The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-17
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Of the State in the last canvass. In this
connection it says linen who ran as INDIE
pendents against the regular nominees, or
Greenoackers claiming to belong to de
feated organization, will have no right TO
participate"
Caucus Nominations hare been the almost
unirersal practice Of the Democratic party
no1g for years past, and 1t has been found al
solutely necessary TO preseTre the harmony Of
tie piartg. thai such q guide to combined
action should be recognized. 1t will be re-
membered that we suggested during the late
canvass that Democrats who were running
Independent of the regular Democratic
nominations tcoutd fnd Themselves outside the
reguldr organization, and auOuId be left to joan
lCih the fer Radicals and independents who
might be elected in a kind of forlorn hope,
in the organization and action of the Legis-
lature.-Natchez Democrat.
Nothing can be sounder than the pre-
misses here laid down by the Demo
crat, and its warning to the disOrgan-
izers, who preferred to dwell in the
tents of the wicked rather than submit
to the necessary and time-honored usages
of the party to which they had professed
to belong, was Just. Having appealed to
the Radicals to redress their real or imag-
mary grievances against the Democracy,
and accepted, if not solicited, their aid
to defeat the regular nominees Of the
party, they could not reasonably expect
to take the places in the caucus of the
party Of the very nominees they had de-
feated. To admit their right to do so,
even if they claimed it, would be
putting a premium upon disorganizing.
The Democrat, however, seems to doubt
whether its own doctrine should be
strictly enforced, and says that there are
Several who were elected (to the
LEGISLATURE on the Independent ticket
and on the heretical platform of Green
backism, who are genuine Democrats"
Who they are that occupied the para
doxical position of riding two horses
going opposite directions, at the same
time-Of being genuine Democrats
and yet running on Independent tickets
and "heretical platforms" are at
loss to know and we are also puzzled
to know where the exception is to begin
and where it is to end ? Open the gate
to one who was elected on San Indepen-
dent" ticket or on the "heretical plat
form of Greenbackism" and what right
have you to exclude another? Why
make fish of one and flesh of the other
Who the several are, and how they
obtained favor in the eyes Of our con-
temporary who judged them so sternly
and so righteously during the canvass
when the fate of the Democratic party
seemed trembling in the scales, and no
one knew how it would turn, we cannot
imagine But this we do know and will
maintain: a genuine Democrat" is
a man who submits to the rules of his
party and supports its nominees. That's
an unerring test. That's the faith
which is shown by works. There may
be differences of opinion about its prin-
ciples, especially when not clearly de-
fined in the platform of the party, but
there can be no mistake about its
nominees. The wayfaring man though
fool cannot err as to that.
We concur with our contemporary that
it would not ''be wise in the Democracy
to say to their erring brethren, 90 out
from among us" They have already
gone if they have come into the Legis-
lature con Independent tickets and
heretical platforms" But we would
say, if they wish to join the Democratic
party they will not be repelled 1t is
asking too much, however, for them to
be allowed to dictate to the party, and
to be assigned the uppermost seats in
the synagogue before they have brought
forth fruits worthy of repentance,
In the following sentiment Of the
Democrat, we fully concur
We hope above all things that the Sena-
torial aspirations of any particular person
will not be allowed to interfere with the
qualification of the Democracy of Missis-
sppi. This is no time for personal aspira-
tiOns to destroy the unity of the Democrat
ic party, when so much is dependent upon
is dependent upon its solidifcation.
And SO we hope that no Senatorial as
piratiops will be allowed to influence
the decision of the party, upon a mat
ter which involves its existence. And
especially do we hope that no such
paltry consideration will be permitted to
do away with the usages and destroy
the organization upon which the ''solidifi-
cation" and permanency of the Democrat
ic party depend, A straighout, clean-cut,
Regular Ticket organization in keeping
with the one which gave victory in the
election, and is necessary to give victo-
ry in the future, is the fair thing, and
the one to which no true Democrat
could object. The Democratic party
can afford to have this man, that one,
or the other defeated for Senator, but it
cannot afford to destroy the organiza-
ton that is necessary to the life of the
party. But what has Senatorial as
pirations" TO do with the paramount
question of the preservation of the par
ty? Why has the editor of the Demo
efat lugged that question into his argu-
ment any how9
CONGRESSMAN Singleton, fresh from Mis- !;
sippi and its 'ssolid" election is pleased to /
Ssv thaFa twill he no mora hulIdozin0. the /