Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-20

THE Mobile Register says that the
"new departure" dodge was unques,
tionably shaped to reconcile'the large
body Of Democrats who had back
sided on the war question and per.
mitted the abolitionists to drag them
to q field of blood on the false pretext
that they were to fight for the flag and
the Union. Besides these, there were
a great many old Wings in the North
sentimentally opposed to slavery, and
who were more easily seduced by Lin
coin, Wendell Phillips and the old
Abolition leaders. Both of these
classes now see how transparent was
the cheat put upon them, 50 far as "the
fag'' and "the Union" were con-
cerned. 1t is ten years since the war
begun, and we have no Union yet,
while the flag ard the protection which
it embIems are still refused to a large
part of the American people. The
| Wing sentimentalists of the North
are now relieved from one of their
difficulties by the elimination Of the
slavery question from the political
issues of the day. Both Of these
classes, which have gone so far to
keep the Radical party in power, are
sick of the extravagances and Jyranni-
cal tendencies of the Grant admins
tratiOn, and naturally gravitate, for
relief, toward the Democracy.
The "new departure" was invent
ed-or rather, it was 50 pretegded-as
a bridge to bear these voters back to
the Democratic fold. II it were no
more than a bridge to pass them safely
over, it would have been all right, for
the Democratic tent is wide open to
receive and embrace ali who honestly
come to it as fellOW-soldiers to save
the Government from its present peril,
or of becoming hardened into the
despOtic form. But there is good Tea-
son to believe that the ''new depart
ure," 50 far from beinga bridge to pass
new members into the Democratic
camp, is a bridge that lures and
marches the Democratic camp over to
Radical m~ongrelism. 1t is n thing
to invite recruits into the Democratic
temple, but it is another thing to de-
molish that temple and to build a new
one after Radical pattern, in order to
make it entirely acceptable to the new
recruits. The New York Day Book
pithily expresses the thought in these
words:
But now we are told by the organ Of
the departure the World that these
old deserters "yearn for the old faith, /
and want to come back" Very well!
If they i'yearn for the old faith" let
them come back to tour arms shall
be open to receive them; but il, instead
OF coming back to the old faith, they
want the ''old faith" upset altogether,
and the principles of the party dragged
all the way over to the nasty slums of
mOngrelism, then we can tell them
and their constituencies tools, the de-
that there is a redeeming
and u%nyielding majority Of the honest
old Democratic party which will never
consent to remOve bodily into this
new negro shed for the luxury of
tremendously with all the rem
from the time-hOnOred princi-
pies of Democracy. And we believe
that there are more "Old line Wings"
in the negro party, who are heartily
Of its crimes land who are
prepared TO come to the "Old faith Of
DemOcracy"1 than there are renegade
in that camp. And they
will come as honest converts to the
i'Old faith" on which the republic was
reared by the fathers. +,
Now, when the "Departurites "
come to answer this objection and the
other grave one, that they are aban-
their lifetime safe position on
The ramparts of the Constitution, they
1ever fail to become foggy. They re-
pudiste, at once and Indignantly, the
thought that they approve the amend
nents which they r trying to ignore,
and are obliged to admit that the
departure" is only to be taken in a
PiekWickian ems 1t is a mere
. dodge" unworthy of statesmen, and
tOlerable in party managers of
low order of morals and enlighten- :
nent. We say this Of the Originators
If the dodge, and yet freely admit that
{ may have many honest followers,
Who think they find in it the realiza-
ion Of their darling wish to save the /.
Constitution from the hands of Radi-
al ~destructives. {
It looks to US, we must confess, as if {
he idea really had not its origin in /
ny mind in true affinity with the
Democratic party. We have seen how
/ delighted MI. Justice Chase, and
re can readily imagine how he saw in /
!. the platform for a new party, made =
the wreck Of the twOOld parties, 9
which would exactly fit his condition. :
We do not believe, from u careful G
bservation Of the course of public :
upon the departure that .
be Democratic masses can be brought 4
} stand upon it. And we feel quite
1re that when 1t comes to be ana.
1zed in the ational Convention next
ear, a great majority will be found =
nat prefer to stand boldly against
.audulent Interpretations in the Con- :
Lituiion 70 white!Washing them as
cad issues. Suppose there had been
amendment declaring Grant En-
error, and ordering that the sceptre r.
hOuld pass to the feeble descendants :
t his blood. Would any man coun-
81 the freeIovlng three millions ofl
democrats in this land to accept if as 81
accomplished fact, to ignore it for "
Eudenee sake, and thus ''departD
round the sharp edges Of that muir,
erous assault upon a free Constitu-
The reasons for sucha course \
7Ould be just as strong as theysre now 3
NJ dodQinO the amendmentg Gecured3s