Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-08
ALCORN.
What Two Leading Conservative Papers
Have to Say About Him,
Either Ames or the Independent Candi-
daie-COnserVatiye Nominations
Not Wanted.
From the Mississippi CenIal.l
WHAT SHALL WE DO

From the Mississippi CentIal.l
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
This question for speedy and practical
solutien is crowding Itself upon us. There
should be the privilege of a concert Of
action among conservatives throughout
the State, and speaking for themselves
-ud for the element of the third-estste,
no n, ,>stacle TO hsrmony shall remain in
tornosinp IN our account, and especially
If We are met l,v corresponding dis
nosition to fraterniza by the friends OF
the Meridian movement. Inc oIa'e IL
readjusted on a Republican bAS's' anu
from the standpoint il seems to be
fact that a contest between home-iolks
and strangers, peace and dlseoId, is
inaugurated. As the Republicans are
decidedly in the majority, and could
unite and overpower all outside oppo-
sitiou, IL does occur to US, since they
have divided among themselves on
questions involving our mOst vital and
material interests, that an open held
should be accorded them, and that the
people be left free and each man for
himself, to do his duty in the premises
as his judgment and patriotism may
suggest. To this end we urge that the
OppOSlllOu put uo DlANc tAChSL III LII
field, and we hear say to our friends OF
the approaching Meridian convention
that we, and those With whom we are in
political sympathy, are perfectly willing
TO set or follow the example of the MeT-
idian convention in retiring and with
holding all opposition state tickets
from the fed.
ALCoRN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
Alcorn, since the reorganization Of
civil government in the State, on the
Reconstruction" basis, is now about to
take the opposition before the people of
Mississippi that we have so persistently
urged him 10 DO from the beginning.
He Joined his forces to the Republican
party to cor duct his State back into the
Union, on the terms offered by Re
publican congress. That being done,
we urged him, during the time Of his
gubernatorial administration, to recog-
nize the people Of Mississippi as a recon
structed people, and as, in all respects,
entitled to public trust and confidence.
We believed the time would come when
he would have to look TO the native ele-
ment to protect him against the crusade
Of the adyenturers, and when the State
would need bis lnterposition and infiu-
ence TO save it from dangers emanating
in the same direction. no one can take
a calm survey Of the situation and hesi-
tate as to the course Alcorn and The
people should pursue. Take the Ames
ticket, examine it from bottom to top,
and IL is evidently to be seen that Mis-
sissiEp, snd restoration were totally ig-
nored In Its desiGa and composition.
From the Grenada sentinel.I
ALCoRN AND AMEs.
The announcement that Senator Al
corn was 3 candidate for governor seems
TO have fallen a., .he midst Of the Radi-
cal camp like loud clap 0f thunder on
a bright midsummer day. 1t was
thought the senator would announce
himself, and yet the Radicals could not
believe 1t. There Is Io denying that
I Alcorn is a power in the State; he is the
only man, If Ames is TO be beaten, that
/ can do il. lie need expect no Bourbon
! Democratic vote; that glass Of extTem-
| lists hate him even more than they hate
Ames, and the latter will get the suf-
/ frage Of either extreme that vote at all.
/ Bourbons have nothing TO look for from
| AlcorD, all to expect from Ames. II
/ the race remains between these two,
I tile candidate from Massachusetts will
return hogss a4d atay there, but If the
convention which neets a. Meridian
| thinks proper to bring out candidate,
: .he Republicans will mass on Ames and
4 eive mn. The fIill vote Of that party;
/ Aleorh, la such case, wogld probably re-
tire, and the race be between the candi'
oates of the Jackson and Meridian con