Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-12
POLITICAL.

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effort to force negroes into the work
!, ing force.
The Louisville Cotlrier-Jomnal in
I concluding a review of the result o
the State elections this fall, says: 4" The
q result of our explorations is, that il
2 only needs a long pull, strong pull
+ and a pull all together at the next
/ election, to sweep Radicalism into a
, hopeless minority"
/ The official returns from Mobile
| very clearly show that the Democrats
? OF that city and county, with ali the
{ odds against them, were not demOral-
lied at the Congressional election. In
] the late poll for the Legislative ticket,
! Colonel Magee, the Democratic candi-
t date, received a majority Of eight
; hundred and siEty-fOur.
Secretary Boutwell, has directed that
2 in the forthcoming edition of the Blue
Book, the regular salary of each clerk
and the amount received as extra
compensation, be published. Some OF
the clerks in the Department have re-
ceived extra compensation. but the
amount thereof has never been made
public.
The President did not Indicate what
course the administration would adopt
in view Of the unequal distribution of
the currency and the scarcity which
continues in the South and West.
Secretary Boutwell, Is maturing plan
which he believes will make more
equal distribution without injury 10
any class, and without increasing the
volume Of circulation.
The result Of the election in Mime
sofa is, after all, undetermined, and
an official count has yet to be had to
decide the gubernatOrial vote between
Austin, the Radical, and Otis, the
Democratic candidate. The figures
now look even more fearful, and the
falling OF more tremendous, +" than
we have been already assured it was
by the Republican organ at st. Paul.
The Houston Texas Times says:
"COl. y. a. Dudley, [. ). h, was one
OF the officers composing the jefferson
Military Commission, and in that long
and tediOurs trial conducted himself
as an honorable officer Of the United
States army should. IL i rumOred
that he is to be made Provisional Gov
eTnOr. No better selection could pos
sibly be made, if the position is to be
filed at all"
The total amount Of internal rev.
enue taxes collected in the United
1 States is Si7S, S,45l, ,0l2. The State of
New York paid the largest amount
/ $50, 43l ,l4l, and Dakota Territory the
/ smallest-S39l3. South Carolina paid
/ S2,622, $50, while Virginia paid only
81, ,lI6,l36. Georgia paid Sc, ll2, 2SS,
Alabama S4,392, ,768. and Louisiana
s., ,792, 4S5. The cotton States have
done their part.
The Meridian Gazette, of the 9Th,
says to the peopleot Lauderdale cOun-
/ ": Conservatism il sweeping every
4 thing before it il elseW here, and il
would be burning shame to permit
/ ignorance and rasrality 10 triumph
here, when the proper eKeFtiOR and
vigilance would prevent it. Wake
up, and work from now till the cleo
ton is over with unceasing diligence.
] FOrsake your private interests tempo
rarily, for the good of the public, and
make some personal sacrifice for the
salvation Of the country"
Capt, John c. Connor, of the United
! States army, has been for some days
/ past canvassing the Second -Congres-
siOnal District of Texas, as a candidate
/ for Congress. While delivering his
I address al Jefferson last Saturday
I night, he was placed under arrest by
/ Gen. Buell., who probably did not like
! the wholesome Democratic doctrine
promulgated right under his nose. OF
/ all the cOntenptible s2trapS, this man
/ Buell. heads the list. The Daily Tunes
| and Republican of Wednesday last
! notices the release of Capt. COnnor,
and that he has forwarded his resig-
nation to the Adjutant-Geueral' 5 head
] quarters, by telegraph. Capt. COnhOr
/ stands good chance Of being elected
: to Congress.
The POstmaster-Ge General, in his an
nual report for the present year, will
1 recommend the abolition Of the frank
/ ing privilege, and that the several de
partnents shall be required 10 pay
J their own postage. He viii also
| recommend that the laws regulating
advertisements OF the department
shall be changed in material respects,
and also the abolition of the letter-bOx
1 delivery system; that ali mail matter
shall be delivered by carriers, or
/ through the general delivery; also
/ reduction of the rates of registered let
/ tiers. These are important move
ments. the chances are decidedly
against an abolition of the franking
/ privilege. Still il must come. and
agitation will hasten the desired event.
From our file Of Texas papers we
extract the following: The Lavaca
! Commercial says: The Democracy is
gaining ground. The Hamilton Rad
ical press suppress the important fact
that Northern and Eastern Texas are
! cOmpactly organized in the support of
| Democratic candidates for Congress
and the Legislature. A fOrcible and
scathing lecture is read to the half
breeds. Hamilton insists that the
ordinances fraudulently passed by the
/ Convention are loyal and binding
upon the people of Texas. He is CON-
mitted TO these iniquitous schemes
for bankruptinE the State while en-
riching his followers. Heard Gen.
! Davis say at Houston that the first
section of the Bill Of Rights of the
proposed Constitution was intended
/ to, and would, if adopted, preclude
/ the people of Texas from changing
the fundamental provision securing
negro equality, without the sanction
of Congress. The infamous negro
| Constitution, il is believed, will be de
/ feated in the coming election. The
/ Brownsville RdRcheTO strikes for Stu
art and the Democratic platform.
/ Lavaca is cheerful and busy. The
| Sulphur Springs Gazette strikes for
| Democracy and the peoples rights;
| opposes Capt. COnnOF for Congress.
/ The Captain is too recent an impOrta-
/ ton; his home and his interests are
/ in Indiana. Military men won't do
for civil offices. The fact that Capt.
ConnOr commanded anigger company
VIII stick to him to the last.
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald gives US some little
insight TO the Texas Radical quarrel
at washington. He SAYS that the
main object OF the late visit Of Senator
] Wilson 10 Washington was TO see the
/ President, and get him to stop the
/ slaughter OF the Hamilton men in
Texas and the Dent men in Missis.
sippi. His argument was that the
/ turning out OF the friends of the oppo-l
/ sition candidate would only maj :
I capital for and produce q reaction in
| their favor. Ben Butler, who came
close upon the heels OF Wilson, heard
OF his operations, and set about to
upset what he had done. He told the
I President the only way was to make
/ the Conservatives feel that the Adj
ministration was against them; this
would strengthen the Radicals and
make them fight more vigorously.
There was nothing 70 be gained BY
compromising. Gen. w. 5. Clarke, of
Texas, at whose instance most of the
4 changes have been made IN that State,
follows upon the argumentof Butler
as against Wilson. Clarke is well
known to Grant, having served with
him in the army, and the indications
are that he wiz take the advice Of
4 Butler and Clarke rather than that OF
Wilson. The letter of Gen. Reynolds
70 the President has had its effect, and
there IS reason TO. believe that he W i'll
keep on turning out Hamilton men
and putting Radicals IN their places.