Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-21
STOKES.

The candidate il prospeetu Of the
Radical p~srty-STOKEs the terrible, be-
fore whom sl Conservatives we're TO
uuail and subside, has at last made his
entree upon ths field lei which An
DREW JOHNSON SO recently passed 10
triumph, everywhere bailed as the man
to lead the disfrsnchised thousands Of
Tennessee to liberty. STOKES, believing
and trusting in the unparalleled impu-
dsnce snd unb,ushing ~effcOntery that
during these last years Of confusion have
carried him Into the United States House
of Representatives, vsiniy initiating the
man bis Radical friends have called
upon him to answer, desired to COM
mence his tour il East Tennessee, and
for that purpose caused it to be sn-
nouBcsd that he would speak 20 the peo-
pie Of Chattanooga OF last Thursday
night, ard endeavor, in his weak snd
vishy-washy.way, to answer the Ex-
President, whose whole life has been
gpent in he public service. How the
Great UupSrdoned " las the cOTrespOn-
dent of tie Nashville Union and Amer
lean styles this Rsdical) Jared and fail
ed, what he said and who to, will be
learned on reference to the report on our
first psgs. Il VIII be seen that his
party friends failed him, forsOok him;
thst he met with no encouragement to
speak Of, that, except a few negroes, st.
tracted by curiosity, doubtless, no one
went U to meet this champion Of
BRowELow, this champion Of disfrsn-
chisement, this champion Of the militia,
this champion Of martial law, snd all
the outrsges that follow ia it's train. He
went out upon the balcony Of the hotel,
ssys tie correspondent, and looked upon
vacancy. The expected sea Of u%ptu5ned
faces, visions OF which bad buoyed him up
through the day, and encouraged him
for the night, could not be seen. Per
hsps it was the haas that obscured them
or, msyhsp, it vas that coming out from
the glaze Of gaslight, he could not dis
tinguish what his r adicsl committee OF
Chattanooga had promised BIN. He
stood q few minutes and looked. There
was 10 haze. His vision was clear, foE
he could see the frowning brow Of hoary
old Lookout, like an angry god, Sowing
his mGIedietion upon the Radicalism
that hes dssecrated this fair State. There
was no Tea Of upiurned faces. The
people had heard OF his comiog,
and had retired to treat this
leader in political inismy with the 81
lent contempt bis presenee and proposed
effort among them merited. He retired
to his room and the next day left for
Nashville. There, with s3me1i!tie show
of enthusiasm, INDUCED in BY those who
exist SIS State employees, supported
by the negroes Of the Loyal Leagues, hs
was able 10 unburden himself, to SPEAK
his piece, to ssy his say. We publish
such extracts from it IS cur space en2-
bles Us, such as wiil serve to show ire
animus, the aims ard desires Of this an
didate for gu6erHstorial honors. He was
introduced as the man who came 20 an
swer ANDREW JOHNSON, the rebel and
friend Of rebels, who had been cheered
By rebels, and so on in that style.
STOKES then commenced, and in keep
ipg with his usual impotence sck0Owl-
edged that he had come 10 kill ANDREW
JOHNSON desder than ever he was.
Whether or not he has even 60
much as disturbed the political waters
by the plunglug and rearing in
which he INDUCED on this occurrence,
our friends can satisfy themselves by
carefully reading so much Of this speech
as we publish. It is rich and rare, not in
that mixture Of BumOr aud pathos OF
sentiment sud political knowledge which
attracts and commands attention and
challenges admiration, but in that bonn
hast. egotism and Ignorance which ex-
cite contempt and compel the whitening
rebuke Of the press. Instead OF making
against the honored ex-President be
makes for him in more than enc in
stance explaining the record OF Mr..
JOHNSON where to many it was obscure
or ambiguous. Measured by this speech
Stokes is q failure. And yet be is The
only man the Radicals can run. SENTER,
~ the H~artsviIle Vdette is to be credited,
"a ont in favor Of Acknowledgement. That
u not Radical policy. We, therefore,
take 1t that he is prepared to break
with the party Of dishonesty, Of
o~orruption, of infamy, and put him
s.lf 10 fnlI sympathy with the down
trodaen and tsx-ridden white eitizsas Of
Tennessee. The Radicals will have TO
tska this Stokes; ne is their last resort
50 the wesksst vessel they could have
sound in sll the Southwestern States.
Tsev will have 10 take him. We VIII
take hsart aud hope from his haseo'
oopoled with the cheering address TO tns