Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-13
The Coming Political Canvass-What
the Conservative Democratic Papers
Have TO Say About 1t.
Suggestions for PlatfOrms-What0 Ought
TO be and Ought Not to be-Suc-
cess in Unity, Energy and
Pluck.
The Chance for Success-What is and
Win be COnceded-The Negro and
the Carpet-Baggers.


| trust there will be no difference Of Opin-
ion on the subject of platform of prin-
| ciple and of policy in the admlnistra-
tion of the State government. In the
first place, the party ought to disembar-
rass itself of the remotest ground for
suspicion, or charge, that it will cOun-
tenance the re-Opening of the questions
settled by the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the con-
stitutiOn. There are many conservative
voters who were opposed to ratifying
the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments, but will oppose the uplifting
of the fioOd-gates of agitation in a
visionary attempt to have them repeal
ed, since they have become firmly i'm
bedded into the organic law of the coun-
try, and an inseparabIe part of it. OF
course the other thousands who thought
it would have been the part of wisdom
| to have made the best of the circum-
stances in which we were placed at the
close of the war, and recognize our State
government without opposition on the
! terms dictated by congress, while we
were yet in the condition Of 8 provincial
dependency, shorn of our State sover-
| eighty by the strong arm, will never
consent to the renewal of agitation on
| the subject OF the amendments; nor to
the occupation of any equivocal
position in reference to them
| What is most to be desired is that
| the question of race and color, as a
distinctive element, shall be dropped en-
| tirely out of our politics. There ought to
be distinct enunciatiOn in favor Of the
right oflOcal self-government, as against
the usurpatiOns of centralized power
Hba Of h. foI
in sustaining a combination of pretend
ers in Louisiana against the declared
will of the majority in that State, and
the anarchy ensuing, is a striking illus
tratiOn in point. The privilege of hdbedS
corpus, as guaranteed by our State and
federal constitutions, and the supremacy
Of the civil over military authority
in time of peace, are understood to
be cardinal tenets of the faith
of the anti-Radicals. This is a State
contest, in which national politics and
parties should occupy but small space;
but in the interest of pure government
and public morals, the credit mObilier
and salary grab infamies will demand an
expression of disapproval. The Conserv-
atves of Mississippi cannot say less in
reprObatiOn of these measures than have
been said by the Republicans of Ohio,
Iowa and Maine in their State conven-
tions. Disembarrassed of the negro ques-
ton by recognition Of the equal rights
of all men before the law, the Conserva-
tives will be free to address themselves
to the main, practical issues of the can
vass; the displacement of corruption and
extravaganza, and the enthronement Of
honesty and economy in the admins
tratiOn of the State government. To
this end there should be a reduction of
taxes and a corresponding reduction
Of expenditures in State and county af-
fairs. The corrupt practices by which
the public lands have been diverted from
their legitimate objects to the uses of
riugs-the custom of special legislation
in the interest of individuals and cor
pOrations-shOuld be torn up root and |
branch. These abuses are the OutgrOwth |
OF the rule of the Adventures; indeed, |
they are the soul and body of it. The |
public records them with examples of
their existence. The testimony which |
each cOntending faction bears against |
the other is abundant and unquestion-
able. Witness the three-hundred-and-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. transaction of
the present state administration, re-
vealed by eVicksbUrg Times, high Rad.
ical authority, and not controverted or
explained, by the parties implicated.
Last, but not least, issue should be
joined, sharply and decidedly, with the
Radical leaders on the subject of the re-
pudiated bonds, in the creation of which
the present generation of citizens had no
lot nor part. From twenty to thirty mil
lion dollars are involved in this question.
The alpha and omega Of the whole can
Vass will be to reclaim the State from
the destructive rule Of the Radical spoil
atOrs and wrecker5. How best to do it
is the question.
From the Brandon Republican,
The TupelO Standard tavors the hold
ing of an anti-Radical State convention
at Brandon on the first Wednesday in
August. We object to both the time
and place. We object to the time, be-
cause we believe iC is too soon to COM
menee a canvass. We don't want to
call the people from their fields before
the latter part of September. We object
to Brandon as the place, because the
press of the State expressed almost a
unanimous wish that it should he held
at Meridian, and because certain parties,
claiming to be conservative, have had
so much to say about the 'Jackson
clique" controlling conventions that we
want il held as far away from Jackson as
possible, so that they will have no ex-
cuse for going over to the enemy on the
plea that the convention was controlled
by ring of Jackson politicians. The
convention should be held at Meridian.
From the Benton Argus
We caution our people against over
confidence. IL is matter of vital i'm
1nrfaf TO 70 |
next fall. Ii we divide among ourselves
we will, fail ANONYMOUSLY.
From the Yazoo Democrat-I
Some gentleman has figured it out
that the voting negro population of Mis-
sissippi outnumber the whites five thou
sand. And yet of this white voting
population, minority though it be, at
least twenty-five per cent. are Radicals
in some form or other. We have white
bourbons, white Radicals, white sore
heads, white despairers, ali of whom
unite to swell the Radical majority.
And, too, this negro majority is daily on
the increase. Every year finds large ac-
cessiOns to the negro force in the negro
counties along the Mississippi river, {
with no corresponding aceessions to the
white element Under all these cir
will it be wise to nominate
q straight-oHt Democratic ticket? !
Would not it be wiser to let the Radicals
have clear field, and the Democrats ,
throw their strength on the side of the !
liberal wing? There is a great deal to
think about in this matter. 6
From the Magnolia Gazette.l
The building of political platforms will {
soon commence, and the political archi- |
.ect will then rear their superstruc-
lures thereon, each endeavOring to ex- y
,el the other in their respective works of I
cunning art Whatever may be the
platforms of the contending parties, or
however beautifully embellished thew
nay be in their respective arts,
we would advise them to select
good foundations; do not build on =
jand but select foundations as firm as :
he rock ofeternal ages. After the found
alton is selected be certain then to select
yood, pure woFkmen--men who will work =
to the specifications and plans
rendered for their guidance in the work. o
Dr., in other words, select none but good t.
rue and honest men for Office men who L
will discharge their respective duties in 8
with thelaws of fthe land.
srom the Meridian GazetteJ
We would say to the darkey, we have =
10 war to make on you. You have ev- q
Try political and social right that we en- :
oy ourselves. We will not disturb any
If them. You have the lawful privi-
ege to ride in ali the cars, stop at all the n
lotels, go to all the churches, attend sll
he theaters, and eat and sleep with . a
These are individual domestic prob ,