Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-08-12
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Edward EalcOnert me street. plfdSAfL So
famperanre lecturer, who YVES twice arrested
on S,-97v week for disturbing the peace b.
holding forth iu public, addressed a crowd OF
-4ma five hundred persons al The foot OF B-oome
street yesterday afternoon, but, instead otbe4ng
moIested. was protected By the nolice- lie
-rri1. 7Dparendv. think OF nothing but the
.per.erutioas- TO which he had been subjected
bv the .fudisherarv Of the city" against which
b. iayeighed with a great deal OF yehemsnee'
but no sort Of regard to the rules OF granmal.
re said lie must refer 70 these " prosecutions
- rsufio1sk. and would therefore use a hg-
ure OF speech. H. had been prosecuted by
. three animals- skunk, a fox and a raecoon.
I BIZ he skunk be- meant the rum sellers, by me
r5ec1on the pol &c, but who was represented by
the fox did nc. trauspire. We give ne Follow
i-r speeimcn Of his harangle verbatim but
tbe peculiar "harp-oEa-thousand-strnss
l style OF delivery dehes description
.aNow the Old TaccoOn. The old raceooh
] has had to leave thr business, ana gone out on
some Kind Of a lob, had Def, a young spraakiin
10 DO tie work while he was gone AND
be wanted TO make himself official, and
so he tried what he could DO whIethe old coon
was out. And be went 10 work and took the
I telegraph and sot the wrong wire, and 50 ne
got defeated. And we're aguuto Try az OF ,em
in the Park next wednesday or thursday
/ These is figures, and YOU must make up your
minds what is meant by them mats au i can
4 say today. I've one thing TO say 10 the super
iDfa1dsrs Of the Police. that IS, the Genera
I Superintender OF The Police DeDartmcnt-l
have one thing TO say for him / give every
man credit that's due TO him. I'm very much
/ Obliged for the direction he give ne, and lshal
De- as moderate as ever / possibly can to-day
/ Mind, Pm talkin' now about the Oid Coon-h'
has granted ne the privilege 70 come here To-
dav unon this spot and hold a temperance meet
80 . o. --eH -rH-aHN him for 90 Hf
is a man that will deal iessly BY every man
and them is The kind Of men that SUIT "a ieeto-
! ~faIars. We don't want 10 stand on the PaTl
p,7tforn. and III tell you Ehy We hni thai
I t3fnt cot that emblem that has so long stoo.
over the reople tlere-Jestice. Jestice hel
disaupeared from the top Of that are Ctty HAL
ana we don't desire, Us tetotaliers, 10 take any
I ground where there ant eq1al lestce dedlt on
10 every man alike. That IS The reason Why
And we will take our post in front OF The oil,
nero Of The c5untry-.hat IS Washington
see be stands there at any rate and there W
she'll get a fair description Of all the animal
and how they proceed Next TINT
thew attack ne, ] hope they win send temper
arce mea 10 take me. / told ZEN t was ver
offensive of a hot day to be dragged through
the streets between two run casks.
The two officers who came TO arrest ne Il
the Park pulled the chair out from under m'
ard used me very rough, and ! suppose ef ]
hadn't a been for iut0Xicadn' liquors thel
wouldn't a done &C.. They took me 70 ih'
p.Ff.. Caa4a.H-sfsH-r- 49, thav hadn't m hus1
ness 10: but If they'd a took me TO 40 CItl
Han he old fox would a got ketched right OF
the spot. and maybe got his ears burnt on, an
that would a been bad But, perhaps, ! MAJ
20 too fur iu that matter. Bime5y / shall real
nv text which I've brought upon tie dock Of
this occasion. which / think Is the most ap
propriste thing Ihave saw in a good while
set good deal % store By this Old book Oh
Bible.) and I've been guided Jest az that to-
me for a good many years, and, thank God
The skunk has not been abe TO arm me the Teas
| bit. and 1 think I am very Fortunate.
A man. introduced al" Brother Price, sam
a temperance song On a most lugubrioas man
ner and another man, roughly dressed, INTRO
d1ced as " Brother Holman, addressed IN
crowd. He was more vocifeTOus than Falcon
CT. but their STYLES Of delivery were as dk'
as two peas.' He, too, harped upon the Re
cent a" prosecutions - exclusively. BrotEe
FaIroner followed in another nauaHEle, an,
tie exercises were kept up tul about dark
The crowd was quiet and orderly an ar a.
I rentIv very much amused b. The exhibition
Another street preacher, a man with a ihii
tow coiored heard, ard a low crowned mous'
/ colorei bat. said 10 be a converted Jew u
something OF that sort, was holding lorh iron
anoh her pile Of lumber a few rods from Fai
/ coner and his friends, bat he had not above
| dozen hesrers-,he boys in the crowd declaring
hat here was no fun there, and they could
/ moi afford 10 Darroni-e the opposition.