Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-06
The CARD OF hEssRs. BROWN & co.
Reply to it from Aldermen

Editors Memphis Appeal: The cOInmu-
nioatiOn of Friday morning on the Brown
proposition has hit the mark, as the howl
in reply amply testifies. All those in
terested ia the oity's welfare are glad OF
the rOarings, for they know such beasts
never growlso sayagely unless they are
mortallv wounded. All that T. T.. Brown
& Co. have to say is that the writer Gi
that communication aspires to be Mayor;
this, in their eyes, is a sufficient argu-
ment in favor of their mean proposition.
| Whetherit is as disreputable to have hon
| Orable aspirations as it is to try to dive
| their dirty fingers into the city treasury
may safely be left to the judgment of the
public. However, Messrs. Brown & Co.
| should not be 50 ready to print all they
hear as gospel; because there is not the
shadow of truth in the report thai the
writer wishes to be Mayor, and further
more, if that writer believed all he has
heard about T. +. Brown & Co., he wOHld
consider them entitled to a robe oftar and
! feathers instead ofthe Mayoralty. Then
| the childish assertion that because some
one of the Board was opposed to the other
nineteenth was sufficient evidence, nOt
only that be wished to be Mayor, III that
the contractors could assume they were
right in claiming the other nineteen to be
in their favor. That was an assunption
no man would be guilty of making, but
one who felt hat he had said too much
previously; and was it not The hight of
folly to eXclaini in the same breath that
the man who opposes everybody and ev-
erything was seeking the popularity that
would elevate him to any public position.
The TRUTHS, the snakes badly Z" scotched"
and strikes blindly; those of it's Shiny fol-
lowers who are not, by anger, berelt OF
cunning. will show the venemOus thing
the dilemma it has got into.
But the Aldermen are judges, and as
such should express no opinion on any
matter until they determine it. This is a
new role for the peoples servants. Poor,
simple persons, not gifted with the acu-
men of 7. l.. Brown Il Co, al
ways looked upon Aldermen as the
agents of the citizens, actually sworn to
protect the city's interest against all ma
RAIDERS, and that was, and is stiA the
opinion of every person but these sWtless
contractors; and if it was wrong to state
to the public the truth of the matter in
dispute, especially as 7. E. Brown d Co,
We're by every means trying to manufaa-
ture capital by buttOn-holing Aldermen,
and publishing newspaper articles, it is
one which the people seem to appreciate,
and doubtless has severely crushed
Messrs. Brown d Co.'S well laid arrange
ment. They would have made more
friends. and been likelier TO succeed, had
they attempted to refute the "glittering
generalities" instead of being contented
by calling them so, Descending TO hearsay
personalities was a poor decoy, for the
majority of people know thin baWd
calls bawd first"
Their first and only point is brought
forward last, because that is the most
bitter pill of all for them to swallow
they ask, Twill any person having knOEl-
edge ofthe facts deny that we tried to get
these bonds rs a payment, andnot a loan"
The answer is Yes" Most emphati-
cally does the Acting Mayor, and the AL
derman who offered the resolution for the
first bonds, deny that there ever was a
word said about its being a payment, but
whiningly was it sought as q loan. Now,
most truthful contractors, how do you
like the dilemma in which you are placed
by more than one of the Board of
ALDERMEN?