Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24
DISSEMINATION.

ing presidential election there will be
but two parties In this county. The
antagonism will be broad, emphatic
and distinct. There may now be q
lull In the political atmosphere,
while parties are erystalizing; but il
is the lul Of the breeze that precedes
the storm. New organizations, with
new incentives, and the bringing TO-
gether OF antagonlsms viii give nov
city to the canvass, and1t will be one
OF unusual excitement. In this criti-
cal exigency, the South needs all Its
resources. The first and most essen
tial condition Of safety, is harmony Of
feeling and concert of action among our
own people. The South, in the coming
election, should present a united
front. This cannot be accomplished
without organization, and we are
grstiied to see our friends moving in
West Tennessee for this purpose. The
last Somerville Falcon says:
" n4NE DoCuG ACA4C4kAl AAAoA VI 4oEC
| to advocate a county convention to nomi-
nate candidates for the various offices to
be filed next August. The Falcon has
| no particular voice In this matter. A
convention nnot be properly called IN
less 1t Is done officially by q Democratic
executive committee. Such an organize
ton does not exist In Fayette county, but
we fully believe that It ought to be formed
at an early day. The approaching presi-
Dental and State election will demsnd q
thorough organization of our party. 1t
matters not whether we vote for
q Liberal or Democrat, w need s
complete organization al b same, In
order that we may act In concert and har-
mony. We think, therefore, that q meet
ing should be called, In which every dis
trict in the county should be represented,
for the purpose of appointing 3 regular
committee, whose duties should be to csll
all required conventions and carry out the
interests Of the party generally LIST that
committee be appointed and let 1t be com
posed of good men, and then let them say
whether we shslI have q convention or
not. Until that Is done no one has any
right to call 8 convention. As we said be,
fore, we believe that We ought to have an
organization, and we hope that this step
will be taken at once to effect that end.
Its, to US, just simplyincomprehen-
sible how Democrats and COnserva-
tives, at q juncture like the present,
can, as it we're, revel in the idea Of
confusion. 1t is 30 perfectly plain that
the friends of "p~uriication and pacif-
cation" must act together to accom-
plish anything, that we cannot under
stand the spirit which rather invites
than avoids dissension. Is any argu-
ment needed to demonstrate the ad-
vsntages Of organizing by county con-
ventiOns? What has been the history
of party machinery in this country for
the past thirty years? What was the
chief element in the tremendous
success of the great Wing party in
1910? T~ippecanOe clubs. 1t was
these that gave birth to that excite
ment and enthusiasm which, with the
rapidity Of fire across the dry prairie,
swept over the land, well-nigh con-
Stunning the last vestiges OF the Demo-
cratic party. And by what agencies
did the Democratic party, in 1874,
rising Ph9aix-Iike from its ashes, sue
cessfully oppose this enormous Wing
Strength Through the instrumental
ty Of Democratic clubs and associa-
tons, established at every c~Ounty-sest
and crossroads. These little clubs,
scattered through the length and
breadth Of the land, were the agencies
that aroused the people and relighted
the fires in 1874 on the AFFAIRS
Of Democracy. The great Wing
party Of that day resolved to
destroy these altars. 1t drew the
sledge-hammer Of its might well
back, put its whole heart in the
blow, and with a swinging stroke
brought it down to dash these affairs
INTO q thousand pieces. Down it
same. 1t fell; the heavy iron bound
ID back; and the Wing party found
hat, instead Of crushing them to pow
Ter, the blow had drawn fire from
lint, and had ignited a fame whose
more than midday brightness Ilu-
mined our vast country from center
circumference. These are some of
he effects Of organization, patent in
he recent history Of political parties
this country. In the approaching
1attle against despotism, we will be
opposed by Office holders, and the
most OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, perfect
y-drilled and effectively-Organized
party which has appeared among US
iince the days OF the Jacobin clubs.
Without the associated strength
# organization, how, In the
Of common sense, do
you expect to contend with it?
Who sfirms that raw militia, under
my circumstances, can successfully
.ope with the same material drilled
nd disciplined? No matter how Just
heir cause, how high their patriotism, {
low determined their valor, they !
must go down before science and dis. !
Where will you find a juster {
ause, cause, a higher patriotism, or I
nore determined valor, than melted 8
VI ancestors In their revolutionary 1
truggIe? and what page Of. the I
history-rsnsack 1t well and
eIl us-wiH you point to that exhib-
s a greater number Of defeats and I
isasters than fell to our lot in the ,
arly days Of that memorable s -Tuggle?
1most uninterrupted defeat at
,nded us, until drill and discipline =
nd organization had done their work :
Il Us. We must organize for the :
rork that is before US. We trust our =
lends will join in efecting a solid and h
npregnable organization in every >
)unty In West Tennessee. >
EMPHLB AND KKOXVILLE AND u
MEMPHIS AND JACKSON ROADS. a
Two companies r chartered to b
Mid roads through Fsyette county f
this city, each asserting their ulti- G.
ate purpose of extending a railway O