Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-17

NenuOn system uuM WIS
generally represented by unreliable
men manipulated by designing dema-
gogues, and who cared nothing for
the interests of the tax-paying people,
so they performed the dirty work for
which they were sent by their masters.
If the delegates elected by the
people on Saturday engage in
the d~isreputable business Of bar
gaining and selling, they viii disgust
the people, and the convention system
Will again be controlled bypolitical pros
titutes. and worthlessand inefficient Off
Gers foisted upon the people. So far as
our knowledge goes, we believe the dele
gates elected on Saturday last viii repel
with indignation and scorn any cOmbi-
nation to barter out the offices; and
when q candidate is placed before the
convention they will asu him by
his own intrinsic merits, and refuse.
to vote for an unworthy aspirant
in order to give greater strength to
a favorite. One thing is sure, a
heavy responsibility devolves upon the
delegates, and the people are watching
them. Those who have clothed them
with power, call upon themt to be faithful
TO the high trust confided to them. The
people expect them to act for the public
good, without fear, favor, or affec-
tion-to select good men as c~andidates-
sound and able men-tO choose those
who best deserve and who viii serve
most worthily, most usefuIly, and most
advantageously the true interests Of
the county. To nominate any other
sort of men would serve to demon-
strate the impossibility Of organizingi
a convention, purified Of corruption,
duplicity, intrigue and chicanery. So
far as the APPEAL is concerned, it has
no candidates. We have taken no part
in the selection Of delegates, not even
casting a vote for any of the various
tickets. We know not and care not
who may be nominated, 50 they are
competent and honest men. We have
taken no part in the selection Of eandi-
dates; but with the nominations our La
bors begin, and We sincerely hope
men will be selected who, requir-
ing no defense, will lead our
banner TO victory. Let the delegates
remember that the offices belong TO the
people; that they are not created to re-
ward deserving individuals, but for
the public good; that no party can
be maintained without organization,
and that even the most rigid or
ganiZatiOn is pOwerless when loaded
down with the dead weight of objection
able nominees. The convention to be
held on Thursday next Is looked for
with impatient interest throughout the
county. The people are anxious
to know definitely who are to lead them
standard-bearers in the great
triumph which viii certainly be
achieved on the frst Thursday in Au-
gust next, provided the deliberations Of
the nominating convention be har-
mOniOus. The heart of the Conservative
masses, who have resolved in the cleo
ton Of Greeley to crush out national
Radicalism and the last vestige of Radi
calism in Shelby county, beats high
with that confidence of strength and
success which incites Victorious ef
fort Under such circumstances and /
with such issues pending in our contest ]
who can doubt that the delegates {
on Thursday next-the men who, in
no small measure, hold in their hands /.
the destiny of our party for years-win, ,
by the wisdom and the harmony of I
counsels, approve themselves :
Of their high mission? Lett /
them select men whose names will :
form a rallying cry fitted TO stir the
heart to its depths, and which {
viii enlist the whole patriotic impulse
Of the people who pay the taxes and are
grooming under the load Of taxes which
thieviug Radicals have transmitted to {
them.
Every aspirant before the convention
on Wednesday next, has, unhesitatingly
and unqualifedly, agreed to abide by its {
Dehests and to give cordial and ungrudg- s
ing support to its nominees. The men !
who submit their claims to the conven- !
lion are recognized as gentlemen whose
word is as good as their bond, and we
EEL assured that there viii not be found :
~
single Judas, ready for his thirty pieces !
Of silver, to betray the great cause he !
processes to have at heart. But we UNDER !
stand the Radicals will have a full =
ticket in the field, composed, partly, Of !
purchased renegades, whose diseased l
cravings and lust for Office would induce :
them to sell themselves and their L
party. If there be a Democrat or Con- I
sentative in Shelby county 50 lost to all
Of selfrespeet, all ems Of
all pride of character, g
and so destitute IF all manliness {
IS to lend his dishonored name n
10 the creatures who voted to- il
lisfranchise the tax-paying people {
robbing them, they will deserve c
hat disgrace which will forever blur L
.heirnames. We trust that those who T.
are tempted by the seductive wiles of (
he knaves who propose to use them, f
viii reflect before they consent to occu- p
BY that eminence of undying iniamy, D
and cover themselves with that eternal c,
stain Of dishonOr which would inevita- a
Div attach to their names, should they s.
DIN hands with the gang who howled d
or Brownlow, shouted for Stokes, OPP a
posed enfranchisement and now war a
Ipon Horace Greeley, because he is for n
amnesty and detests Grants bayonets. 0
It is no light thing in times like
hese for one man to stand out against
he whole array of his party friends, e
,ppose their wishes, reject their chosen a
and nominate himsel-loOk- Il
ng to his political enemies to secure his Z
If they, in their egotism, self n
.ssertion, and lust for petty place, shall 5
Ieeide to take the field and run against n
he regular nominees, but one thing re- Z
mains to be done, and we hope it viii be v
Ione without ceremony. Not a man t.
alling himself a Conservative or Demo v
rat should vote for one Of these self 81