Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-05-23

WM. Il. STEPHENS, Esq, the present Know
Notbing- Wing candidate for Congress in this
District, wrote an epistle last SUMMER on the
then pending contest, which found.its way into
the Knoxville Wfig, although it was originally
written for the private eye Of q friend. 1t is
generally known in Mr.. STEPHESs' own baili-
wick as the /" Willow Banks letter." and is
certainly the moe. thorough compound Of pre-
judies, spleen and hshmongsrs' phrases that we
have ever seen from the pen Of a man Of Mr.
SIS acknowledge character, talents and edu-
cation. The reader will see that the choicest
epithets Of Grub street axe freely and u~ns.int-
iugly applied to The Democratic party and to
Mr.. BUCHANAN. And the writer, as though
not satisfied at his efusion Of gall, concludes
with the remark that be q csuld nj a quiTe at
This rats.o
The whole tenor Of this letter IS in strict ac-
cordance with the spirit Of that " broad and
comprehensive platform f" Of the Shelby county
Americans and Wings" ana also with the
Bob. Hatton platform, in that its cardinal point
is hatred to "the party in power" and a de-
termination to fight against 1t, " if no other
man in the Union goes with . its %revilers. The
boarded venom Of years of defeat is poured
forth in one muddy stream, in order if possible
70 bedrsggle the garments Of the Democracy
with its own stain, and intsTrogatory after IL
isrrrogatory is launched forth, like the thunder
of Cock Robin-the innocent victim Of the
sparroW's yengeance-to annihilate the object
Of Mr.. STEPHENS concentrated wrath. After
all the Know-Nothing candidates uho's"
and all his interisetivss. adjectiyes and cpl
thets, be doubtless thought the question weuld
occur to the reader " who killed the Democra-
cy," and that the answer could readily be
made, that WM. H. STEPHENS committed the
bloody deed. But it is true, nevertheless, that
the Democracy survived the dread blow-the
3" poor, silly south, = sustaining it with but one
dissenting State, and that the /" tricksteT,
weathsreOek, trimmer, moral coward, parasite,
the iatterer Of JACKSON and the slauaerer OF
CLAV,' 50 rose above the the ebullitiOns of the
Willow Banks Wri.er as 70 occupy the seat
Of WAsHIsGToN, JACKSON, &c, and to rally
the confidence Of a nation Of freemen.
The Democracy, too, can well afford to look
"a AA4AAIAEA-E ArgA Ak NAdsAt tApLeeslluh.
as applied to them, and even to smile with pity
upon the blind malice which applies to them
such spithets as the raseals.v wicked
wretches, . &c, inasmueh as their course and
policy were triumPhantly sustained and yindi-
Gated by the people Of the Union, aud by four
teen, out Of the fifteen ~slave-holding States.
Z" Down. says the Wing howl Nothing can
didate, =" with this monster" Z" Down with
this foul, false Eocksry this yelled prophet Of
Khorassan." Down with this stupentous
imposture." Mr.. Stephens was not SO wise. in
bis wrath, as the Welch wizard, who fOresav
that he might call up spirits from the vastly
deep, but they would not come at his bidding.s
lie cried out, with wizard-like en~chantment
"Down with the monster, the false mockerv,
the stuPendous imPosture, Democracy;p bu;
Democracy would not down at his bidding.
but rather rose to its zenith Of power and pres
fige, while bis execrations were Teverberating
along the mountains of East Tennessee. From
this example, our KnOw-NOthing friends vii
see that their candidate is no enchanter, mol
magician in politics, although be evidently sup
posed hat his e~nignatie denunciations pos,
sessed peculiar power.
An old saw says hat " curses, like chickens
sometimes come home to roost." Here is eyi.
IDENTIFY a case in point. About the first Thurs,
day il August next, when the dog-star shall
rage highest, down! down down. will sim.
mer up from the masses and strike in Mr.. Ste.
pbens' ears like an arolite or a comet, and IA,
will conclude that the end of the world, in Z
pOlitiealsense, has surely arrived. The " poor
silly South " has a quie. way of chopping Of
her cOntemners which is more pleasant 10 be.
hold than TO experience.
The following is the celebrated Willow
Banks epistle, which we commend to the pal.
stss Of our friends:
AGBOR1oUs LETTER.
. The following letter from a sensible and con-
s.s.ent Old-Line Whig, in West Tennessee, "a
a relative Of his in this county, is more to oui
liking than anything we have seen, in the shape
Of a letter, since the present canvass opened.
Read It Wings, Americans, Democrats, read L
with care :-BrowniOp's KnOxUile Wig.
Willow Banks, Aug. Il, 1856.
Ny DEAR SIR: Your letter OF The 9th inst.
was received to-day, and 1 hasten to show my
appreciation to your kindness by writing at
once.
You write as though a contingency might
possibly occur which would induce you to vote
for Buchanan. No such event can occur to
ue. have surveyed the field, and even If
Fillmore should be beat a thousand times over
and over, I could net 50 buniliais myself as to