Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-29
TIE FIRST U
The Political campaiau Of "a fred al the
6rssHlaw Opera House, Last Night.
The Patriotism Of '76 RevIvsd-sn Estha.
sIastlC kestIng and 8 Coed Speech.
An Old Sen Of Tennessee, E. 0. PerrlF,
utiers words Of Cheer for the
DeEsCra0Y.
A Unanimous Fight all that Is Necessary to
Secure a Splendid Victory In the
fall.
The RSOmInail0Es and fostering eOFrup-
tisns Of the "IniaHous Radical
Party" Exposed.

kAuMN " - H&a
Party" Exposed.
Mr.. Edwin o. Perrin made his first dis
courss TO q Memphis audience In twenty
years, last night at the GrsanlsW Opera
house. lie spoke like man OF power "a
be Is, and gave very sound reasons for the
strong Democratic faith that is IN him;
snd as hope goes along with faith, he also
showed reasons enough for b bright and
warm Democratic hope that is in him. He
was listened to by q respectable audience,
which grew enthusiastic under b ire
sistible influence of his rare eloQu5nce
and u~nsnEWsrsble argument.
He was introduced to the meeting by
Colonel DuPre.
Nj. Perrin entered on his address at
once. He referred to the time, nearly 3
quarter Of q century past, when he was
Ia the habit of addressing the people of
Memphis from the head OF a barrel in the
public square. The city then had no opers-
house to accommodate q large audience
like that which listened to him.. He re-
turned to the home OF his boyhood al
most to give reasons for b faith that was
in him and in all of them ss members of
the great and unconquerable Democratic
party. Il Was well known he had BE-
Il ANAE2 ~ LAG AAA AlAAI OA1 W AAA ~
when he lived in these parts. The
first thing he saw when he went
20 the State Of New York was the
American hzg hosting over g Ere
mont mseting. The stars OF the fifteen
s uthern States were left out of 1t. That
Wss in 1856. When il became necessary
/ for him to abandon his Wing party in
view Of the fscs that there were then
starting up a set Of distructives in the
land, he hsd nc plscs to go but into the
ranks Of the Democracy. BE found him
self perfectly at home IN these ranks be-
cause It was tor the whole Union, and
has been doing battle ever since for the
rights Of the people and tbs constitution.
/ He was embarrassed, he said, when he was
told the previous day that he was to
speak here. He did not know where to
stand, did not know exactly where to find
| the people. He did not know where to
start from. Hs was told that bis speech
was
THE FIRST POLITICAL IT or THE CAM
PAIGN
| that had been sounded in Memphis. Now
men diffsr widely in their political opion-
ions as 20 the sxpediency of action Or in
action. Some are for going slow others
for not moving at ali. But It Wss neces-
sary to hsvs some decided plsn of action
and some firm faith to cling TO- IL was OF
importance 20 know exactly where to
stand, and to stand there firmly, and not
to be ike the nan who lost an old SOW
in the moon. Going out TO hunt up that
sWinehs found her tracks hrst on one side
Of the Etresm and then on thu other, snd
after thing himself out crossing and re-
crossing, he called to his young hopeful
and said: "Here Johnny, do you jest
crawl along that az side and III beat up
This side, for III be darned If that SOW is
not on both sides OF this branch"
LLauRhter) It il necessary for US TO
take some side OF this question at
once, tor We can't afford to be
on both sides Of the branch, for God
knows the country il in such a position
that every thoughtful man finds iS his
duty TO take his place somewhere now in
order to save whatever CT purity and Re-
publican freedom Is Left to US. There is
one general proposition which all seem to
sdmit. The administration of the general
government as it has bean carried on hiss
BEEN weighed in the balance and found
wanting. Any means that may be de
Vised and adopted which will rid the
country Of the incubus that has been put
upon It BY this administration which
promises SUCCESS viii be grateful to the
Democracy. And the question therefore
ia ffwhst is to be done?D You here in the
South have been reconstructed and re-re-
constructed until you are Frustrated and
poWerless from the oft-repeated inhiction
Of the dire oppression. You are not slone.
