Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-01-05
THE CANVASS FOR CONGRESS- I'm
TIE nEEMDEEEa DaanALuE.


AS the canvass for Congress in the Memphis distrist
is exciting some interest, we make room for the follow.
ing card Of JIMMY" MCMASUs, in reply to an article
from B. D. NABERs, one of his competitors. Il viii at
least prove edifying to those Memphians scattered
throughout Dixie who are acquainted with the parties
To the Public and Editors Bulletin
Inot.ce an article under the head of editorial, which
you are pleased to cali a warning This article is in
t nded as an advert sement to support the claims of one
Of the editions Of said paper to a seat in the Congress Of
the Federal Union, as also TO intimidate those who are
disposed t. press my ella ms 10 the same osice, and worst
of all, to the shame Of its author, makes a direct and
s.snderou. attack on my private character, charging me
with being an ~inebriaJad Idshmat whose claims are
only pIffed by Anonymous writers, etc. Now, if Twas
so low and worthless as thesa celebrated Article would
seem to indicate, l would have no disposition to reply
to such unwarranted abuse, bur having lived in this
community for more tnan twenty years, where lhave
raised a fami y Of children and performed ali the duties
incumbent upon me as a coed citizen and father, / feel
constrained to reply TO one Of the mott Outrageous ar.
ticles which, perhaps, has ever made its appearances
through the medium Of the public press, and more par
ticnlatly so when it comes as IL does through the paper
published and edited by one Of my opponents. Said
article charges that puts Of me are written BY anony-
nous writers. This number one charge I pronounce
false, as the public know il to be, for there never has
appeared but one article concerning me or my claims 70
the Office in question, ans that was published as an sd-
vartisement In the Argus a few days ago, which, If the
gentleman had read 1t with his spectacles on, as be
doubtless did at the time, he W ud have seen nv name
to the same in full, James McManus. So much for
charge No. /. As for charge No. . that 1 an an inebTi.
dleQ tFlsund8s III II paluy true anu parity Iaise. = an
an Irishman by birth-neyer oenied it, and never will
On the contrary you reeolect well that when you at.
tempted to publish my short speech %Uerbatiz, delivered
in the City hail a few evenings ago, you made it read
that I sta ed 1 was born in this country, when I imme-
distely called at your Office. and had il corrected. If l
am unfit for the OH e because my mother gave birth to
me on the other SHE Of the wsters, without consulting
me before il took p ace, then be it 20, and let the peope
say so az tn bsllOtbOx and as for the insinuatiOn Of
my capacity 70 drink, 1 admit that I have a. times, ike
other great men. drank too much. But rec0lieot that
some men while dIunkhsYe more sense than some others
duly suber. Therefore it furnishes no argument that a
sober man merely shOuld be elected to Ill an Office
when wholly Incompetent. But on the score of drink.
ing LOO not claim to have any advantage over my
worthy competitors, for / believe they can all beat me
two TO one at that game. noticed on the day after my
card appeared ia the ArgHs, B. D. ARbers, Esq, made
his appearance il the Bulletin and promised many
good things, if the people would only elect him to Con-
gress from this district; one Of them was TO save the
people millions Of dollars worth Of property that might
be confscated under the Presidents famous proclama-
ton, 0he justice, policy and legality Of which he says
nothing another, to establish the old navy yard at
10 establish a Federal court at Memphis, in the place Of
the one formerly at Trenton, when the gentleman ought
TO know that t3sre never was such a cOu t a. Trenton.
The warning article says that this IS no time for Joking
my election into a joke, for its editor well
knows that. if The election is held according 70 law, IN
the q ual manner under the laws Of the land, that l will
them all two to one. Pretty good jOks that But
Mr., Nabers ought to be elected, because he says when
he was on to see Mr. Lincoln, the other day, he told him
he hoped be would see him back there n a few days as
the representative from this disirist. Now, 1 do not
know whether this be true Or not but, IL it is Mr.. lin
If be did, be certainly ought to know that the peo-
pie bEd to 90 the voting before any one could be elected
to 60 there. Otherwise, suspend the laws and make an
JAMES McMANUS