Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-22

Boston is ridiculed by the American people
on account of the fanaticism of her citizens.
Here Millerism, free-lovism, spiritualism and
aboltionism had their birth. 1t is to be
hoped Memphis will not become the laugh
ing stock of the southern people by her readi
ness to embrace every vagary which lunatics
want or hope to accomplish. Outside of this
city nowhere in the south will the new Ma
tional party find but Few supporters. The
southern people are satisfied with the Demo-
cratic party, and the National party, where
ever it makes its appearance, will be encour.
aged by few disgrunted ofiice-seekers, or
by defeated Radicals, ready to join any or
ganization which will restore them to that
Democratic party, which they bate for the
same reason that the thief hates the detect
i've. The APPEAL exchanges with nearly
every paper published in Tennessee. None
OF them speak of the existence of the Nation
al party in their midst. 1t is only here in
Memphis that the Nationals are organizing.
Can Democrats afford to abandon the Demo-
cratic party, battling with Radicalism in
every county. town, hamlet, village, and city
in the United States for a sporadic organiza
ton, intended for a local election? Expert
ence has shown that one third party after an
other has gained some local votes, strength
or influence, only to hoist it upon the polti-
cal auction block and sell IT to whichever of
the existing organizations would bid the most
official pap for the privilege of Incorporating
the strength of the budding party with its
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third party movements has nearly evaporated
in the light of successive occurrences like
these, and the question in regard to the new
National party ushered into existence in. To-
ledo, and further given some advertisement
by the unseemly convention at Philadelphia,
is not so much what it Is for as to which of
the present parties does 1t propose to sell out
For since the Liberal party of 1872 engaged
In mutual barter of principles with the
Democrats the history of third parties has
been the history of bargain and sale. Nota-
bly, have the greenback and labor organiza-
tons, which are the forerunners of this new
National party, been organized to sell out
The belt of States which comprises all the
effective strength of the movement has seen
one or more third parties on the auction block
at each recurring election. The tin-pan
thunder of the Nationals, so far as the
south is concerned, Is confined exclu-
sively to Memphis. In every other county in
the State the Democrats are organizing and
preparing for solid, compact, organization.
The last GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf says:
Just at this time, when Democracy has
nearly whipped out Republicanism, when we
have a Democratic majority in the lower
house of congress, and a fair prospect of a
major1ty in the upper house of the next con-
Press, 1t seems to US that it would be unwise
for any Democrat to abandon his party and
identify himself with any other party now in
ITS organization and its principles unfxed
Will any man who has heretofore been a
Democrat be more independent by going off
with new party and abandoning the lifelong
principles OF DemocracyP Exactly what are
the principles and the necessities for such a
I, organization we are unable this time to
see. The grand principles of Democracy
still exist in that cid party, as they have ex-
lsted for more than generation back. These
principles have not been carried into effect
because Republicanism has been in the |
ascendency. After long contest with that |
element which was backed by the prejudices |
engendered by the war, Democracy now ]
seems to be on the eve of victory, and just in