Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-14
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM THE
PRESS
ONLY GETTING READY.

ONLY GETTING READY.
From the New York Sun.
The RpuOlcan parry fought its first ma
tional battle against slavery extension in
1856 with John Z. Fremont SIS its candidate
and was helten.
The party Of slavery extension took great
comf0r from their success in that contest,
and r, DICED as over the final discontinue
and destruction Of the Republicans; but
the latter were true to their principles, and
. in 1860 elected Lincoln. And then slavery
exteus on 2ud slavery Itself were wiped
away f-rever.
The Liberal Democracy have now in
1872 fought their first great battle sgainst
centraliz2tion, the re election of the Presi-
dent, and the Executive and Legislative
corruption. They are beaten, and great is
the Iei ptcing in the houses oftheir foes; and
the later are not likely to repent and re-
form themselves BY reason Of their victory.
In l-T6 the Liberal Democracy viii have
10 con End against the same ensmy and the
same evils and abuses, aggravated and en-.
venomei BY long impunity and lease of
power f4nc.ed perpetual. Patriotism and
every moral consideration viii inspire new
zeal fr this neY and more dangerous aud
uecess lry contest; aud the examples of his
tory give assuFanr e that in SUCH struggles
fidelity 10 pri c. pie and duty is certain to
succeel at last.
TRY IT AGAIN-SUCCEsS CERTAIN.
From the Frankfort (Ky) Yeoman.
The stay a--bUmi vote mas caused our
defeat, and insured for US another four
years Of miserable Radical misrule, tyran-
Dy aud bOundlsss corruption. For it car
Tot be gaiusaid that the action Of the non
voting Democrats was equivalent to saying
that "Jhe tyranny If CIR mt, the corruption
ofrhe party in power, and the expressions
3 wrongs Of the South are matters OF
minor Importance compared to the necessi-
" gfvo lag for none buC sUraight-Out par
tisaus, who have thought and acted precise
ly IS we have thought ard acted for the
last thiry or forty years.
But we do not complain. Our Demo-
cra-iC friends who refused to vote for the
nominees Of their party can doubtless sat
iSfy their own cDnsciences that they did
right We hope they can. H4ving done
SO, We would then say to them, and TO all
cur y, liLIcai brethren, let US, like true men,
s;ant 10 our guns. Let us put The past be-
hind u, and look only 10 the future for
that success which must come sooner or
later, 10 a cause when is founded on the
same principles whicl ulderlie our free
firm # Governmental cause which looks
alone 10 the onsiitu ion as il IS and a
s.yicL construction jhereo., as q cure for all
the evils which -lllict The country. Lit us,
IS Sir. Clay SAID on similar occasion,
"r cE cur fiuts and try again"
There is little doubt that the great
movement Of Reform and Reconciliation 10
which the Democratic parry of the
Union is fully committed, must MI
mIely prevail, because it is right. and
ought to prevail. The people Of tue Nor d
eau no5 always cherish feelings of hatred
toward their country men Of the South.
Not much longer can they tolerate the ex-
travsgAuce, he crruptiOD, c the kpsvery,
the tyranny Of jhc preseaL Administration.
As DamOTa's-p- -ressive and lihersiiz-d
DemOcra' s-l0ckii & 10 the early future for
the redemption If the c0untry from the
dr-pr'ic and dishonest rule under which we
have falgn, We have every Incentive to
cling 10 one standard, rally our temporarily
broken ranks, AMI gather up al oar forces
for coming canpaigs Though L5aten in
the cJAtes' just over, il is Tot the part Cf
brave aud True men vino know they are
riElt 10 be dismared by one, Two, or half a
dozen defeats. Here i Ken ucky let US, as
ever, IneiLtsin our bold front Here are
the alJars Of the true political faith. Here
the wa!cnwOrd is "The Cons itutlon:" and
if we prove true to ourselves aud our cause
we shall yet, before msny wears roll around
have our shout Of victory echoed back from
every quarter Of the Union.