Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-28
MEMPHIS APPEAL
FOB MAYOR,
JOHN " SoN
GRIM-vIsAGED WAR HATH SMOOTH
I'd HIs WRERRLED FRONT.

eRTM.yfsAeED WAR HATH SMOOTH
ED HIs WREERLED FRONT.
Fhe ring managers have changed their
tactics. A few days since they tried the
heroic, and now they are dealing in the
pstbetic. A week ago they were sound
ing their tiny war trumpets, but now
thew propose to hand around the pipe Of
rsa,e, and puff graceful ourls Of tobacco
smoke at their enemies. The tempest has
simmered down to q gentle breeze, and
everything is serene and lovely. beware
oftbe Greeks while offering presents, Twas
the advice given after that little oosur-
euce with the Trcjsn horses and We
would say to the people Of Memphis BE-
ware of the ring tricksters when they
cease to bully and rant, and become as
gentle as sucking doves. Indeed we do
not know Whist they want, and we be-
lieve they do not know themselves, for
all Of 8 sudden, Radicals have bscome
Republicsns," and in one corner Of the
month they ignore 8 political canvass for
MAYOR, and IN the other advocate ward
meetings and 8 convention. But the
omce-brokers seem to be united In one
thing, and that Is opposition 70 the mass
meeting. The lmpecuniOus musician,
who had no forage for his poor COW took
his bag-pipes every evening and played, |
consider cow, consider" and the dis
uuntled ring, falling inits efforts to bring
Mayor johnson before 3 convention
packed tor his defest; are singing 70
the t~houghtless old dodgers who csn-
3D. the mass meeting, consider fools,
consider The mass meeting was
mEtureIy considered before it was
called, The plscs-huntsrs and Office
brokers were czucusing for nearly week
before the msss-mseting was suggested
They did not consult with leading Demo-
crsts as 10 what the party should do, but
for the purpose OF seeing what they should
do themselves. They csucused and CON-
menced laying pipe, with the view of
inducing the Democratic executive COM
mittee TO call 6 convention; n but for
the timely sction, and the wstchfulness of
the prudent men, who called the mass
meeting & regular convention, would have
been called and held, and Mayor johnson
would have been defested by the trick
stsrs who have been packing the wards
for the last three months, while the may
or was packing upon his shoulders the city
debt, and perfecting means by which the
could be removed. Those who so
b~eseeehingly beg 3 withdrawal Of TIE call l
for 3 mass meeting had better ~undeceivs
themselves at once. The mass meeting c
viii be held ss sure as the day arrives {
and il those who pirate shout harmony '
would divest the canvass of politics
are sincere, they viii abandon q ward I
convention and attend the mass meeting
the people, where there csn be no trad :
Ing and packing, and everything is done $
In open meeting by the people themselves 1
packed ward convention could not force
4. 7. Lacey on the party IN Dscsmber, a
1867; but q m-sss-meeting united the peo- 0
pie on John W. Leftwitch, and the same q
result can now be accomplished, unless T.
he ring jnnto Is determined to bolt snd 9
orm an ALLIANCES with the dear Republi-
ans, E" whose insults they are 90 prompt
o resent. We tell the people to be on the
The tricksters are at work concoct- a.
ng new schemes with which to circum- !
-ent those they would allure by deceit and :
.rescaery. Men who refuse to pa :
johnson men are ready to :.
AIRY out their threats to form !.
union with the Republican," to n
efsst the men who refuse to be ruled By >
hem. People Of Memphis, do you real -
10 that the mex Eve weeks may carry in II
heir womb disasters compared with -
hitch your former sniictions may be IS -
sunshine unto shadow, and as water =
INTO wineG" Are you, indeed, utterly =,
old and unimprssssible IS to what a.
be your fate, unless you are vigilsnt =
nd wstchfulf Unless you master the -
lrpor which has heretofore palsied your r
mis-, you will have occasion after the !,
ext election for mayor to gnash your =,
eth At your madness, folly and ~lsziness. =,
Te want you to understand distinctly :,
there is great danger Of dsfest. You =,
I'd better learn this now than 3 month -
sDce. He is q poor physician who tries =,
smuse his patient with pleasant visnds -,
hen it is hitter medicines, or 80
70 NAbGpf VI sA0 AAAAuf AAhh ID -,
to save his life. Then r.
+ the reople arouse themselves. There Is
ork for you at the mass meeting and still -,
rider work before the election. Let US II,
the 9th Of December assemble and Sc
It that most prudent and reliable mar,
I'm johnson, and then let the snsthemRs
srsnsthss Of sD Outraged people be bis, 7
10 shall dare to present his pUny self Te,
hen all that true men hold dear is in sae
Hsving selected your standard Cys
srer, marshal your forces and set them gsa
pstLie array Ssl IN me i~uriougoed, EnI
.ner In the strsgglers, Whlp IN the recu- vaU
1t, weed u the mutineers, and with or
3 united effort, charge home upon the uns
rcensry horde OF plunderers and crush neg
m issu