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here, and are not natural growth. But
these two things Of manliness and
manners we must learn before we car
reap the advantages of our political
progress. An English gentleman sees
through every mans color his good or
his bad breeding, because he is look
ing for that, and having found what
he was looking for, he acts according
TO his discovery, whether the man be
white or black. The average Anleri-
can-even though he be educated
looks oUer the culture of any man
whose complexion eXcites suspicion of
the owner being connected with red.
Douglass race, or Of having blood like
that which ran through the veins of
L'Ouverture. Though even these
great men themselves should appear,
the American having found what he
was looking for, tramples his own ed
ucation under foot in the mire Of a
senseless prejudice, from fear to do
what all other gentlemen of the world
feel disgraced in not doing-of recog-
nizing the equality of gentlemen.
Some thoughts are gaining currency
on this subject, which are doing nei-
Their race any good. They are con-
cealed under the question, Does a
negro wish to go where he is not
wanted?" And the general answer is,
mo" But the confusion of ideas
here, on both sides, is that they ought
to answer the question, "What right
have they to keep US from where we
are Wanted?" There are gentlemen
who gladly acknowledge negroes as
friends in the bosom of their families,
but unmanly agreements, in a wider
social life, prevent true gentlemen
from taking their cOlored friends into
its poisoned atmosphere, because, as
gentlemen, neither could brook the
insult that would almost certainly be
offered to both.
There, however, is large promise
made by the present attitude of Gen.
Grant on this subject. His magnifi-
cent speech to Gen, TAFT, the Haytien
ambassador, the invitation sent to
Gen. TAFT to attend the ball at Annap-
oils, as one, also, to dine with the
Secretary of State, all tend to herald
the rising sun of the new era, which
will furnish light to the average Amer
lean to learn his primer lesson on the
subject of good manners toward ne
grOes.
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THE recently adopted platform Of
Pennsylvania Democracy is 'repudia-
ton of unconstitutional legislation
and opposition to negro suffrage"
John Quincy Adams announced the
same creed in his recent speech in
Faneuil Hall. He tells us that the
tide of popular passion is slowly
turning backwards and that each
change recently made in the charac-
ter and purpose of the Federal Con-
stitUtion will be rescinded. Shame
full above all things would be the
abandonment by the South of the
party represented by Nj. Adams in
the North. We want no third party
of " Liberals" or of those who APP
prove as a blessing an unquestioned
curse and inevitable calamity. In
concessions to Radicalism, embodied
in the new State Constitution, the
conduct Of the Tennessee State Con-
vention was wholly i~ndefensible. Not
the least evidence of its weakness was
developed in its assent to negro suf-
rage, utterly repugnant to the wishes,
instincts and opinions of a great ma
jority Of the people. While there are
States in the South ruled by black
majOrities we shall never cease to in
weigh against an enOrmity more in
tolerable and calamity more cruel
and insufferable than any ever i'm
posed in ancient or modern times
upon vanquished enemies. The
woes Of Africans, civilized and
humanized by s~ervitude, provoked
the tears of Exeter Hall and of Eu-
rope. But these Africans, born saw
ages, were christianized and partially
