Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-04
MOORE COUNTY.
A Lynehburger's Free and Easy Chae
about Newspapers, Politics and

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abOut Newspapers, Politics and
Things.
LYNcHBURG, Moore county, Feb. g.
Il write to renew my former relations
with the old Tennessee organ Of De-
mocracy. The truth is, 1 cannot do
without the Peoples" I have now
for about year been in quite an aeeph-
ulous condition, moping IN the dark for
the want of the UNION AND AMERICAN
to guide me. l undertook to relieve
my condition by taking the Louisville
COWrier-J0lrHaL But 10 what a mis-
take l made! 1 had conceived the
idea that IN foreign politics that
paper was something on the
order of the. Nelg York Herald
or Tribune, and IN that respect was SUI
perior to tire UNION AND AMERICAN.
After further trial l found that TO be a
grand mistake. True, Watterson wrote
some interesting letters from Paris. but
after that, everything concerning the
politics of foreign countries Is borrow
ed. In fact, 1t is astonishing how it
has made the reputation it has. Take
1t upon its real merits IN every depart
ment, and 1t has superiOrs in this State.
In paragraphing, there is a county
paper IN this section that beats it bad
ly-the Fayetteville Express. In sub
stantial editorials, In reliable De-
mOeraey, in clear craftsmanship, it
will stand no comparison with the
UNION AND AMERICAN. Why, then,
should Tennesseeans 60 away from
home to find better paper than their
own?
BY the way, the leader In the last
weeks COlTier-JOurRdl was a striking
document. read and re-read it, and
after I'll, up to this good hour, have
| not been able to decide whetherit is a
nO-party-party, a third or new-party,
neutrality-suspicious., or a Democratic
Journal. Now I would advise these
tender-souled gentlemen who can't bear
the name of diHsicrat to take the Nash
Uitte Banner as a more reliable organ Of
their nO-party- party than the Courier
Journal For up to within the last few
days the Banner could always be located
as entirely .tjIaiRst the dim-O-eracy,
even TO the extent Of having gone more
than halfway over to the camp of
Radiealism. But / do believe,
'''pOn my SOUL" the Banner has the
impudence to want to get back to the
old Democratic fold since the Bartlett
meeting, IN Shelby. I don't know
whether we can let it back or not, since
1t has said SO many hard thiags about
the name ana organization of the Dem
Ocratie party. Isn't it remarkable that
even the Banner is getting tiredof that
BOurbOnistic nonsense Of old time pre-
judice against the name Democrat?
But In all seriousness, 1 am glad to
see the dawn of a more enlightened era
in the politics of our State The hour
for prejudice to cease its play has ar
rived. The elections in Ohio and Texas
last fall ought to convince all unpreiu-
diced minds as tOthe mannerOf making
the fight against Radicalism. The
cry of BourbOnism against the
Democratic party reeoils with double
force upon the heads Of those who raise
it. 1t IS all from prejudice to the name
and hankering after an old order Of
things that never can be restored. Sup
pose we disband the Democratic party
and drop its name-tO form a new one
at all in antagonism to Radicahsm, we
have got to embOdy essentially all tine
fundamental principles of the present
opposition party. Then what have we
gained? We have disbanded and re-
Organized-we surely cannot fight the
enemy without an OrganiZatiOn-allfOr
the sake of getting nd Of a name. VIII
xua not bavo r-T,-or, Ic,,I ,fo fbo cone, -.
that event for umbrage to those who
have gloried during their lives In the
name, organization and traditions Of
the Democratic party? They eanclaim
that they have sacrificed more than j
name. They can then claim they have
sacrificed an organization that has stood
the test Of three-quarters Of Il century
OF our history, an organization to which
this country owes more of its glory and
its prosperity than to all other political
organizations combined, and which
cannot be substituted By one bearing
any other principles IN opposition to
RadicaHsm than those Of the Demo
cratic party rs t now stands organ
lied.
Tt is now time that the various sup
posed factions Of the Democratic party
should examine themselves carefully
and see II they have any real cause of
complaint against each other. And
having none, as Is really the case, let
them come together IN the spirit Of SIM
cere fraternity and select men not OBJ
jectionable to any shade of opinion,
and redeem the State forever and COM
pletely from Radical faint. For Gov
ernOr / believe no man would 50 readily
unite all the clements of the party as
Hon. Dorsey B. Thomas, Of Hum
phreys. The majority Of US are willing
to take some man the acceptance
of whom would manifest a spirit of lib
crafty and fraternity. But offer us no
man upon his own supposed merits
Thrust not upon us any man that his
former record may be ratified or en-
dorsed. The records Of the past have
no relation to the crying necessities Of
the present and future. Nor is it a
time to display personal devotion t.
any particular man. Most of the men
of the State who would excite the i'm
pulse Of personal devotion IN the pop
ular heart, are the objects of greater
popular enmity.
But I must conclude. Again l say
to you. I must have the UNION AND
AMERICAN. 1t is one Of the necessary
articles of household goods with me. 1
cannot be without 1t. Send 1t 10 me,
and that this thriving new cOuntytOwn
may be represented occasionally IN
your widely circulated columns, L viii
furnish you with an occasional from
LYNCHBURG.
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