The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-25

THE SOUTH AND THE VICE.PRESl-
DENCY.


We submit that while our article furnishes aeon.
venient text for TINS ArrEAL's plea In behalf OF q
recognition of the South on the National ticket,
yet nothing we said Il In any degree contradictcd
or weakened by the comment quoted. The TRo
simply says 1T seems 10 be conceded" that the
tail Of the ticket shall DO held mp by wcslcmer,
and such Ia the fact, whatever We may think OF
the justice Of the conclusion that the South II OK.
cl.,!cd for policys sake and the East by the fact
that the Presidential nomination Is 10 go 10 that
section. No southern mans name has been men
TONED seriously n connection with the ViccPrcsl'
dental nomination, mud the outlook Is that none
viii be- These arc tho naked facts; whether
we like them or not Is another
matter The Chattanooga Times has been
in favor Of the nomination Of n southern
mnu for Vice President since 1876. Atst Louis the
editor % this paper urged the Tennessee and other
Southern delegations TO insist on placing South
ernor on the ticket with Tidcn. Nothing would
crafty The Times more than for the Chicago Conven-
tion 20 nominate some representative southern
man. Gibson, Of Louisiana Pugh, Of Alabamn;
Herbert Of the same State: Han Tucker OF Harbour.
Of vlrglnia-thcsc are specimens that would suit
US hut no Southern name will ever be mentioned
when nominations are In order. The men we trust
10 manage the party have not the coumgo 70 give
the i52 electoral votes OF tho South representative
on the National ticket They count on those votes
In any event and pcddlo out the Vice Presidency
TO those quarters where II will do the most good In
catching other electoral votes Chattanooga Tbnes
We quito agree with our esteemed con-
temporary that what II said in reference 10
the selection OF Western man for Vice.
President, by the st. Louis Convention,
was not weakened or contradicted. TnE
ArrrAL did not intend 10 be so under
stood. 1t simply availed itself Of what
The Times said 30 logically as existing facts
go, TO open up ngain the question Of the
feasibility propriety, not 10 say the right,
Of tho 1852 electoral votes OF the South
TO DO represented on tho Prcsidcn-
tial ticket by nominee for the
second place. II Is truo that no
Southern mans name has been mentioned
for the place, nor viii there be unless the
Democrats OF tho South agitatc for Il aud
demand II. As The Times well says.
"Thc men we trust 10 manage the party
have not the courage 10 give the South
representative ON the National ticket"
They have no anxietics about the South.
They count with certainty upon her solid
lily and pcddle out the Vice presidency TO
a doubtful State or to satisfy local
clamor for even secondary recognition.
This is practical Acknowledgement Tho
South IL only worth 10 tho Democratic
Marty 80 many yo,--. '-s''e-i'as no po'en-
10y tie party councils equal 10 those
votes, and never will have until she asserts
herself and demands the recognition she is
entitled TO. The leo must DO broken some
time. This Ia the opportuno year. The
81. Louis Convention should be made
memorable by the nomination Of the first
Southern man who has been placed upon
any party ticket for vicc-prcsident
since Andrew johnson gave strength 10
the Republican ticket In 1854 Ran.
Tucker would mako an excellent Vice
President, 40 would walthall. or Gordon,
or Porter, Of this State. These are thor.
oughly representative southemcrs, the
elevation Of either Of whom TO place ID
high would give satisfaction to every par
Of the South.