Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-29
What He is Expected to Do as the
Candidate Of the Opponents
of the Democratic
Party.
Onslaught on Democrats and De
mOcraey by the Banner
The Mask of Deceit
Thrown Of.
Opinions of the Press in and cut
of the State upon the Atti-
tude and Prospects of
"a. 1.-THE Late

From the Nashville Banner. .H
The so-called Democratic manage
ment of the State-whieh has bee
really a fraud npOn the time-honOre
name of Democracy, since it has bee
very little better than select corporatiO
of Office-seebeTs, made up largely froI
fold Wings as well as Democrats, sailin
under the convenient colors of Demo
cracy, has proved itself a most intOler
ant and insufferabIe- social despOtism
1 Many persons of lifelong Democfati
antecedents, feel that this kind of De
mocracy, or aristOcracy rather, ought +
4 be broken up and driven from power
/ We need not be very choice as to thu
means or instrumentalities employed L
accomplish its overthrow. 1t has beel
an arrogant and insolent tyranny, with
out brains and without sincerity, -four
I ishing its menacing gtruncheOns over mel
! nowise the interiors of its self-cOnsti
! tuted task-masters and rulers.
Il lent no practical aid to the Sente
movement, which delivered the people
/ from a no worse partisan tyranny; and
| so soon as that deliverance was achieved
/ it set to work 90 erect over us despOti'
control no less OdiOus and oppressive
1t has lived upon the prejudicel
aud passions of the people, rathel
than upon any merit or capacity of ID
own; il has been identified with none Of
the progressive reforms of the day; i
has been the tacit apologist Of lawless
ness; it has offered persistent and i'm.
practicable opposition to political rights
and privileges of citizens, guaranteed
by amendments to the Constitution
which il knew were inevitable; it has
permitted its official organs to taunt
and intimidate, and threaten, and bully
the independent, non-partisan action OF
citizens seeking to break down the bar
riers of a sectionalism which was keep
ing wider and deeper the bloody chasm
of the past; it has pandered incessantly
to the prejudices Of the thoughtless,
while tanning the passions of the reck-
less, and sneering at the intelligent
patriotism of the earnest and the sincere.
The action of this leadership toward the
Liberal movement and to those
independent Democrats and eX-Tebel
soldiers who were its most genuine and
earliest advocates in this State, has
been more detrimental to that
cause than any other thing conceivable.
Its greed for continued lease of power
prompted it to the dOg-in-the-manger
policy of mOnOpoliZing the field Of two
national conventions in the State, to the
extent of putting forth a partisan elec-
toral ticket before it actually had can
didate of its own in nomination. Ithas
ignored the liberalism of the Cincinnati
movement from the first, and insisted
upon an exclusively partisan electoral
ticket and an original secession candi-
date for Congress in nearly every Con-
gressional district in the State. To ac-
cOmplish all this-tO perpetuate its own
power so as to distribute the local offices
to its own select circle, it has been neces-
sary for it to preserve intact, its old par
tisan organization, when the very prin-
ciple underlying the Liberal movement
was the breaking down of party lines for
a popular uprising like thai of lS40. To
uphold its organization it seemed
to think it indispensable that private
citizens, choosing to act outside Of this
select ring, shOuld be made Odious in
the community, and straightWay al
the minor organs of the State caught up
the bau-dOg cry and rallied at these de-
pendent citizens with the vulgarity and
cOarseness and ignorance of fish-wOmen.
Now, we say, it was time that all this
sort Of thing should be broken up; and
if no other man as able and as resolute
as Andrew johnson shall enter the lists
against this mOnstrOus iniquity, then,
ali praise to Andrew johnson, at least
in this effort, for il is the hOliest one
that could possibly enlist the brains and
energy Of any lover of liberty, Of free
thought, speech and action. Therefore,
no matter how much many may be dis
inclined to contribute TO the gratifica-
ton of the supposed personal ambition
of Andrew johnson, he viii have no.
lack of sympathizers in the warmest
and most relentless warfare that he can
possibly make upon this local party des-
pOtism which under a sham name and
false cOlOrs, is proving blight upon this
great commonwealth. retarding its COM
mercial growth, prostituting its great
interests to the aggTandisement
and promotion of Incompetent officials
and keeping insidiOusly alive sectional
that are most damaging to the
great business interests Of the State.
From the Jonesboro Letter TO the Knoxville
Press and Herald
The results Of the convention at Nash
vile, on the tWenty-first, has created a.
good deal Of feeling among our people.
We cannot now predict the results fully.
One thing is evident, and that is,
we are not united on a man for Congress
from the State at Large. Unless some
thing is done to reconcile the friends of
Johnson in the State, il is uncertain l
who will be elected. The effect that the |
Of General Cheatham Is 70 |
have on the local elections in East Ten |
lessee is not known, but the interest of |
he Conservative party in this part OF |
he State was not regarded by the men |
making that nomination. The people |
IF Middle and West Tennessee cannot |
appreciate our situation here, and the /
interests of their friends who are stTug- |
yling 20 rid themselves Of most corrupt /
md disgraceful misrepresentation. We
'efrain from making even a suggestion I
It present, hoping that we will present
lnited, unbroken ticket all over the
state. We expect TO elect Carter in this I
district, and can do so by large major
ty, if unembarrassed by the action of
he party in other portions of the State.
Nashville Correspondence Of the Knoxville
Chronicle.
It is not exaggeratiDg to say that Gem
raj Cheatham's nomination excited no
1t is not eXaggerating even I
o say that it was Indignantly received.
do not wish to be misunderstood. i
leard hundreds of men speak most en-
husiastieally of Cheatham personally, L
mt at the same time declare that his
animation over johnson was a great
Mistake, and that, as between the two,
bev would support Johnson Half hour
fter the vote was announced, giving
'heatham the nomination, ii was known
Il over the city. Simultaneous with
bis announcement, by some means, by
eneral opinion or general rumor or gem
raj consent, or by general something /
lse, il became public that johnson was
u independent candidate. instantly
zen took sides. On every corner john
on and Cheatham men gathered aud
he fight at once began. care you
or Cheatham OF Andyf' was the
uestion that greeted everybody. Ands
0 the surprise Of everybody, and espe- Il
tally TO the clique that relied on the
,restige Of a nomination to carry1
;heatham through, johnson men were
s thick as blackberries I'm july, and as
efiant and aggressive as could be. The II
Enthusiasm for Andy was certainly a i
urprise to the John c. Brown CLIQUE,
nd, guess, rather a surprise to John
on himself 1t was confined to Demo- =
rats, but not to Union Democrats. Men
( Cheathamls old command, while IA
peaking most respectfully, and even
ifectionately, Of him, proclaimed them
elves for johnson. / could not exactly
Understand this, for the spirit Of Harris
, Co. in the convention showed that
hey would rely upon Johnson's pro- I
criptive policy as Military Governor to
reak HIM down with the rebel element. 4