Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-15
THE MArCHEEss oROAKER.

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Some time ago the APPEAL discussed
very. freely the personal and intellectual
character of Hon. Emerson Etheridge.
Very certainly there was nothing uttered
which Mr. Etheridge's friends could
condemn, and little which he perhap,
did not approve. tt often happens
however, that one is not compelled Il
tell all he knows, and that he may eel
that which is good and reserve fer hi,
own consideration those little PECULIAR.
ties of temper, or forces Of fancy thai
make or mar the fortunes of the greatest
men. Mr.. Etheridge was an original
advocate Of Greeley's nomination. He
wrote letters to Mr.. Defrees and Others
at Cincinnati, urging the necessity for
the selection Of the philosopher Of the
Tribune as the leader Of a combination
Of parties, fFtO effect the escape of the
South from between the upper and
neither milstOnes of RadieaIism and De-
mOcracy." Very many lifelong Dem
ocrats anticipated this as one Of the re-
suits Of marvellous events at Cincinnati
and Baltimore. 1t happens, however,
that old parties do not become extinct
They are endued with vital forces,seem-
ingly indestructible, Horace Greeley
himself, when accepting the Baltimore
nomination, asserting the integrity Of
the Democratic organization. This may
have been very unwise on the part Of
Mr.. Greeley and his nomination by
Democratic Representatives, in order
that the party, as such, throughout the
country, might be drawn to Greeley's
support, may have been wholly indefen-
sible. But il was done, and Mr.. Greeley
though a thOrough-paced ,changeless Re
publican is the nominee Of the Demo
cratic party as such. On leading great
questions, now before the country, Gree.
ley and Democracy concur, and there
fore a Republican is the candidate Of
the Democratic party. Very many X
celleut gentlemen, among them Mr..
Etheridge, are quite as anxious to dis
solve the DemOcraie party North and
South as to elect Mr.. Greeley. 1t was
not a sufficient concession made to Gree
ley's friends that we make him our
candidate, confess his personal virtues,
and become pro bae rice, his partisans.
We must also confess the absolute disso-
luton Ond d-isintegration of the Demo
cratic party. Perhaps this is asking too
much, and certainly too much when, ifi
this party be dissolved, thereis no power
in Tennessee which can prevent the
election Of Barbour Lewis. 1t is also
true that since the Democratic party
has agreed to east their vote for an
oId-time Wing, Horace Greeley, old
line Wings are absolved from allegiance
TO prejudiees against Democracy to
which Mr.. Etheridge is accustomed tot
appeal ; ~elOquently and so vehemently.
In fact, Mr.. Etheridge is rather hard to
please. He still scolds, even in his pub
lished letter, and If, after all that De-
mOcracy has conceded to his prejudices
he do not change his ~eollOquial tack and
laud those whom he is accustomed 10
.nveigh against 50 bitterly, 50 ell
and so e~lOquent1y, the
County Court and Grand Jury viii have
him suppressed as cOBlBIuglis ri1GtrtJ-a
common scold. He should be perfectly
best in the embraces of Greeley, even
the Democratic party be drawn
tendeny to the same venerable maternal
bosom. 1t may make him very angry I
to be found Nmbling at the same breast (:
Democracy for a little sUstenance,
but he should grin and endure it, and
not go bowling about the streets and
through the newspapers, politically shirt
ess, and making himself generally
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