Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-14
IEMPHTS APPEAL
slruRnAY MORNNG, NOY. u, Is74.
POLTTIoAL INDEPENDENTS.


This class Of politicians are running
the gauntlet of kicks and curses. In
every part of the country both parties
are administering the rebuke which the
hermaphrodites deserve. The Demo-
cratic party since the war has been the
sole defense Of the people in their efforts
to stay the food Of Radicslism, with its
ignorance, its cOrruptions, its robbery
and expressions. But the independents
consulting their own vanity or svsTice,
have warred upon Democracy, endeav-
Ored day after day to show that 1t was
dead, powerless for good. But the re-
suit shows that they are not prophets,
and the people will spurn their advice
fer the future. The triumph Of the.
Dem ocratic party in spite Of the organ
lied opposition by the Republicans and
the guerrilla warfare Of the independ-
ents, shows it's recuperative powers;
that it lie the party of the people and is
again destined to rule the nation. We
predict that in future elections the indie
pendents will be treated as people for
merly treated a scolding virsgo. Every
where they are denounced by the press.
It seems they had independents in Vir-
ginis, as in Tennessee. The Richmond
Enquirer thus lashes the selfish mischief
makers. "Ambltious and selfish men,
ready for ends Of personal gain and the
advancement OF their own interests to
strike down the only wall of the public
defense, have unfurled their flags Of OPP
position to the party mandates and eoun-
selled the people to rally around them.
More dangerous than the open and prom
inent enemy, they raised the standard
Of revolt in our own camps and struck |
at the heart Of our organization. And, |
as if to add effrontery to treschery, they |
dub their action Independence and
even 90 so far as to repudiate party or
ganizstion, defy party rules, and pro-
claim nO-partyism the cure for sll the
cUuntry's ills. But the strong-hesded
people recognized the folly of their SUI
per-lunsry vsgsries, and see in their dis
comfiture that whom the gods would
destroy they first make mad 1t is
an undenisble fact that under 3
form of government like ours, there
VIII always be two parties. Each will
hold, aud will organize to maintain, its
special views Of government policy.
Some good men may not entirely APP
prove the general policy or local seton
Of either, but il does seem that reason
and common sense should suggest to
such to align themselves with that body
which most closely represents their
views, instead of esssying the vain and
insane attempt Of forcing individual
erotehets upon the public. Again, the
people have q claim upon all who aspire
TO serve them, and when a man an
nounces his independence, with no
pledges or platform except his own bold
assertions, made to secure votes, they
necessarily and rightly repudiste him.
What prophets ken can predict
the course or conduct Of an Independent,
elected to a representative position?
With a true and loyal psrty-man, the :
case is altogether different. He is |
elected pledged to the principles and {
views Of his party, and by those princi- {
pies he viii stand or fall. In every
contest the people-his constituents
viii know where he stands without in
quiry. 1t is 8 happy sugury for the
future Of our party in the State that q
timely frost has nipped in the bud the
designs and aspirations of all disorgsn- 7
izers within the limits of the common
wealth"