Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-16
ESTABLISHED 1910.
NEW YORK HAS SPOKEN
To RE NOMINATED AT BALTIMORE.

NEW YORK HAS SPOKEN-G GREELEY
It will be seen from our dispatches
this morning that the New York Dem
0cTStic Convention yesterday indorsed
Jhe nomination Of Greeley and Brown.
This result is Of great Importance, rs it
makes Horace Greeley the candidate Of
the Baltimore Convention. Grant viii
undoubtedly be the nominee of the Phil
adelphia Convention, and it is now Ger
tain that the Presidential canvass will
he made with Grant and Greeley as the
candidates. tits also certain that the Bal
timOre Convention will be held, but it is
equally as certain to indorse Greeley.
We understand that Greeley and Brown
are not opposed to this policy. 1t will,
no doubt, give strength TO the Cincin-
natl ticket, as the Liberal Republicans,
encouraged by the solid Democratic
strength Of three millions Of votes, will
renew their energy, and the certainty of
GUeeley's election viii attract the strag-
Cling vote and secure the ofiice-seekers,
who always manage tofan on the strong
side. We are rejoiced at the course pur-
sued by the Democracy Of New York,
indorsing, as it does, the action of the
Tennessee Democracy on last Thurs
day. Moreover, the Liberal Republi-
cans are entitled to this much. For
months they have been fighting the bat
ties Of Democracy. They have been
assured of the sympathy and co-opera- /
ton Of the Democrats, who promised to 1
aid them in defeating the extravaganza, /
corrupt measures and despotic usurpa-
tiOns Of the Grant administration. They I
were told that if they would put forward 1
an acceptable platform and candidates 4
they could count upon the cordial and |
undivided support Of the Democracy. /
The Liberal Republicans performed their /
part Of the contract. They risked their 4
political fortunes at Cincinnati, and to I
betray them now would be dishOnOrable /
political trickery, and would 50 incense
the Liberal Republicans that they would .
withdraw their ticket and vote even for /
Grant to defeat the knaves who had de- /
ceived them by the most unblushing
falsehOOds. 1t seems now to be the .
settled conviction of Democrats every
where that certain defeat awaits any
movement for separate straight-out .
ticket, and that the result Of this
will be the reelection Of General I
Grant, and another four years of
misruie and oppression. On the
other hand, redemption can easily be eff
fected by hearty concurrence with the
action of the Cincinnati Convention.
This will lift the Democracy out of the
despOnd Of conservative defeats, demor-
alize our common and INSCRIPTIONS en-
emy, and at the same time bring relief
to the country by the overthrow Of an
administration which has been discred-
Ked in its diplomacy with foreign civil
4zed powers, and has, by its utter disre-
gard of the public welfare and Of all
constitutional restraints, failed to
command the confidence of the
American people. There is no
insuperable difference between the plat
form on which the Democracy of the
South stands, and that of the Liberal
Republican party at Cincinnati. There
have been differences, but these are all
settled and closed. We cannot afford to ;
quarrel about mere names, or about per- {
sons. Messrs. Greeley and Brown both '
stand squarely and firmly on the living {
issues Of the present. These are more {
than vital to Us of the South. They
open up a way of deliverance,
and Of return to self-gOvernment, {
to the people Of these States, held I
under pains and penalties, and with no {
title to American citizenship and free 5
dom, which the present administration {
feels bound to respect or regard. Our 5
judgment is, that the path of wisdom is
for the Baltimore Convention to accept ]
the voice of the South, and ratify the {
nominations already made. In the pres (,
ent position Of parties a pure and simple {
Democratic triumph is impossible. But {
with the aid Of three millions {
Of Democratic votes all the doubt
ful States can be carried, and
Greeley thus elected viii be necessarily
compelled to relyon that party to sus-
tain his administration. By this means {
Democratic principles will, in the end, I
regain their asctndancy. Meanwhile !
the war on the South will cease, a gem /
eral amnesty be secured, and the control ]
OF their own affait will be restored to I
the people Of the Southern States. The i
reign Of corruption and profigacy in 1
our State gOvernmhnts will be brought s
to a close, and the foundation of better I
order Of things will be laid. Mr.. Gree y
ley knows the condF Fion of the South, 7
depiores 1t, and II elected will be L
able to do more in changing it
than a Democrat And this be-
cause he would ehcOunter less Op- e
position from COntrees than would t
a Democratic President. The South a
regenerated, her State and mum e
icipal affairs purified, sgiIrapidly regain L
her prosperity and be in aposition to exert t
healthful influence in Federal politics. e
The Liberation of the South, the peace of ]
the country and the preservation Of our
institutions arp the vital issues Of the
hour The election of Greeley will
achieve these grand objects. But he I
cannot be eleded unless indorsed by the
Baltimore Convention. The vote in the
Democratic Convention of New York
yesterday Indicates that the great Demo :
cratic party ofthe Union is equal to its 7
opportunities. Tennessee has performed \
her dutyi and.nOw let other Southern G
States forget he past, seize the occa- {
sion and accomplish . certain good for I
the present, ami make the ascendency :
OF Democratic idnciples possible in the I
future. n
AGRAD ENTERPRIsE.
At the last session Of the State Legis- ,
iature an act WIS passed, and approved ;
by Governor Brown, authorizing the \
different Agricultural Associations to 4