Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-16
THE APPEAL.
Prospectus for the Centennial Year
Now is the Time TO SuBscriBs.

The Memphis APPEAL has Just en-
tered on the thirty-sixth year Of its ex-
istencp, and great as has been its pOpu-
Iarity, ard brilliant as has been its
record in the past, the proprietors enter
upon the Centennial year with a de-
termination to make 1t q great repre-
sentative Journal of the southwest.
Notwithstanding the harl times, the cir
culation OF the APPEAL is larger than at
any previous period Of its long career, AID
we design enlatging our field Of usefal-
ness during the present year by making
the paper still more worthy of the liberal
patronaEe it has heretofore receive |. A
newspaper during the present year Will
be more than ever instructive and indis-
pens able to the public. M0ment0us
Questions are to be discussed; it will be
q yaar Of agitation and eXtra7rdiI airy
events. We will have elections, local
and national. for State legislatures and
governors, for a new congress, and
new President. Important events will
be Of daily occurrence. Stirring
Issues are Shipping for the political con.
test, State and national. The APPEAL
will be found abreast of all progress,
fully up to the times. With no Of
Tense to Conservatives, Liberal Repub-
leans, or any faction opposed to the
corruptions OF Grsntism and Radical
ism, the APPEAL will from day to day
preach the gospel OF Democratic truth,
and insist on clean Democratic organ
ization. The political drift is leading
the public to understand that every man
must decide which Catlse he VIII serve,
and the current indicates most plainly
that there will e-but two parties IN fu'
ture elections-the one Democratic, the
other Republican. There is no alterna-
tive but to choose between them. Inc
APPEAL, true to Its normal position ana
the canonized traditions OF the party,
re-enlists under the Democratic banner.
The Democratic party Is national par
ty, and it should have but one and the
same name throughout the Union.
There is 10 Conference or nationality in
party that assumes different names in
different localities. In the northern
States the enemies to the cO'ruptions OF
Radicalism, call themselves Democrats;
in Virginia, Conservatives; in Tennes-
see, Democrats and Conservatives; in
other States, Democrats and Liberal-Re-
publicans. When party thus assumes
different names, it becomes jaTring fac
ton, made up of odds and ends, without
homogeneity or nationality. Enter.
tanning these views, we shall discard all
appeDdages to the name OF Democrat
and ally ourselves with the National
Democracy. Already its banner floats
triumphantly 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 necks Of pros
trate people, upon whom it tramPled in
the wantonness OF power and in the
malevolence Of revenge. With the tri-
umph of Democracy ia 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 shRll
disappear beneath the recollectiOns OF
the sorrowful past, With the election OF
a Democrat to the Presidency, we may
with gladness proclaim that the Cen.
tepnial of our independence is q jubilee
even beyond that which it commence
rates, AL that capital and enterprise
can accomplish will be freely used to
Mace the APPEAL in the front rank Of
southern journalism. 1t will contain
all the news of the day, including the
Associated Press kilograms, special tele-
grams, and letters from all points OF in
telest; full and accurate financial, COM
mercisl and local reports, and fearless
editorial discussions OF all current topics.
In a word, the APPEAL will be a first
class, live newspaper, complete III every
respect.