by ex-
perienceO of mankind in all nations and
in all ages of the world. "In unity
there is strength" and "United we
stand, divided we fall" are maxims
as old and enduring as the scenes of
human experience in which they are
founded. There is potent spell in
numbers and the most efficacious
virtues in the strength of majorities,
which, when systematically exerted
and wisely directed, are irresistible.
Napoleon used to say that "the Lord
is always on the side of those having
the heaviest artillery" The maxim
is but a repetition and illustration of
the old familiar truth that "Other
things being equal, two men can
always whip one" That we have an
overwhelming popular majority even
of the qualified electors of the State,
no Well-informed man can for a mo-
ment deny; and when to that nu-
merical strength is added the moral
weight of vast preponderance of
wealth, intelligence and superior
social advantages, no one can fail to
recognize therein the existence of
power which, if fully developed and
properly directed, will be absolutely
irresistible, and which by the mere
force of its momentum will crush our
enemies, and prevent frauds and out
RACES being perpetrated upon us by an
INSCRIPTIONS, but dastardly foe.
If, therefore, we would succeed in
the next election, and save the people
and rescue the government from the
dtspOtic grasp and destructive rule of
Radicalism, we must commence, in
due time, the all-necessary and essen
tial work of organization, and faith
fully and persistentIy prosecute it !
with ceaseless and untiring energy
until the battle shall have been fought |
and the victory won.
We omit the remainder of the ad- |
dress, because it relates TO Organiza-
ton; the above is all that has political |
signitcance.-APPEAL.