Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-21
MEnPTEIs ALL ABLAzE.

MEMPHIS ALI. ABLAZE!
General B. F. Cheatham via reach
this city between ten and eleven O'Clock
to-day, and from present appearances,
If the weather be favorable tonight, he
will receive one Of the grandest reeep.
tions ever extended to public or pri-
vate citizen by the people Of this city.
The names published to the invitation
TO General Cheatham to visit Memphis.
viii give him a cordial and enthusiastic
support in the impending election, and
thousands Of Others in this county are
ready to join in the movement. In
order to break the force Of the demon
stration in favor Of General Cheathan
ii has been asserted by the friends of
General johnson that the movement has
been prompted by an ardent admiration
for General CheaJham's character as a
gallant soldier and popular gentleman
This is a calumny upon the people of
Tennessee-whO are 50 anxious TO
bury the passions engendered by the
war that they could not be in
duced to pay homage tc any man sim
Ily because he was a Confederate sol
der. This demonstration is inspired by
the same feelings which in other days
induced the people to give public recep- !
ti0ns to Polk, and Jones, aud Gentry, |
and Andrew johnson, when they were
the nominees Of their respective parties.
General Cheatham was nominated BY a /
convention Of his party, and it is natural
for those who would maintain the or
ganization Of the party whose honored
staDdard-bearer he is, and who desire
the continued defeat Of Radicalism in
Tennessee, t. rally to his support.
The demonstration tonight viii be the
trickling Of the drop ere the bursting Of
the fountain; the breeze that precedes
that storm in November which viii
sweep into obscurity the politi-
cal ingrates who propose to de-
stroy the convention system by which
they assembled to place and power. If
the weather be favorable this evening,
one Of the grandest and most effective
popular demonstrations which this city {
has seen for years will be held on the
bluff, in front Of Madison street. With
music, tOrch-Iight professions, FIRE
works, and imilar distinctive features,
the occasion will be brilliant, worthy of !
the cause and worthy of our glorious
standard-bearer. The scene promises to
re a most inspiring one, and the people !
will be there to see and hear for them !
selves. Everybody, young and old, !
men, women and children, will turn !
out to join the joyous Oeca- !
sion. General Cheatham is worthy
Of all the honor that will be paid
him He is ardent and faithful in
all his attachments and devoted to
the interests Of his native State. His
determined viii and energy; his fair,
straight-forward course through life
have made him troops Of friends, and
rendered his name throughout Tennes-
see dear and familiar to all as a house
hold word at the firesides Of the people.
General Cheatham has long been dis ~
.inguished for his Unshaken devotion to
Andrew Johnson. Through good and
evil report-under all circumstances and
in all contingencies-he has been the
steadfast and efficient friend Of General
johnson, because he was the Democrat
c nominee. And now, after General
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General johnson the best energies of
lis life, General johnson proposes to re- =
quite this service by stabbing his friend
n his first aspiration for Office, and by
warning upon the convention system,
whose corruptiOns he failed to discover
Until it for the first time failed. to give
iim the nomination he desired. It is
vident that Andrew johnson regards
he party to which he belongs simply as is
patient, strong, well-brokeD pack a. a
mule, one Of his own, and when Al
ie finds another piled in the place 50
where he has so long ridden, he !"
pelting the occupant with in
tones; and hence his war upon p,
ieneral Cheatham, whom be regards te
5 a squstter upon his pre-emption a
ights. But johnson will learn, 81
Y the result Of the election, that, &C
rhile he has filed every Office p
ON Alderman to the Presidency, that II
Almighty God did not create offices for an
is especial benefit, and that he is kept VI VI
nj of one. of them bv the r,arE-arsanarr pa
a hard-hearted and stid-necked gen NJ
ration. :