The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-30
WHY THERE IS NO AMERICAN
PATTY rms YEAR

PATTY rms YEAR
One Of the humors OF the Presidential |
campaign Of which no note has been
taken, reaches us through Amoico, the or
gan Of the once ambitious American party, |
published in Chicago, from which We learn |
why There is no National American party |
this year when the whole Union was
under the supposition that there was,
that it was a harmonious unit, and was
ralbiug with cagrrncss more than 10000
strong to the support OF James Langdon
Curtis Tor President and james VI. Greer
for Woo President IL was for this that
ADu'cl was established; 1t was ion this
il has been aboring ever since its birth,
and for this it has been assuring a Won
dcrug public that IN impatient world had
been waiting ior 10. these many years.
Vet here it comes making confession
Of failure and telling a story OF rot
tcnncs3 and corruption, acknowledgement
and chirane that beats all the
earlier records Of the unsnyory fore
runner and predecessor Of It's party,
the Know. Nothing party. Parties, "
.lmo1,a informs It's readers ut the outset OF
It's lugubrIous tale, must creep through
local organizations n state Successes before
they can hope to run National Conventions
AMI Presidential candidates. They cannot
leap from a single campaign in distant
! State on the Pacific coast fully equipped
| into q National canvas, aud expect TO rev
/ olution1r politics The rising resentment
/ OF Amcricanism against iorcigpm in po-
/ effective work in another state beside Cal
iiuml.' That is one reason why there Is
no National American party tnis year.
l,ut dmvirt gives another Aud thereby
and thereto hangs n tale, con the
lOth Of July there oN ,tgd IA the city
OF Washington says Amric1, "a party
on paper calling itself the Ma
tiona American party OF which
Isaac Sharp, Of Kansas, was president.
Associated with Mr. Sharp were A. J.
Bower o. respectable American. who halls
from Maryland, Who acted as secretary Of
toe party, uul q NJ TmmbIpy, o feeble
oh man afflicted with tao a.ut and inlIil-
ity 10 remember tho name, OF th1.o With
whom passing events bro1llt him Ia con-
t.l Tho treasury of tho party consisted
Of 1u our', u', ard rn uIati h.,l iar
r4L So constituted. 'ho American Va
t..ua. party issued cI'i bra National
Convention. % De- hrif 30 Washington on
the lith OF August. ls-e.' Au,scrirg
this olU There cauc across the continent
fIn Delegation from California, where
tier, is State organization. iron, Illinois
seven. anil dele CATIONS 90 Eve from Mass,-
/ ,hu.si,., Eve irom Maryland. tour from
I r.uns,lyanis, ihbo fuW Virginia, aud
s.rr'o representative from Alabama.
. Florida, louisiana. Mune.'a M.si.sip-
%, .outh Carolina. Vermont Tennessee.
aud Georgia. OH under like conditions
sought the National Capital What WIS
| Oh, j,may oi ''ihyso honest gentlemen"
90 Cad delegation from New York
that In numb,r- completely over.
Wholmod them 1hoy moved on the
! National Capital with tie uoutoc and
Nir Of cuuqunrins army m special
train with ourisgcu after the manner of
uur own William H. Moore, when GA
route b. Chicago from Memphis, as % re.
publican candidate iur the \i,p-rursidyn.
g.. Tho Ncw York "Amcr,tus' seven.
ty.lw1 strong. uprc r,Ilcudent In uniform
ruI ouamn.,d campaign buttons, and
| whom they arrived iu Washington. pre-
/ oclcl hy The Marine Rand. marched mp
| Pennsylvania Avenue cheering lhcm,c'y,.
| lnarH bf James langlou Curtis ts the
next President Of the United States
lH.I.oa says that With few exceptions ,hi,
dcl, cation WIS rllher slayy anl motley q.
10 character at ils heal. wearing IN,
smile q unil1shcd political idckcry
marched one J. T. liphlrl. Stamped h.
the mdclhlc hrirn oi hi pock.matkcl
face VEN the lines Of cunning, bolducV
and unscrurulUusuo-s, that warned over,
discerning American Who viewed ~,
spectacle that the New York delegation
meant mischief, and that this man lir
hirl was its evil genius by his s'l
walked cy.judsc Simon T.. Church, who's
Hny hairs should have anurh, hy,icf com
4. rauy Int Nhrc sharp slick, olcuginou
81 iicc and plausible manner betrayed hi
j. fitness 90 play the role ne hal hrcn On
u gagged To hn IN The Subsequent pruorcd
3 in.' this ra.r J. , Upland aul Judg
b Church showed that thcy were We
2 chos'n 90 carry cut the tr,lchcrow d,sIgt
p in which ihryv,u gmployrd, which WI
q thD nomination Il Jamps lansl0u Curtis
D. This they accomplished with the all ,
T, the California delegation. Aul this b. ~
b. other and second reason why. o. Iur.o
/, s'y', There Is no National American part