Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-05
POLITICAL.

General Grant captured the Radical
| Convention of Wisconsin without the
use of soldiers and Gatlin guns, snd
Washburn was nominated for Gov
ernor. The dissatisfaction is wide
spread in the State, and the nominee
| will be opposed by some of the leading
Radicals in the Commonwealth.
The choice for President of the Re
public of New Mexico was to take
place on the'16th of last month. Jua-
rez led the poll, but his choice was
| by no means certain. An active can
vass was going on, and each party &C.
cused the other unduly, influencing
men bers of Congress. A disturbance
was expected in case of the re election
| of JuareZ.
The Philadelphia Press says:
"Our canvass in Pennsylvania,
while not remarkably active, is
unusually harmonious" True, we
never saw before such harmony
between Democrats and Repub-
licans in regard to nominations. There
is almost unanimous contempt for the
men who have foisted themselves
upon the Radical ticket.
The New Orleans PicGsflale says that
the rumOr that the two factions of the
Republican party in that city were
| likely TO unite, appears to have been
without foundation. The feud is Just
IS bitter and the leaders just as i'm
placable as ever. They seem to have
set their minds on the point that,
rather than have the opposition fac.
tion succeed, they will stand by and
see third party triumph.
The transactions in the French As
sembly do not argue well for the con-
tinuatiOn of Representative form of
Government. Factions war with fac
tiOns, and the leaders show no signs
Of being able to control the popular
storm. Theirs may be sustained, but
the minority Is so bitter, that his ad.
ministratiOn will be rendered COM
paratively barren Of desired fruits. If
the people invite interference of other
powers by their own acts, they will
have to wear the collar.
Governor Wormoth, of Louisiana,
has removed the Secretary of State, for
prOmulgating knowingly, wilfuIly,
unlawfully, and with the purpose of
imposing upon the people of the State
as Jaw that which he knows has not
become lava bill passed by the
last Legislature, known as the Cres-
cent City Water Works bill. This bill
Wasa "ring" job, in which about two
and half millions of dollars are con-
cerned, and, hence, the action of the
Secretary.
General Butler in his Springfield
speech denounced protective tariffs,
wrJt
Post comments: "HOW long is
it since General Butler found
all this out? And what does he
propose, in view of his neT light, to
do about his bunting business? For
it is notorious that General Butler is
in the business of manufacturing
bunting the fabric of which flags
are made, and Is the principal stock
holder in the largest mill for making
bunting in the United States. It is |
also commonly believed that General
Butler, by his personal efforts, in
duced Congress, few years since, to
enact duty Of twenty cents square
yard, and thirty-tive per cent. ad va
lorem,' thus protecting that article |
and its manufacturers to the extent,
in all, of one hundred and twenty per |
cent. ad valorem."
The Philadelphia Inquirer, in con-
trasting the political feature of
two Of the States, speaks in this way:
''The people of Ohio are accustomed |
to good partisan Oratory, and few pol |
itieians rise to eminence in that State |
who are not able to vigorously defend |
the principles Of the party to which |
they are attached on the stump. In
Pennsylvania 1t matters little, in most |
cases, whether a candidate for Con.
gress or for Governor can or cannot |
make telling political speech. The |
tendency here is to discourage rather |
than to encourage oratory, and, while |
speechmakers abound among us, we
have comparatively few occupants of
important representative positions
whose campaign efforts rise above me-
diocrity. In Ohio, ,onthe contrary ,vigor
on the stump, and capacity to make ef-
fective and sensible partisan addresses,
is one of the best passports to distinc.
ton. OF the old school, such men as
Governor Corwin, on the Whig side,
and Senator Allen, on the Democratic
side, were almost inimitable; and at
the present day the Republican party
has few more effective champions
than John Sherman, Bingham, De-
lano, ShelIabager and Schenck, while
the speeches OF Truman and Pendleton
always command the devout attention
Of the Democracy"