Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-03
Letter from Jackson, Mississippi.
Special correspondence Appeal
NELSON HOUSE,,

NELSON HOUSE,
JACKSON, Miss, September -, 1869.
The platform adopted by the So
called bitter enders7 is surely Il
model of terseness. One or two sec
tons may be somewhat vague, but
beyond this il deserves, when we re-
member the hands that framed and
brains that conceived il, a ideal OF COM
mendatiOn. Ii asserts, first, eternal
fidelity to the Union; second, freedom
of spCe h and OF the press; third, uni
versal suffrage and universal amnesty;
fourth, free schools, 10 educate every
child in the State; fifth, opposition 10
unequal taxation; sixth, the amend
ment of State laws, 50 that debts due
may be more summarily collected I;
seventh, adhesion to the thirteenth
and fourteenth Constitutional amend
ments; eighth, the immediate reno
val of all disabilities imposed by the
fourteenth amendment; ninth, ratiti-
cation of the fifteenth amendment;
tenth, the new Constitution of Missis-
sippi, with all prescription left out.
James Lynch, the famous c0l0red
Alderman and preacher of this city
was one of the committee that erected
this platform. The other signers are
unknown to fame. The platform was
unanimously adopted. The clause
which asserts an end of the proScript-
i've policy of Gen. AlcOrn's party will
excite most interest andgive the party
a possible share ~ofstrength among the
whites of the State. Gen. Aleorn, as
announced in your ~telegraphic col
umns, was nominated by reclamation,
and when a magnificent banner, on
whose folds were inscribed In glaring
letters ofgold the words, ttUNIVERsAL
AMNESTY AND UNIVERSAL SUP
FRAGE" was brought into the hall oc-
cupied by the Convention and placed
behind the .Chairman's seat, it was
welcomed with loud shouts and accla-
nations. There i5nO questioning the
earnestness that animated the great
body of the Convention. Only n or
two eolored members made speeches
and these were brief and pertinent to
questions discussed. The whole BUSH
ness was done with as little noise as
ordinarily characterizes the sessions
of the House of Representatives at
Washington. One eoiored member,
deeply colored, black as Erebus, and
with teeth that shOne as brilliant
stars when his heavy lips were lifted
away Ike departing stOrm-cl0uds, as
in the curtest, eleanest-cut
ever made in any delibrative
that his party nov had every
thing in IFS grasp. 1t had, he ex
claimed, referring to Gen. Alcorn,
''the brains, the purse and the tongue
genius, money and elOquence.'
Such A shout rs never before since
PrentiSs Numbered in that old capitol,
shook its deEaced, dishonOFed walls.
Nearly every county in the State
was represented and a large majority
of the delegates were cOlOred.
Strangely enough, without the slight
est manifestation of disapproval,
white men alone, with one exception,
We're placed on the ticket. Not
only this, but taken as a whole
the ticket, in its personnel, is quite as
good as that motley combination of
and political absurditieS effected
the so-ealled Republican party. 1t
is a curious struggle in this State, and
a partizan from abroad can very well
afford to discard prejudiees and tell the
unvarnished truth. Now that
both parties assent to universal
suffrage and universal amnesty, the
contest must turn mainly upon the
personal merits of the candidates.
Men who have no Interior selfish ends
to accomplish viii weigh Alcorn
Dent, and so with the rest.
The APPEAL, nevertheless, can well
lffOrd to inveigh against the creed
md declarations of both parties and
heir candidates. Y. y. Il.