The people Of New York feeI the
effects Of that misrule which has
beggard you. Take the Empire City,
for instance; her prosperity depends on
cur down here In Tennessee, MISSISSIPPI
pi and Alabama, because she lives of you.
Her prosperity iE due TO your SUCCESS.
The staple which you produce rolls into
her gatcS, When that labor which pro-
gnnF ntQu1a Wal dfaOFOanfZa7 and
the production became nominal, she suf-
fsred. Her interest and your interest are
one. The taxes that we're gathered from
her to sustain the Freedmen's Bureau inn
poverished her In q double sense. The
people paid the money out of their own
pockets to buy crackers and pork for the
negro. The bureau fed him and made
him lazy. With his cspscious gut full of
these he lay in the SUI and sWested and
snOrsd until the snorting of a whale was
as the winds blowing owe an G0lian
harp compared to the music that
issued from his sun-baksd and pork
lubricstsd prOboscis, He told the people
Of the North when RECOMMENDATION wss
proposed, when the war was ver and
bsyonets had been turned into plow-
shares, and the brave men of both sides
slept side by side in peaceful 3 sves-he
told them then to beware lest this pois-
Oned cbRlice may not come back some day
to your unwilling hpsi You know not
what moment It may come bsok, like
chickens 10 roost. Hardly had you got
bEck and sent your representatives to
Congress, through means OF That bitter
cup, than the same batteries which had
been used to sssRil you were turned
against the people or the North. When
the bsyonet work was finished
in the South, they were sent
along to coerce the people of New York,
IL - -
triumphing over the liberties of the peo-
pie, led this corrupt administration to
send the same batteries to New York that
hRd failed TO pe~rpetusts their infamy in
North Carolina. Grant said that he would
send & gun boat to the end of every street
In New York II It were necessary to en-
force the infamous election lsW. The
then referred to the obnoxious
provisions Of tina law itself, with the worst
We are unbsppily too familiar
here. The same soldiers that had
attempted to coerce the people in the
south, took up their positions in New
York, but wisely confined themselves
the precincts of the navy yard,
or the Governor of the State had sent
word that no interference with the
imply sufficient election laws of tie
would be tolerated. And If those
had attempted to interfere at the
)olls they would have been hurled be-
-ond the borders OF New York by an out
aged people. They dsred not sttsmpt
experiment. Grant was given to
understand that he could not send bsyo. /
enough into the State TO keep the 4
,sopIe from running his hirelings out of !
he State. The rights Of the people in the {
cannot be struck down and tram
lied upon without endangeriDg the lib !
rites Of the people everywhere. No
tate is free from the infamous oppres- !
that have been prscticed upon the l
,sople In this section. The same dagger
strikes you down also goes to tho '
cart OF New York. When Congress IN /
to encrOach upon the rights of
be people &c could not eircumsoribe their 3
nfsmiss by geographical lines and bound
ries. II win operate alike all over the !
ountEy. I
AFREE ELECTION Or A RREE FIGHT.
Tne speaker said that the people of the :
forth had determined 10 set their faces :
QRinRt all the infamies and expressions =
4 8 corrupt Congress. They were deter :
TO teach the tyrants in power that :
DO ballot was more potent than the bayo- :
he then went on 10 review where 7
70 stand, and see what there was to dRht :
lr. and what TO fight with, 70 throw his =
1mprehensive glance over the bat :
.e-deld of 1871, he said whatever may Z
Glide the convention at Cincinnati the =
'emocracy would not suffer, but remain \
We do not propose to let this :
ght 20 by defsult. We Will have s hand 4
] Il, and we Will 90 ia TO win. The De- :
of the country can Else above n
arty entanRlements and sschew al =
lisnces with people that look ),
My 70 the possession OF tho spoiis, :,
We can't love tho country mora than a
g love party, then, said he, 1 despair OF :
,e country. We must rise above party. =
then went on q show how little work !,
ere was to do By tbs Democracy in or Il