Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-30
from the Biography OF the
Man who Insults the Memories
Of the Dead Confederate
Soldiers Of Tennessee.
Leaves from the Life of the Nan
who Inflicted Br0WnlOW on
US and Refused to Sane
ton the General Sher-
man Treaty.

t. Authentic Details from tn,
y Record Of the Murderer Of
h. Mrs. Surratt and Sian
as derer Of Ex-Governor
Harris.
e To the People OF Tennessee
J. The candidacy Of Andrew johnson
y presents some grave questions. Whether
E We shall really bury the past,
5 whether dead issues shall sleep
b unresurreeted, whether we shall
in the development Of our re-
3 sources, the repair Of our material
e wealth, and the restoration Of our ruined
fortunes and devastated homes forget
the issues Of the past, which are only
necessary to feed the ambition Of poll
D ticians, or whether We shall again listen
: TO the same constitutional cry, to the
same political theories which have be-
fore inflated and elevated the political
demagogue.
CONVENTION OF AUGUST p, IS72.
General Chatham is the candidate Of
a Conservative Democratic Convention,
called to nominate a candidate for Con-
gress for the State at Large. Fair and
timely notice was given Of the meeting
Of that convention, and ample oppOrtu-
nifty for all who took the slightest in
terest in il 10 meet, and make known
! their wishes. The convention was held.
and General Cheatham received a very
large majority Of the whole State, had
all the counties been represented Itl
was the largest and most respectable
dominating convention ever assembled |
in the State except one. The second
| convention which nominated Mr.. john /
son for Governor had but twenty-f0ur
counties represented, while this one las!
forty-eight.
II was called because the Democratic /
vote divided with anything near equal
| ity, viii elect a Radical. We have, on a
full vote, two hundred and sixty-fpur
thousand eight hundred and tw~enty-fJur
votes in Tennessee, of (which sixty thou
sand are negroes; and about, on a full
vote, one hundred thousand Radical
votes. Divided equally, on a full vote,
each Democrat would get eighty-twp
thousand four hundred and twelve. Dis
tracted, divided, d-isorganized as we are.
whilst they have the perfect organiza-
ton Of minority added to the efficiency
Of a corps Of Government Ofiee-holders
labOring for their bread, we must EXPECT
20 be beaten unless one of the DemOcFtts
shall carry the bulk Of the Conservative
Democratic party.
Did we need any justification for hold
ing a convention, we might find il in
Mr.. JOhnsOn's Columbia speech, where
be said:
When a convention reflects the viii oI
people fairly and grows cute OF the necessities
% the times, 10 is entitled 70 respect and cIu-I
~sldeuauOn- When there are two parties, and
20 is necessary 20 settle disputes between tie
trey are entitled 10 influence, II the viii OF the ]
senIed.
The viii Of the people was fairly and
fully represented. Full and amplenOtlce !
was given; there was no reign Of terror !
or suppression Of free speech, such as
obtained once at Nashville under NIr. .
Johnson's reign. Large and respectable I
delegations we're in attendance.
There are two parties in Tennessee,
and 1t was necessary to choose between
members Of the same party. II Is q
essential that We should have q full dele
CATION in Congress, as the only means oil q
obtaining control Of that body. If LIr. c
johnson does not mean to condemn Z
every convention that fails TO nominated
himself, he must admit this one to have .
been nair and representative. In any /
event he cannot complain Of its CON
stitutiOn, for he declared that be I
was not a candidate, and said Ia !
his Columbia speech that be never III :
tended to go before it. ,
JOHNSON CREATURE OF CONVENTIONS. 7
Mr.. johnson is the creature Of conven-
tons, winning his way to Office by them.
and twice running for Governor as a Z
nominee, and becoming Nice-President Z
as the nominee Of the Republican Con- s
vention Of 1854. He was before the a
Convention Of 1850. h
This system was inRugurated by Jack
son, or by his candidacy against the r
Congress caucus system, and il has been 4
continued down TO the present time as a
the only safe way Of attaining the will oil v
3 party bent on the triumph Of a certain .
Of principles. Il grows ont Of the y
principle that measures are first, and \
next the best men are 70 be secured to .
carry out principles. While, Ike an .
human, they are not perfect, they n
are the bestmachinery devised, certainly !,
better than the system by which ME- a
johnson Processes to have been nomi-
mated. Does he pretend that q crowd,
stirred up on Saturday evening at Nash
vile, st an idle moment, reflects the viii 81
the people Of TENNESSEE This smacks D
too much Of the Campus MdrtiIs In the
degenerate days Of Rome, when he was c
candidate who melted the largest d
crowd. However honest and patriotic il
may have been the crowd that Ny. q
Johnson spoke to (and how many were n
he voices that reached bis willing ear q
nominating him?), it is a bad system to a
naugurate. il
IL REVIVED TIE PAST K
Those who oppose Mr.. johnson would -
been glad TO let the dead past sleep. v
Had be planted himself upon the living =
ssues Of the present, his past history "
would have been remembered no mora.
But be il not content 70 run upon the y,
Nothing viii suit him but ~
nd0rsement Of himself and abasement ~
II the people. He plants himself on bis I,
ecord, and demands Endorsement Of bis a
curse in the war, and says: I
TenuessSeans, you were wrong: Iwas rlgtt Y
ta4 Fou followed me all would have b-aa ~
In the same breath resurrecting the 50
,ast OF others and denouncing their acts d
o justify his own, he demands amnesty. n
ONE comniserauOD9 a
But Mr.. Greeley runs not on his pa.t II
his future. In voting for him We W
make no acknowledgements as TO our Is
nor no denunciatiOns Of his or our
.wn course. We only turn 70 the living io
ssues Of the present and OF the pregnant er
ltune. y
He says 10 his Columbia speech:
n was these politicians who got the h.gn
laces IA guarded marques, and on hors-- p
and r. was the private soldier who male er
is hand bed on TIE ground and lived on hard {
IN he trenches but when H. comes 10 the 80.
swands Of peace and the distinctions Of civil r..
mco-when places Of honor and profit are 10 81
Z dlled, you are not taken into consideration "
ID the high places are neasT we'd for the Officers
hiak military rank. 2
OFFICERS NOT RAPAcIoUs. in.
Why this utter perversion Of facts .
ut one General has held Office since ,
be war, and be as much singled out by th5''
Is statesmanlike ability a. his warjke %
n0Wess. ~
to our county and State Offices sht
ID our Legislature, and how many OFF, AL
rs, II my, occupy the places? Ia IN
any Il q known that ali the offices are ~;
led by privates and citizens. In the the
legislature there were but afew-scarce iste
handful. "a
Then why attempt to array the sol ma.
er against the officer2 There was no eoti
larrel between them. Both shared the GGsss
rough fare, the same sky covered eat
,th, and the same ground furnished Ala
common Testing-place in sleep or sro
death; together with barred breasts see
ey met the shocks Of battle, and the Con
me rude mound for each marked 'on
lere a hero fell. =
he says: y
r. CheathAm can With poor grace ask for a me-
TIN Congress AFTER having attempted % iFvs
AZ IN the Government, violate the consti-
trampiing the laws under foot and A
King % d~isorgauize, and pull down The on
vernmentitssll and