Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-21
THE CHAHBER OF COMMERCE AND
POLITICS.

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The chamber of commerce Of this city
recognizes political s. well az practical
facts, II asks st. Louis TO conyoke mer-
chants and steambostmsn in that city.
WHY moi in Memphis2 Merchants are
The sbrewdest of practical thinkers. They
bsve seen the South constantly victimizsd
by the mode of conducting partisan con-
iicss. They have seen these contests
again and again made to turn Simply
mon sectional p~rejudices' Parties NORTH
have been so organized, that the deiest o.
ana has been accomplished solely by
ANNALS TO northern prejudices against
the soutb, By these agencies geographic
cal hostility has been orystsiizeo IN Ku-
tl1x acts. and to this mode Of organizing
,syties we are indebted for the enslsye-
msnt Of South Carolina and other
States, ConfessiDg the existence OF
this sntipsthy 70 the South and
the consequent unwiliingness Of congress
to recognize any sction, even OF 3 COM
mercisl body, in 8 southern CITY, the
Memphis chamber of commerce ssks thst
of 81. Louis to convoke merchants of the
West and u~svigators Of the Mississippi in
that city. In practical action merchants
thus confess the evils done by parties de-
wins inspiration from prejudices that
can never b cured until new issues dis
tinguish them. IT these merchants are
not mistaken, they must deem the South
fortunate when such q partisan as Sum-
uer drives down q wedge between the two
wings of the Radical party which no force
of sectional prejudice can draw forth. A
new question is sprung. 1t was old
many years ago. It was the hob
BY of Henry Clay, and even of President
Harrison, whose name is almost forgot
ten. It was the shibboleth of the old
Wing party in the days of its pristine pu-
ritv, A single term Of presidential ser
vice should be an exaction Of constitu-
tional lsw. On this proposition Demo-
Gratis will concur with many Republicans,
and especially with those who became Re-
publicsns when the embodiment of their
party was buried at Ashland. When par
ties north begin the struggleon this ques-
ton. Grants virtues and not the misdeeds
of the south Will constitute the subject Of
violent dissensions and of relentless hate.
The south escapes, and there is hope for
freedom even in the gulf States. In
Tennessee we rave little reason to
COMPLAIN, but while maintaining the
supremacy OF right and justice here,
we should not forget wrongs inflicted
upon ~ueighb0ring communities. hem-
phis is as thoroughly 8 city of Arkansas
and of Mississippi as of Tennessee, and
we would fsin hope, since the platform of
the Democratic party has been emsscu-
lstsd sud all traditions violated by the
adoption Of the new departure, that the
national Democratic committee or the
proposed convention of February will
perfect ths scheme of Sumner, involving
the 6isintsgrsti0n of the party Of which
Grant Is the impersonstion. b done
the South will No longer constitute the
plaything Of Northern parties and poll
ticisns, and no longer suffer endless
outrages as the victim Of passions
bsgotten by violent partisan strug-
giles. Then, when Memphis merchants
would achieve q great public good,
they viii 10 longer deem 1t necessary to
escape the disastrous force of northern
prejudices BY making some more north
eru city than this the sosns of sction Of a
purely practical, non-pOlitical, CONNER
clzl convention. The APPEAL vii Obey
the dictates of the national Democratic
committee, OF convention, but is well
pleased TO find questions, like this pre-
scented by Hr. Sumner, injected into the
coming contest; and surely every old
Wing viii leap 20 the front, and become q
Jealous adhsrent Of the party that re-
gdoDts tbe glogsu Of ClRy,