Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-09

THE A~rdzaHcae of yesterday morn
ing speaks disparagingly Of our cor
respondent Witch" who, neverthe-
less. has been endorsed by it as n Of
its very best friends, and who Is with
out the least disposition or interest to
do it an injury. We think the Ara-
yo1eBg should rather thank him for
the opportunity he has afforded that
ape for defining its position. 1t has
thus been led to declare, what we be
lore believed to be its true view, that
1--WE regard the law forcing legal all
vcrtiSements into any specified paper
as the most Infamous outrage of an
infamous Legislature, and we hope to
see the law repealed at an early day"
We are glad that our neighbor has
thus spoken out, in concurrence with
the APPEAL, the right view Of an in
iquitous law, and called for its repeal.
If, however, that law should not be
repealed, and any n paper should
be made the sole organ Of compulsory
legal advertising thereafter, we have
not said or thought the Aro}aRche
should be blamed for seeking to be-
come that organ. We have never con-
demned the Post on that ground.
What We have said in our previous
article in reference to this law was
that 1--WE might like the Pecuniary
profits to be derived from it, If We
were the participants-but we could
never bring a reason TO justify such a
law, or advocate it as admissible on
any public ground whatsoever
What we meant was that we would
oppose the shameful law, and defeat
it if possible. But not that, if a Law
remained on the statute books, it
would be dishonOrable 10 publish the
advertisements, which must be pub
lished in one paper or another. We
are pleased to find our neighbor con-
curing with Us in a sentiment, to
which his attention has been called by
a friend, who only supposed it had
not been sufficiently and definitely
spoken out by the AUdLG9ehe. If any
error was committed it was in not
sending the communication to the
4rdtGaebe itself, where il would
doubtless have been published and
have received the proper response.
The subjoined article Of our neigh
Dor, published soon after the passage
Of this abominable law, was quite sGE
ficient to preclude any doubt Of its po-
sitiOn as for or against it:
Thy PAPER.-Gov. B~rownlow, on
" Wednesday, February 26th, made the
following nominations for newspaper
which should publish the legal notices in
this State. Was there ever a more cor
rnpt and damuing operation attempted?
in this matter Of the publication OF legal
notices all men Of every shade Of politics
are interested, and yet the paralytLc ilnbe- |
cile who now rules the fortunes OF Ten (
uessee, prostitutes his place and power to
make official organs Of papers whose en-
tire weekly circulation does not reach a
1.-THE Of q single issue Of q dozen papers
~ could mention. The following Is the I
list, and should the delegates from Shelby /
county allow the outrage to be perpetrc- l
led, hat that we ask il for ourselves, We |
shall show the reason for il, In lights so
brilliant that they will even be afraid to
sneak before q negro convention.
The Governor nominated the following /
papers 10 publish the legal notices in this
Stale: Jonesb0rO rug, BFeeRyiue Ncw
GSO, Knoxville WhlI Kingston Envt
JeltaeaseeoH, Athens Past, N~eBiinngpe
Eakerprase, Shelbyville ReDaLLoaa, |
ClaFksyille P0fyiOt. Nashville Press aad /
Tunes, Memphis Thing, and the Nash
vile Stoats Zcfhtag.