Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-26

pledged TO this policy, which makes
you pay SO per cent. advance on the
neeessaries of life. We will need DEM
ocratic Congress 10 correct this injustice
But the Capitalization OF power in the
general government is the growing evil
of the administration, and, perhaps, the
most dangerous to the rights of the
States and the liberties of the people
The domestic and social institutions of
the States have been iutruded upon by
a partisan Congress, and their rights OF
1 inclusive control over those institutions
taken away. The exclusive right Of tie
States TO control and punish their
criminals has also been taken
away by Congress. The writ Of
hdbeds corpus the great "magna char-
ia Of American liberty, has been sus-
| pended in the midst of peace.
/ But few months ago, in the face Of
a constitutional prohibition, General
/ Grant pressed Congress to continue
/ this Usurpation under the forms of law
until after the Presidential election.
The ipalienable right of a trial by Jury
IS no longer secured. This right was
demanded by a citizen of Mississippi,
and refused, he appealed TO the Supreme
Court Of the nation to protect him in
this safeguard TO life aud liberty. But
the sancuty Of the court was invaded
by Congressional legislation and the
court forbidden TO pass upon the ille-
gallty Of their partisan legislation.
The Administration foisted upon the
taxpayers and bona Jide citizens Of the
South, horde Of camp followers, ad-
venturers, snd place-hunters-whO had
no interest in common with us-and no
consideration for our welfare, while the
real bona tide citizens Of the Southern
States, who pay the taxes and toll to re-
pair our crippled resources and advance
ment are excluded from the control Of our
State and county administrations. The
Administration not only place these
plunderers and thieves over us-but has
used the army, the finances and
the official patronage Of the gov
ernment to continue their rule |
1t has stood by and aided them in sauan- |
dering and stealing our resources by the |
millions until now they have well-nigh |
stolen all Of our earnings, and bank I
rupted our States and Territories. They |
so plundered the Southern States that I
but few Of them are now able to pay the 1
interest on their public debt. In our own |
beloved State they increased our State /
liability in 1865 SD, 600, 600. Then you .
can imagine what they have done in .
Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, |
Florida and Louisiana, where they have .
control of the money-bags vet. In /
South Carolina, Governor Scott and his /
Treasurer fraudulently issued So, goo. 600 |
Of bonds, and when articles Of Impeach- |
ment were preferred, they bribed the |
Legislature TO declare them valid.
That State is now completely bank /
rupt. Her public schools are now closed, /
and her public asylums for the insane |
are now kept up by private charity. In |
North Carolina millions of dollars were
voted to railroad companies. The bonds .
were issued, the officers enriched, and |
the people taxed, but not foot Of rail
road built In Tennessee they voted |
thousands Of dollars TO an East Tennes-
see road that has no existence except on
paper and on the bonds. We have been
robbed and oppressed with taxation, by
the aid and assistance OF the admins
tratiOn. 1t has never raised its helping
hand to protect US from these wholesale
robbers.
Can any Of you favor the continuance
Of an administration that has proved SO
recreant to its trusts? 1t has broken
every pledge, violated every principle OF
justice and honesty, and. in the name OF
patriotism, it has usurped the control Of
the domestic and social institutions Of
the States, disregarded the constitution
and protected their satellites in robbing
us Of our substance. The above facts
show that the interest Of the nation de-
mands the displacement Of the present
administration, and we must all labor
to achieve that end.
COlo:ed voters, l am glad to see so
many Of you here this evening. The |
Radicals claim TO have a kind Of fee
simple interest in your votes, but your
presence here shows that you no Longer
wear their collar. Your presence indi
Gates that you desire TO hear both sides.
1t indicates better feeling growing up
in your minds-that the hates and pref
udices Of the past are dying away.
Your interest is intimately blended with
ours, and you should cease to array your
people against Us. We give YOU credit
and employment, and land TO cu'ii-
vate. The Radicals give you instruc-
tions how TO vote. We give you
a school fund to educate your chill
dren. The Radicals Of Tennessee stole
the school fund Of the State, and
that is the reason the State does not
give you free schools in every |
district. 1t is said that Judge Lewis !
got part Of that school money. The
Radicals tell you that they secured your
freedom and had you enfranchised. Did
they ever tel you that all the great
in the North, who have been
your lifelong friends, are for Greeley
and Brown, and that General Grant,
Senator BrOwnlow, Horace Maynard. |
Butler Logan, and nearly ali your
OOasted friends Of the Grant party, op-
posed your freedom? Did they ever tell
you that they also opposed your right 70
vote, both here and in the North, and
voted againstit until they could no Longer |
lOld the offices without your votes
Have they ever told you anything Grant
ever said in your behalf until he needed
your votes? He never fought for your
freedom. He fought for the Union, and
n doing so said If the war was carried
IN to destroy slavery he would resign |
md carry his swOrd to the other side.
The central idea of all Greeley's grand
inns for nearly half a century has been
he freedom and elevation of your race.
L has been the dream Of his youth, the
,ong of his manhood, and the battle-cry
If his fierce war on the rebellion. Will
you now abandon your oldest, ablest and |
ruest friend this nation ever produced
or new convert in your cause? |
think not Then let us all unite on
Greeley, the friend Of the black man and
he white man. Let us no longer have I
/ black mans party, OF white mans
party, but let US all join the great Liberal | {
jreeley party. Fellow~citiZens, | advO- |
ate the claims Of Greeley, not as s
,hoice of evils, but because be is the best
nan for the times. He is honest and
,apable, and is an earnest advocate OF {
he one term principle. He is in favor /
II economy and civil service reform. He /
5 in favor Of furnishing thieves. He is i
II favor Of impartial legislation and an
honest administration. He knows our {
wants, for he has more accurate and |
general knowledge of the civil policy OF {
he government than any man in the
latiOn. His varied speeches in the pres I
MT canvass show that he is man Of I
ofty conception, great thoughts t
nd noble impulses. His whole life {
'roves him to be a man of bound y
ess magnanimity, progressive ideas J
nd national sentiment. His true |
and his devotion I
o ciUii liberty and universal free {
Iom has pointed him out as the stan I
Iard-bearer Of the patriotic, peace-lov-
ng citizens Of every locality, Glass,
lame and nationality, from the gran
te hills Of his native State TO the gold
tranded beach of the Pacific, and from
he head springs to the mouth Of the
.reat Mississippi Therefore his cleo A
ion, which is by no means improbable,
means the regeneration Of the govern
nent, the restoration of civil liberty,
'eace, frateTnal feeling and patriotic v
entiments all over the land. The bit
er hates and prejudices Of the past will
hen pass away. He will carry all the il
,outhern States but three. He will car G
y Connecticut and New York, Indiana II
nd New Jersey, with a fair chance for n
oregon, California, Illinois and New T.
either one Of which L
7ill secure his election. But for I
be disaffection Of the Democrats d
q Ohio, we would have carried that e
tate in the late election. AS il was, we d
lade gain on the Grant vote of 1868 L
twenty-siz thousand, and in Indiana G.
re made a gain on his vote Of ten thou p
and five hundred. Does that indicate Q
efeat? a
Does Hendricks triumphant election, d
7hen all the Liberal Republicans were G.
indicate the death Of the lib- Il
raj Democracy, by our support Of a
ireeley? But while we are battling for z
be cause Of Greeley, we should not lose il
ght Of party organization at home. a
Inited, we stand; divided, we fall. In .
bis State we are all enlisted under the Il
amer Of Greeley, and claim TO be d
arnestiy fighting for his cause. But q
andor cOmpels me TO say that our man