Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-20
MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1879.
THE CONVENTION TO-DAY. (

elecDeQ 10 lne NaTlOuS County olHCtc Wall
convene at Assembly Hall to-day. II
the delegates perform their duty sue
cess Is assured, and that duty is plain
and simple. 1t consists in a wise and
temperate discussion Of The claims oil
the candidates and a readiness to sacri-
flee personal preferences for the public
good. In the adjustment Of conflicting
claims, let the delegates remember that
they represent common constituency,
having a common aim, and that they
are all struggling for the nomination of
good ticket, if not all of one mind as
to men. AT such a critical moment the
universal feeling Of the people urges the
delegates to that union and harmony
to that fOrgetfulness of personal pre-
elections and hat single-hearted
devotedhes to everything chat will
give strength to the ticket, and on.
which success solely depends. Let the
delegates remember that the eyes Of the
people of the whole county are upon
them, and that it Will hold to a fearful
responsibility the men who may seek by
in~terPOlating into the convention ele-
ments Of discord. Let the delegates re
member the mighty results which are
staked upon their deliberations, and let
them approach the work of selecting
candidates, with a sense Of the momen-
tOus importance and the elevated char
acter Of the task in which they are en-
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they can hardly fail to act calmly, wise
", harmoniously. Let them 50 act, and
the people assuredly viii do the rest
We presume the convention, in NOM
mating candidates to-day for the various
offices, will confine itself to the namest
already announced as candidates, and
effect a nomination, if possible, without
taking up outsiders. Sometimes the
personal feeling engendered between
aspirants and their friends becomes 50
strong that policysuggests aeompromise
upon a new man who can reconcile the
adherents Of candidates. When a con-
vention has eomplimented two as-
pirants by balOting for than hour after
hour without any prospect Of an cleo
tiOn, it is natural for the weary and inn
patient delegates to cast about for a new I
man. But We presume NO such necessi-
ty will exist in the convention to-day. (
The candidates announced for the seve- 1
raj offices are hvorites among the peO- |
pie, nave given their time and money c
70 the canvass, and their claims should /
be respected so long as there is a proba- D
bility of either n of them getting the
required vote to secure q nomination. {
The nomination Of an " outsider" has q
occasionally restored harmony and re- C
suited in victory when the selection of s.
an avOwed candidate long voted for r
would have been disastrOus@B1t the \
going out Of the range of candidates "
placed before a convention by all the in ;
dications Of public sentiment, and the o.
selection Of one not before canvassed and Of
thought ofby the people, is an expert al
ment not safely or wisely to be i
repeated. II the convention to- ro
day make their selection from II
among the strong names that wiz al
be presented by decisive indi- q
cations Of popular will, then will the Is
vote which proclaims the nomination be II
3 certain anticipation Of the vote of the "
people that viii make IN election. The wi
convention to-day should look to the sa.
few but strong anne that the people of ph
the different sections of the county have
emphatieaIly placed before them. Moth
ing wiz be gained and everything ~
hazarded, BY dashing two men together, b.
through their friends, until in the heat
and struggle for preference, the delegates
give up known and well-tried names for ~
some sudden and unanticipated nemi-
To avoid this, let the friends of =
the respective candidates be the firm -.
friends Of each other; and Let the con
test be fair, manly, open and just. Let -.
every delegate fairly press his prefer -,
ence; then, let him go for union on the b
who viii unite strength, and let {
him struggle to make that union undni- -
We may expect to-day to hear
the old threat of the vanquished about :.
The convention should disre-
gard all such Intimidation. They should
allow no man, or set of men, to dictate
terms to the convention, or to force a -
candidate upon them by threats of de-
if the battle is not fought under
their fayorite leader. The convention
to-day should take up and support It's
candidates, not because the candidates
want the Office, but because the conven- SET
lion want them for the Office. frt
In conclusion, we repeat a heavy re- Nh
'ponsibility rests upon the Nominating ed
Convention to-day; heavier, perhaps, rep
han that on any convention W assem- ten
1led in this county. 1t is universally one
ooked TO as holding the destiny Of par con
les and the interest of the taxpaying 6r'
people Of Shelby county in its hands for oat
Years to come. Let, then, its proceedings the
,e so conducted IS to elevate the standard wa
md add to the prestige Of conventions sw6
whose delegations go up fresh from the An
whose sentiments are supposed Grt
be consulted and faithfully reelected fne
their results. Above all, let the dele- tho
,ates beware that they do not, by any sur
ndisereet action, throw odium upon the ma
convention system which they have Ora
zen selected by the people to elevate Gel
md purify. With these remarks we re- An
nit the whole question to the good
ense, the patriotism and honesty of the \
convention, which viii sOOn enter upon day
he discharge Of its duties. They have ach
rave responsibilities, but we are assured ma
hey are fully alive as well As fully equal ing
o them all. We trust they viii be pHs
uided in all things by justice, wisdom TOD
nd moderation, and that they will lift if v
he tax-paying people from the dust of viii
heir long and bitter humiliation, and ton
rm them and the Conservative masses yea
the panOply of strength and vic abo
Dry in the approaching election. If wea
hey are true to the principles upon read
which they were elected, and to their SOU
and impulses as citizens Of the a vi
Of Tennessee, all viii be well.
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