Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-26

THE Union and american calls
attention to a petition to Congress,
entitled a memorial Of citizens Of
Tennessee" the twenty. four signers
OF which are all full-blo0ded Radicals,
OF East Tennessee. The memorial
sets forth that the Conservatives and
Democrats of the State are "swift-
footed and INSCRIPTIONS law-break-
ers," that they "openiy disregard and
violate the Constitution and laws,
trampling them Indignantly under
foot, and stuff the ballot boxes with
unlawful, fraudulent and fictitious
tickets" The memorial also SETS
forth the most alarming and trightful
situation as to the Ku-KluX, and af-
firms that "the rights and privileges
Of persons born, as well as natural
lied within the State have been, and
are, seriously 'abridged;' and that
their Lives, liberty and property have
been taken from them without any
process OF law except that which
governs and guides the assassin's
blade, ball, halter and ~bastinadO."
As the signers above mentioned
Of memorial supposed TO have been
prepared for them by Horace May
uard, are all East Tennesseeans, and
should know whereof they affirm,
the Union and american very aptly
quotes against them the Knoxville
Chronicle, the ablest, if not the only
Radical paper in the State, which
should know the facts equally well
and be of at least equal authority with
the memorialists. Under the head Of
Facts about Tennessee" the editor,
with an apparently honest and bust
mes purpose, in which lying for pOlit-
icai effect is not particularly
called for, expresses his mind in
answer to the inquiries Of a CORE.
spondent. Thus we have Radical
authority against itself as to East
Tennessee, which was the strongest
Union portion of the State, and in
which now the Radicals rule by 3
large majority. IflOilists are not safe
there, they had better come to West
Tennessee, where they will be safe
enough If they don't run in the way
of our recorders, police, sherifs and
cOnstables. Read the article from
the Knoxville Chronicle, and decide
Greeley squestion "who has lied, " the
m~emorialists or the editor. 1t is from
that paper Of March p, 1870:
MIR. Russell ". Ayres, from Water.
bury, Conn, writes to know of our
climate. We have forwarded him
our articles on climate, which viii
show him that what he has heard of I
il is not an eXaggeratiOn. He wants
TO know if we have lands within five
of Knoxville for sale at 50 per
acre. We answer yes. There are also
some fine farms within ten and twenty
miles for sale at that price per acre,
near a railroad station, and we do not
that Mr.. Ayres can be suit
ed. He asks about Northern immi-
grafton. We have a large Northern
population in Knoxville and Knox
county. There are over three thou
sand NOrtherneF5 in Knoxville alone.
are Others coming into East
every day. We think Mr..
Ayres would find his mother benefit
ed by our climate. We met a few
days AGO q Nr. B~r0ckeW8v, from AL
hauv, n. y, who has been ina East
tennessee this winter, with his wife,
account of her health. She was
SD much benefited by the change that
He has concluded TO remain, and has
bought a home at ROger-ville, Hawk
ms county. WeCan furnish Mr.. Ayers
an be wants i'm the shape of recrea-
ton. He can find trout streams with
in forty miles OF this city. Within
miles he can kill deer as many
he wants, and If ne desires he can
with some trouble, within the same
distance, encounter bears. He asks
about markets. Knoxville and Chat
tauOOga are our principal home mar
Eets. Most of our produces shipped
at good prices. HeN1nks ku-
kluX reports iujure us. We suppose
they do. But we say to him that
there has uerer been q single hU htlL
iH East Tennessee. Public sentiment
would not tolerate such ~lawlGssness.
Iu his person and property he lrOuld
be as safe iH East tennessee as H Con-
gecticJa. We want him and all others
10 understand ku.kluN dOuOt flourish
East Tennessee.