Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-17

ms ALWAYS SO.
The Richmond Enquirer, paper We
slwavs read with interest and profit, In
zpsakiug Of Just such men as have ar
ravsd themselves against the regular
nominees in Shelby county, and sho"
q willingness to combine with the Rad
icsls to secure Office, says: when
selfish, INSCRIPTIONS pOliucian-carlng
more for his own personal ends than iof
country or party-is defeated before a
convention, the stereOtyped cries oil
packed convention, nngs'
tclioues,' etc, always fiji the air. but
in our day and time such cries are TOO
thin.' They are like the cry OF the PICK
pocket while handling your pOcket-book,
Look out for pickpOckets, gentlemen!
The chief source Of chsgrin with the
leader in such outcries is generally the
fact that he has not been able, by ma
nipulating the strings, TO defeat the pop
ulsr will in his own behalf When he
comes out as independent csndidate,th the
very act convicts him by proof 'as strong
As holy writ There is no escaping the
condemnation which every honest
mind viii visit upon him." II Is
always 30. Every State furnishes lts
quota Of sorehesds-men who turn upon
their party organization snd would ruin
because they cannot rule it. For thirty
yesrs we have had independents in Shell
bycounty, but for thirty years both parties
have held conveutions,s and ithas been a
tradition with both parties to stand by
the nominees. Independents occasion
silly triumph, but they inevitably sink
into obscurity, despised by the party
they betrayed and mistrusted and hated
uy the party which profits by their trea-
son. Politicians and sspirants must
have the philosophy to bide their time.
he who infiexibly adberes to the DEGREES |
Of bis party in convention and gives a |
willing and ungrudging support 70 the
nominees, viii ultimately succeed,
while the factious and impatient sink 4
into oblivion and contempt. Since the
recent convention held to nominate can
didstes for the Legislature, many Of the
sspirants have acted in a manner
honorable to themselves as patriots and
pauissus, pledging themselves as the
party spoke through its convention TO
an earnest support Of the nominees.
When the Bartlett convention nomin.
stediits candid stes, all the sspirants
cordially rallied to the support Of the
Nominees. II all the recent as
pirsnts for the legislature were
msde Of such stuff our enemies
would receive no countenance, and
Radicalism would never again lift its
impious head in Shelby county. All,
but say the disOrgsnizers, there is no
choice between Radicslism and the
ticket nominated. This is the stereo-
typed song Of independents. II has
become stsle-been used TO exhaustion.
The candidates for the legislature are
men Of unimpeachsble integrity. The
standard Of Democracy, everywhere
marching to victory, has not been low
cred and placed in cowardly or unclean
hands for protection and vindication.
and morally they are unob-
jectiOnsble. Their past lives and -ac-
tons give assurance Of the sincerity
snd honesty Of their motives, and OF
the stern, infieXible firmness Of their
principles. They will never deceive
their constituency. Let u stand like
another "Stonewallr by these men. y
They are the party candidates.
Not as individuals, but as the I
Of our principles,
hey ask the suffrages Of the no T
bic men who, in August last, spoke in I
thunder tones against the Radical negro U
ticket. In supporting the nominees for =
he legislature, We do not benefit them, u
lut the cause. II, in this contest, a =
nongrel ticket, composed OF renegades, o
Independents and negroes, should tn 81
mph, the Democracy OF Shelby county q
would be disgraced. For many long Il
ears, full Of sadness and sorrow, the
outhern people have "bent to the earth
o catch the cheering sound, and to sep =
rate from the vail Of despair and the u
Kissing threats Of destruction and rapinei
which thunder through the tempest, the Q
ightest note Of the reedy pipes which 2
ing Of the army Of rescue" At last 7
hey have heard the sweet music made o
3 the tread Of the grand and victorious q
rmy marching TO our deliverance. Ohio a
nd Indiana send to Us, not greetings in IS
Amt murmurs, but a loud, stentorisn u
noutl which proclsims to the belea- A
uered south that her prosecutions are u
an end. Brave and good men, many y
whom bear the scars which we have q
1iiicted upon them in our fratricidal e
.riie, are coming TO embrace men who o'
lso bear seats made by their steel upon q
onest bosoms." The Democracy Of IL
helby county must say by their votes ca
q the fifth Of November that they viii pi
e true to their DELIVERIES. ca