Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-18

NO. HlISl lit lCNGI hOllAd udNG tdkGu
that position if it hadn't been for me.
1 smoked him out of his hole and
laid the cato'ninetails upon his back
until he came out and showed his
hand. Laughter from the darkies,
and a voice, OATS sol Suppose i
had declared for enfranchising every
body? You would have been blessed
with his militia by the thousand and
hundred thousand"
That famous ive dollar bill was
next trotted out and the story told of
how it was won from him by Senter,
with which all of our readers are now
familiar. There was a paper" said
the warrior" in Nashville, that was
flying my name at its masthead. The
Senter party wanted it, and they
went to work and bought it, paying
$4,000 for it, and here / buy their
candidate for five! (Laughter.) l
am not as fast a fighter, gentlemen, as
he is, but l will be found right
there at all times"
The speaker then got back to the
question of the best means of relieving
the DISTINGUISHED rebels, and insisting
that he was the only true and simon
pure, "ginuine" friend they had.
He had relieved Pike, Foote
and others, and even Senter
was indebted to him for his pardon,
and he ought, therefore, to be the last
man to attack him for it. The time
that it would take to enfranchise was
next discussed, and allusion made to
Senter's savage declaration about the
Democratic party.
The Duncan letter was next taken
up, and the "BaId Eagle" in his de-
tense for having written it, stated that
it was written in 1S6l-eight years ago.
4" He'll read it to yOu," said he, "and
make great to do over it. Wrote that
in the excitement of the time, and
have since seen the error of my ways.
The moment l saw that there was
only one alternative left between 60
ing with JEFF. Davis on the one side to
break up the Government, or
Abe Lincoln and the stars and
l made up my mind"
But where was Senter when that let
ter was written, and long after it?
Where was he after the fall of Donald
son? Ha! How about the Bank of
and the school fund? Oh
my Senter, come up ana tell us all
about it! Tell us about your advice to
Gov. Harris to move the bank and its
Steve Matthews tells a queer
story about you, my Senter, at that
time. After the fall of Donaldson
there was a mighty dust kicked up in
Nashville by the rebels getting away.
was a consultation going on in
Tho hnnt h1T1dfna &C 70 vvhnf vrrnz fn
be done. You all know the door in
the basement of the building, that is
heavily weighted to make it shut to
after anybody that passes through.
Well, this here consultation was a go
ing on, and somebody pressed
through that door and let it
slam. They heard it, and Senter
up and says, "Ny GOdt let's
be agoin'! Grants a shellin' the
and with that they all put.
Laughter.
And so ne went on the end, the
most Of his speech being the same that
we have so often seen. On the finance
question he wanted to know how the
debt had increased from S16,-
BOO, 600 to $40, 600, 600. On the railroad
he was particularly heavy,
and accused Senter of having his and
BrownI0w's relatives in those posi-
tons to the detriment of the State
to the amount Of hundreds Of thOus-
inds OF dollars. He accused DIR.
Pearne, editor ofthe Knoxville Wing,
IF having been allowed to abstract
IS, 900, for lobbying for the railroad
which he denounced as a stupen-
lous fraud.
In conclusion the Bald Eagle smooth
I'd down his rufied feathers, and
sweet on the audience, which
lad listened to him throughout in
'espectful silence. He told them that
hey might not be doing any better
)y selecting him as their candidate,
of Senter, but they certainly
,ouid do no worse. Laughter. Both
ire perhaps Objectionable all over the
and, and sbetteEf, Gen than either
easily be [Cries Of CHATS
,O."l
At the close Of his remarks the dar-
lies tried tC getup a cheer but failed,
me big buck alone responding. The
amt yells, for they were not cheers,
we're drowned by a shout that made
he welkin ring, again and again re-
when Senter made his ap-
learance, Before he commenced to
peak Mr.. Conner stepped forward on
he stand and proposed three cheers
or "Senter and universal suffrage
which were given with a vim that as
onished him, the crowd meanwhile
been augmented by continu-
Jus arrivals and numbering at six
at least six hundred men.
sENTER's SPEECH
Vas like mis- opponents, much Of it a
'epetitiOn Of what ne hes said almost
very where else during tie canvass.
t was, however, well received, and
lie was cheered or applauded at almost
very sentence. He opened somewhat
3 follows: Fellow-C itiZens-I come
,efOre you as a stranger, under
peculiar circumstances, and Is q cam
Iidate for the Office of Governor, the
office within the gift
# the people of the State. The
circumstances under which l stand be-
pre- you have a tendency TO embarrass
Qe,WI am here as an opponent OF a
nan that has made his mark in the
tate (Laughter,) one that is known
$ an old Stager, 2 most Wiry and in
.efatigable stumper; one who hes won
Or himself several highSOunding titles
nd appellatiOns among which are the
Bald Eagle of the Mountains laugh
er,) the hero of the headWaters of the
Calf Killer CHEERS and laughter.)
can take either a%ppellation he
but there is one thing that is
he can cut dodge any didapper
hat ever you shot ct in your hfe."
The Governor then spoke in glow
lg terms of the appearance of the
Ountry, the crops, etc., and paid a
.iell-deseryed and beautiful tribute to
be "WhalebOae and steel" qualities
f resuscitation of the people of his
He spoke of his youth, and
aid that he was probably the young
st applicant for gubernatorial hOnors
hat ever ran in Tennessee.
Passing rapidly over the accus-
)med introductory, in answer to the
Iaims of Stokes to being the regular
ominee of the Convention, he gave
most graphic and lucid IF such a &.
ling were possible) account of that
Imous COnyention on the 10th of
[ay, at the conclusion of which he
rOnounced Stokes claims to be bosh, J
nd his statements falseEoOds. He
eelared that the Bald Eagle was a
Ionamaniac on the subject Ofbecom- :
10 GOvernOr of Tennessee. hut ]