Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-09
MISSISSIPPI.
'sDamphOOls, Impracticable Ounces AMI
Crazy AbstractiOhists" will Please
Take Notice.
Show Can the Clashing Elements be
Reconcilei !"-Let Is Reason
TOgetheT-DOn't be De-
eeiVed.

I From the Meridian Gazette.l
That the State Of Mississippi is in i'm
miEeut peril, no sane man will deny.
That il is a time when all good men
I should strive to rally, and unite all the
I elements of opposition TO the plunder-
/ ers, all will admit. Men aiming at the
same laudable object, working for their
common redemption, should evince a
/ little of the christian virtue Of tolerance
/ in their counsels with each other.
/ As for ourselves, We emphatically de-
clare our willingness to lock shields with
/ those who earnestly seek redemption
{ from the public spOilsmen, and to recede
/ from any programme which We have
I favored the moment We are convinced
I that better one is presented. We do
/ not belong To that class of men who
/ would rule or ruin. 1t is not our nature
/ to relapse into sore-headed cynicism be-
cause we cannot have things our own
way. We are not inclined to smother
I out a high principle to crafty grOvel-
/ ing prejudice. We would not leopard
I ize lofty purpose by nuning a petty,
[ private disappointment. We cannot
/ persist in an error when sensible that il
I is an error.
There are men in Mississippi-hosts of
Z them-who honestly believe that the
proposition to disband our reform party
1 for the purpose Of turning it over 10 Al
corn, is utterly futile, altogether odiOus,
and hOpelessiy disastrous. These men
I sincerely believe that the masses want
Old Ben Humphreys nominated for
governor with a clean, straight ~ anti
| Radical ticket. They think that the
/ people can be rallied upon this, and that
there is hope here, and none in the other
scheme. We are among the men who
thus think, and We have given the rea-
sons for the faith that is in US.
However, We are painfully conscious
of a powerful dissenting element, and
now the question for the man whose
zeal does not Outrun his patriotism to
consider il, how can we reconcile these
clashing misunderstanding only as to
details, not as to the grand common
purpose?
Tnree-fourths of the conservative
press of the State have squarely declared
themselves for Humphreys. Nine
tenths of the conservative masses have
enthusiastically indOrsed the nOmina-
ton of the press. Surely no man will
make himself blind to the fact that a
large majority of our party earnestly de-
sire straight ticket.
Gentlemen, you, who are about to
throw a wet blanket over this honest
yesrning of our peeple-you, who are
in the very act Of launching a Greek
fiTebrand into our midst, whose eXplO-
sion threatens to scatter our cohorts into
a thousand fragments, stOpi Consider
what you do before it is too late. Re
member that the straight forward mass
l. e
trickery, political trafficking and odious
compromises and nCessions which
promise them no results.
Come, let US reason together like a
household of brothers whose heritage
and honor are jOint-stOck and alike dear
to each. We desire to win you over to
us Ct to be won over to you. No power
on earth can snap the bond of sympa-
thy which holds us together. We are
all saved or all lost in the same boat.
Don't be deceived. We have fallen
upon an epoch when men will refuse to
be driven. The crack of the party whip
is an idle sound. There is no party now
which stands above the country. We
submit that such epithets as dam
phOols," 'impTacticable ounces" aud
''craZy abstractiOnists," applied to that
large majority Of Mississippis true and
faithful men are not exactly calculated TO
alter the convictions Of earnest men, or
especially to win their cooperative re-
gard. Please let US have no more of such
srsuments, or such pleaSantries, They
will surely widen the breach, instead Of
healing il. II we come TO you in cOun-
ell prepared to be conciliatoTy, and to
bear you without prejudice, and to yield
some Of our wishes in order that we may
harmoniZe with you, We shall expect
you TO meet us in the same fraternal
and generous spirit. There is yet hope
that all of Us may work shoulder TO
shoulder. But nobody undertake to
lash anybody else into ranks.