Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-30
MEMPHIS, TENN, SUNDAY, JULY 50. 1875.

general utterances Is, to my mind, the
uDdest, greatest, truest that the human
mind has yet attained. 1t is the philos.
Ophy or which our institutions a-e dis.
tlncuveiy built. The enormous central
lzation which has grown up since the
EAr-almoet impercepub!y perhsps-it
deDOunces as The most fOrmids bic dan
ger IN our existing position; aud while
II frankly and msnfully accepts the war
and the legislative results OF the war, in
q perm m4nent and Interchangeable settle
ment OF q conflict nov forever past, it
demands thorough regeneration of
essential political practice and doc
| trines. II demands q reduction in
the public expenditures; il de-
mands resdjustment OF our
costly and oppressive modes Of taxation; I;
! ii demands q cessation in the prOfligate
misuse aud waste of the public lauds; it
| demands a reorganization OF the civil
service, which is fruitful source of the
| prevailing corruption; it demands a
cnsnge in the bad practice which has
rendered appointments to office the
reward for services to congressman and
senators; it demands frugality, simplic-
ity, capacity aud honesty ia all public
places; and last, though not least, it de-
mandE, in The piscs of that imbeciIe,
dilatory, inefficient and deceptive policy
which has hitherto marked the treat
ment Of the currency problem, instanta-
neOus, active, systematic and rigorous
effJrt FOR the restoration of a sound
financial condition,
HENDRICKS.
But sdmitting Tilden to be ali ri ght,
there is Hendricks, nominated with him
for the Vice Pres dency Now the Vice
President has no legislative function
whatever, save in one not very probable
contipgency-the death OF the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Tilden is OF q long-lived fam.
ily, has never had any organic disease,
is in good health, Of temperate and act
i've habits, aud likely to live out the Or
binary span Of life. Bat supposing he |
should not, Mr.. Hendricks, in accepting |
the nomination, puts himself upon the |
Democratic platform. He may, ike |
Mr.. Ferry, whom a Republican senate |
made Vice President, have entertained |
loose notions of money; he may, like |
Mr.. Morton, one of the leading candi-
dates at Cincinnati, have given in un-
duly to transient hsllucination of his
State; he may, like Mr.. Sherman, chair
main of the finance committee Of the
senate, prefer greenbacks to bank notes;
spects, be now stanc up for the princi-
pies enuncisted at ST. Louis, which are
hence forth the accredited creed OF his
party. Unless thoroughly base and
dishonest man, which 30 one las yet
sveTrcd, he must abide by the nolicy TO
which he is so solemnly committed.
CONCLUSION.
And now, appealing to every Impair
sp1 Of hn fn
mics his ancient party animoeiti;s and
I ask him to consider the
words of cur address describing the po-
itical situation, as [ have just quoted
them; I ask him TO consider the de-
mRnds it made of he conventions aud
he character of the candidate it pre-.
,eDted, ss sine qua non; and then say
which Of the parties has most nearly
net the requirements. Toe Republi-
,au party, which is responsible for the
greater part OF the widespread demorali-
satiop, is substantially unchanged. It |
FiIl be for the next four years what it
las been for the past eleven years. A
candidate chosen expressly FIR his neu.
rel qualities will not direct its tenden-
lies or infuse vigor or consistency into
Is councils. Its leadership will con-
iBue TO be, as heretofore, in the hands
# its BiaiDes, its Conklings, lis Nor
ons, its Csmerons, its Logans, and its
Aeleys. On the contrary, the Demo
ratio party, abjuring its former errors,
md rising to the full demand of the
itustion, puts itself into essentially {
lew hands. It's standard bearer,
sagscjous, prudent, most accomplished {
tatesmsn, i1ured to management, and {
resh rom desperate conflicts with the f,
nemieg OF pure government, has lifted {
TO a higher plane of faith, and will
50 lit it tO a higher plane OF practice. |
Sut ne must be sustained by good men {
who sympathize in his OBJ |
9cts. He has brought us the reinforce [
cent OF mighty organization ready to
dopt our cause and to fight our battle;
an we turn it away? Can we, sinking {
sex into the blindness of mere partisan 6
ceiling, neglect this glorious opportuni- t
y, which puts an overwhelming vote at !
ur disposal, for the rescue of the gov =
do not see how there can
e two answers; but, be that as it may,
, who have for many years stood by
his neble man, and been the eye wit
ess of his gallant fights with "the
casts at Ephesus, ,"wcuId be recreant to !
be labor aud aspirations Of my whole
fe not to lend him my beartiest sup
ort. PARKE GOODWIN.
ROsLYN, L. J., July 49, 1876.