Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-28
POLITICAL.
The Coming Contest in Mississippi.
Significant Letter from Ex- Sen
ator Brown TO Judge Dent.

/ From the New York World Of Saturday.
WASHINGTON, August 2O.-Ex-Sen-
atOr Albert G. Brown, OF Mississippi,
has written letter to Judge Dent, the
Conservative candidate for Governor
of that State, in which he saws that it
has never been expected hy any of the
prominent men of the State that Dent
would enter the canvass otherwise
than a Republican, or that he would
administer the government otherwise
than on the Grant platform of equal
rights to all men. The people of the
State regret that the President post
pOned the election until the 30th of
November, not that it win make anv
! difference as to the result, but that it
Will have q disastrous influence upon
| the agricultural interests of the State.
| They regret that the President allow
himself 10 be persuaded that the peo-
pie of the State are not sincere and
cannot be trusted. The main idea in
asking Dent to take the head of the
ticket was TO assure the President of
that sincerity. lie says:
If we had contemplated treachery is
il likely we would give the leadership
to the Presidents brOther-in-laW.
Even Butler, l think, will give US
credit for more sagacity than that.
Now what have we done? We have
protested our willingness to support
the President on his own grounds.
We have laid platform of principles
as we sincerely think in exact acc0r-
dance with his policy. We have in
yited his br0ther-in-law, whom we
supposed to be in full sympathy with
him personally and politically, TO
stand as our candidate for Governor,
and we intend in September to put a
ticket in the field composed eXclus-
lively of the Presidents acknowledged
friends, and we intend to elect it if he
will let us.
All they ask is that the President
carry out his promise made to the
friends of Judge Dent, and see that a
fair election be held. To do this he
must-check Gen. Ames, whose admin
istration is denounced by them as
ty rannical. They charge Ames with
having turned Dents friends out OF
Office, and that he is himself a candiv
date for the United States Senate.
Gov. Brown represents the great
majority of the people of the State as
for Dent. If the President is deter
mined to uphold Ames at the expense
of driving from his support nineteen
twendeths Of the white men Of the
State, and sooner or later a large por-
ton OF cOlOred voters, they think him
very Indifferent political tacticiRn,
however greSt he may be as a com
mander OF armies. They do not
know what course the President will
pursue, but do know that brains and
education viii tell after q while,
even on the obtgse intellect of the
negro. The letter in conclusion saws;
We want to be friendly with the
President, but il depends on him
whether we shall be 50 or not. To
me, and many old men like mysalt. IL
makes very little difference, politically,
or personally, what course things
may take. There is hardly anything
i'm the chapter of accident that can
give Is again any active participation
in the Affairs Of government. bat we
want Peace-permanent, lasting
peace, and would not leave to our
sons the inheritance of aVenging any
wrong that may be Indicted on MS,
The Democrats will keep out of the
Convention, but support henominees
if they stand square on the National
Union Republican platform. If the
Old line Wings and Democrats vote
for the Presidents friends and 10
carry on his policy, ii win not be
necessary that they call themselves
Republicans. A rose will smell as
sweet hy any other name" He adj
yises Dent, to visit the State by the
lst of October, make his first speech
at Jackson, and afterwards attend the
mass meetings. An easy victory for
Dent is anticipated. q pa q 4
Advices from Mississippi are to the
effect that the course of CresWell and
Boutwell, has embittered a large num-
Der of persons in that State against
the ultra-Radical party, and they are
now determined to use every means to
defeat that ticket. Heretofore they
have taken no active part in the
campaign.