Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-06
MISSISSIPPI.
The Campaign Opened at HernandO b.
General Chalmers and Rev.
b. ID. Nabers.
Their Speeebes-RadicaIIsm VS.. Liberal.
ism-Nabers and his CO-LabOrers
Done for.
From our special Correspondent

From our Special Correspondent
HERNANDo, September5, lS72.--For a weei
or two past, hand-bills were posted al oNel
this county announcing that there would b,
a great Grant ana Wilson rally 81 this place
on saturday last. The wards OF "oe Gup-
1nent" were advised through Loyal Leagues q
present themselves, as rteF. - D NaDeTs
Of holly springs, would Be present TO enllght
cn them a. 70 the present canvass.
The eN-Eeverened put in his appearances
early in the morning. and 4nouL twelve
O'Clock the aid OF the irrepresslble dfum wa,
invoked and a hundred or Two negroes and
three white men assembled as the great mas
rneetfnRfn The hall Of the old courthouse. The
venerable Jeptha walker with now1ng gray
locks. and countenance sanguinaTy and fierce
To behold, amidst no applause whatever, was
called 10 the ChalT. He TOOK II. Jones, the
stand. and with delicious egotism, bad Eng
Iish. brazeu eftTontery and prOfanest bias
pHernv, Gis-Usted decency, and raised the
outlaws OF the negroes IN a " Wstnderlng speecfi
OF the cTude>t AID most lncOherent tumble
a was ever the bad fortune OF any one
20 listen 10. de stated one fact, however, an d
to-. .righ. OF which there was none TO dis
lure.~ DE said he made his first appearance
i'm Mississippi as a Revenue TaN-CollectOr, and
was a magnificent success il ''that ar busi-
ugSs,H as he most chGStely and elegantly eN-
pressed IL. He mOdestly claimed TO have been
such wonder IN tle land, that he torthwith h
got az he Holisy IN the whole country round
about him There being no returns at Wash
jngton from his or any other revenue district
O. this Sta1es u ls u cry reasonable 10 suppose
u did get il, and, what is worse, has held on
~ u 20 this good hour
JOINT DISCUSSION.
After the conclusion OF JOnes's harangue.
General Chalmers, OF Tunica- being present, a
division OF time WiJe Nabers was requested by
<averal Democrats present. Nabers said he
wasn't afraid OF anybody. He had be-
fore proclaimed sllch a variety OF princi piles
luat he was -rigatslde up with care" on any
subject Vie diNi son OF time was, Therefore,
imInedistely Arranged, VIZ; Nabes 10 speak
nrst for an hour. General Chalmers an hour
and a half in reply, Nabers half an hour re-
Eoinder. This agreement, though disadvanta-
-e0us 10 General Chalmers, was accepted. As
soon as, it was known that General Chal-
Tnrrs. ever the favOrite OF this people, was to
sr.aak.it at once became apparent that the
,id court hall would not accommodate the
rroyd then rapidly assembling. The meeting
adjourned 10 the square in front Of the new
courthouse.
Mr.. NABERsS SPEECH.
,Nabers NJ once took the stand. NO ap-
plause.l He said u was true he once belonged
10 the other side Of the political household,
bur had boxed the political compass long
enough to know he was in the true Gulf
stream, and was noating gloriously on 10 the
haven of political salvation. he then began
10 deal out in Ttarisome style the whole
record Of Horace Greeley. He did not like
Horace because he had 50 abused the Demo-
cratic party. In fact, he could not stand SO
much Hadicalisn as Horace represented. Gree
ley was too sound on the individual rights OF
4ia states 70 suit him, was with Nanoey, et ID
f.5llr1c genus. tnlS subject al the beginning
Of tire war; thai Greeley wanted the erring
sisters TO depart in peace, and wanted the
south bet alone in the perpeiuation Of its
boasted -laveOcracy, etc. he saw that his
rolored auditors were not understanding
word Of his b0mbaStic rhOdamOntade, there
fore he Suddenly stopped in the midst Of one
Of his most eloquent flights and told vulgar
anecdote. There be struck "tle.' The ne
grces laughed. This was encouraging. His
spirits rose with the occasion, and he told an
other anecdote, grinned, winked, slapped his
mus would say, s,smole a ghastly
smile" The argument was conclusive. He
had penetrated the wool OF the negro. They
now knew he was on the rlght side eonse-
gueutly lac could now venture to branch OF
little over the glorious success Of Grants
military achievements. He disguised long
and loud about what Grant had done for hu-
man freedom, liberation OF the negro, etc.
