Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-16
Honor is not lost unto Us,
OalV ba San ESQ can md r, ne .


Il Honor is not lost unto Us,
Oaly baseness can undous!
At the conclusion Of Gen. Pixies ad.
dress, which was received with, and inter
rupted frequently by,storms u applause
The band played an air, during which in.
term we took occasion to visit and ex.
anime the preparations for the feeding o
the immense crowd, which seemed to
augment every minute, until, from the
stand, the whole woods seemed filed
with human beings. About two hun
dred yards from the arbor were the
tables, two in number, set in q hollow
square, with benches in the middle for the
carvers and walters. The main square
was three hundred and fifty feet long by
sixty feet wide, and capable of accom-
modating fully six hundred persons at one
tine.' The smaller one was one hundred
| by sixty feet, and would accommodate
two hundred aud fifty persons. The bar
becuing pits were three hundred ana
fifty feet long, and there were some
seventy-flve eareasses then receiving the
finishing touch. Here the process OF
getting up dinner was being most rigo
rous!y showed forward, and was indeed E
busy Snd exciting scene.
The cessation of tie music warned us
that the speaking was to bs recon
menced, and on returning TO the stand,
we found the Chairman introducing the
Hon. J. w. Leftwieh, 1.-THE standard.
bearer of tie Democracy of this
District"
DE-. Lsftwich, 10 q happy manner
thanked the people for the honor done
him by asking him to speak, aud said
he presented himself under most crafty
/ ing circumstances the distinguished
and elegant speakers who supported him
the large and enthusiastic crowd which
greeted him, and the fact that he was
their chosen standard bearer, these were
enough to inspire hiro. " When l think y
said he, "ot the four years of cruel,
devastating, terrible war, and the
three years of still more terrible
peace, and see these outpourings
Of the people, which is not only going Oh
here in Shelby and Tennessee, but all
over The Whole land, from the st. Law
renee to the Hio Grsnds, and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, it Is enough
TO make me feel proud to ssy that this i
any own, my native land. And for what
purpose are the people assembling; for
what purpose is the nation pouring out
its thovsanas, who leaya the daily avo-
cations OF life, to assemble in meetings
like this all over the land? The people
have become alarmed for their liberties,
and it is to rescue them that they are as
sembhng; audit is only necessary for the
people to become alarmed in order to res
sue them. For two years past have
endeavored to bring about this state OF
ALARM E
Dr.. LeftYieh lhen in CLEAR and elo-
quent style, spoke of the great Conven-
ZION at New York, which nominated
Seymour and B!sir--that Convention al
which, for the FIST tins in eight long,
weary years, every State in the Union
was represented. E
give regret extremely that the
rain which came up, and which
we in common with everybody else, who
hsd no umbrella, or close carriage to re
tire to, weEe compelled TO take, drenched
US to the SKIN, and thoroughly wet cur
roll OF notes, almost completely obliterRt
ing more than half OF what We had writ
ten. For the balance of our report We
shsll have TO rely almost altogether upon
our memory
We are probably not sufficiently alive,
continued the Doctor, to the magnitude
Of the interests involved in the present
struggle. 1t is not like one of our old
political battles-slmply to decide wheth- !
er q Wing or Democrat shall hold the
reins of government for the ensuing four
years, and dispense the public offices to |
their friends. No, sirs The question is |
s deeper and weightier one. 1t is not
merely how we are to he governed, but
whether We are to have any government
at all. L tell you, sirs, il Horatio /
Seymour is defeated, it will bs the !
death kuell of freedem-it will be the
LIST of our liberties. He urged upon all |
the necessity of not undertaking the
power and determination of our adver- /
saries. They are unscrupuloas, unprin. !
oipled, WHY, knowing no honor, and they
will stop at nothing to perpetuate their |
power. We have foiled them, so far, at /
every point; but let me warn yOu-and /
for Gods sake heed the warning let nee (
warn you where the danger lies. They /
are desperate-they have but one hope
that by oppression, outIages and violence
they can bring about collision, that
blood may be drawn and there may be a
feeling created against US in the North.
This plan was laid in April. 1t was de-
in letter which was signed by
every single member Of Congress from
except I'VE believe) Patter,
son. They have determined TO drive
you into violence, but for the sake Of al /
you hold dear, bear everything before
you do anything rash. Bear with pa
tisnce ali things except dis
honor. Peace has its victories
as we'll as war, and the late
meeting at Nashville of the Confederate
was one. 1t had wonderful
effect for good at the North. Let US show
the world that we are in earnest in our
The speaker alluded to
the first great gun of the canvass-Ken- (
lucky, with her ninety thousand Demo,
cratic msjority--and said he was then in
receipt of letter from one of the DEM
cratic Executive Committee at Portland,
Maine, ceol, clear headed, calculating,
unsan gaine man, who assured him Of q
Democratic gain in Maine OF thirty /
votes. He then turned to the
eolored people, who were specislly in
yited to attend, snd addressed some most
telling remarks to them. He explained |
to them what is meant when the Demo. 1
cratic party says this is Unite mans
He showed them how it |
could be purely 3 white mans govern (
ment and YET not antegOnistic to them
or their interests, and such sn one
In which they shSll have all
Of their rights and privileges
to them. The country be- I
longs to the white man, and he mu. and
will rule 1t. He cited to a railroad as
an instance Of what he meant. The
Of the road own it, and
their directors and officers goy-
ern and control il. They own the cars
and the engines, and have mt ooy,r.-