Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-05
THE ELEcToN-THE RESUL7


in all probability, reach fifteen hun
dred. being a gain of twelve hundred,
The extent Of this victory can hardly
be overestimated. Rsdicalism has
been routed in the very citadel o.
its strength, and we see the beginning
of a brighter day for o1f people. The
corruption carnival has at last ap-
preached its end, in all the
OdOr of bad repute. For a
short time defunet Radicslism
may walk the earth as certain persons
of disrepute were doomed in olden
time, to wander along the banks OF
the Styx, implOring in vain passage
over the river. But in Shelby county
and in Tennessee it is dead-emphat-
icslly, unquestionably and irrevOcably
dead-dead beyond all hope Of resur-
rection. We congratulate our friends,
the country and our candidates on the
result Words can scarcely convey
our qualification at victory so com
plete; at the glorious triumph of Ray,
and Brown, snd Stephens, who nObly
and calamity breasted the storm.
Great praise has been well earned by
our standard bearers for the bold
ness, energy, perseverance, con-
staney and skill with which they
fought for our splendid victory. The
shameful desertion Of men that were
thought to be true caused many to re-
coil and to lose confidence in those
who were really true. But our candi-
dates stood up and faced the enemy,
inspired the Democratic hosts with
hope, and the result is that the Radi-
Gals, while
"They came as fleet as forest deer,
We drove them back as tame"
The agitation of the political waters,
by the death and the dying agonies
of the foul monster of Radicalism
is fearful to behold. Dirt, frOth
aud pOllstion is cast up in every
direction. The flesh-pOts, whose
rich contents and fragrant aroma
the Radicals so fondly loved, are for
the future as completely out of their
reach as the luxuries which were de-
MED to Tantalus. The impotent rage
of the baffied carpet-baggers is the
cOndiment which gives relish to Dem
Ocratic life. Thank GodI Tennessee
once more free-rid of the prosecutors
of her people; rid of the plunderers;
rid of those who have built up a wall
of hatred between two races whose
interests are mutual, and dependent
upon each other. The election yestel-
day shows that there is a tough vitali-
ty in the e"VolunteerS State" the proud
old Commonwealth which cannot be
annihilated by the abhOrred enemies
of our noble people. We have sur
vived outrages and spoillation and
when pOsterity hears the tale of our
suferings and prosecutions, and how,
after long and patient endurance our
people arose in their majesty and |
wrath, snapped the fetters
which chained their limbs and crushed |
their enemies into dust, they will be
proud Ofitheir ancestry and hold in
scorn and contempt the memory of
the dead tyrants and the names of
their living descendants.
Especially are we rejoiced at |
the defeat yesterday of that |
obese mass of political corruption
It. A. Ryan. He has requited the |
of the Democratic party |
with the basest ingratitude. His |
apOstacy can find no parallel save in |
the fable of the frozen viper that stung |
to the vitals the household of the hon.
est farmer that had warmed it into |
life. In May, 1869, the Democratic |
party found Ryan poor and penniless.
They nominated and elected him to |
the Office Of Attorney of the Munich |
pal Court. AT the recent Democratic |
County Convention, t. A. Ryan's |
name was presented for nomination |
for the honorable and responsible |
position Of Probate Judge. Again |
the too distrustful and eonfid-
ing Democracy gave him its
and he came within two
or three votes of receiving the nOmi-
nation. He pledged himself to abide
the decision Of the Convention. But
it seems Ryan is a kind of might
Cereus," for on Wednes'
Gay he appeared as an "Independent"
candidate for Judge Of the Second
Circuit. Court, but during Wednesday
night he was snugly engrafted on the
Radical shrub, and on Thursday
he blossoms into a Radical
hOlly-hOck with his name sandWiehed
betWeenlthe dishonOred names of Bar
bOur Lewis, Charming Richards and
II. L. Hudson, a hiedous monument
Of turpitude and treachery. 1t is use
less for Us to say with what scOrn
the triumphant Democracy will look
upon one who began his career in
our midst by hanging TO the skirts of
the Democratic party, who was taken
up as foster child and literally saved
from want by its patronage-whO was
promoted far beyond his
merits-whO, after pledging his word
to the Democratic Convention to abide
by its decision, then basely forfeited
his honor and confessed himself want
ing in veracity by going over to the
enemy and soliciting and receiving
their suppOrt-we say that toward a
man whose career exhibits these prom
inent traits of ingratitude, mendacity
and political degradation, all true
Democrats feel nothing but inefiable
contempt,