Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-03
TO THE CITY DEMOCRATIC ENECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE.

TIVE 9OMAIIIEE.
The city Democratic executive COM
mittee will meet tomorrow morning TOT
the transaction OF such business IS msy
come before il; the naming OF day for
holding convention, and the designa-
ton Of the number OF delegates each
ward il entitled 10, being, as We suppose,
the particular measures to be discussed
and provided for. We avail ourselves
OF the opportunity the occasion affords
TO suggest TO the gentlemen the proprie-
ty Of their resembling the unfortunate
resolution, which, supported by persons
who acknowledge no party ar1lis-
tons. threatens the integrity OF
the Democratic party, and its ut
ter defeat at the approaching mu-
nicipal election. We do this from
sense of what we believe Is due to the
party for which the APPEAL has always
willingly labored, and will, come what
may, continue to labor. We do 1t from
q solid basis OF principle, and with
view solely to preserve the integrity and
strength Of the party against the mschi-
nations OF those whose purpose it is to
oppose Democracy with weapons that
no Republican would use. We
have neither enemies to punish,
nor friends to reward; we
are neither leagued with cliques nor
rings; we have no candidate for the
msyoralty, nor any other office in the
gift Of the people, and in Whist we have
said, and shall ssy, have only the safety
aud welfare Of the people Of Memphis
at heart, cOnscientiously believing that
that "peace, safety and welfare" can best
be secured by the triumph Of unmixed
Democratic principles. We crack no
party whip over any man or set Of men.
Secure in our own integrity Of princi-
pie, we respect that Of all others. This
is q free country, in which every man is
free to select for himself the party he
shall affiliate with, and the political or
other principles he shall avow. II any
number OF men desire to espOuse the
Republican policies and platform, or de-
clare themselves Conservatives what
ever that may be), or Liberals, or INDIE
perdents, we have NO fault to find with
them for so doing. For ourselves, we
are Democrats, and the APPEAL is q
Democratic organ. 1t has always been
so, and ever will remain so, &C long as
the party exists. Being Democrats we
are opposed in politics to everything
that is not Democratic. We have,
therefore, cOntended for Democracy pure
and simple, and, as we said yesterday,
will not support the nominee Of the con-
vention to be called by the city Demo-
cratic executive committee, unless
that convention is held in &C.
cOrdsnce with the call for the
mass-meetiDg, which wss so cor
daily Endorsed by those who composed
that meeting in the approval Of the sew
eral speakers, as indicated by loud
and continued applause. 1t is to these
facts we desire to recall the attention Of
the committee, in the hope that its
members, as We have said, will rescind
the resolution to which the party OBJ
iects, and restore to it the peace and
harmony that prevailed before its publ |
cation. The call for the mass-meetlng
is as follows, and in reproducing it we |
invite the particular attention OF the |
committee TO the lines we have itali- |
cized:
To the Democrats OF Memphis
The undersigned, DESTROYS Of securing TO The
Gig Of Memphis the services Of q Democrat in |
the office Of mayor, beg 10 suggest that ii is de-
Eirable, in view of the efforts being made by |
the Republican party, that a mass-meeting be |
called at an early day for the purpose of elect
ing Democratic city executive committee |
preparatory TO calling q convention of the |
party TO meet at day to be appointed not |
later than Saturday, Decembey 4th, proximo. |
This step is desirable for several reasons, the |
principal among them being the future well |
fare, growth and prosperity OF the city of |
Memphis. II Is desirable that the Democratic |
party shall assume the full responsible ity for |
The management and control Of the AFFAIRS of |
The city Besides, we consider Il essentially |
necessary that our party shall put itself in |
preparation in city, town, county and State, |
for the great Presidential contest which Is TO |
take place in 1876. Within our own state, as
well as in every other State in the Union, we |
find the Democratic party so organized and so |
prepared, and party leaders are everywhere
urging The people 20 maintain The party OT0dni-
eaton ia the fullest spirit Of integrity as
tidl 10 party success presently and prOspectfUely
There is no good reason why Memphis should |
be an exception to this rule. On the contrary,
taking warning from the efforts which are /
being made to revitalize the Republican /
party, we feel 1t our duty 10 be particularly
urgent at this time. We, therefore. as Demo-
crdt5, dHEisuS for party GScendency and party
SaoeeSs, call Democratic naGss.nleetino for
the purposes set forth above, TO meet at tn.
Greenlsw Operahouse, on Saturday, Novem-
Der 9TH.
This call, under which the party met
last Saturday night in mass-meeting,
became, by virtue Of the meeting, part
OF its prOceedings,an and is SO construed by
every honorable man who acted under
it. The speakers on the occasion GER
tsinly 80 regarded it. Attorney. General
Wright, the first of them, SAID:
The object ofthe meeting was to appoint
Democratic executive committee and to or.
ganize the party on old-fashioned principles
They 0ere not 10 90 under any aliases as 10 name
6ts '0ere 20 hare the name Of Democrat l0itiollr
10y Sy"tP'v"ttses lSnecfb-l ne was not afrald Il
70 say he was g Democrat. [Applausel The
committee, then, should be appointed, and
would attend TO a very important business.
Let the intelligence and patriotism of the cit
liens Of Memphis, then, aid the committees.
and 90 forward in a solid phalanx to victory.
Colonel George r. Phelan who obeyed
the repeated calls Of the meeting, in
dorsed what Attorney-General Wright
said, as follows:
Now or never we must make the fight against
RadicaliSIn. II politics had nothing to do
with municipal elections, why not put a good
Democratic mayor ia office? Seeing what
contest was before us for Is76it behooyes us to
organize, else We would be found sleeping
when the time come.
The party should be Organized upon ola.
fashioned Democratic principles. He was uu-
willing TO defile the drsught OF Democracy bv
any Impure admixture.
Thus 1t will be seen that the only two
gentlemen who spoke pending the or
ganizstion Of the meeting, declared its
spirit and purport to be in accordance
with the call. And this, when the or.
ganiZstion was declared by the con,,oit-