Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-01
WHICH Is THE DIVIDED PARTY.

1t is amusing to see how diligently and
vehemently Democratic papers write about
the "disentegrationn and dissensions in
the Republican party. To believe them
~ one would suppose that there was some
great division in the party upon principles
vital to its organization and success. But
how are the facts? 1t is true that in sew
eraI States there are Republican leaders
anxious for place, and that their respective
friends are activeand bitter in prosecuting
their claims, but that is always the case
where nominations are equivalent to cleo
TONS There is very little of that struggle
in the Democratic ranks for there are not
always men to be found anxious to be Uic-
. tins. So in New York we have the Cpnk
-Ta ling and Fenton, and in Louisiana the
-Fr1 Warmoth and Dunn factions. But these
are not struggles to dividea party of in
teIligent voters. 1t matters very little to
the great Republican masses whether
Conkling or Fenton prevail in New York
tor there are for better men there, in the
Republican party, than either of them
If local quarrels in New Orleans have
divided the party there, it is on issues about
go which the party as whole cares but little.
The organization as whole is united, for
its voters are honest and intelligent, and
r.s know that its success is far more vital than
the personal triumph of any one of its
leaders. 1t is not a party to be broken
in pieces for any leader, no matter
what his position or merits. 1t has a
great mission to perform, and that is to
save the Government from the clutches of
a reasonable, corrupt party, whose record
is enough to sink it for years to come, and
it will fulfill this mission with the same
fidelity and unity that has characterized
it heretofore.
m But on the other hand, what is the con-
s dition of the party that camors so loudly
about Republican disintregration Is it
united and harmonious? Has it no
factions or divisions? Is there not
radical division upon the very corner
stone of the platform. Do we not see in
every State divisions, the one claiming to
be the "true Democracy" and reading the
other out, calling them ''mongrels, n"Radi-
Gals in Disguise &c. Even in Ohio,
where great battle is being fought, these
divisions are warning against each other in
a09 open sight of united and enthusiastic op-
position. Thus our dispatches yesterday
morning said that Senator Thurman de-
.'H clared the party "were as strongly opposed
to the 18th and 18th amendments as ever
and that too where the platform recognizes
them as valid and final.
In Kentucky we find the Coarier-J our-
aGE fighting bitterly the Ledger and
officers of the State Central Committee.
In Tennessee, the Memphis appeal be-
n rates the AudJdnche, and declares there is
@iis but little difference between the radicals
and the "new departurists." Wei find, too,
such leaders as Nicholson and Johnson
Just as opposed to each other on the great
.a1 b. est principle in issue as leaders can be.
.-,o In Georgia the war is more bitter than
elsewhere Look where we viii we find
l..r this great contest goes to the very root OF
7, the organization-in fact is struggle as to
whether or not they are a party. TOombs,
Stephens Davis, Garrett Davis, ex-Presi-
dent Johnson and hundreds of others all
sr substantially declare they will not accept
81. the new dogma, When defeats come this
fall as they certainly will, these men will
be strengthened and the party divided
With these facts before u.s. may we not
ask which is the party torn with dissen-