Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The Banner with what If, In its usual
polite (?) phraseOlOgy, would call "a petit
Jogging smirk of dissatisfaction" pro-
pounds several ''smart inteTogatories" to
the UNION AND AMERICAN, some of
which we shall answered. several of which
have about as little bearing on the present
political issues as a discussion about the six
moons of Uranus or the eight moons Of.
Saturn. Hear:
1. Does the UNION AND AMERICAN ode
precate the policy" of seeking to elect a
Democratic President in 1872 ?-Banner.
If it shall clearly appear that a Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency can
beat Grant, we shall go for the Democrat.
Will the Banner? If, however, a Demo
cratic National Convention, when assem-
bled, shall conclude that it is wisest and
safest to support a Liberal ticket for the
Presidency in order to beat Grant, the
UNION AND AMERICAN will support the
Liberal candidates for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency.
2. Does the U. and a. "deprecate the
policy" of running Democratic electoral
tickets in the South, ostensibly to vote for
a Liberal Republican President Of the
North ?-BGuler.
The UNION AND AMERICAN does not
''deprecate the policy" of running Demo-
cratic electoral tickets in the South to vote
for Liberal Republican President, provided
the National Democratic Convention when
assembled shall conclude that it is wisest
and safest to support a Liberal ticket for
the Presidency in order to beat Grant. The
UNION AND AMERICAN gave its views with
more particularly on this subject in its
issue of the 18th March, ga SENSIBLE
VIEW" and March 10, Chow TO BEAT
GRANT"
3. Does the UNION AND AMERICAN
"depreCate the policy" Of playing double
game with the Liberal Republicans too thin
to deceive anybody, by trying to get pos
session of the Congress, regardless of
whether it endorses the election of Grant
or nOt?-BdHner.
The UNION AND AMERICAN does depre-
cate the policy of playing a double game
with Liberal Republicans or any one else,
thin or thick. The Liberal Republicans, for
whom the Banner does not speak, under
stand that where the Democrats can elect
Democratic Congressman they will do so
Where they cannot, they will cordially as
sist the Liberals in beating Grant man for
Congress.
4. Will it support the nominee aud plat
foIn If the Cincinnati Convention before
it hears from Mr.. Belmont?
5. Win it support straight Democratic
ticket if Mr.. Belmont's committee advises
it?-BGnneT.
For an answer to these interrOgatories we
refer to our answers to the questions above.
6. Was it the Democratic party that defeat
ed proscriptive Radicalism in this State, Vir-
ginia or MissOuri?-BGaRer.
1t was the Democratic party which gave
majority Of the votes that secured the de-
feat of proscriptive Radicalism in this State,
Virginia and Missouri.
The remainder of the interrogatories
propounded by the Banner are clap-trap,
proposed for the purpose of enabling it to
escape the political dilemma in whichit has
willfully taken refuge. We give an example
of these queries:
Does il endorse the New York World
and the Chicago Times, Mr.. Groesbeck and
Mr.. Stephens, John Q. Adams and John
Forsyth, Tammany and the Passive Policy,
the Memphis Register and Shelbyville Res
cue, and the Shelby Democratic Executive
Committee?