Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-29
HON. EMERSON EFHEREDGE.
Immense Assembiage Of the de-
Ef0CEaCy az GEeGEsaw
Opera House.
Three Thousand Persons Pres
ent--EEOquent Address.

Perhaps never before n the most hoJiy con-
tested campaigns or political struggles
have the people moved in such masses
OF co Ieeted in such vast as-embisE5
as they have don Jhroug -out the
length and breadth OF the land in TINS Prssideu-
aal contest. When in former times political
Mtharings were counted by tens or hundreds,
fSsv now are enumerated by t-10us-aus. We
hsver remarked this fact before, and were pre-
pared on going to the GreeniGw last Dignt TO
hear Tennessee's champion orator, 70 greet a
large assemblsga, but must confess tnst We
we're astonisaed and almost EWeI by the vast
ness Of The multitude that had throEg=d
shlthsr, oGsufsinH and crG@di1g almost to
suRaoaaonseeerg inCh Of space ii that magnl-
Gceut buifatns HON pit TO dome, and number
ing not less taan three thousand persons, a
large portion eEHbom we're ladies.
The assembling becoming impatient, 0rvilie
Ysrgsr, ESD, appeared upOn The stage AID
stated 20 the inpatient multitude that The
Hon. Emerson Ebheridge would appsaTin aiew
minutes. which i~nioflnsgOn was crested Win
,1sess. lasting several minute. In ashort time
Trriza ?, T. ScIuggs appeared q tina head Of q
deaegstiod e citlzsns ana iatro 1ucsd 10 LAe
immense ana enthusiastic audience the hon.
Ernerson Ethr1dse, Of Tennessee.
Mr.. EtherldgaH appsaushas n the platform
was gr5e1eu WIN a sior = OF &2E!alSa LaIt
Izstsd4oT ndeaF minutes. He thanked the cit
lzen=of Memphis for the KIND greeting with
=hIchlHe was received. IL was ever a measure
- ain 10 appsar before . Memphis audience
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oar dearest iosrEies. In o-her tta9es we pointed
Wit. pride 10 oar uberies-sy-dRy We nave q
military eespotsm. IN oI1en LIu-s we owed
oar End, We IsRHteN cur tu-eih-1ut ngN
our dearest Ii9esttes ace taken from u.s. me
5alOt is LOST 10 you-thaJ instrument which
maEes tyranis trsInDle. All now Is 10 n IA
rnis treat commonwealth. Il is turned into q
1a-udenaOahlm-a Hell. We demand OF t4eSe
Lyrants the bahOtj the rlghtaCi rdp~ressnVattoh
our lost liberties. II i glorious 20 look PACK To
#oIGer times WEsu VS. GlscDe=eo 81 e. Issues,
glorious question:. This cGEAaJ was nooie
when compared with the present ~ b5oA
forty OF IT. yeaIa. 4UU ol9 me- lrihsLtG7-
the alien and s5cIUOn laws. 10 shocked p9QIlc
sansibiiity then, but now our bloody Lass
shock humanity ITSELF A few years since q
,ure religious implicated by por-
iarsrs ia las assassination O. Ae PRESIDENT.
She was piacsGln chains, denied aLTlai Dy Jury
prsyed az aer psrdor1eL tee tEecutve Man
sion. EIesoa King spurnea A0r 4rCIH tls
tbrs-udhf2but he now sleeps ia a SUICIDES
grave. Gin. Lsne, who also AIDED anu abSted
IA her DEATH. blew Out Als own brains, 90
sndsd tness Prosecutors OF Innocence. lap
Tiissg miitarytHs,s have been decided to be
nucOuEiiutic nal, 1BQ tnSae executions were
military mua1eTx, aad yetthe p4euc SensiDil-
iss have not bsen Stocked. We haze become
used TO all tuls. S5aadln 2rmies IN LINES g ne
bV swept an administration uut OF oTlrtehca-
Z was Questionable 20 the Le5 psopie-opi
now We nave an army alGF6T me cSunuS'
.Oncsrs ia DIIghS uniforms parade and strut al
over the 4tey are ioGGa everywhere.
Sflhs u~IeseaE4flns uObbery ib the order Of
tna- dzy-t1e Official becomes j1o rEolc
roIbsr. In ether times a National Bank le-
caue 30 esaoxiOus 10 lie people, and 80 dis
.grecerul N rs action, that 10 Nar destroyed.
But to-day we haze great monnpoues, spec
latug public hno and robblng The people
0n every side. Win us, tle men " o govern
Us pay no taxes; they, Ike corporations nave
no souls either 10 be saved or 1umned. lGr=et
IaugnIerl Inegroal evil oil cur uMe is the 20
TAI disregard CT Fundamental principles Bat
IL often happebs mat those things EGlcu con-
csru US most We often ignore. A8irry o. furIF
wears ago, our people had nothing 10 do UuJ -
80 9th Ha HFn 4WHaEmEnH. ~ EalAr4E--- me
Mama CBartai Is forgotten by al o. uh; yet this
is the fundamental PLANK IN our COnsJ tUti0n.
