Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-04

DURING the past few days the city
has been IN q fever Of excitement, &C.
casioned by the plain deEunciation by
the APPEAL of the unfortunate declaTa-
ton of the Democratic executive COM
mittee. To ssy that the msjority Of the
Democrats of the city have enthusiastic
cally indorsed the sentiments and coulse
of this Journal, is to underestimate the
bitterness excited among the veterans Of
the party by the remarkable action Of
the committee. But as there seems to
be q misundeI standing OF our position
among those styling tbems elves Con-
servatives, but not Democrats, and
even by respected members OF our par
ty, we propose in this Article to explain
to the honest members of both these
the exact position and senti-
ments of the APPEAL. In the first
place, we desire to impress upon those
whose minds are too tender to accept
Democracy by that name, that we never
either refused them cooperation or
slightsd their aid. On the contrary, the
very essence Of Democracy is the incoT-
poration of the. sentiments Of the whole
people, whatever slight differences msy
divide them into the great body of De-
mocracy; and their concentration, "dis-
tinct as the billoWs, tut one as the sea"
around the grand fuL d smentalprinciples
of Popular Rights and Safe Sovereign
ty, which have always been, a. they
still are, the very essence OF the party.
But in the lpresent case, while We are
eager to hold cut the hand Of welcome
to the honest, sdherents Of these great
principles, We are not willing to open
gate so broad as 20 admit an insidiOus
srd active enemy to the very heart Of ur
defe1se Uoser the unguarded lam
guage Of the committee it is not alone
the estrsfyhtfOrwsrd and honest Conserv-
atiyes and Li6aIals who would join with
us to foee our city EsoIn Radical colrup-
ton and misTule, Sut men protesting to
be Liberals, but devoted at heart 20 Rad
icAlism. 1t is,plain that the nomination
by the convention OF q weak or odioRs
man would leave the victory in the
hands Of the Radicals. Already it is q
matter of common, rumor that John
johnson is working night snd day to
secure the nomination, and that the
Radicals are lending sll the powerful
support of their Li5erGlism to aid his
efforts. 1t is supeIfiuous for the APPEAL
to ssy, that If this creature was nomi-
mated. neither It nor q 1.-THE Of
the respectable and honest citizens
OF the city would vote for him. Yet
under this unWise call he probably will
be the nominee Of q sO-called Demo
cratic convention, moving, puppet-like,
under ihe wires o. Liberal John League.
IL WAS in this view, and having die
p,ayed before it al the dark and secret
recasses Of Radical trickery, that the
APPEAL declines, beforehand, to be
bound by such action of such cOnven-
ton. But while this is Cd, it was yet
our purpose, as it still is, If the con-
vention is organized upon a sound
and honest tAs!s, not only to pro-
pose, but to insist upon the adoption Of
resolutions as troad as the one now In
question. Such is the exact position OF
the APPEAL in plain language, and we
know that 10 honest citizeus the neces-
sity Of such a political course must be
evident from the facts. To the few Of
our Democratic friends who have diff
fered with Us on this point, what can we
ssI? II q long life spent in their ser
vice- the wasting OF youth and OppOr-
unity in the heat aud toll of party
strifa, and i9rty years of nnswerving
,dsvotiou to our great party-is not q