Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-18
THE APPEAL.
Prospectus for the Centennial year
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The Memphis APPEAL has just en-
tered on the thirty-sixth year OF its ex-
istence. and great as has been its popu-
isritv. and brilliant as has been lts
record in the past, the proprietOrs enter
unop the Centennial year with de-
Termination to make it q great repre-
sentative journal of the southwest.
Notwithstanding the hard times. the cir
culstion of the APPEAL is larger tEan az
sny previous period OF its long career, ara
we design enlarging our field OF useful"
ness during the present year by MAKING
the paper still more worthy of the liberal
patronage it has heretofore receiver. a
newspaper during the present year VIII
be more than ever instructive and lndls'
nensabIe to the public. Momentous
Questions are to be discussed; 1t VIII De
a wear OF agitation and extraordinary
events. We will have elections, local
and patior a, for State Legislatures and
governors, for q new congress, anu q
new President. Importsnt events Will
be of daily occurrence. Stirring
issues are shaping for the political con-
test, State and national. The APPEAL
will be found abreast OF all progress,
fully I'D to the times. With no Of
Tense to Conservatives, Liberal Repub-
licans, or any faction opposed 10 the
corruptions OF Grantism and Radical
ism, the APPEAL will from day to day
preach the gospel of Democratic TRUTH
aud insist on 8 clean Democratic organ
izstion, The political drift is leading
the public to understand that every man
must decide which cause he will serve,
and the current indicates most plainly
that there will be but two parties in fu-
ture elections-the one Democratic, the
other Republican. There is no alterna-
tive but to choose between them. The
APPEAL, true to its normal position and
the canoniZed traditions OF the party,
re-enlists under the Democratic banner.
The Democratic party is national par
tv, and it should have but one and the
same name throughout the Union.
There is no conference or nationality in
party that assumes different names in
different localities. In the northern
States the enemies to the coIruptions OF
Radicalism, call themselves Democrats;
In Virginia, Conservatives; in Tonnes
see, Democrats and Conservatives; in
other States, Democrats and Liberal-Re-
puhlicans. When party thus assumes
different names, it becomes q Earring lac
ton, made up OF odds and ends, without
homogeneity or nationality. Enter.
tanning these views, We shall discard all
appendages to the name Of Democrat
and slly ourselves with the National
Democracy. Already its banner floats
triumphantIy in the breeze. National
Democrats demand an immediate cessa-
ton of the brutal military tyranny over
the south; that the iron heel Of the des-
pot be lifted from the neeks of q pros
trate people, upon whom it trampled in
the wantonness OF power and in the
maleyoleuce Of revenge. With the tTi-
umph of Democracy in November next,
we may once more hope for
the revival of the good old times, when
the people of this Union were
all indeed brethren; when the shadow
Of the soldier and Of martial law shall
disappear beneath the recollections OF
the sorroWfuI past. With the election OF
a Democrat to the Presidency, we may
with gladness proclaim that the Cen
tenniai of our Independence is jubilee
even beyond that which it commence
rates. All that capital and enterprise
can accomplish will be freely used to
place the APPEAL in the front rank of
southern journalism. It will contain
all the news of the day, including the
Associated Press kilograms, special tele-
grams, and letters from all points of in
terest; full and accurate financial, COM
mercial and local reports, and fearless
editorial discussions fall current topics.
In a word, the APPEAL will he first
class, live newspaper, complete in every
respect.
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