The D tiuon OF rishls was wru AZ nom q tyrant
King WHO, Wnen he NiotGted iLs proylsloLs,shusi
ais LIE upon the scaliCld. They tell Us our
GOseFnReut is nOt ike aay other government.
But in its " ndaIneuts clFIeslti is axe Oiher
Eyvgrnments. The treaties existing between
o.her G0sernments hold t-e elements or our
Constitution. Just so long as gnT laws and
Tonstiuution Is rsspeG ed, Just 50 long vii We
5e m Daape. Rs0elI.cn hrOzs those treaties O.
peaca 5esween tbs States, and we can have no
fystlRg peacegpal "a TsLurn 70 those t1eat5ss
ans the.r Obligation. sow ms a people y
rapLriddenss8a VIII snow you a people VINO
are des8neaU oshays a ce1Jzelzed government.
You Will have a splendid CONT Gut IN easlaYad
t.eopie Heavy taxes b5Rst sTindlei5 VINO are
raUEnt how TO evade the payment PERJURY
Fs ever ne HAND maid OF high axauOn
me whlsky tax was two Dol ara Der gallon,
bat VINO could not purchase Risky aIlessthan
the Tax paid o. d.. Frauds are beng pGrpctra
ted All ever tle land. The tax eC-ec or lakes
brides. MembcFs CtJOEEress accuse Sdcn OIler
OF taking buhes foF ths!r votes, and the accC-
sauion creates laughter, ANY puqpie Taxed Ike
tha people Of tennessee must, Of necessity. be-
come Qegladed morally. The ae9reg. the urUp- (
e " holder, are alike interested in the financial
condition OF The coun ~. ms Is me Sa5to
CITY OF the Mississippi Valley. Your unculu
yatet cotton nalds strike one with regret and
sorrow. To-day this is "a city q Ala res, gov
erned by a contemplate white ira ID, the mean
est Of Gods creation. The Radicals teI us he
public debt must be paid, may, wal be paid;
bus a great puDLc debl mas never been pald. a
evolutionary debt has never been PAID. The
b d ders don't veal 10 paid; they wOuld
object 10 IL were such q thing proposed. The
dsbt created By the Revolution has never been
paid. The doDt Of Texas was not paid b. that
stale; the United States assumed It's payment.
Brownie IS debt VIII never be Dilid. laughter
France never paid its great rational debt Gre
aJed by wars aud re Cluttcls.
Icok At the pubic debtOf ENGLAND, 10 has never
been patd-neYef can and never @lll be paid.
me proposition 70 p2y OF oar debt either in
gold OF g1eenbacks, Is simply ridiCu-
1efested IN war. returned 20 England
and issued a proclamation for elections, in
away nom AZ places w9ele elections were 20
De held. BrownlgW, IA his p~rdeiamatlons, de-
string 70 inumidate the ree men or the state
and control tins elections pOSA rs mercenaEy
soldiers ct tle voting placer. They t8ll as . Ia
ttoual debt Is a national blessing. England
iosf her colonies when she attempted - shift
tbe paymant OF herdebI upon them To-day
England has a public debt O. 65JJ,GO0,0.O, yet
her carries her mSnufGctnred goo1s
TO Aa 4NaEtcIhO AAE 8tJAIs +-AAArt VIA s ttGl
public debt was ever psidT Ills said +" t1ere is
nothing new under the sum- but you
zee something new when the Ra1i0al
asFpst-bagger pays Cur puOLc debt.
sinss ths var closed our debt has not been re-
duced a dollaT. SiUce Apyill, 1865. over $780,.
O1O.Op0 10 gold has been collected AMI paid over
10 the DOndhOlder OveF SSJJ3J0,G00 IN green
backs have been co. lected from otner sources
al F8yenue nearly s200,C0J,a09 have bSsn de-
rived, YET all tnis has gone into The pockets or
The b~51dholder and the ~ot1ceh0lder, and the
thousands o. thieves, bOth Ia and out OF ONCE.
hut our public debt Fsnsains IN all its huge pEO-
portions. We get these GguEeg frpn the Treas
1lrv Department. Who can tell where al this
mSney has gone ter But they Tell as we can
paw II without mUc1 trouble." We can stand
~ A buIsad man can stand anythlng-but
how can q poor, qpwutr0dden, tax-llddea
people stand IT. rho children OF Toll
sc iaDoring man cannot stand 80. u is tine
the people Of this country we're 2togsed 20 a
esnse OF the dread situation. ] have Been sur
pissed 10 learn that sons old-liHe Wings attach
THEMSELVES 20 this Radical party. How on
earth can an o1d-line Wnig say he is a new line
! Rsdicsl? How can 2 follower OF the great
= -nry Cay be found ia this Radical camp.
We are AL driven rom tDe ~pOlls-eyen ] who
nave been "a consistent Jni5n man, cannot
vote There will never be peace so long as the
chiidren Of a proud, imperious white race are
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