Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-06
serve out his term, and he got word from
the Barbour thatI,


The Barbour did not like that h
should be obliged to sit side by side will
a,nigger-thaiIsm e--and 1 soon heart
that the General and Che Barbour were
unfriendly TO me. / met the General
brother-in-law, Mr.. Slack, one day, and
said to him: rs General Smith opposed
to my election, and does he not like it
Is that true?' He said: HE likes you
as well as anybody else, but, he don
think a niger should run for Office.
[Cries of "Ohl ohP1 was elected
however, even although at two O'CLOCK
on the day Of the election had to gel
Sears, the Commissioner, Smiths part
ner, TO appoint judges and clerks o.
election, and Barbour was so busy run
ming about all day that he did not gel
time to vote forme. [Cheers and laugh
YER lnfs fxOlss E12 ~
THEY DON'T LIKE NIGGERs,
and would kill them off faster than the
Ku-Klux. tCries Of Amen, amen u
b In the camraign will have no objec-
tons to meet the Democratic candidate,
but viii not 90 with General Smith, as
I never yet did travel in the company OF
a thief, and l dontfeellike
DIsGRAcISG MYSELF,
or my people by travelling with him or
standing on the same platform with him.
[Cheers and laughter. 1 know under
present circumstances thatwe have little
chance among my own people, for fif-
teen men on horses have been sent all
over the county to, tell my people that l
had turned a Democrat But when they
know.the whole truth they will know
~ AlaAykiSor TuRsEb 4 DEMocRaTN
/ saw a man on Saturday who was for
me, but in twenty minntes after | saw
him he got ten dollars from the Barbour,
and he went against me. oao-l1
/ will now ask you how much has Gen
eral Smith worked for the colored peo-
pie? He says he was in Congress, and
VOTED FOR THE FIFTEENTH AMESDSEST.
Now, i win tell you that that amend
ment was passed when David A. Mum
was in Congress, and he voted for it.
Now, we will go back. and see where
General Smith was when the amend
ment was passed He was in the Legs
lature of the State when the bill was
passed by Congress. He was q Repnb-
hcan Senator and Dewitt c. Senter was
Governor. The Legislature, were asked
to ratify that amendment, . sissr II
BUT IT WAS MEYER DoNEn
and yet he says: =" voted for the Fif-
teenth Amendment to save you poor
people" He also says that all those
who were in the army had fought for the
abolition of slavery. Now, by the Chi
cago platform, the war was only to pre-
vent the extension of slavery; and it is
well known that in one Of Abraham Lin
coln'ssproclamations, he said thatif the
rebels would lay down their arms he
would give. them back their fugitive
slaves 1t was God who liberated the
slaves, and it was, ,.s.l uwsar
ONLY WAR MEASURE;
an incident of the war. ['Amenl aye,
amen. Now, | say, let us stand to-
gether till the day Of election, if We. are
not able to poll 800 votes. Gentlemen,
l thank you for the honor you have done
me- [Checrs,l FBHT e'EO1AN
lg The convention then adjourned. I. A
Senatorial Convention was next organ
lied, and A. L. Whiteside nominated as
a candidate for Senator tits said that
Mr.. j. G. Reeves was afterward nomi-
mated. ~ fse Saws htttI
AFloaterialC Convention was organized,
but no nomination was made, as it was
stated that Mr.iJ5 R. Mccall, Of Upton,
would run Independent. 1t is stated also
that Mr.. Frank Bras, ofthis city, will
run.
A County Convention was organized
and nominated John Carroll and Joe
Clouston, both colored, as candidates
for Representatives in the Legislature
The following District Executive Com
mite was appointed;
~ S. b. Beaumont, Robert Butcher,
Henry Trowbridge, John Nail, j. G.
Reeves, W G. Cockrill, Frank Bras.
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The other Convention.
The radical Radicals assembled during
the day at the U. s. Marshal's Office to
nominate Smith for Congress, and nom
mated him easily. The white element
predominated. General Smith received
43 votes, and would have received more
if he had collected more delegates He
was hunted up by a committee of five
men and found near the scene Of his un-
happy encounter with Judge John Smith,
in which he lost the gable end Of his off
side ear. The General responded; the
General thanked them for the honor; the
General said.he was in the Mexican war;
the General denied that he was carpet
Dagger; the General said his speeches
had been published in the leading papers
of the country, but omitted to mention
Don Piatt's letters in the Cincinnati
Commercial, and neglected to say any
thing ahouttollgates, BUT accepted the
Thus tits that there are twoItickets in
the field, Shaw, the liberal Republican,
aud Smith, the narrow-minded ultra, who
will receive about thousand votes in
the District.
DoMrNcK MURRAY had another fine
house last night to witness his admirable
portrayal of Terrence Finnigan in the
domestic drama of 0onah's Engagement,
the subject of which is a fayorite here,
making description Of the plot I'M
necessary. We have only to add our oft
assertion that Dominick Muir
ray is superb, no matter what he as
sumes His eonsummate art, which
conceals art, sets him side by side with
jefferson. The farce Of the Benieia
Boy introduced Mr. Murray for the first
limo in broad faroe--thouph by no means