Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-25
MISSISSIPPI.
CrOps-POlitics - Prospects = Packets
Etc.-General Cheatham's Glory
and Worth.

lettings Vi Ouu pidAOtISj OWAuS CIiSig y
the decline in the river, relieving al
apprehensions of an overflow, thel
seeming imminent. Confidence is re
stored, with hope and redoubled energy
They apply themselves to the produc
ton of crops with confidence of remu
~nerative return to earnest care and hon
est toll. Politics is not ignored, but pre-
termitted in the more direct and per
haps more beneficial ~absorbenee of pri
waite industrial interest. The develop
ments of the late Cincinnati Conven
ton have, however, produced a ripple
on the surface, marked, as else
where, by diversity in the conservative
sentiment of the ~peop1e-the large
proportion earnestly indorsing tn,
Greeley-Brown nomination, to tn,
success of which the APPEAL bend,
its powerful energies, its unchallengeC
influence. A few, however, demand
the assembling of the Baltimore Con,
vention, called under the auspices of the
National Democratic Executive Com.
mittee, headed by the august Belmont,
and backed by the New York World,
with the hope that there will be q
straight-Out Democratic nomination;
that the fight must be made under the
old banner; that in this prestige and
high sanction alone can and should sue
cess be achieved-the few who MAIN
tain this position are singularly, in
sanely unmindful of the teachings of the
past, learning nothing, forgetting all.
Whether this attitude will be main
tanned, time alone develops. But can
not we confidently hope that this hest
tating and doubling element will before
the ninth of July become Convinced that
a Democratic nomination is Grants vic
tory, and, educated by the press up to
the high argument of the houT-the cri-
sis of the country-abandOn opposition,
yield a hearty support, merge the atfini-
ties and predictions of party in the
grander impulses of the higher patriot
ism, If the people would rid them
selves of q centralized power, backed
by bonds and bayOnets, and
seething in corruption, herein lies
the remedy. There is no. mid
die ground-RefoTm or the Empire.
The anomaly presents the political sole
cism of the only fl Representative of the
latter is found in your Republican Con-
stitutiOnal President-Heaven a " the
mark. The C0rsican was the Consul
the Corsican was the EmperOr-'twas
but a step, and another similar Con-
gress investing with extraordinary pow
ers the National Executive makes
the stride-the gulf is bridged. But
there is hope so long as the Democratic
party, with three million of votes, boast
its high renOwn, and the heraldry of
its patriotism is not controlled by
Belmont, Voorhees,, the New York
World, & Co. If so, then moth
ing will ave the country, if it is
worthy of saving, but Infinite Mer-
cy, and it is hardly to be assumed
this power viii be interposed, In con-
sOnance with the policy indicated by
correspondent comes up the action
of the late Democratic Conventions in
New York and Tennessee. The nomi-
nation by the latter of Governor Brown
for reelection accords with the usages
of the respective parties in your
State for the past thirty years, and
was but the proper tribute to a faithful
officer, discharging worthily and
with ability the duties of the high posi-
tion with which he had been invested
by such decisive voice. The terms of
high commentator in which you re-
to General Cheatham, proposing
to submit his name TO the convention,
but .afterwsrd Withdrawing, in order to
harmony, were in excellent taste
fit acknowledgment of the merits
and worth of this gallant soldier. 1t
was not within the possibilities of his
nature to have acted Otherwise-too tue
and tried to become a factiOnist-too
honorable and high-strung to turn MUIR
mureT. The press of your State but
meeted him sheer justice-his fitness
and competency was accorded without
exception, and the pretermission of his
grounded in the fact that Gov
arnor Browns in%cumbency, only the
part of a term, and admitted to have
)een able and faithfuI-'twould argue
and ingratitude to substitute
him. Yet the uniform single expression
vas, there were hOnors in store for Gen
raj Cheatham, let him bide his time.
Aye, he viii, and that time will come.
There is a day of justice still,
Linger II may, but come IT will.
Your correspondent knew him a strip
ing boy in the postOfiice at Nashville,
him when his country clashed in
with Mexico, a Captain, the
the front and the last to return,
With honOrs to which he had fought up.
saw him in the late
GREAT FOUR YEARS STRUGGLE,
for a cause heart-enshrined, but
when that cause went down, and the
orn and tattered banner trailed, no
litter and unworthy memories remained
or the part he had taken, but survived
determination to abide the issue of
rms, maintain the chiyalry of the SOL
Ter, the honor of the man, and thence
birth battle for the unity of the govern
that Graded his birth. Can such
long remain unrewarded? No,
when next your Chief Executive j
onors are in issue Frank Cheatham's
anne will be the watchword, the guer-
of assured victory. But a truce to
IcannOt close this prosy and
rolix tumble without referring TO 1
n institution, originally a convenience,
Ow a necessity. 1 refer to the packet
"a. J. wHITE,p
Running trips from Mem
his to Napo,eon with almost the regu-
of railroad trains, facilities are
to our planters in receipt of
leir mails, in the orders and return of
and shipment of products, I'M
nown until her advent. Her COM Z
Captain Mark Cheek, is prudent
nd vigilant, her clerk, B. F. Fields, a
accountant and genial gentle
an, while to complete her excellent
,pointments, the cuisine department
..ppreciable to the epicure) is
over by Wesley Ware. :
true, the caterer in complexion
lis a shade below the higher type of I
lie Caucasian, is rather obese, render v
g his movements not altogether grace c
and somewhat tardy; but these are a
.ore than compensated in the polite :
I'd ever attentive manner in which the z
s~licacies and luxuries of his table are Q
rived, these Irresistible to the most del Z
ate appetite-thus furnishing q Pepast !
'eeptable to a SybaTite, a banquet for !,
lie gods. D
fearing you may conclude me +
'er-enthusiastic on the gastronomie d
ieston, l win refrain till my next, v
hlch VIII antidate the certain result of il
e Ideas Of November-Greeley' cleo
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