Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-22
III APPEAL
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
THE CHEATHAM DEMONsTRATION
LAST NIGHT.

THE CHEATHAM DISCRIMINATION
LAST NIGHT.
Last night VIII not soon be forgotten
by the people Of Memphis. The specta,
Gle was indeed imposing. The darkness.
was made dazzling with Nominations
~sky-rockets and transparencies, and the
waving Of handkerchiefs, the music anC
shouts of ten thousand people, forbade
the occasion to be night.
at was a gOOdly sight
To see the embattled pomp, as with the step
OF stateliness the barbed steed came on,
To see Tie pennOns rolling their long waves
Before she Storm. and banners broad bright.
To sing their blazonry."
During the day people poured in from
the country to welcome General B. f..
Cheatham, their candidate for Congress.
We recognized, in the vast assembly,
many citizens from the neighboring
counties in Mississippi, and they in
formed u that the Democrats and Lib
erals in North Mississippi are nearly
unanimous IN their desire for the election
of General Cheatham. We acknowledge
our inability to do justice to the de-
monstratiOn last night. No language
can give anything like a just idea Of the
enthusiasm and interest manifested.
Shelby county was represented BY the
flower Of her population; the honest
yeOmanry, the bone and sinew Of the
land, as well as by the best of our busi-
ness men, About shutdown preparations
were to be seen everywhere. Bands Of
music were heard in various parts Of the
city; banners whisked by; Transparent
cies were rapidly moving; crowds and
clumps Of eager people gathered at the
street-crossings, and the whole central
part Of the city was in a blaze and an
upr0ar, while the hOnOred name of
Frank Cheatham was shouted from
thousands of voices. Memphis has had
many lively occasions, but for a purely
domestic, homemade, unassisted, old
fashioned party demonstration, that Of
last night has never been surpassed.
The ladies were out in large numbers to
adorn the occasion, and lend their
sanction to the hOnoring of a man
whose heightened feeling, fervor,
frankness, courage in battle and
tenderness in peace always wins
the affection of woman. The ladies
everywhere look with horror upon the
man who refused topardon an innocent
woman, and it is not ~surprizing that
they should anxiously desire the cleo
ton Of General Cheatham, who in war
meets armed men upon the battlefield,
and vino, either in war or peace, would
imperil his life TO save a defenseless, in
nocent woman from the beastly fortunes
OF an Infatuated mob.
The elaborate reports Of the proceed
ings last night to be found in another
column excludes editorial comment on
the various speeches made. We can
only find room to say that Governor
Harris's reception speech was much adj
mired for its appropriateness, vigor and
t~erseness. As he spoke, there
were times when his lips seemed .
touched as with a coal from the very ,
altar Of truth, and he poured forth ;
ALOA1AS TIA H4NellAAE A4A hOAAiC ALAaA =
burn.'' Governor Harris's address is :
short, but like all his speeches, it is :
sharp, bright, and as finely tempered as n
Damascus sword. The speech of Gen i,
eraI Cheatham was devoid Of show, dist
play or eloquenee. He is a man whose Z
in life has been achieved by =
action instead of talking. He has no '
political sins to account for. His nature :
is free from that spirit Of acrimony d
which often adds asperity to the discus L
sions of political life, and which equally A..
as often impairs the usefulness of a +
member of Congress. The friends Of :
General Cheatham were delighted with j
his plain, home-spun talk last night. o
He was dignifed in his department and +
respectful TO his opponent, and proved to .
all who heard him that he was ab
man of fine practical common sense. a
General C~heathamis speech was a model p
which his opponent for Congress would =
do well TO study. While General John "
son is defending my Policy" and :
up old exploded issues, showing II
what he and others said ten and fifteen p,
years ago, General Cheatham would d
point out the duties which have to be n
done now, and would inquire who is a
ready and able to do them. General y
Cheatham made many friends by his II
speech last night. The hearts Of the :,
Of Shelby county are with him. N
West Tennessee viii roll up for him a y
majority, and Shelby viii do her II
luty. IN,