Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-23
THE sOJTH AND THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET FOR 1854.

The only objections yet offered to the
suggestion OF the APPEAL that a Southern
statesman should be selected for the
second place on the National Democratic
ticketto be nominated in 1884 are that it is
position of obscurity, and that the peo-
pie OF the South are too much taken up
with the acquisition of the almighty dol
lar" 10 care who is to be Nice-President or
whether a Southern man is to be
selected. This is what might be termed
begging the question. If the ma
terial prosperity of the South is Of so alb
sorbing nature as that, then we should
never have grumbled or agitated for the
removal of the carpetbaggers. They re-
Heved us of all the troubles and cares of
government and took possession of our
halls of legislation, our Gubernatorial
mansions and Representative as well as
Senatorial seats, and left us nothing to do
but TO attend TO our workshops, our stores
and our plantations. But if we remember
Alright the people of the South were not
satisfied with this arrangement. They
very soon found that the management of
public affairs is part OF the duty
of every American citizen, and that to
shirk or delegate these duties to another
is sure to prove disastrous, not only to the
general public interests, but to every indi-
vidual interest as well. The election of
President and Nice-Prcsidcnt of the United
States is esteemed of paramount public
interest by all classes of the people of the
United States as ioreshadowing the policy
OF the government for the four years sue
Ceeding Il national election. A majority
of the people OF the South, acting in CON
cert with the Democrats of the Northern
States, have ever since the civil war been
trying To elect two Northern men to fill
these positions, but have been met at the
hustings and in the public press at every
election with the cry of the dsloyalty
of the South rs reason for the
defeat of the Democratic ticket. This
cry, though not caught up nor acquiesced
in by the Northern Democrats, has never
theless been justified by their refusal to
select Southern man for either the
Presidency or Presidency. The Re-
publicans say, and with seeming Justice,
that this refusal by the Northern Demo-
Gratis to select a Southern statesman for
the national ticket virtually emphasizes
the charge of disloyalty which they make,
and which they will continue to make if
thus encouraged. 1t is tantamount to say
ing that in the face of these charges, and
believing them TO be true, the Democrats
a ~ ~ N
for either Of the highest offices in the gift
of the people. OF course this is not true.
But having the same effect as If it were, il
should be dealt with at once in that light
and be rcfuted rs promptly as possible in
the only way that it can be. 4 Southern
TO be nominated in 1884 would thoroughly
refute this slander, silence the sectional
cry and make the Democratic party ma.
tional in fact as we'll as in name. As to
the sneer that the Nice-Presidepcy
is an obscure place and, there
fore, unworthy of any ambition:
statesman, we have only to say that W,
have never heard of it being declined by
any man to whom it has been rendered
John Adams did not disdain it, neither
did Thomas Jefferson, John c. Calhoun
Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore
John c. Breckenridge nor Andrew John
son. What these illustrious men did no
refuse, any man might accept and fee
honored in the acceptance. The Vice
Presidency is an Office that in dignity !
only exceeded by the Presidency, and
no moro to be desp;sed on that accoun
than is the Speakership of the House be
cause transcribed by both. 1t is an ofiic
worthy the acceptance OF any man in pub
lie life to-day in the South, and tn
APPEAL would rejoice 10 see either Harris
Lamar, Garland or Gordon filling it, as w
know any one Of them would fill it will
dignity and answering impartiality.