Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-28

states have caused the hinges OF
Ames' jaws to grow rusty. But the
other day he undertook to set them
aiar, and the effort was like opening
the ~ponderOus gates hung to the
Chinese wall. By constant con-
tact he has absorbed some
Of the impudence Of his
c0ck-eyed fa~ther-in-law, and ne mus
tered up courage to deliver himself Of
a speech. When he arose to speak, he
is represented as a volcanic mountain
on the point Of eruption. His bosom
heaved, and he rocked like an earth
quake, and it mnst have been a sub
lime spectacle to gaze upon the hus-
band OfBen. Buffers daughter while
an idea was breaking its way through
such a lump of flesh. But if this lucky
youth, who enjoys the blessed priv
ilege of calling a ~spOOn-thief papa, has
been silent, it is evident he has been
industrious, for he comes forward
STEPPED to the chin in falsehOOd, and
his maiden speech has won for
him all the fame that belongs
to a ~irst-class prize liar. Indeed,
Ames is a success in his line. He has
no doubt won the intensest admira-
ton Of his party, and will be cherished
as a jewel; for, while others equivO-
cate, exaggerate and shy around the
truth, the husband of the spoon steal
er's daughter boldly marches up and
stamps it beneath his feet, and masti-
Gates fat, Jolly falsehOods with as much
delight as he would a ~sUcculent ten
derloin. As a general thing, the
Radical falsehOOds are stale, thread
bare and lean as a tape-wOrm; but
Ames is a new hand at the bellows,
and his lies are juicy. In his
recent speech, he asserted that the
negro majority in Mississippi is
seventy thousand, and their sympa-
ties are all with the Radicals. Two
falsehoOds in one sentence. Ames de-
clared that eight hundred Republi-
cans had been murdered in Louisiana
in sixty days. He attacked Governor
Alcorn in imitation of the mice, which
frisk and play while the cats are gone
a visiting.
Senator Nye, of Nevada, perceiving
that Ames was about to dwarf him
into insignifcance as a slanderer, made
an effort to retain the laurels about to
be plucked from his brow and made a
desperate effort to retain them. See
him how he struggles for them:
Mr.. Nye argued that it was a fact
admitting Of no contradiction that
powerful Ku-kluX organizations ex-
listed in all Of the States of the South.
In North Carolina there were forty
thousand KU-kluX. He had received
a cale(ul statement, made by a Ten
nessee gentleman, that there had been
fifty murders committed in the South
since the war. ~IncredulOus laughter
on the Democratic side. Gentlemen
laugh; he supposed they would laugh
more lift was one hundred thousand.
The Democratic party cries for blood.
It is so anxious to get into power that
it will wade to it through blood. But,
gentlemen, have patience. God will
never let you get into power by such
means as this.
No wonder that the Democrats tit
tered at such a letter coming from
Tennessee-One Of the most peaceful
and laW-abiding States in the Union.
These ISLANDERS upon the South are
made to smother up the infamies,
The cruelties and the Radical per-
3ecutions Of the Southern people,
and to close their lips from
ust complaints. The South wants
laws to protect, not alone
oar people against the common
and hOuse-breaker, but against
he rObber in the livery and arms of
authority, and the -hOusebreaker car
wing the ukase Of the desp0ts at
Washington. The South are clamOr-
BUS, but it is against outrages on a
more grievous and dishonoring
han those for which an English King
carried to the block; Outrages
IRE oppressive than those against
which Poland and Hungary Warred,
md against which Ireland has strug-
yled for centuries. The South desires
peace, even at the price of humilia-
ion, but when she complains, when .
he people begin to show US that SYM 8
lathy which is always lavished upon /
he wronged and the prosecuted, the !
I'D fal5ehoOds about a new rebellion
md the Ku-KlUx are revamped in the
Of the United States with
he hope Of again deceiving the peO- I
pie. This game will no longer :
ucceed. Such creatures as Ames 9
md Nye cannot lie the Radical Z
into power again. The country
S determined to have peace. The
see that reconstruction, accord.
ng to the confessions of the Radicals
themselves, is a failure and
hey intend to place in power the !
Democratic party. When that happy
lay arrives, then will our nation
know no North, no South, and arise :
Ike a young queen, proud and happy. 4
Prosperity viii run like fresh blood :
through all the veins Of society; all 0
lasses VIII grow more prosperous, b
more manly, and more virtuous. The G
,roud banner Of the country will then {
loaf before the eyes Of all like the star '
I our destiny. Then cur people, d
Without distinction Of class or creed, \
olor OF race, viii unite in love, n
nd be ready to maintain their eOun-
~ against ali mankind. The Demo
rats desire this on account Of the
eaee and blessings it secures; and
be Radicals oppose it because, while
!. gives tranquility and makes US a
emogeneous people, it deprives them ,
( something they prize still more !
over and plumber.