Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-27

Brownlow reigned, the white tax
payer disfranchised, and there were
by which to plumber, they rev.
eled in stolen wealth, tWittered in the
groves until the atmosphere became
vocal with their melody. But the
Democrats acceeded to power, and this
was the winter to drive the Radical
bob-o-links back to the cline where the
Frost King reigns and winds Of the
lev glaciers are never sOftened by the
breath of tropical seas. The very
moment there were no offices to give,
Ruel Hough was 50 cruel as to pack
I'D his duds, return to the bleak
North, and now the strong mountain
flower which the rocks nurtured IN
their clefts, hangs its cheek upon the
bosom of snow. Alas! the lovely face
of Wickersnapper is gone. So soon as
he ascertained he could not get office,
he vanished like deW-drOps before the
rising sun. While there vas a bone
tn nick. an Office to be procured, J.
M. Tomeny was a sweet singer in the
choir of Radical bob.O-links. Spirit
ualizpd bv the sunshine Of Office, the
ETHEREAL life Of spring throbbed in his
veins, and he was a happy bird. But
the moment Tomeny was deprived Of
office, his love for the land OF magnO-
liza leaves and orange blossoms OOzed
out with the p%erspirstion of last sum-
mer. and without bidding US farewell,
or leaving a lock of his hair, he mi
grated with others of his flock.
Tomeny is now President Of a patent
ice.reezing company in New York.
He is well suited for the place, for if
the patent machine fails, TOmeny's
heart will make a good substitute, as
it is said to be cold enough to freeze
all the water that comes in contact
with it. A few days since we an
nounced that Charming Richards was
about to return to Cincinnati. He has
held Office in Memphis ever since the
war closed, but now that the public
teat has been taken from his mouth,
another bOb-o-link has ceasedtO singin
Southern bowers. But Richards re-
turns with more mOdesty than money,
more honesty than spoils, for his life
here has been blameless. Other Rad
zeal ofice-hoIders and Ofice-seekers,
who came South to rob and steal, will
return home now that they are repu-
dated by the tax-psying people who
have possession Of the ballot-5ox.
| But there is one nuisance still in Mem
phis which the people cannot abate by
votes, Kisses or contempt. We allude
to Barbour Lewis. He is unquestion-
ably the most worthless and trouble
! some political hummer with which
| this or any other city was ever cursed,
| He is without doubt the most thor
ough and unprincipled villain OF the
ace. He lies from an innate love of
the art, inspired by a consuming hate
! of the people he ISLANDERS. We pub
/ Iished on Saturday morning a speci-
men of Lewis capacity for falsehOOd
| and to show that he is without a rival
we republish his letter to Congressman
HOar:
MEMPHIS, January 10, 1871.
The masses of the children Of our
! State are utterly excluded from the
| blessings of books, and knowledge
and enlightenment, except in those,
| comparatively few instances where
| their parents are either wealthy or in
a high degree intelligent and selfsac-
rifcing for the good Of their offspring.
In other words, the law as IL now
! stands in our State carefully and zeal
! 0uslv provides for the barbarism and
| dpbasement of pOsterity. Our public
press is generally hostile, often Bit
/ terIy so, to any general and efficient
| system of popular education. 1t pre-
rars that the masses should grow up
preiudiced and ignorant and brutal.
BARBOUR LEWIS.
We had rather make our bed with
the grave-wOrms than to utter the
falsehOOds contained in the above let
ter, and we had much rather turn
savage and roam the forests than to
walk. as does Barbour Lewis, the
streets of a city whose inhabitants
point at him the finger of scOrn, and
exclaim: "There goes the liar and the
slanderer of the people he has
robbed Lewis must use q by,
draulic pressure, or else he could
not cram into such a short space
50 many falsehoOds. He says i" the
public press is generally hostile to any
general and efficient system Of pOpu.
lar education. 1t prefers that the
masses should grow up prejudiced and
ignorant and brutal" He lies il
every word and line Of this inele
CANT sentence. 1t is useless for u:
to defend the press of Tennessee from
the falsehOOds Of this hOary-headeC
~slanderer, for every newspaper in The
State has persistently urged the uni
versal diffusion of education as the
basis of liberty, prosperity and happi
ness. 1t is useless for US to vindicatt
the people OF the State so wickedly
illuminated, as Our splendid schOO
system, now in successful operation
aud the report of the Radical STATE
superintendent Of Education branC
Barbour Lewis as a malignant knavt
and slanderer unmatched and peer