Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-27


man can associate with other decent
folks in hotels; they cannot be admit
ted to the public places of entertain
ment. / see that 1t works very well in
South Carolina, the very hot-bed Of re-
belIion. The chivalry can bear it very
well there. laughter and sneers.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
We have been hearing that white men
are superior to negroes. In the days of
slavery we heard that the black man
had no rights which q white man was
bound to respect; but slavery is now
dead and all such sentiments ought to be
killed with it. 1 firmly believe that If
we elect u. S. Grant, we shall in four
years enjoy all the rights and privileges
of the white man, and that all the sem
tIments ofinequality will be buried with
the Democratic party.
CRIMES OF DEMOCRACY.
He then went into the sins of the
Democratic party. He cortended that
it was the oppressor of the
poor and a breeder of ignorance.
only afew years ago all the poor whites in
the South were more ignorant than the
negroes. You might meet n of them
on the road that looked intelligent, but
if you asked tAem q question you soon
found out that they knew nothing" He
told an anecdote illustrating his asser-
ton, which made the black audience
laugh very heartily, 81 venture to say
that in four years" said Shaw, 'there
will not be a Democrat to be found in
Memphis. They are ashamed even now
to say they belong to the party. They
say they are Old Line Wings" He
prophesied that in four years more the
blacks would be in every respect equal
to the whites, and that Grant will be
elected by a larger majority than any
President of the United States ever got.
awe them" he continued, "expect to
make demands that will beadheredtO (?).
NEGROES MUST HAVE OFFICES.
1t is necesary. for the country that the
black man should hold positions. We
will demand some of the minor places"
said the fspping lips of Mr.. Shaw.
AN INTERESTING DOG FIGHT.
At this point was inaugurated out of
doors, which demOralized the meeting,
but the speaker continued his speech.
He glanced over the recent history of
Republicanism in Tennessee. The cry,
he said, had gone forth that the colOred
men had proved recreant to the party in
Tennessee. 1t was thought that the
black man held all the votes in the State
during the Republican rule, and that
they had barely handed it over to the
Democrats. He denied that such was
the fact. You can't lay your finger on
one colOred man in ahundred who voted
for Senter THAT'S sol. The speaker re-
verted to Republicanism in general, and
gave a dreary account of what was done
during the past five or six years, and
then glanced at the action af the Con-
gress in relation to the
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Congress waited till the last hour and
then adjourned without taking action on
it. Now, we will demand when Con-
gress ~re-assembles, that the civil rights
bill shall become a law. Look at it
here! In this district there are nine
thousand voters and yet not a man of US
holds an office. This thing must be
changed. We must have our rights and
a fair share Of the offices. Loud cheers.
Go out in the streets or to the country a
few days before election, and almost ev-
cry negro you meet will say that he does
not care to vote, because, he will tell
you, have been voting and voting and
voting, and he did not see what good it
would do him. Office is what is wanted.
He SHAW had been reported as having
turned over TO the Democrats. L defy,
said Ed, Indignantly, any man living
or dead, to point where or when | was
with the Democrats. Loud cheers.
He repudiated the foul aspersion; b ehad
not descended that low yet.
Bravo, Shawl! 1 will never
support any man who will not accord to
me the self-same manhood he claims for
himself. wild cheers. He opposed
the nomination of Winfield Jerusalem
Smith for Congress because there was no
black man allowed q show for Office
during his term. lCheers.
JUDGE HUDSON
did not step on the platform to make a
speech. He felt that anything coming
from him would not so acceptable as
what could be told by the gentlemen
who reported the proceedings of the
Philadelphia Convention to the meet
ing. He would, however, make a few
remarks. The objects of the Democrats
were easily to be seen. They wanted to
get hold of the reins of government.
Their plans are obvious. They know
very well they cannot get them of their
own power, and therefore they attempt
to divide the Republican party by select
ing a mar who has stood high as a Re-
publican in years past. This is done with
the sole view of getting into power. They
have also selected a man for Vice-Presi-
dent who has stood high in the Repub-
lican party-one who said that under
circumstances should a rebel be al
to exercise any power in the gov
eminent. Just so sure as they make
their nominations at Baltimore, which
appears to me now inevitable, so sure
will it unite every Republican on our
No party that attempts to pre-
scribe any citizen of this great country
can get the sufffages of the progressive
people who have carried it on to pros
perity and glory. L believe that in five
years there will not he a vestige of the
Democratic party in America.
DISSOLUTION.
With shouts, yells, huzzas, the meet
ing dissolved. 1t had smelled sometime
The black hole of Calcutta
wasn't a circumstance to that hall.
ATTENTION. ATTENTION ~!