civilized by the alleged wrong. For
this abject humiliation and measure
less, i~ndefensible degradation Of white
men, effected by savage suffrage in
Mississippi and Carolina, there is no
apology. It is endured-an unmixed
evil and gross wrong-to be redressed
at the earliest possible moment. Such,
as announced by Mr.. Adams, we be-
lieve to be the ultimate purpose of the
Democratic party. Just now, until
there may be a convention Of all the
States and a supreme court that dares
to utter truth, negro suffrage, like
cholera, must be endured and its evils
palliated.
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engaged in the cotton business, which
ne followed until after his first term
of service in Congress. In 1866 he
was induced, much against his will,
to engage in political life, and upon
presenting himself as a candi-
date for the House of Representa-
tives before the people of this Con-
g~ressional District was elected by q
large majority. He was admitted to
his seat at the same time as the other
delegates from the State, and was
with Hon. Ed. Cooper mustered into
the ranks of the Democratic minority,
with whom he acted throughout the
XXXIXth Congress. In the fall OF
1868 he again presented himself for
the suffrages of the people of this
District, but was defeated by Hon.
Dave Num- who had all the advan-
tages of an overwhelming negro vote.
The people of Memphis, determined.
however, to have his services, and in
January of that year he was elected
Mayor, an office he filled acceptably
and to the satisfaction of his friends.
In 1869 he again canvassed the Dis
trict for Congress and was elected by
a large majority, but Governor Brown
low refusing him certificate, his OPP
ponent was admitted and now usurps
his seat. In January last, so soon as
he could be released from duty by Mr..
johnson, he left the city for Washing
ton, intent upon continuing the con-
test for his seat, but being over
taken by the disease to which he
eventually succumbed, he was forced
TO stop at Lynchburg, Va, where,
Notwithstanding the tenderest nurs-
ing and care by his wife and relatives,
he died at ten o'clock on Sunday night
last. OF DR.. Leftwich it can be said
| that he was true to all the trusts OF
his life. In Congress this was eXem-
pliied by his attention to the smallest
wants of the least among his con-
stituents; and as Mayor, by his devo-
ton to the welI-being of the city in
every way that could be suggested by
the people, whose best interests he al
ways sought to subserve. He was a
good speaker, clear and logical in his
arguments, but as a public man was
notable more for tact, industry and
fidelity than for brilliancy or high
craftsmanship. He goes to the grave
mourned by thousands who will long
remember him as a kind, indulgent
parent, a true husband, a good citizen
and a faithful friend.
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THE Baltimore Gazeae's Washing
ton correspondent says: "The Military
Committee have as yet discovered no
evidence duplicating Mr.. GoIliday, of
Kentucky, in the sale of cadetships,
and much surprise is manifested at
his resignation. Some consider this
to be a confession of guilt, but others
declare him to be entirely innocent in
the matter, and say that he wrote his
resignation and sent it to the Speaker
in a moment Of indignation. Unless
further evidence is produced there will
be no resolution of censure passed in
his case, and he may be reelected and
resume his seat without objection.
Butler, of Tennessee, will certainly be
expelled.
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COpartHership Notice.

