Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-16
POLITICAL

New Hampshire IS now UemOeIatlc
aud beyond the reach Of any facaous
influence. This result may be regarded
as assuring New Hampshire TO the
Democracy for the Presidential cleo
zion as the possession Of the State gov
ernment. through its distributed in
f7uance is regarded as equal to 5000
vOtes. It Is important in another as
meet. as Mr.. PsttersOn's seat in the
Senate of the United States viii have
10 be fl-d next year.
The Lexington Caucasian says this
is the true Democratic programme,
and no " departure T" allowed: " Re
scind every act, repudiate every debt,
cancel every obligation, annul every
amendment, bill and resolution, undo
everything that has been done in the
last ten hideOus years, except just so
much as may be maintained by free,
full, far, untrammeled vote of the
whole people Of the country; return
to the grand old Constitution of our
fathers as DC was, unpatched, ,unstained
in fact, wipe out and begin anew"
After all. Ben. Wade, ike Barkis,
sis WiIlin'." He only requires to be
persuaded, by q sufficient vote in the
Radical convention, 10 be a candidate
for Governor, and 10 mount the San
Domingo hobby. But the pr0babili-
ties are agsinst his nomination, not
withstRndiug the support Of Grant
and the Gazette. Besides, ne is too
bluff for the present. necessity. A
more negative candidate is required,
ard vii be probably found in General
Moves, who has the merit Of being a
recent importation from New Eng
land.
The Natchez Courier says: "There
is 8 question we would put TO the
Democrats favOriug the movement.
Win they gain a Republican? They
will certainly lose many Democrats.
Suppose the new departure is not
adopted, viii they adhere to the sup
port Of the Constitution with its He
gal amendments, as proposed IN the
new departure2 II so, they must 60
with the Radical party; or VIII they
take another departure and wheel
back into line with the Democracy
We have no faith in the new de-
parture."
Mr.. Clingman, whose political posi-
ton has recently been regarded with
some doubt, has just published a letter
which fully sustains the act Of the
Legislature in calling q convention,
which is now the subject Of most pres
sing interest in North Carolina, and
takes sides with the Conservatives
against the effgrts Of Senator Pool,
and other c0nspiratOrs, who have
been striving by the most discred-
liable means TO TeimpOse military
rule on the State. There is hardly
any doubt that the convention will be
carried bya large majority Of the pop
ular vote. and the eXtraVagant eXpen-
ditures aud iniqUities, by means Of
which Holden and his corrupt crew
Oppre .sed and plundered the property
holders, viii be completely swept
away by q return to honest govern
ment and just representation.
The Northern Radical papers are
setting up a dreadful howl because
Mr.. Jefferson Davis ventured upon
the assertion that the American peO-
Die would at some future period feel
sorry Tor departing from the hOnOred
traditions OF the fathers of the RepUb-
lie, AID that he prefers the COnstitU-
ton IS it was in the days Of Washing
ton, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
to the present patched up concern.
These highly sensitive persons have
nothing to say against Wendell Phil
Hips mild suggestions to shoot leading
Southern citizens. In retaliation Tor
Ku-KluX 0utrage5 alleged to have
been committed by people they know
rTnfhfuc p ohnuf They GDnlan1 Hn7st
Buffers sanguinary haraugues, and
agree with the piOus idiots who de-
clare that the murder of the Archbish-
Op and sixty two Catholic priests in
Parig was a righteous retributiOn for
the massacre OF the HuguenOts three
hundred years ago. The logic OF these
representative Of the party Of ''great
moral ideaso Is on q par with their
ideas Of justice aud decency 0.
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