Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-02
The MISSOURI DEMOCRACY.
Counsels that should be Needed I'm
Tennessee.

CounseIs that should be Needed I'm
Tennessee.
From the St Louis TIMES, April 80.
The tiihe for organization is at hand
for the Democracy Of Missouri. The
State is free from Radical. domination.
and it should be the ailh of Democrats
to Strengthen the party in order to pre-
vent the recurrence of such calamity
as the State Administration again fall
ing into Radical hands. There should
be no lukewarmness In the party. Re.
Numbering the bondage from which
the freeifien of the State were released
"a position more debased than that Of
the people Of any despotic government
on che Fare Of the earth-we must feel
the necessity of vigilance in the preser-
walton of our rights. The situation of
our DISTINGUISHED citizens under Radi-
cal rule was too abjeet to be referred
to without indignation and renewed
loathing of those who were instrumental
in bringing it about, and afterwards
doing all that was possible to per-
petuate it. The bare idea of COM
promise or affilation with them
should be revolving 10 those who
were the victims of the tyr
amy that disgraced our State,
The victories in Ohio, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, and elsewhere, are
not equivoeal in their significance; they
are straight-out Democratic triumphs,
and speak volumes of what is to come.
The people are tired of the reign of
Radicalism, and there is a disposition
to shake IL off but this disposition
must be guided and advised, in order
that the victory, so much desired and
needed, shall be well assured. In
party must be thoroughly organized.
No calculation can be made upon vic
tory unless there is perfect organiza-
ton. The gains to which we have re.
ferred show there is an effective organ
izaticn in those States where elections
have been held. Let us consider what
is best to be done by the party IN Mis-
souri,.
The time is at hand and already up.
on us when Democrats should come to-
gether and confer as to line of action
for the campaign, that the Radicals
may see their strength and be satisfied
they intend to WELD it at the proper
time. The opposition is already at
work endeayoring to organize the riff
raft and fag- lends Of all played-out par
ties, They viii strike hands with the
worst organization, of whatever name,
that viii help to defeat the Democracy.
Knowing the straits to which our enc
mics are reduced, our party should be
on the look out for schemes of Deep
laid strategy; for they will hesitate at
nothing for the accomplishment of
their ends.
We have an example in our sister
State of Arkansas of the desperate eff
forts OF Radicalism to sustain its failing
grasp on the pockets of the people.
Give them but the shadow of a pre-.
text and the leaders Of that party
would inaugurate anarchy and revolu-
ton in Missouri to establish themselves
IN power.
When the Democracy appreciate the
fact that the hope of the republic rests
on the success of our party at the next
election, they will see how important
is the action here recommended and
how necessary it is that harmony
should characterize all ourproceedings
The sooner the subject is agitated and
the preliminary steps taken, the more
certain will be the success of the party
at the fall election. Let it not be for
gotten, too, that this is "a full political
year" in which every Office, from Gov
ernor down to constable, is to be filed.
In every case, let good men be nomi-
nated-meu Of integrity and capacity,
against whom the opposition can bring
no charges to offset the established
unftness of the carpet-baggers' frater-
nifty and professional ofice-hunters.
Let us have the opportunity of voting
for such candidates from the top to the
bottom of the ticket, and the stability
of our institutions, in a national point
of view, will be illustrated in the sue.
cess of Democracy in Missouri.