n@wHLIA1I STEWART, HUsH STEWART
ANDREW STEWART and JOHN C. FLYER hav
his day entered into eopsrtnership under
the firm styles Of STEwART Bios. & FIzER,
Memphis, Tenn, and STEWART & FIzER, New
Orleans, La, being successors TO GaIbreath,
Stewart & Co., Memphis, Tenn, and stewart,
Galbresth & Fizer, New Orleans, La, for the
purpose Of conducting & Wholesale Grocery
Commission and Cotton business. at tbs cid
stand OF GaIbreath, Stewart & Co, No. II
Union street, GalDreath Block, Memphis,
Tenn. and a cotton nctorage and Commission
business at No. As Union street, New Orleans,
La. They will always keep on hand a large
stock of goods, comprising q fulr and COM
plete assortment OF every article in their line
Of business, which they win sell upon the
most favorable terms. Especial attention win
be given to the handling and sale OF cotton.
This branch Of their business, in The Mem
phis house, vii be under the care and control
Of Mr.. Hugh Stewart, who, from oyersixteen
years experience, feels confident OF his abii-
ity TO manage the same 70 the satisfaction Of
their customers.
Mr.. Andrew Stewart win, as before, have
charge OF the cotton business of their New
Orleans house.
The Grocery Department Of their Memphis
rouse win be nde the management of VIM.
Stewart and John c. Fizer. as formerly. They
solicit a continuance Of the very liberal
patronage heretofore extended 70 the old
house OF GaIbreafh, Stewart & Co, Memphis.
Tenn. and Stewart. GaIbreath & Fizer, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
STEWART BROS. & FTZFR.
No. IL Union Street, Stonewall Block, Mem-
phis, Tennessee.
STEWART & FIZER,
No 6. Union Street, New Orleans, La.
FEBRUARY LIST, 1870. fsbld&W
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IT is thought that most of the car
pet-bag members of Congress who are
expelled for taking brides will be sent
back by their "colOred'' constituents.
VIII not this be contumacious in the
constituents, as well as troublesome
to the Compression masters? Never
theless they are good Radicals, and
there will be some party advantage
in taking them back without question.
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IT is said that st. Louis Insurance
companies refuse to issue policies to
two Memphis packets, recently con-
structed. There is no question that
the steamers Wicks and Church are as
staunch as any on the Mississippi, and
if there is no mistake about the mat
ter, and these risks are refused to be
taken in St. Louis, we can only infer
that the great city which aspires to
the hOnOrs of the future seat of Ameri-
can empire absolutely evades honest
rivalry with the modest little empori-
um Of trade seated quietly here on the
Chickasaw Bluffs. 1t is not to injure
st. Louis that Memphis proposes and
sleeps over a road to San Francisco
and another to Kansas City. We
know that these two lines will be as
fatal to st. Louis trade as many which
Chicago has constructed. Mineral,
hemp, tobacco and grain crops of
Kansas ana of remoter States will
necessarily seek access to the sea over
the cheapest route. This lies through
Memphis. But these facts constitute
no reason for that petty jealousy
which would impelSt. Louisinsurance
corporations to decry the value of
steamers built in promotion of the
commerce of the two cities. Surely
the great capital of the central valley
Of the Mississippi, with all its vast
resources and accumulated wealth,
can afford to deal generously with
modest enterprise like that to which
Memphis is indebted for this line Of
excellent packets, and none can APP
prove that selishness which would
lessen the value or derogate from
claims to public confidence which
these steamers possess.
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SUMNER and Howard both insist
upon the vacant judgeship on the Su-
preme Court bench being filed with
out regard to race or color. The
chances are thought to be good that,
with the aid of the carpet-baggers
and scalawags of the Southern States,
a negro worthy may be selected. 1t is
stated in Washington that Gen. Grant
has it in contemplation to send in the
name of n Langston, or Vashon,
both negroes, in case he should be
forced to give up the idea of nomi-
mating a Northern jurist. No white
man Of the South worthy of it could
be either nominated or confirmed.
With a negro Senator, and a negro
judge, why may we not also have a
negro President, as well as a good
sprinkle ofnegro Congressman? Why
should not the rights of the "man
and brother be fully conceded?
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WASHINGTON correspondents ex-
press the opinion that San Domingo
will be admitted as a State OF the
Union before the end Of the present
session of Congress. This will add
millions to the public debt, and will
add considerably TO the Freedmen's
Bureau necessities in the accession OF
a body of paupers. We hope when it
is done the negroes will flock freely to
their old paradise, and make the new
State their own. That is the best way
to realize their dream Of social
equality.
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A special dispatch from Minnesota
exposes the rascality of another one
of the Radical magnates, as follows:
The Hon. Thomas Wilson, late JUS
tice of the Supreme Court ofthis Strife,
has published a long letter, in which
ne charges the Hon. VIM. Window,
late member of Congress from the
First District, with corruptionin office
in the purchase of the Land of the
Winnebago Indian Reservation, and
e~ndeavoring to procure subsidies from
Congress for the Northern Pacific Rail
road. The quarrel between these
former intimate friends results from
their present rivalry as candidates for
United States Senator as Mr.. NortOn's
~SuccpSsOr-
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COMMANDER SELFRIDGE, who has
arrived at AspinwalI, has stated, as
appears by dispatches to the Navy
Department, that the Darien ship ca
nal survey viii be Immediately COM
menced and vigorously prosecuted I'M
til completed. The survey will oc-
cupy a considerable time and be elab-
orately and carefully made.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

