Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-05-04

Of usurpers, would content themselvet
with robblng = free people OF their Iiber
ties BY degrees, but o. Ais legislature |.
not overstocked with intelligence, I SUP
pose they think they may as wei
assume ell the powers OF the govern
ment at once, even that Of debating t.
you whom you shall elect to represen.
you ia both brancnes Of your state legis
lature. The entire body OF representa-
tives, who resigned their seats IN %,
house Of representatives, rather than be
come tools in the hands of the radica
party to pass a Law robbing over one-hal
Of the white men of Tennessee Of thei
dearest rights ~ citizens, and after hav
ing referred the subject to their constitu
ents for instructions, and having beer
instructed by them and returned b,
almost the unanimous vote Of the people
the radicals, in open violation OF the
known and expressed will of the whole
people, refused Observation-Disclosures f.,eii
seats, and proceeded with a bare quorun
In the house to pass the very law tn,
people, both loyal and disloyal, had al
! most unanimously protested against.
Such an act of usurpation would no.
be tolerated for a day even in Greai
Il OIALAiL u LA4AALC AGAtAANA M04AA ~ nEIf
were il not that we had a legal remedy
In the courts Of the country and before
a Jury of our peers; and then In 1867 tn,
people, as the voice Of one man, viii
speak their condemnation of such acts
Go on with your villainOus acts, Mr.
Radicals, this is your day; the people,
day will come soon, and when it doe
come, you will hide your faces and pray
for rocks and mountains to fall upon yoI
and hide you from the face Of an homes.
but wronged and outraged people. AL
these outrages, fellow-eitizens, are com,
mitted upon your rights and privileges
in the name and under the cloak of 10y
atty TO the government of the United
States. To prove the fslsity Of which, i
is only necessary to inquire who the lead.
ers of this radical party are, and VIVA
they were doing during the war.
Where was Mr.. ArnellS Tanning
leather for the Confederate army. Where
was Mr.. Mullins, and what was he do
ing? Making speeches to the Confeder,
ate soldiers. Well, Nj. Wines, whert
we're you? l was down in GAINESVILLE
drilling rebel soldiers and militia but
butt did not fight anybody. Where
were you, Mr.. Patton? Oh. 1 hav.
been In the federal army. Well, buI
where were you in 1852? We'll
I was in the rebel legislature,
voting to remove the assets of the
bank of Tennessee to Georgia to keep the
yankees from capturing il, and when
heard that they were coming into Nash.
vile, l skedaddled to Memphis. 1 tool
the oath to support the Confederate con.
stitution for the four dollars per day and
mileage, vet / am the true grit, and every
one that did not get out as Don as ] did
must be DISTINGUISHED for life, and l mus
help to do 1t; because if they are not dis
franchised we cannot hold the offices
and we must do that, you know. Well.
propably you viii, for G short time.
Well, where were you, Mr.. Senter
Oh, / had to come down from East Ten,
nessee with Mr.. Patton, and helped him II
get the assets of the hank Of Tennessee
out of you yankees way and / had tC
90 on down to Memphis to help pocket
the remainder of the school fund. And
so on. The history of almost the
entire radical party in this state
If traced out, will show that they
have ever been found elinging to the
party that paid them best, even down
to Quinine Mercer the editor Of that
dirty, lying sheet, the Press and Times
Where were you Mr.. Mercer? Oh,
went right up to Louisville and got an
appointment under the United States
government, and used the seal of my Of
flee to smuggle quinine through for the
use of the Confederate army, Just a lit
tie bit, as a matter of speculation.
didn't do much Of it; and just SO
soon as your fellows came down
and took possession of Nashville and
fortified ii, and made Il safe for little
folks, / came tearing right through on
the first train to Nashville and started
me a printing office, and went right in
to cursing the rebels ! had been trading
with; and | have been oursing rebels
ever since; and trying to elevate the ne
gro above the white man. So am now
editing the only loyal newspaper In the
state. Mer0eP you are too small game 10
shoot at, and l shall waste no more time
with you but, if you ever get in NV
way I will simply brush you out.
If the honest soldiers of the north, who
fought for the restoration of the govern
ment to its Former position, only knew
the character of those radical men who
are pretending to be so terribly perse-
cuted here by rebels, and knew where
they had been during the war, and what
they had been doing, they would wonder
that their slanderous and lying tongues
had not been palsied ere this good day.
But will waste no more ammunition
upon dead game. As soon, fellow-eiti-
zens, as it can be prepared, a full state
ment Of the facts in the case Of each
member of the house who was refused
his seat will be BE- given you through the
press.
Thanking the people of the tenth dis
trict for the confidence repOsed in me by
them, and thanking the whole people of
Tennessee for the many testimonials of
their confidence and gratitude, L will
assure them that, whatever of ability and
influence l may possess, shall be exer-
cised on the SIDE of the people, and the
whole people, and that my whole life
shall be devoted to the restoring to them
constitutional government, with political
and religious liberty.
\. G. GARRETT.