Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-28
MEMPNIS APPEAL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1859
KEYNOTE FOR THE NEXT CANVASS.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1Ss2
KEYNOTE FOR THE NEXT CANVASS.
The leading Democrats of Tennessee are
speaking out strongly for concession, unity
and harmony. Indeed, the key-hote has been
struck to the music of harmony and the cho-
rus is reverberated from the mountains Of
East Tennessee to the Mississippi river. Ten
nessee is a Democratic State. For fifty years
the party has been equal to every emergency,
and the confession that it has so degenerated
and become so weak and stupid that it is in
capable Of ruling wisely, and is therefore
ready TO transfer the State government to the
rule OF the Republican party, is a sad com
mentary on the degeneracy of the age and an
insult to the memory Of Jackson, and Grundy
and Polk. But it is gratifying to know that
the Democratic roll is being called, and that
IN every section of the State the Dem>
ocrats are promptly responding. Indeed.
the fiat has gone forth that any per-
sonality that now stands in the way of
union and harmony must stand
aside or be thrust aside. All seem deter
mined to avoid the rock on which the party
split in the last canvass, and to encourage a
sentiment that will solidiiy, strengthen and
harmonic the party. During the past week
the Democrats of Shelby have held an in
formal meeting, with the view Of inaugural
ing movement for the promotion of har-
mony. 1t Is understood that the Wright and
Wilson Democratic Executive Committees for
this county will unite in joint call for a mass
mating at an early day with the view of
solidifyIng The party IN The next election
This feeling seems to pervade the party in
every section of the State. AS an. evidence
of its existence we refer to the long and
able article which we publish in another
column from the Nashville american. Only
few days since that paper was sowing the
seeds of discord, which, if permitted to
sprout and grow, would have produced such
a harvest of strife that the State would have
been made a permanent Republican State.
But Mr.. Doak has retired from the AMERICAN,
and 1t will be seen from the able and
thoughtful article published elsewhere that
the American has caught the spirit of har-
mony and the returning sense of reason.
The events of the last fifteen months have
taught the Democracy lesson by which it
will profit. The APPEAL is the Jealous
advocate of a thorough reorganization
OF the Democratic party, and it does
not propose to renew the war of
elimination and recrimination BY CRITICS.
ing the plumbers and wrongs of the last State
convention or the action of the boilers,
xUhoaa conduct rnada tba l0O q ;pion;t,, noe
sible. This is the occasion for words of
counsel, concession, forgiveness and forget
fulness. There is no serious impediment to
the future union and harmony of The Demo-
cratic party of Tennessee. The passage of
the 1908 bill and the possibility of future
infamy is a warning to the extreme low-tax
Democrats, and has been the means of in
epiring them with desire to unite the party
on a common platform. The Supreme Court
of the State having declared the 1908 act
the bondholders and the
high-tax Democrats, fearing ultimate re-
pudiation, are ready to make some
concessions Everything tends to a uni
fcation OF the Democratic party in the
next gubernatorial election. To retain
power the Republican party is willing
to form a coalition with the low-tax Demo-
Gratis in favor of reputation or the high-tax
Democrats in support of the 1908 bill. In
deed, it is whispered around Nashville that
an alliance o. this sort will be formed before
the election in November. The Democracy
Of Tennessee is determined in the next can
vass to put down the serpent of faction
wherever it raises its yenomous head. There
Ha%e-Desn- sSr1ggies, suG-tHe- struggle now
should be in generous rivalry OF devotion to
the common cause and common success. If
any leaders of either wing Of the Democratic
party contemplates a coalition with the
Republican party in the hope of
securing office By playing the part
Of a Tennessee Malone, we would |
say to all such, bewarei You may
the murder of the Democratic |
party, but in the end you will discover that
you have only committed suicfle. Such |
reachery would simply be your own ruin;
t is a two-edged sword, and it would fall on |
-our own heads; the people have memories
md the spirit of righteous retribution would |
Inevitably follow; besides, the plan could not |
Hcceed; any such design would betray itself,
md when the people found such purpose
plotted they would rise in their
night, overwhelm the conspirators and carry
he ticket triumphantly through on the crest
# an irresistible popular wave. But we do
lot believe these stories. If there was ever
my such threat it was the passionate express
ion of momentary disappointment. The
ide of mighty events has swept away the
differences the feuds and itreds OF the
asst canvass, and in the next election
he Democrats will unite on COM
non platform and follow the common flag
o victory. Thus the outloo k for the next
ampaign is suspicious. All the signs are
,ropitious, and all the influences are ripen-
ng brilliant success. Antagonisms are mel
owed and subdued. The Democracy of
tennessee, with all it's traditions and mo-
its past and its prestige its discip-
me and its fidelity, its future and its oppor-
nnities, will prove that it is still capable of
uling wisely and we'll. This is no time to
isband the Democratic party OF Tennessee;
10 time to go out of the Democratic camp.
We have had battle within the party, and
ow let us unite and battle against the COM
non enemy.
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sLAINE's GRAFTON ON GARFIELD.