FER Sherir.-~..MARCUS j. WRIGHT.
Oaaty Trustee---..-.A. Woodward.
Tor 1-C0Uector-...-W ". D. STATION.
Oounty Court CerE-~..JAALES REILLY
Clerk Criminal Gurt.... ". T. VERY
Oerk 1st CIRCUIT Court-.-.B. 7. REA YES
Clerk ID Circuit Court---P. D. BOYLE
Clerk Sd Circuit Oourt-....J. MeBROOKS
Constable 5h Ole. Dist--...P. KERNS.
Magistrates I#h GU.D ist...T. FLEMING,
". L. STEWART
Constable l4fh CT. Dist. ". RAMSEY.
Election to take place on the 26th March.
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The Pufas gaeapesr
FRENCH HORTICULTURE
PLANTSI PLANTSI PLANTSl

GREAT exhibition OF plants received pen
IL last steamer from France. such as Ca
meIia, Magnolia, Azalea, Maronia, RodOden-
ram. LeOnia, Hydrangea, ETC.; a great va
riety OF new Roses, Fruit Trees Apple, Pear,
Cherry, Peach, ApricOts. Grapes, etc; sou
species (seeds and Roots Flowers, and q
quantity Of other new plants nom EnrOpe
and California, too numerous 70 eDumerata-
Mr.. TURE, from Paris, Florist. Gardener
No 24sZ Second street. betWeen Jenerson
and Court square, Invites amateurs 70 vista
his fine collection. Prices very moderate
- Gardens made . erder. fsbH
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New & Rich JeweIry.
Notice of Dissolution.

THE undersigned having his day sold
i their stock OF goods, business interests
and good viii to Messrs. John Robertson and
Joseph Bruce. who succeed to the business,
under the name and style OF ROBERTSON.
BRUCE CO, the firm of TOBIN, LYNN &
CO, is. thereby dissolved by mutual consent
The new firm OF Robertson, Bruce q Co. as
sumo all the liabilities OF the old Arm, and
are alone authorized to collect and receipt
for the debts due the old firm.
We take occasion to thank all our friends
for their liberal patronage, and eheerfuly
commend our successors 70 their favor.
TOBIN, LYNN & co.
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TELEGRAMs have been received in
Washington from the State Central Re
publican Committee, and from the
Federal officers in Louisiana, declaring
Collector Casey unfit to hold Office,
and urging his immediate removal.
He is one of the ninety and nine
brothers-in-law of the President.
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REMOVAL.

THE APPEAL has been re-
moved TO the APPEAL BUILDING,
IL Union Street, between Main and
Front, TO which all letters and COM
muniCati0Hs must hereafter be ad-
dressed.
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THE North Carolina Legislature has
passed resolutions asking Congress for
a higher tariff on peanuts! They say
nothing about persimmons. That
was a careless omission. Certainly
persimmons, as well as peanuts and
pig-iron, should be protected.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-08

IN some quarters fresh efforts are
being made to disintegrate the Demo-
cratic party, and an especial onset is
made on old line Wings, as in Missis-
sippi, because Gen. Alcorn, who was
also a seceder, happened to be an old
line Wing. To desert Democracy now
is to desert Wing principles, which
the Democracy of this day sustain
with a will. Let Wings be warned
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MERCHANT TAlLORS.

EDWARD J. OWENS AND JOHN MILLER
~ have this day, February y. 1870. entered
into a co~partnership. at Is MADISON STREET,
between Main and Front. Their object IS to
esfablish a business satisfactory to their
friends and the public generally, by purchas-
ing goods of the best quality, got up in the
best style, at moderate terms, by which they
hope 70 receive a liberal patronage. Call and
see our new stock.
OWENS & MILLER.
feb& Ne. 16 Madison Street,
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IN another column appears the
statement of Col. Tate in reference to
the recent distressing railroad disas-
ter. Ever since 1885, period of twenty
years, Sam. Tate has been the most
successful railway manager in the
South. Never before was a fault in
judgment or an act of -carelessness as
scribed to him. That he apprehended
not the slightest danger and is charge
able with no criminality or reckless
ness is established by the fact that he
was a passenger ON the unfortunate
train. If there be fault it must be
sought elsewhere. 1t may exist in
the system of making contracts for re-
pairs on the road defined by the
lessees to whom Colonel Tate is sub
ieeted. We are told that no indebt-
edness may be incurred save with the
approval of Mr.. McComb, of Will
mington, Delaware. If that is true,
it must be crippling to the officers,
mischievous to the road, and danger
Gus to passengers. 1t is right that
the matter should be ventilated, that
justice may be done to all parties.
From the statement of Col. Tate it
would appear to have been rather an
accident to which all roads are liable,
than a fault Of the management, con-
struction or deficiency of the road.
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NEW FIRM.
JOSEPH
JoHE KoBERTsoN

JOHN KoBERTsoN. JOSEPH BRUCE.
DY the foregoing, II viii be seen that we
ID have bought the entire stock of goods
business interests and good will of TObin,
Lynn 4 Co. We propose to continue the
business at the old stand, $40 Main street, and
solicit a share Of the public patronage and
favor. HUTCHINSON, u & Co.
Memphis. Tenn. FebruaryTl, 1879 feb2
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DISSOLUTION.