The rising OF the hepubhcan party was
the arch that spanned the heavens,
and would gleam for all time over the trOu-
bled waters. BE alluded 10 his own course
uurlng me NaT, Dut mo- even llls "a ny
carers could see that he had much 10 DO IN rs
rasyults either way although he was on the
gougederate side during the whole time. His
Whole speech, rom beginning 70 end, was a
HIS apologies for leaving the Democratic
party and the church would have been dis
rtnfleman n himself. After harping long on
trreelev'S record ana Grants military genius,
he drifted over 70 the nomination OF Lamar,
and dznOun ced the whole thing as a menace
10 the govern lment, and plainly indicative OF
the vet unct luQuered spirit OF the South. |
Lamar being for Greeley, instead OF Grant |
opinion concerning that gentleman. Nabers 4
b a fair represent rative Of the scalawag Radi- l
cal Is 10 opinions they all hold, but far supe-
nor in ability anu tact 10 any Of the same
crew in the whole STATE. he Is prosututlng
fair accomplishments ana some talent 70 tle
same greed for Office aid place thatfactuates
tie whole gang OF cOrmorants now infesung
the State.
GENERAL CHALMERS'S SPEECH.
The hour allotted to Mr.. Nabers having ex- |
Dir ed, General Chalmers came forward amid
"a RS pectable portion OF the cOlored people. 4
a. -sid In UeSoto county he needed no intvO- |
duction. Both black and white knew him /
now az well as in years gone by, and he was |
vratfded 90 believe that his intimate acquaint- 4
anee with people did not lessen Ihelr conn
deDcs In MIN lApplauEe.5 lie dld not come /
before the people as a candidate FOR oiilce, nor
q seeker Of Office and all the testimony he /
gvDUld offer for The sincerity oi what ne eN- |
u--tssd 10 say was his own character and re- 1
cord His opponent on that occasion, he was |
sorry 10 say. Had neither character nor record /
q offer ia exp ianarien or eNpiatiOn Of his po-
sit1On. Nabers denounced Greeley because 4
the said Greeley had, in Hines long gone by, 1
most fercely and ferociousiy abuseo the men 1
Erea.; Democratic pa-arty. NaDefs sang lhis 1
and no other tune He was indlgnant-he was /
fncrnzed- Such abuse hurt Nabers's feelings I
Most Of this a use was twenty years ago, Wien 4
Iabers wa- q shining light in the Democratic 4
- Nrtv. Nabers and his sort constituted tie /
Democratic parry az that Time Greeley wss 4
r{gh in abusing Democracy 80 long as Il hon
gred and gave such men as NabeFs Oftce. 4
a nuIauset The Democratic party had com
ana one OF JUS lllti1l VII ltlANlA-
able sins was. the election OF 3. u. Na6ers 1
10 Congress. His career at Washington IN 1872
and ls53 was not an EXTRAORDINARY 4
success for the Democracy. When Nabers |
taIked of records, ne tChalmersl would turn 70 |
O. nat OF the eE-Diyine. He acknowledge tnat /
ne was once circuit-rider. Poultry dlnln- |
shed. but the church was not sen1bly IN /
creased. circus rider was the appropriate /
sarIn and Dan Rice needed his services; there /
yras-his nj place. and the gentleman had sure
Is mistaken his calling As a hgure-head for /
q travelling show. no better man than Nahers |
could have been found. Here General Chai-
1uers was more than eloquent, and whitening
Is sarcastic. He then turned 20 the coloreq
people. and most cogeutly and fQrcibly tod
fuem Of their iugratitude IL they Voled
4gaiust their old friend Horace Greeley. ihe
7ysvs Of Providence were inscrutablc ana past \
finding out. The children OF Israel were once
the chosen people Of God. they were
held ln bondage for over four hundred years.
Noses was called 10 lead them out Of bondage.
They murmured against their deliverance,
aud for such conduct they were compelled 20
Vauder forty years IN the wilderness, and no
r-rrsEu man among them ever saw the land OF
5-ol Ilsc. General Chalmers then, with great
sHsct told them that such might now be
.befr IA Z n they would give uptheir true lead
-. and worship the golden calf presented ana
Mold up Wy the carpetbaggeT. This appeal
made p mot telling Impression, and LETT foot
prints no RaI3cai harangue can hereafter blot
a1r NahDrS's relOiuder was q lame ef1ort. anc
.eft General Chalmers master ol The situation.
TERNANDO.
III Igtl7p wish Of al that General Chalmers
.rtorlid a8 into lie canvass and give his splen-
ma talents 20 the great cause Of Liberalism he
mas 80 rloifv vt.poused.-EDTrORs APPEAL.
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