Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-14
WEST TENNESSEE.
She Does HOt Yield HeF Claim 40
Furnish the Next Uaited States
seDafOr-The GuberuateriaI
Canvass.

From the Nashville Union and American.l
The idea seems to prevail in Middle
and East Tennessee that the nomina-
tion of candidate for governor, on the
nineteenth of August, should be con
ceded to West Tennessee, in consiGera-
tion of her yielding TO them the next
senator in congress. Now, SmODg those
in West Tennessee whose names are
mentioned in connection with the nOmi-
nation for governor, there are gentle
men eminently worthy of the position
by their own intrinsic merits, and with
out reference to their locality. On this
ground their claims will be presented to
that convention. But if one of them is
to be selected under the expectation
that West Tennessee thereby yields the
senator to the other divisions, it is fair
now to say that she cannot be a party
to such a contract. On the guberna-
torial question, she han no prejudices
against any worthy citizen in any part
of the State. From the necessity Of the
case, the governor must stand neutral
between all sections. de has no power
or patronage which cen be used for one
section against another To eoDcede his
nomination to West Tennessee would be
a graceful and deserved compliment,
ber national interests ale considered.
What she wants is beyond the jarisdic-
ton or reach of q governor. She wants the
wise and fostering care of both houses of
congress- The custOmhouse of Memphis
intended for the benefit of the vast re-
giOn of country which trades at that
point, exists only on paper, while the
one at Knoxville is an 0ccOmple fat.
The great river which is the natural out
let for her products and for these of al
most half the continent, needs the aid
of the government to deepen its cham
mel, to open its mouth, and to b lid
ship canals to the sea. The floods that
submerge the vast tracts of more than
Egyptian fertility along its courses can |
only be held in bounds by aid derived |
from the federal government. The |
Southern Pacific railroad, our projected |
highway to the great sea, stands still, |
while northern lines were opened by |
governmental aid through snowy wastes, |
Snd over the almost inaccessible nights |
OF the Rocky mountains. To obtain aid !
for these ends, the western district of
Tennessee needs q senator who is inn |
bned with her spirit, acquainted with |
her wants, and is identified with her |
fortunes. Once only has enator been /
conceded to West Tennessee, and he /
had but recently come from the middle !
division, and was not elected because Of |
his residence here, but through his great /
popularity throughout the State. With |
this single exception the other divisions
OF the State have furnished both sena-
tors for seveRty-eight gears! West Ten
nessee has DO prejudice against the /
other sections or any of their worthy {
sons. She does not go to the extreme
of demanding the senator. She would /
simply protest against accepting the |
nomination for governor as a price for |
which she will surrender the vital inter- |
ests which she has in the senate of the 1
United States. No son of hers should |
accept the nomination for governor upon |
any such terms, and it is but right that I
the truth should be frankly stated be- |
fore the mischief is done.
WEST TENNESSEE. /