Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-24
PARTY NORTHUMBERLAND AND
IRREGULAR CANDIDATES.


In 8 great political struggle men are
nothing. The wrongs of an individual
should lot be visited upon a party.
Truth is Omnipotent, sndpubhc justice
certain" and time is the only panscea
10 cure the wrongs which an individual
may sustain in his aspirations for office.
There was much dissatisfaction and dis
appointment when the County Conven-
ton nominated its ticket on the
twentieth of June. But this dissatis-
faction has given place 10 concord and
union, and the county ticket will tri-
umph IN the hrst day Of August. The
vote onSaturda last has occasions some
dissatisfaction; but there seems to be a
general desire to acquiesce in the result,
and to rally to the support Of the tick
ct. We must have union and harmony;
without these defeat is inevitable, and
Shelby county viii again pass into the
hands of the Radicals who voted for
Stokes over Senter three years ago. It
is only Necessary for the Democrats and
Conservatives Of Shelby to turn out and
cast their votes for the regular candi-
dates on election day, in order to achieve
a victory over Radicalism. That is all.
If they stay at home, or if disregarding
the duty Of sustaining their organiza-
lion, they vote for avowed Grant Radi-
Gals, or divide their votes between regu-
lar and irregular candidates, they will
bring defeat upon their party. A
few Conservative votes in Shelby
county may decide the result in favor of
the Radicals. Thus the misfortune Of a
Radical triumph in Shelby may be pre-
cipitated by our friends. We hope there
viii be no GROWERS and soreheads in
the contest involving such grave issues.
Ben. Butler, with all his audacity, sell
fishness and insensibilitv to obligations, /
did not dare, when the pinch came, to
fly in the face of the organization to
which be belongs, and run as an indie
pendent candidate against the regular
nominee. For four weeks he eanyassed
Massachusetts as it probably eve was
canvassed before. He scattered his
venom throughout the State. he made
war with all manner Of weapons, regu-
lar and irregular, and be stirred up all
the mud and filth that lay beneath the
smooth surface Of political and social
life in that Puritanic Com
monwealth. He was playing for
q high stake-the Governorship-
which he designed using, If gained, as a
stepping-stone to yet higher honors in
the national arena. But great as was
the stake for which he played, painfully
anxious as he was to win it, and bold,
arrogant and d-omineering as he is, he
did not dare, when the convention of his
party nominated another candidate, to
continue one moment longer in the
field. He withdrew and announced that
he should give his support to his success
ful competitor. Even Butler, who re-
CARDS scarcely anything, however sa-
cred, was constrained to submit to par
~ discipline.
We do not desire to apply acrimonious
language to any of u Democratic
friends, or to c~riticise them harshly, but
we are impelled by a n Of public du-
" 10 speak with freedom in regard to
the disorgauizing tendency Of this too
prevalent disposition of aspirants to dis
regard party Obligations, to oppose dis
cipline, and to hazard Conservative sue
cess by denomination, and that, too,
against the will and wishes Of their
party. VIII they venture to do
what such a man as Ben Butler did not
dare attempt in Massachusetts? And
are they 50 wanting in respect for the
popular wish, for conservative discipline,
Tor the obligations Of plrty-are they 50
reckless Of the critical situation Of politi
cal affairs, Of the extreme delicacy and
peril Of all our surrOundings-that, for
the mere possibility Of holding an Office,
To be- gained, if gained Mt all, by Radical
votes, they are willing to do what
lew, if any, Of their friends can approve?
What right have they TO call themselves
democrats, and yet fly in the face OF
that organization, and dispute and resist
as Il tLority? II elected at all, they viii
ne elected b. Radicals, and can they
accept Office at the lands Of Radicals I
without in some VIZ rquiting the ser
vice rendered to them? Their position,
if elected, viii be full of modification
10 them. They will be viewed with
suspicion and distrust by all with whom
they have heretofore affiliated. If de-
leated, as all of them assuredly will
be, their modification will be even more
intolerable. From this day forward let
US have no more chickering's about hOD
our candidates were nominated. Let
our discussions for the future be as to =
h0W they a be elected. 1t is Just one 1
week from tomorrow until the people
will be called upon TO elect their county
officers. Let US improve this time, Dem
ocrats, and an may yet be we'll. II be-
fore the election day We shall not have
shaken or our bickering and indiffer-
and by common consent COM
posed our discussions, we viii make for
ourselves a bitter memory, and IN the
m~isfortunes that will surround US we will
have the sad consciousness that ourselves
accomplished our undoing.
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CURRY As RADICAL CANDEDATE
Curry has been nominated by the {
Radicals, been declared the Radical can