Hs- The e-opartnership heretofore existing
between John McGruer and II. ". Joiner,
under the firm and style OF McGRUER &
JOINER, was dissolved by mutual consent on
February "A, 1870, ID. W. Joiner retiring.
John MeGruer, continuing the Grocery and
Produce Business. at the same stand, as
sumes the liabilities of the late firm, and IS
alone authorized to collect all notes and ae-
counts due the said firm.
JOHN MCGRUER,
n. W. JOINER
Mpmnhf March . 1870. mh3
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NO

WE have this day sold our stock, interest
w and good will in the stove and GnWare
business to Messrs- WALT s Co, who wln
conduct the same at the old stand, and fOr
whom we bespeak a continuance OF the pat
image so literally bestowed upon Us NH
Brannon has charge Of the assets and liabil-
tiles Of the firm, aud viii attend 70 the wind
ing up OF their affairs, al the Office OF Walt q
Co. H2 Front street. K. BRANNOS CO.
MEMPHIS, January 10, BI0.
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My continued nl-health neeessitates N
retiring from business, and in doing so / have
much pleasure in recommending my success
sors. bIessrs. STEWART Bros. & FIzER,
Memphis, Tennessee, and Messrs. STEWART
& FIzER. New Orleans, louisiana
10 my friends, and hope they viii eon-
tinue their business with them. 1 VIII be
&c and at the omce Of Messrs- STEWART Bros.
&FIzER, No. Il Union street, stonewan Block,
till further notice.
W.. I. GALBREATH.
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THE partnership heretofore existing be-
L tween Newton Ford, D. T.. Porter ana II.
F-ursteuheim, under the style and firm Of
NEWTON FORD & CO., is this day dissolved
by mutual consent, H. Furstenheim having
disposed OF his entire interest in the business
to Col. NM. r.. TAYLOR
The new firm will continue business under
the same nameand at the same place, where
they viii be glad to serve their friends and
customers. NEWTON FORD,
DIT. PORTER.
II. FURSTENHEIM.
Memphis. February q. $50. feb21 d&v
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PRINCIPAL %OFFlCE~-NO. 40 MADISON STREET.
DISSOLUTION cOPARTEERsHlp
~COPARTNERsHIP VOICE.


THE partnership heretofore existing be
A tween william H. Brown. Of P1ttsburg,
Pa, and Nathaniel NJ Jones, o. Memphis
Tenn, in thecoal business at Memphis and
Mouth OF White river Ark, under the nrm
by . itatfon on the FIRST day OF February,
1874. have this day mutually agreed 70 a
continuation OF same, under the same hrm
name and style.
We take the present opportunity 70 ask the
attention OF the citizens Of Memphis and
surrounding country, steamboat prOpTletors
and the public generally, % our large and IN
creasing facilities for handling coal, our Mr.
Brown owning and running eleven tow
boats and over seven hundred barges, and
mining all our coal from his own selected
mines, we thereby securing for this market
none but the best PittsbuIg Coal, which We
will be enabled 10 place on the market AZ $
low figure for cash. We are fully prepared 90
do a wholesale and retail trade Of any eX-
tent, and are OUT or STOCK
Thanking the citizens Of Memphis, and our
many steamer patrons and friends for their
past liberal patronage, We would respectfully
Solicit a continuance Of same, and we guar
antee the same promptness and dispatch in
attending to your orders We have heretofore
exhibited. Respectfully, etc.1
y. NJ. JONES
Memphis. Tenn, February IS. ls70.
N.B.-Ali steamboat mail matter addressed
to our care. either at Memphis or mouth
Whit river, Arkansas, viii be prOmPtly de-
febso BROWN & JONES.