Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
.IEMPHIS APPEAL
FRIDAY, AUGUST ,, Is;
TIE ELECTION AND THE RESULT.

We arc neither su prsed nor disappointed
at the result OF the election yesterday. The
true men Of the Democratic party made a
gallant fight, but the tidal wave which swept
Radicalisn. from Shelby county four years
ago has flown backward, and the county Is
under the JOINT rule Of the Radicals and the
Nationals. The defeat of the Democratic
party yesterday can be traced to the election
for mayor last JANUARY. The four thousand
men who faithfully stood by John Johnson,
the Democratic nominee for mayor,
through ridicule, SANDER and pecuni-
airy loss, had no heart in the
canvass, as tn II former zeal vas chilled b,
the ingratitude with which their efforts to
maintain the org III cation Of their party
had been requited he triumphant election
of Mayor Fippin over the nominee of the
Democratic party made boiling respectable,
and every deserier to the acknowledgements
can banner justified his treachery by pointing
to the numerous examples afforded at the
election for mayor OF Memphis in January.
TO prove that we were not surprised or disap-
pointed at the result of yesterdays election,
we have only TO republish the following ex-
tracts from the APPEAL pending the last
election for mayor OF Memphis:
The organization OF the party must be maintained.
If FlIppln can bid defiance to the party that made
him, and secure election by alying with the
Radicals, the Democratic organization of Shelby
county becomes mere rope OF sand, 10 be broken
by every aspIrant ready to accept Office by appealing
to the Radicals. Flippins election Will put an end
TO party organization In Shelby cOunty.-APpeal,
December 81, 1877.
A vote cast for John K. Flippln on the seven
teenih OF January is a vote to disorganize the De
mOcracy OF Shelby county and 10 elect Radicals to
Office, by Flipplns aid In the next August elections.
-ApLoai D,ceD1b,r "a, 1877.
The question is, Shall the Democratic party com
NIT suicide to keep John K. Flfppin In office? To
indoIse his treachery by electing him mayor, will
be digging the grave of the Democratic party in
Shelby county. BY his election party organization
would be broken, and parry recreancy would COM
mand premium, and the Radicals would again oc-
cupy the Offices from which they elected by the
organized Democracy.-AppedL. December %, 1877.
The treachery OF Fnppin disrupts the Democratic
party of Memphis, and, Cf course, Shelby county,
and when those Democrats who support him see that
he is bartering and trading with the Radicals, who
will return to power In the election next August, they
will be heartily ashamed of themselves, and bitterly
repent their participation in any opposition to party
organization The APPEAL has no pecunlary inter
in the election 1t derived profit by supporting
Flppln, two years ago, when did not even charge
for the announcement Of his name as a candidate.
But believe is 20 the interest Of the country and
especially of Memphis, TO stand by the Democratic
party, which has been the friend and berator Of the
southern people; and We shall, therefore, support
the Democratic organization and Its nominees
Appeat, January 1, 1873.
Re-elec. FlippIn In this contest over the Demo-
cratic nominee and hereafter the Ofhce-holders of
Shelby county Will be the Joint product of the Radi-
calls and the Independents, and Memphis political
~ Will be detestedby her friends Who in every cleo
tion place the seal OF their condemnation upon all
entangllng alliances with those who have ruled and
ruined the south.-ApEeal January 4, 1873
Every Of must kOto that the election Of
E2ippiSi b4depeEds14t candidate. disy1pts the
Democratic party Of Shelby county. 1t toiH be offer
ing premium 10 deSeyteTs. IL 10U and ei6if-
ter The true Of the party, l0O 11u hare ireea-
tire for remaining faithful TO party nominations II
tciH furnish crop If Independent candidates for
cUeg office ia future elections. ia county contention
shotiLd Be called in Nay JltEe merit 10 nominate
Democratic candidates for at The county Offices crop
If Independents looild spring up candidates, and
srpost1IdtiOns tcould be laughed 10 ScorT for they
i0od point 10 the example Of FGippin his triumph
the nominee and lire him, they 1oo1sId hope to
election 6y The Radical cote. The result
tpod Be the Reorganization Of the Democratic party
multiplicity Of candidates, and the election Of Rad
cat sheriff, Radical clerk Of TIE criminal court, and
Radioals 10 al The county oBteeS.-AppeaI, January
8, 1878.
II the Democratic candidate for mayor, nominated
In strict conformity to party lew, should be defeated
party organization I'm Shelby county will hereafter
become mOcAery and farce. All that a chronic
ofice-seekeT, like John r. FIppin, has TO do TO Sc
an election over the regular nominee is to pro
claim that a majority of the executive committee
were hostile to his election, announce himself an
Independent candidate, appeal to the Radicals evel
ready to break up the Democratic organization, and
his election is assured ppeaI, january o, 1873.
Democratic victory Thursday secures tri.
umph in August next. Defeat disorganizes the Dem
Ocratc party and elects Radical sheriff, Radical
county clerk, and Independents to the other offices
The contest in Shelby county Is close There is but
little difference I'm the voting strength of the Rad
Gals and the Democrats, and II the fusion between
Elippln and the Radicals who his promi
nent fuglemen at the ward meetings. succeed OF
Thursday next, Shelby county may be fdered as
hopelessly lost to the Democratic party. In view Of
such calamity, We appeal to Democrats by ever
consideration of the public veal and by the tradi
tional patriotism OF the Democratic party and TIN
expressions OF Radicalism, to raly anew to tn,
party which liberated the south.-Apleal, Jalsuoy7
IL, 1878
Let the result OF this election go as it may thu
APPEAL will derive no profit. We believe the pros
perity of the country is bound up In The Democrats
parry. and for no other reason have insisted OF
the organization OF the Democratic party. Thu
Democratic convention that twice nominated Flip
pin, and the convention which nominated johnson
four weeks ago. were not called together merely t
distribute offices and their emouments 10 lndivdu
ais. Their aim and their duties were transcendent
ly higher than this. II TO weld into solid com
bnaion all the Integral elements OF the people VIII
believed that the party which redeemed Memphi
and the south from wrong and oppression shOul
still rule Memphis and the south. This cannot b
done without organization, and the APPEAL ha
stood by the party nomination, and Will continue
do so, solely as a means TO accomplish patriot
ends "A plsll, January Is, 1873.
The most prominent supporters OF Flippin ar
Eaton, smith, Garrett and Ed Shaw, the old Radica
leaders They urge the Republicans to vote fC
Flppin because johnson IS the Demo cratic nomine,
and the election of Flippn will break up the Demt
cratic parry. Ought not the same reason induce tn
Democrats to-day 10 stand by the Democratic nom
nee?-ApIsdI, Jly,,lary Il. 1873.
The duty Of to-day In Memphis is TO vote II
almost useless this morning to argue with men as
how they should vote. may not be too late stat
some facts why they should turn out and work Il
johnson. II this canvass involved only the result
the election to-day there would not be half so muc
Interest felt in Il But Democrats see and feel an
know that the election of FlippIn by the Radlcs
vote disOrganlzes the Democratic party I'm Shelf
county, and will make the same combination su,
cessful In the elections neKt August. The Demo
cratic majority In Shelby county is here In Memphi,