Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-24
LErrER from NEW ORLEANS.
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Editors Memphis Appeal:

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Editors Memphis Appeal:
On dit, that the first session of the
forever infamous blaek-and-tan Lsgisla.
ture, now misrepresenting the people of
this State, is shortly TO be brought to 8
close, wherest, il is no wonder, the citi-
zens with one accord rejoice with an ex-
ceeding great joy. The annals of the
world afford no parallel to The wsntonly
aggressive actions of these scalawag, car
pet-sack bearing, miscegenatists, and
consequently when the Northern masses
Of the American people shall have more
perfectly recovered from the vindictive
sentiments eDgendered by four years of
strife, they must recall, only with min
gled feelings of establishment and indig-
nant shame, the remembrance that they
had ever known or tolerated an epoch
when such shameless oppression OF so
large a portion of their fellow country
men was possible in this once free land,
or that a vile faction almost, as it would
now seeLl, concentrated in a rump Con-
gress, should have been permitted, whilst
claiming the title Of representative
body, to legislRte away almost every Ves-
tige Of civil liberty from the free born
white citizens of ten sovereign States.
But although the most shameful cor
ruptlcD has been openly practiced, and
the votes OF Republicans in this Legis!a-
tufe bought for monied consideration, as
men buy articles of apparel or food and
the enormities known as the school bill,
the lottery scheme, the militia bill, and
divers other measures only a shade less
Infamous, allowed TO disgrace the statute
book, our people have patiently borne
all these evils, sustained by the bright
hope of success in the approaching Pres
ldeDtisl election, and with that victory
a change of ali the tyrRnnical measures
inflicted on them by the miscalled re-
construction acts, as planned and car
ried out by the late Thaddeus, the ac-
complished spoon thief, and sundry
others Of that kidney under the immedi-
ate auspices and insligatien Of their mas
ter, the Devil.
Huge torch light professions, number
ing thousands Of hOrsemen and pedes-
trians are just now almost Of nightly oc-
cuTrence here, and these worthy adher-
ents of Seymour and Blair have been
keeping up continuous Fourth of July
celebration in the shape OF fireworks for
nearly the whole of the past month.
In short, the hope of dawniDg free
dom Is hailed by the white people
OF New Orleans with the most enthusi-
astic delight, and ii is no wonder the
skies are thus Illuminated each evening
By the passage Of innumersble rockets,
ascending balloons, and many hued Ro-
man candles. However, whilst political
enthusiasm runs 30 high, preparations
for the anticipated fall trade are by no
means forgotten or neglected, and al
ready painters and gilders are busy in
every street, and new goods filling TO
repletion the splendid show cases and
plate glass windows of Canal street and
other business thoroughfares.
The people are decidedly more hopeful
than they have been since the war, for
the cheerful crop prospects,, no less than
the unmtstakable signs Of political reac-
ton all over the country alike contribute
to this pleasant state Of feeling, and it is
90 very patent rs to attract the notice
and gladden. the heart even of an old
woman, Ike your correspondent
AUNT BETSY.