Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-15
MISSISSIPPI.
The Meridian COnYentIOn-A Full
Ticket OF Good Men Is the True
Policy.
Z" 1t is Worse than Folly to Disband
the Party"-Ames and AlcOrn
Must be Opposed.
From me Meridiap GazetteI

From the Meridian GazetteI
That the convention to assemble here
on next Wednesday should nominate q
full ticket of good men, sound and true,
there is to our mind not shadow of q
doubt. We assert as a fact known to
every observant mind in the State that
more earnest and thorough canvass OF
the State was never made than in 1869,
and vet the people could not be induced
to go to the polls. So in the canvass OF
1872. The people felt that it was a de-
graduation, selt-iBlpOsed, to turn out and
vote for men whose lifelong records
were history of wrong and oppression
to them and their section. Hence the
overwhelming defeats of 1869 and 1872.
The cause of these defeats did not lay
in the facts that it was the Democratic
I party that opposed Radicalism
/ in these canvasses; nor yet did
/ defeat lay in want of numbers
who opposed Radicalism, because the
/ Radicals in each OF these elections failed
to poll majority of the registered votes
/ of the State. We are therefore forced
/ to look for the cause OF our defeats in
/ the tickets The tickets in 1859 and 1872
were so obnoxious to sur people that
they could not by any means Of persua-
sion or appeal be induced to support
them with warmth and zeal. This view
Of the case is strengthened by the fact
that in 1868 we had ticket that was &C
ceptable to the people, and it was
elected with ease by an overwhelming
majority. Then, all we have to do TO
insure success is to nominate such
a ticket of our own men; men of
honesty and ability; men Of nerve
and courage, men who can inspire
the masses with confidence and
courage, and we can win. But on the
contrary, should the Meridian conven-
ton pursue the suicidal policy of dis
banding without a nomination, then all
is lost. Not only the State ticket is
hopelessly defeated but many counties
that can be saved to the people will be
lost, and the plunderers, with Ames at
their head, will have undisputed sway
of every branch of the government. But
if we nominate ticket there is chance
for US to carry at least the legislature, If
not the State ticket. It is worse, then,
than folly to talk about dis5dBdSHg the
party. That Is not the word-it ought
to be abandonment, for it In nothing
more nor less than an abandonment of
the cause; an abandonment of all Oppo-
sition to Radical corruption and mis-
rule; an abandonment Of our State to
the rsvenous vultures to suck the re-
mainder of her life's blood, and then
flap their sleek wings and fly away tU
hum. Let Us have a ticket such as every
man in the State who opposes Radical
ism, whether in Ames or Alcorn, can
support.
TIE Press on tire Situation.
We have taken some pains during the
past week to ascertain the sentiments Of
the Conservative press of the State on
the subject of nominating a ticket at the
Meridian convention, with the follow
ing result:
FOR A NOMINATION.
Vicksburg Herald, Branden Republican,
Meridian Gaze tie, Enterprise Courier,
A berdeen Examiner, Central Star,
NinOnA Advance, HandsbOrO Democrat,
CarrOliton COnServa- star Of PascagOulR,
tive, Calhoun Times,
Benton County Argus, Ashland Argus,
southern States, Hernando Press,
Shubuta Times, Paulding Messenger,
Crystal springs Moni- Ianton Citizen,
tor, Forest Register,
Columbus Democrat, Westville News,
Port Gibson Standard, BroOkhsven Citizen,
Newton Ledger, Monticello Journal.
OPPOSED TO A NOMINATION.
Jackson Clarion, Beauregard Herald,
Raymond Gazette, Carthagenian,
Meridian Mercury, Natchez Democrat,
Prentiss Recorder, Senatobia Signet,
Columbus Index, Mississippi Central,
Gaenada sentinel, southern Herald.
Canton Mail, Bonneville Recorder,
NON-CoAIMITTAL.
Mississippi Journal, Macon Beacon,
summit Times, Corinth News,
Senatobia Times, Lexington Advertiser,
New Era, Panola Star,
summit Sentinel, Ripley Advertiser,
Copiahan, OreenVille Times,
YazoO Democrat.
The above we take from that able
and unfaltering journal, the Brandon
Republican, which is sound to the core,
and opposes the abandonment policy.
This list stands as follows: Newspapers
for nomination, twenty-six; opposed to
fourteen; neutral, thirteen.
If this is any indication, it shows that
the masses are for a nomination as
twenty-six is to fourteen. What is most
too, nearly all the papers
in favor of disbanding are published in
the negro districts. IL is the white
counties that should decide the ques-
ton, and they are almost unit for a
ticket.