Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-29
WORDS OF COUNSEL AND WORDS OF


The APPEAL has a large circulation in
Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, and
when it occasionally expresses an opinion
to men and the politics of these States, those
whose schemes are antagonizsd resort to the
stale twaddie about "the oficiousness Of out
<siders." The newspapers of New York city
do more toward shaping a political canvass
in all the Eastern States than the local news
papsrs, whose calculations are confined gen.
orally to the town and county in which they
are published. The same thing occurs in
every section of the Union. A newspaper of
barge circulation cannot confine itself solely
TO mere discussion of local matters. 1t is
e--,scted 10 deal with questions that concern
Its readers and that arise within the radius
of its circulation. In the exercise of this
privilege and the disch arge OF its duty. the
Louisville Courier Journal, which has large
audience in Tennessee, is uttering words of
counsel and words OF wisdom, which the
Democracy of this Stale should heed. The
CotSier-JoUTnaI sympathIzes with the boilers
10 their desire to preserve the honor and
credit of the State, but it takes sensible
view of the situation and urges the DEM
ocracy OF Tennessee to rally TO the support
of Bate, as will be seen by the following ex-
tract:
The Democracy of the nation recognize General
William Bate as the regular Democratic nomi-
nee for governor of the State of Tennessee and
the question is shall they meet him and his
eiates in the next National Democratic Conven-
ton as victOrs who have rescued q Democratic
Staie from tue hands of the Republicans or Dem
oerats who have been beaten down by Democratic
schisms and divisions, BY which repudiating Re-
UuDlicanS enabled to lOl / their own In
1884 Govern Hawkins and the Tennessee Re-
pubIicans, we may be sure will be found hand
finland with Mahone aud the Readjusters of Vir-
gInla: They will be found with the Republican
regulators of Minnesota and Massachusetts. And
what shall it profit debtpaying Democrat Of Ten
nessee If he gain the defeat of his party only TO
enable the Republicans 10 laugh in their sleeve
and repudiate with the greater snamelessness ana
rapac1tyY Tennessee owes so much money.
Whether this be wholly Just or not its legality is
not disputed and it ought to be paid. The
State too Is able TO pay IT, and 1t is 70 its interest
putes over the details have involved the case in
deal OF confusion Under Republican auspices
statement at sixty cents on the dollar was
Teacned Under Democratic auspices this is
pudlated, and IN room of IL a settlement at fifty
cent? on the COLLAR is proposed. Herein neither
partyis wholly right, and both partly wrong.
Ana what will be the end Of the controversy no
body can clearly see. In the meantime a general
State election draws near The eonventions-Re-
publican and Democratic respectively-assemb BILE
and nominate candidates for governor Barring
the debt Question, each convention reflects the
spirit ana purpose OF It's party the TWO parties
are representa- in the county at large. On the
tween them. Under the eircnmsts aces what is an
the Republican ticket, he sacri, es his democracy
20 become partici pant in partial Reputation. Ii
insures the success OF the Republicans and their
scheme OF partial fepudlatlon he is between the
devil and the deep This is just where the
Courier Journal found itself last Thursday, and it
took exactly minutes aud three quarters to
work our way out. II has always been a rule with
US, when IN oouOt, to give our friends the beneht
Of the doubt So we took the pull squarely by
tnS rear, treated our Democracy and cried. "Hur-
ran ior. 9ateP Let all the Democrats IN Tennes-
see go anu % ikewise, and, though they may not
achieve ever thing they want-since all govern
ment Is out a compFeInise-theY. will not be far
The Democrats of Tennessee should profit
by the advice and example of the Courier
Journal Conventions are held for the pur-
pose of comparing notes and uniting upon a.
common platform. For the sake of harmony
each man ID expected 10 make some conces-
sion, without which a convention would be
mockery and farce. But the boilers ignore
the opinions of men as honest aud intelligen;
as themselves, set up their individual views
as infallible, and complain of the obstinacy of
the 400 delegates that would not yield
10 them. And what an absurd position
do the boilers occupy. They would have the
State maiden of immaculate purity, but
after debauching their virgin with
the fond embrace of forty cents
reputation on the dollar, they hold
up their hands in holy horror at the idea
that any body should be more libidinous than
themselves. State honor has been furnished
by the Reputation Of forty cents on the dol
Jar, and the stain cannot be wiped out BY
warning upon those whose crime consists in
being fifty cents repudiator instead of
forty cents repudiator.