Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-04
MAKING RA-

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- fhe success oT-tne coalition in Virgins
has inspired the belief that the work o
building up parties is as easy as that of con
structing cobhouses, and the result is every
impatient office-seeker is organizing a party
OF his own. Ii this thing continues, parties
will come and 90 like patent medicines
Now, that it is understood that sectional is
sues are TO be eliminated from future elec-
tions and that new issues are to be formed
there will be considerable confusion in ma
tional politics prior TO the Presidential cleo
zion in 1884. But the disgruntled Office
seeker will discover that the Democratic and
Republican parties will maintain their or
CARNATIONS intact National politics are not
made up of expedients for the hour. There
are principles at the foundation OF parties in
this country, and these fundamental princi-
Piles mark clearly and distinctly the differ
ence between the two great political parties
of this country. And first, the Democratic
party as such is the constitutional party of
the United States, while the Republican
party is for the constitution whenever that
instrument is not in the way of what they
want. Whenever it is, they override it.
That is all. As soon as a Republican
hangs his faith on close adherence to the con-
stitution, straightway he becomes a Demo
crat. The difference, then, between the par
ties, SO lar as the constitution is concerned,
is a radical one-fundamental. And this is
no late thing. 1t began before the adoption
OF the Federal constitution, and has existed
ever since. Any impartial student of Amer
lean politics knows this to be so. Adams,
the elder, and Hamilton, and those that
thought as they did, wanted strong govern
ment, while Henry and those who agreed
with him were opposed TO Capitalization. 1t
has been a conflict of ideas-and still it
RACES. Since the close of the rebellion, the
demagogues of the Republican party have
been enabled at each Presidential canvass to
raise the hue-and-cry about rebel claims,
lrigadiers ETC., and thus throw dust in the
eyes of many honest meaning but mar
row-minded men in the Northern
States, and persuade them into
voting the Republican ticket, thereby con-
tinuing and perRetuatIng all the prejudice of
that party. But passion will subside event
ually and reason assume control. In the
next election the Democrats will go into the
contest strict constructionists of the con-
stitution, as the enemies of monopolies and
high protective tariff which robs the poor
man for the benefit of the capitalist The
Democrats are divided in Virginia and Ten
nessee. But the Republican party is still
more divided. 1t has no leaders worthy of
the name, no avowed purposes that ought of
right appeal to the better instincts of a great
people. 1t has no policy, no ideas, and
nothing left to conjure with. lis president
has been made by holding a prize in "the
lottery of assassination" He was nominated
on no merit of his own, and could not, On
his personal claims, have carried single
State in the Union. The man who towers
above him, as does full grown eucalyptus
tree above a sagebrush, and who by the aid
OF Guiteau's pistol, made him what he has
become, is one of the most unpopular men in
the Republican party. 1t is an anomaly
that while Roscoe Conkling is discarded and
in retirement, his creature, Arthur, should
be an idol whom it is desired to write into
Blaine has gone into private !
life and carried no laurels with him. Take I
away from the Republican party the CO.
hesive power of plumber and it would
straightway fall TO pieces, like the rope of
sand which it is. 1t has no policy and no
principles, and to-day it is without rally |
ing cry with which to revive the waning
interest of its supporters in the coun-
Try. 1t has simply outlived its useful |
ness, and its early death and burial will 1
follow -as matters OF course. Its real /
vitality has already gone, and the light of /
lie life is in that pickering condition which |
is the sure precursor OF final dissolution. (
On the other hand, the Democracy is a long /
lived party. Its existence does not depend /
upon personal hatred of any section or party. |
1t began to be long before the Republican I
party was dreamt GIFT will live long after 1
If has passed away. The principles of the /
Democracy are deep-roeted in the interests /
and well-being of the whole people; its SYM |
pathies are with the masses, and its purposes I
are theirs. 1t is true that for a time tempo
rary purposes led the many after false issues,
but these are now about "played out" and |
the signs are apparent all along the line
that the time cannot be long delayed when
triumph Of the people, through the Demo
cratic organization, will restore the govern
nnent to the principles OF honesty and |
justice which early characterized it. The
Republican party is to-day the party