Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-13
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From the Knoxville Chronicle, Radical.
THE NEW DEPARTURE AT NASHVILLE
Until men prove by their acts the insin,
cerity of their declarations, we are bound
to believe them honest, unless Their past
| history gives them a different character
Looking at the late "New Departure" al
j Nashville in this light, we must accept the
| declaration of principles set forth by those
concerned, the substance OF which we gave
yesterday morning, as being an honest ex-
/ preston of their political sentiments. The
principles enuncilted are not bad. They
approach very near to what we believe to
| be the correct principles upon which our
| government should be administered. In
| fact. those who prepared the address seem
| TO have been experimenting to see just how
| near the verge of the Republican platform
| thew could come, without getting fairly and
souarely upon it. If they will now stand
upon their own platform, stand squarely up
to principles which they have proclaimed to
the world. it will be the easiest thing imag-
Unable for them to put ON the harness of the
grand old Republican party, against which
some of them have fought so long, and do
gallant service vet for their country. Many
of them are young men, and have long
time vet in which to repair the injuries they
have already sought, ignorantly we have no
Doubt. to nerpetrate upon their country.
But let them come out boldly and manfully
on the side Of right. We are perfectly
willing to take them into the Republican
party. and let them hold on to the
platform of principles just as they have
written them. We would perhaps differ
with them in some minor particulars, but
the Republican party is party OF liberal
views Ii tolerates difference Of opinion
among its members on minor issues. II
these men think we are going to exclude
them, because they have been wrong here
tofore, they are mistaken. We have room
for them still, with all the errors OF their
past lives. If they will only stand up to
their platform, we will take them in. 1t is
nonsense for them to stand of, little flock
by themselves, merely on account of past
differences. Let them show fruits of their
conversion to Republican principles, which
they have so nearly declared, and the time
is not far distant when some of them may
become bright and shining lights In the
Republican camp.
From the Knoxville Chronicl, (RadicsD.
HOW 1T TAKES.
J.J. DuBose, Senator from Shelby, and
J. NJ. Harris, member of the Lower
House, a nephew of Gov. Harris, tele-
graphed to the Memphis appeal, relative to
the third party movement, as follows;
NASHVILLE, Oct. I, 1S71.-EDITORs AP-
PEAL.-Col. A. S. Colyar, II. S. Foote, and
the proprietor Of the Banner are the leaders
of the new party movement. We denounce
it most emphatically. The Legislature Is
sound on the question. J. j. DUBosE,
J. NJ. HARRIS.
The Legislature denounces it most en-
phatically.n Of course they would de-
nounce, as they have done, everything which
approaches so nearly to the Republican
platform. But we trust our friends who
have made such good start will not per
init aay denunciatiOn by the Legislature to
prevent them from coming all the way. 1t
is a good beginning. Let us hope the end
ing may be better.
From the Athens Post (Democratic.)
TENNEssEE-ANoTHER DEPARTURE.
A new political movement has developed
itself at Nashville, which we presume is,
"more or less" the result of Senator
Schurz's recent visit to that city. 1t pur
ports to embrace democrats and Republi-
cans, Wings and Conservatives, irrespective
of sections" and to have for its main OBJ
ject the removal of party and sectional
''preiudices that tend to impede the growth
and development of those fraternal feelings
and relations, that love of a common country
which alone can enable the American re-
public to attain the consummation of its
high destiny" All of which sounds
well enough, and is as pretty as a
piece of calico, fresh from the New En-
gland Print Works and warranted to
wash. 1t seems that the first meeting was
held last Friday evening, when an organiza-
ton was perfected under the sonorous title
of 'Re-union and Reform Association" An
address was adopted, which appears at
length in the Banner of Saturday morning,
numerously signed. Among the signatures
we notice a few that we recognize as belong
ing to old stagers, to-wit: Henry S. Foote,
Emerson Etheridge, A. S. Colyar, etc.
We don't know that We fully comprehend
this movement, but it really seems to US to
be ill-timed and premature, to have been
rushed into without due thought and con-
sideration, and is likely to result in strength
ening the Radical party more than in any
thing else.