The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-24
THE MEMPHIS
doNDAY. JUNE "a. 1890
A DEMOCRlTIC DIcT1 ron

A DEMOtKITIC DICTATOR
Among the prominent Southern editor who an.
kwcrcd questions concerning Gov llill A. probi.
bic Domocmiio candidate Tor President Ia isg2 Is
Nr J. N. Heating editor of rHE MrNruis ArrrAL
who sees nothing IN the iliil movement AMI thus
speaks Of tho dominance OF New lOFk Ia our Ma.
tiounl politics
ifrsnnally would ppicr defeat mfher than owe
furtcs. ~ uugugsiiunhhlr or unlawful mraus. and
should prefer defeat mtncf Than subordinate Oh.
lrlncprs of the Democratic Parry a. the newest.
Ito oithe trading politicians u New YORK or any
Other state believe IN aud have ialth iu the ul
uinnie triumph ~ appeals a. tie ludgmruL cun.
sricncu und vnighigucd n'lilncfcli ui the leo
pic aud such appeals ~ the Wrsi-in state, like
Illinois would | think, prutU rnurutc Made |
thn'uuh permanent hcmuCniiiu torivirs IN every
county IN the Weston ~tnif-. thtre can b. no
douht that In isli wc should "a ahlu 90 had tul
equivalent iuf tho elociurai vote u Nuu Nufk AMI
Other clu.o siaucs which have bofume tnurriy n
On New infk during ,oriiuu urrk aud who rin
"nnruirio la1Er sums ol money 10 nuy one Stale
IN or.,t 10 make their winning without rrani Ia
pfln,ipo
da most ctnphauolly, aud / bclicvc the non.
ocnis Of the ruuth, tinci ~ The UNANIMOUS ranct
luus oi ihc Ngu Nufk politicians would gladly
hail aud arcuud movement that would fo,r them
frum Tie diriatuflal domination oi that State
whlrh ihe uvmlrmis have not carried morn than
hall the TINE augu the war lhis ought o. tnth
tia nuorelV iuf The nomination of n 'sicfn con.
d'iair aud pushing the line Of hattie iutn the
Mgsicn aud bonicr siaies"
We iIlINNN ANla WOW - NNlN hfNtNAilN NN lNfnuf
efuis Who have long hopci lnf rclld ir,m q cuuii.
ton tina, mtkcs rcogmphy paramount factor IN
slc,tns noniuccs Unfortunately. however. q Il
ta.lcf nprviol than 10 maze ttutc,t' cacctiyc
New hods virtually absolute control u nothing
ncw. u il not ''anriunt aud ptk dhiici ~ the
Tnn. bot ID cuYcn half orhtuiy II political stfug
Tic. In which the Democracy have ieCn cnrarci.
Dew old time whiEs have ioruiicn tho rrcsiien.
tii csmIalgn ~ 1854 uheu clay, hnilly rotriving
thc nomipstion 81 the whiss Wa confronted BY
james X. Folk itwas known then that New York
vuuld decide the INSULT Van nurvn had quar-.
f,osi With The pro slavery Democrats. mud Cass had
nidci hs cucuic. ln the convention o riyc g. roik
The nomination which be icltwasalmo,i within bis
Vinsp Aud Van nuun and silas Wright whoso
claims the Democracy bal never rfuICfh rccu
nirUd wcrr allpovcfiu Ia the pcmorniic party
~ Ncu YORK. u Nas not o. D. oxpeciod that Van
nuru. aprc viii biz defeat and The manner II N,
insuwmrnt would especially cxru himself io
clcri Che nominu 10 be- cucmirs. chosen over him
o. punshmcni 81 biz uusauulncs on the slavery
question Ne sultci until novel o. action by No.
rwai and powerful friend. Andrew Zach on Who
Wa quietly passing the chasing yCan Of hia lfc NJ
The Hermitage Although anrcrod ~ ihr ifclt
moni 81 his iavonic iaclson's hair,i Of clay kncg
% bounds Ne had never ioriiirn Tint ny hid
drialUd him when thc Presidential ciuciisn oi
ia un thruNa iuts the iinusc. hy
giving the votes ui the States b. car
uui 10 John quincy Adams no uuci
Van nuun ~ carry Ncs Nofs iof Polk. siia'
Nflrht hcuamo the uumlnco inf uut,unor nnd ny
their iulnt tlofh that State deemed certain iol
tlal, WIS riycn 10 tho nvnucmu The grim Old
bow hah BIZ rtenr aud four ioars later Van
h1rcn avenged thu action Il Cas in tsii by hC
roniura ifocsDl candidate ior rrsmcnt aud
dtachlnE democratic vote that iosi NcH Yprt ID
Tie lcmucracy, and clcrtoi IachaJ Taylor
lu lsi aud ever linoc that time Ncw Yufk has
ihrf iufuishei uf dictated thc nouucfailc Caufi
dai' uuly Que If whom reached tho White tlnnsr
The pucuiun. "tan Dc carp Ncw Noh has dom
in1iei M questions Of actual mcrit, an1 the Ncu
lurs politician, have found little dim-uly IN
.ilcnrinr ne ftuielts oi al other scctlons ~
iufrn' ihc ultImnium VI New Nofk man uf Do
ilat
We hvc mus briefly rc,iouci The hI,ior, a
ncahi halis century b. show che nm aud apra
rrptf H-i'ilos Enisp ~ Nou York on our Demo
craiiC conventions The iact that in ,uunl
nHcngih ihc two loading pinlci au aiuui equal
81 No Nuu lufs's large oic.iuni vote il ruusf
az iadouht Eilrt them a huld u sccns inpos
sibll hrlar. iuf NAM yrirt no cHuu hft hocu
made q snb, f,iinaic thn ncriisni n geographical
locaiioi 70 questions Of principles aud policies
Mhaic', Ser iors has asked ha, bcvn given
Nc Aoaunr krghi In DID, emphatic protest BOT
- ~" 49, HsfH ~ N.'| NNINNlIII mana
ffpiu olhef. scciions have nH iei rniwn into ,
rsdliy sulael VI h. resist he d.mtuds prccodeuI
scms 70 have Anusi established nt an unuHticn
lav Of The parya Tau Roa, gafr
Our esteemed contemporary is mistaken
as TO the influence Of New York in Ma.
ii0nal politics bciosc the war LISA fact
that after Buu's fallNew York, though Il
bad many able statesmen, was never ADJ,
10 assert anything ike a, Commanding in
hucncc In tho management, Of the demo
cratic party. Van Durcn owed his nomi
nation aud election 10 Andrew jackson
whobroko with Hugh Lawson Whiic an an
cionI irondsnip In order 10 put The FOX.
New Yorker forward. but II Is loub,iu
IL he would have mado such a 1scriae