Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-04
What he and his Aids Propose to
Do and how they Intend to Do
it Who are Of the Crowd. r
The UneaIled for and Unnecessary
AssembIageO Of SOreheaaed and
Disappointed OfEics-Seekers.
The Opponents of Peace, Goodwill
and Fraternity and the Supple
Tools Of the Grant Radi-
rl Gals in Council. Gl1 "

LOUISVILLE, September 3.-BlantOn
Duncan, when his soreheads met TO-
day at one o'clock, said his province
was to preside, and that be wanted to
DENY that he was a b0lter or mereenary.
Greeley's nomination was q fraud, and
Democracy was only sleeping. Blanton
didn't want any hydra-headedp platform,
but the clean, straight thing. Blanton
said he bad toiled day and night, cease
lessly, to get up this convention, and he
grayed i might be engineered wisely.
Duncan was considerably applauded.
Levi 5. Chatfield, of New York, was
temporary chairman Of the Duncan
Convention yesterday at Louisville.
BlantOn d. was the chief speaker. Chat
field was eloquent of gratitude; he wept
over Democracy slaughtered In the
home Of its friends; he talked largelyo of
the rights Of man; be said that there
was nothing of Greeley except the old
white coat, and the convention applaud
ed to the echo. He pronounced glow
/ ing eulOgium upon Brick PomerOy, Flan-
ders, Flinders, Duncan and Van Allen
for their flight from the Baltimore Con-
ventiOn, which sold out the party. He
concluded by saying Chat when nobody
else would be a Democrat he would
heels and 90 it alone. There was thun-
dering applause, and the DISTINGUISHED
! gentleman announced that the show was
ready for the equestrians.
/ The following letter from O'ConOr|
was read to the assemblage, which
elected ''mOven from one Of the dele
4 gates to adjourn to NoyembeR 2Oth = n
= -A-as 4a--AHa NEW YORK Aug. 81.
IT. .g,o Nr,t{o.,a7 T,s-,,o-,tf, C,,-,,r,s+.o, -,
! pointed to assemble at Louisville on Sep
! temter 3D.:
GENTLEsiEN--Ar REPRESENTATIVE Dem
Ocrat must be necessarily degenerate in
! practice and become at last an intoler-
| able mischievous demagogue of its Off
cial corps, be allowed to WELD without
effectual result those powers. correctly
| denOminated regal By! which, from the
! very beginning, and in every cline
! civil society has almost invariably hith-
/ erto been made the party of its rulers
! When founding our institutions the
| fathers were impressed with this belief,
and in order to curb the tendency Of
| power to aggrandiZe itself, they intro
duced regulations Of uIlexampled com-
! plexity rejecting two fdndam entail bases
of the pre-eXisting system; they yet
adopted the English policy Of checks
]
4 IN a land of three estates,
KINGS, LORDS AND COMMONS,
Experience has shown that this policy
1 is inadequate to the maintenance of pub
lic order. Where absolute equality is
recognized with us, it has proven ex-
! ceeding misehievous, by It's enormous
multiplication of offices alone. 1t af-
/ f0rds 10 permanently effectual restraint
| Of power 10 the many. How such a
restraint can be imposed incur country, |
| politicians have responded, by the vir- |
tue and intelligence of the people, but
/ this is a delusive speech. LabOrious |
attention, e0nstFaint, Watcbfalness and
/ combined action are necessary to practi- |
cal results, and unattainable If our peo-
pie were placed upon a sterile soil |
Their perpetual hand to hand conflict |
for subsistence, with niggard nature, |
might qualify them for resistance TO the |
official plunderer. Their poverty would |
diminish his temptation and fnvigorate /
their defense; but in a W Il
GREAT AND PROSPEROUS COUNTRY
such popular guardianship cannot be
had, and the only efficient proteetion ]
against official misrule is in totally pro-
hibiting those powers which cannot be /
was asserted IN the public councils
which gave birth to our constitution;
but its recognition was prevented by
the want of prior human experience
under just systems Of government. His
tory furnishes no Pfeeise parallels, and
Consequently that patr otisfn which saw
aud appreciated the right was unable to
prove its statements or maintain its ar
gument by convincing illustration fail
ing TO engraft on the written law the
limitation deemed Recessagy. The 81
DBMocRATic FATHERS
sought a practical establishment of
them by adyocating q strict coustruc-
ton. This doctrine was never thor
oughly enforced by any party, and is
now totally disregaEded, hence Eour.
present political condition. Far-reach-
ing changes are needed to obviate the
evils, and 1t Is only by such changes that
We can successfully inaugurate the
second stage in that grand social reform
which was Initiated BY the fathers, a
freesand enlightened people. With ca
pacities matured under the benign infiu-
ence Of their experiment, we can now
detect and remedy those detects in their
glorious though unfinished work,
which experience has developed. They
laid the foundation; upon US Is devolved
the duty Of completing the supersfruc-
ture iR this city and State, which was
brought 70 light during the late war, in-
Vited tie good paeD 10 action. The
discoveries made Offered an Opportunity
Of stirring the general mind % persist-i
eut effort for reform. The opportunity
was improved and would have been Sc
cepted except for th9 AnQppoTtune, re,
= i
PRESIDENTIAL canvass.
The Current Of ssntirnent has ever
since moved steadily in the right dilec-
ton The desire has been extensively
entertRiued that the movenent erigia7
ated in the national metrao olls, should
be pernlitt5d t. run is natn course
drew into harmony with itself he hon.
est masses Of the country, and thereby
lead 10 the estal1fEh4aeslf .of efficient