Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-19

! Memphis Post, of May 9th, I'D requested
/ to paw some attention TO it. have never
considered it necessary to notice anything
coming from that source, believing tath
the best Recommendation thai man can
! have for honesty and Integrity IS to merit
the denunciations of such creatures, but
/ fearing that continued silence might be
wrongfully construed by those who do not
know me, must ask your Indulgence un-
1 tilI can answer few OF Smiths questions
and make some inquiries with regard to
himself.
The cause of that card, il seems, Is the.
passing of a resolution in the Haywood
county republican convention endorsing
me as a true " republican and most excel
lent gentleman, upon which W. J. Smith
passes sentence. Well, sir, object to the
competency OF the judge on those points;
for do not believe that he knows what it
takes to constitute the one or the other.
Query Would any convention of hon
est men endorse him foranything2
He asks is the W. T. Rice spoken.
of the Same man that was appoint
ed Commissioner Of Registration, pSior
to the November el,.ciiou? IthinkI sm-
/ am certainly he who was appointed
Commissioner of Registration for Upton
county after having it thrice offered me,
and only accepted iSst the earnest request
of some Of my friends who had kapNn
me long and well. as a strong. consistent
Union man.
Quary-Are YOU the same Smith hat |
raised the rebel flag at Grand Junction
during the war, and basely deserted for
the better privilege OF stealing in the red
eral cavalry? .-.... r-.7 siil |
He says that 'Tipton county cSnnot reg |
lister, legally, over go voters. How does |
he know? l can tell Gen Smith thatthefe |
are more Union. soldiers in Upton than |
he ever saw oi rebels in arms, unless, per |
chance, lie happened 20 look across his !
shoulders when lac len Bolivar atihe re- |
quest orthe rebel Col. Nicely and fell hack |
on poer old Mrs. N'--4 : money bags s5f "a |
better position. !
Query Are ydtl tlrn same Smith hat
was court t-marJialed, by order Of MAJ. !
Gen. Washburn. for stealing side-saddleB, |
etc. ;7or did You propose 70 mount your
cavalry in thai way. thus indioa ing your |
style OF warfare?
Bui you say was drunk az one o'clocR
on the day OF lhe alectiSe, in November, |
and had to get somebody else TO Eake
charge Of The polls ior me. This is llews
TO all here, and viii need some OF your
aiIidayits to prove IL, aGd viii pIedge
myself to prove whoever ii is = liar ind
fifteen minutes; not only 81, bat willnp
dsrtake the Same thing as 10 he who offers
to prove that boys under ten years old
voted at filis place, Masans Depoll, on
that day. Now do not deny but ih.uyou
have Or can g. them Memphis seems 10
be trading in affidaSits OF iaie, they are
cheap and you ought to have as Iillny as
you want t-you have no: spent your part
of thai school fund yet--have you?
Quory-Are you the man thai sold your
vote in the Tennessee Legislature for
twenty-five hundred dollars worth of
stock in th,tt street railroads
You say that gen. Gran did not ge,
many votes; Rogers and Hamilton got I
some; and you die not gel any votes
scarcely in Upton. Is that what hurts
you? 'Yon certainly got mot. 4thmn- YOU
deserved. Any man who says he fought
through the entire war-and did not pop
eap-who never bad an aspiration lligher
than to rob hen-roost-who never was
out of The Western Distric, during the
sar-aho has psrsistently ,iogged and
begged every convention and count ynieet-
ing fora bone since the reorganization OF
civil government 10 the pressnt-ought
moi to have received any votes at ALL
Sir, ! know youi To-day you si0Rd
guilty of crime, the bare mentioh Of
which ought 10 chill your blood, aud ;liat
for the sole purpose of being promoted to
4 higher rank and you are the man that
proposes to say 70 honest men thal
they foisted an unworthy man on HaS-
wood county. Don't YOU know that those
men know me and that their endorseinent
is more acceptable TO me thanwould bethe
position ofa Member of Congress obtained
az YOU got il? SO far as the remainder of
your card is concerned, in which your
charges against me are made, IL is in keep:
ing with your natural propensity to lie,
and in each and every particular is a most
and infamous fllsehood.
W. T. RICE.