Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-07-31
Gov. jones' at Lagrange.

GOV. jones' az La1EhlBe.
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T MEssRs. EDrroRs: The Democracy Of Fay
E cite county having a day or two since invited
4 the Hon. James c. Jones to partake with then
= Of a public barbecue, and address the people
: upon the important political questions Of thu
d day, an audience of between two and thre'
D thousand of the men Of Fsyetts were on thu
E ground, as well as several hundred ladies, to-
? fairest and most bewitching that ever sur
? shOne upon. 1t is my purpose merely to give
5 YOU a hurried sketch Of how the day Passec
of. The affair was e~Onsummated within th'
/, precincts Of a place they call "Greeuhigh,'
/. which, an told, is not unknown to fame il
r Memphis. and which, l must say, is quite 4
beautiful ~place-hsying an air Of s%eelusion
and sylvan freshness with which | could no
f but be enanored.
D When l tell you that Gov. Jones surpassed
! himself to-day, delivering the greatest popular
= speech Of his life, / by no means exaggerste,
never saw bin SO fully and thoroughly aroused
never so eloquent and npassioned-nsver SO
convincing in argument, so whitening and
crushing when repelling the foul calumuiss Of
bis petty and contemplate enemies. His bear
ing to-day was gallant, lofty, chiValrOus-hi
words, tones, looks, aud actions eloquent and
soul stirring.
From the moment that he showed bis tall
and manly person upon the stage till he grace
fully bowed himself of, be held his vast audi
snes spell bound, inspiring them with great
enthusiasm, expressed by roars Of laughter and
thunders Of applause.
say that I have never before seen Governor
Jones SO thoroughly aroused, nor come so fully
I'D to the work before him. When he arose to
speak his look and cir seemed to say " my
SOUL IS in srms and eager for the frayV ItOOk
no notes and cannot attempt even a synopsis Of
bis speech and indeed suchA speech 50 grand
and thrilling would battle the attempt Of the
best reporter. He opened by stating that this
meeting, so large and respectable, was hatter-
ing to his feelings, that be did not seek tit
was not gotten up by him, be had no hand in
it-he had been invited by his feIlOw-eitizens
to address them aad give them his views upon
the leading questions Of the day. He said that
be was no stranger hsre-he saw in the crowd
around him many countenancss that were IA
miliar to him-faess some Of whom have
strangely departed from the paths they used to
tread.
After a most fsrvid and impassioned exor-
dium the gallant Senator referred to some Of
the miserable and contemplate, and petty
ISLANDERS and falsshoods that have lately come
quite in vogue with certain little picayune
KnOw-Nothing newspapers, and stump speak
ers of the same stripe, and even among many
private citizens who muster with " San" and
read Know-Nothing newspapers. At this part
of bis speech be drew out a little hand-bill
headed, (" Nov and Then-Gov. Jones and
Democracy-Who has changed" &C., having
in one column the advertisement of this Bar
becus 10 Gov. Jones, and parallel with it an
extract from a speech mace By the Governor
in 1874, in which be had spoken wrothy Of the
Democratic party. This miserable, puerile,
petit, and contemplate thing, gotten up at the
Eagle aRd Enquirer ofice-a thing worthy
only Of the source whence it smsnated-had
been sent up in large quantities and distributed
boys were sent around with their arms full,
thrusting them upon those who did not suspect
what vile trick il was. And blind followers
Of bigotted and sw~ell-headed acknowledgement
about the sweet little KnOw-Nothing village of
Lagrange, and those who got up this hand-bill
were doubtless ehuekling in their sleeves, cal
eulating that it would take Gov. Jones all
absek But oh, how did they miscalculate !
And, Oh, how the Governor did retort upon
them, literally hlying them alive, causing
them to hang their hang-dog cOuntenaHcss in
shame, or sneak of like whipped ours.
The getteIs up of this handful no doubt sup
posed that whilst it would arouse some preJu-
dice against Gov. Jones, yet that it would es-
cape his open denuncistion-.hs paltry and
contemplate nature Of the thing saving it from
his public castigation. They must have
known full well the unrivalIed powers Of Gov.
Jones at a repartee Of this kind, and with what
a keen blade be cut at bis adversaries and as
s~ailants. At any rate they were made bitterly
to repent this and will long remember the Sc
we're and notifying eastiga.iOn administered
them to-day.
The Governor said that be was no a~sbirant
ONCE, as his enemies were busily charging,
with a view to stop him from speaking. He
proceeded to vindicate himself from charges
Of this character in a manner that must have
carried conviction to every honest man that be
guided only by motives the most lefty, dis
and patriotic.
His review Of the parties Of the country was
and striking. he deemed it his duty
o his country to act with the Democratic par |
y, because that was the only national party ,
\ the Union, which be clearly demonstrated (
'syond the contradiction Of even a sworn-in
Inow-NOthing. He said that he did not retract
he had said in times past against the ?
party-he had said hard things Of
hem, and they Of hint was an open, bold, J.
and-tO-band fght-and If the gettsrs I'd Of 2
be miserable hsnd-bill containing an extract .
hisSPeech Of "a, would send to his house. U
E would furnish them with a esrt-load Of even L
7orss things than they had paTadsd in that L
Yet, said Gov. Jones, as msanly as
thought of Democracy, then, ] n0u think a }
svelish sight msaner Of Know-Nothingism. o
Ie then proceeded to excoriste that party, or d
lthsr, faction, in a flow Of sarcasm aud l
.verity the equal of which / have never heard n
D the face Of The earth. Bat my time will +"
ot permit Of a more extended reference to G.
lis noble, manly, and powerful Grafton. q
After Gov. Jones, that notwithstanding
ID Talient old war-horse Of Democracy. q
oFernOr Matthews, addressed the crowd for u
Re hOrr, in one Of his hapPisst, most eogent a
keeping the crowd alternately con- d
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teh Of enthusiasm. After the dinner was ID
the crowd returned TO the stand, P
ID were very ably addressed By Gen. Goodsll, :
Fayette, and thus terminated this trniy glo- =
ous days work. Especial praise lie due the
ilitsry band from Memphis, which through =
t the day performed most admirably and -
Thsrs were many things in connse- ~
N with The days events which I should have ~
to but Tor the want Of time. I can Sc
ly apologize for the imperfsetions Of this O.
sketch, which BY no means does JUS u
e to GOV. Jones nor any Ct the rest. uF
Yours, sc, ~. B. nc
DR- CLAIMING on THEArKFs.-A writer eli
a late number Of the New York In-depsnd.,, ha
DO is understood to be Lewis Tappan Of tbsf p.
ty, gives an interesting account Of a club y
ue Attended tniIty years ago. at TIE
OF Rev. DR.. Claiming, Of Boston, COM in
'sed of lawyers, clergymen, physicians, and Oh
erchan;s, AZ which the question was discussed
encouraging the fremont Theatre, then pro.
ctsd as a reformed place Of amusement. pr Of
stated that be had long thought thai do
iigiOus persons should interest shsnst ives l.
ore than they had done in public amusemen,s. y
IT'D a view to elevate their character, allure sul
e young men from corrupt pleasures, and ar
aks ADJUSTMENTS subssryisnt to good morals,