Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-19

DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL TICKET.

FUrh%OSERH MDTLET, Of Wilson.
Sluh-N " cox, Of Williamson.
Eeraqh-A. r. LANEFORD. of HamphTeyS
ElghU-S " SHARPE Of Gibnon-
Ninm-W W MCDOWELL q Shelby.
THE RADICAL POLITICIAN.
Your Radical politician is abird Of rar,
plumage. It is 3 bird % prey, with
strong appetite for the fesh-potsof Office
Your true Radical never Eearies o.
the chase Of that species Of quarry, and
is, by no means particular how he get;
it. He only desires to get and keep. He
Is a systematic Hbeiler, and has reduced
the faculty Of misrepresentation to 8
fine art. He will assume the garb Of in
jured innocence, or put on the whole
armor-of-righteousness dodge, to attain
his ends. He viii write you letters OF
leaders, unctious in their deep religious
convictions, that be Is a Christian mar
tyr in q heather land, bowed down with
the weight Of his missionary labOrs in
behalfof the poor, innocent wards o;
the nation" the refined, delicate, gen.
tie and Grant-loving men and brethren
Of African genealogy-these amiable
creatures, who lovingly rise in arms to
bzrn down peaceful Osceolas, and in the
name of Grant and the Republican
party, murder, ravish and rob the God
forsaken ~residuary legEtees Of that twin
barbarism-SOUthem r~ebeIiOndOm. The
question Of common-schO0l education is
a avorite theme OF your genuine Radi-
cal. Enjoying the blessings Of a very
common education himself, an edUca-
ton which lifts him far shove the region
Of common honesty, and places him on
the lofty eminence dedicated to
the hypochondriacal god Of KEEP
tomania, his bowels yearn to
place beside him on the equal plane
Of his superior hy~perborean civilization,
the benighted contrabands Of the heather
South. For this your knightly Radical
leaves his cOuntry-nOt " for his eoun-
try's good no, no! be was a great
mani " 70 hOme,1 and, mayhap, struck
many a geological blow for the State in
the public institutions Of the land Of his
nativity. For thistle eOmmOn-schOOl
bRd-he risks his precious life amid the
unchurched States Of the South-States
that the profound wisdom Of the carpet
Dagger, without regard TO cost" is
trying faithfully TO redeem from the IN
haIlowed grasp Of a people who have the
~insolence to ask to vote, in their own
country, for men Of their choice for
State officers, paying the while all the
taxes that support the State machinery.
Yes, sir, the bold earpetbagger would
save the Southern people from them
selves, relieving them Of the trouble OF
governing themselves, and al for what?
Why, for filthy lucre; for abominable
CASH. Go to! How good men are ira
duced in this world 1t is as a CORE
spondent that your Radical excels in his
virtuous display Of a contempt of truth.
True, It is, be is as good at stUfing 8
balot-box, as be is az fat in the delicate
diplomacy Of the Offices Of the repeater;
rus "a a. AE NAA &c 1DAL6 ali
old idea 10 "vote early and vote often"
with a fnesse exquisitely beyond the ken
Of the detective, or the searching eye Of
law; true il is, be a import availa-
bic forces Of ebon electors, from one
State to vote in another, with a dexterity
that might well excite the charmed adj
miration Of the mOuntebank, who shifts
90 the little joker from one cup TO an
other; but it is as a correspond
ent Of some Northern OF Southern Jour
nal Of his own political ilk, that your
true Radical looms up the very prince
Of self-righteous and unappreciated
knavery. he can write Of facts that
never occurred, and describe incidents,
with minute particularly, that W
transpired, OF violations Of the public
peace occurring in places that were In
conscious at the time Of any disturbance
greater than the silYery pealing Of the
Sabbath bells. He has 3 faeile ingenui-
" in making right wrong, or wrong
right, a. il suits his interest, that must
excite the envy and Jealousy Of every
den Of thieves, from the Five Points Of
New York, TO the wreekers Of the Mex
lean coast His is a supreme contempt OF
the decencies Of truth, a grand and
aroyal blue" indifference to the require
ments OF common Justice. What does
he care If the fair fame Of q State is ira
duosd, ifher national progress, credit and
her honor, are assassinated? He trades
in moral assassinatiOn-a poor provider
for bread, shooting down in the high
ways Of life the honest, unarmed and
unprotected bargheF. He shoots from
the Y Of darkness, from the obscure
ty and safety Of anonymous cores
pondenoe, and cOolly pockets his pay
and provender, his income and his in
fanny, and recks not Of the indignation
Of honest men. This fellow may be
Judge upon the bench, getting there by ,
The unbelievable wisdom Of the recon- y
.structi0n laws, by the astute and unap-
1~roachable legerdemain Of earpetbag :
philosophy. He may be a State OF
United states Senator, a County Judge,
4 member Of Congress, a Sheriff, or q
candidate for any or all Of these offices.
But wherever you ind him you may
'bet high" that he supports Grant for /,
he Presidency, and. men.of the tribe Of
Maynard for Congress. A land flowing
With milk and honey has the South
,roved to him. A social o~utcast, and a ?
hummer in a small way, in the
which ejscted him, he rose in the =
with the velocity Of a balloon, IN !,
il his giddy hight astonished his b
associates and ,iBtoxicate5 him o.
eli The poisonous gases Of carpet I
aggery, TO which he owes his eleva- &
.on, dissipsting in the purer and higher "a
smperature Of public opinion, his L
oIapse is inevitable, unless their
lace is supplied with kindred nOxioas
efiuyia. Hence the ma q
hinery Of foul and unmitigated lying n
nd Misrepresentation is strained TO its o.
tmost tension to supply the fast vast
* element and cause Of his ascent. :
o he filings himself into the seething 81
sudron Of compound impudence, and al
es with a -four hundred horsepower. pl
his fellow claims fellowship with the =
-orthern States, forsooth; or it may be 4
ith the grand communities Of the inn
erial Vest He makes capital out Of s.
he population which the South visits y I,
him and his, and cries aloud with i
lock heroic voice: "Behold, my coun- u
ymen Of the North lam martyrized az
II your sake, andyouare disAonored in y,
" person!p Doubtless the last half Of m
is pitiable explanatory trick is true. III
.gt the Southern people know the d
.orth, and know hiBs-the Radical pol -
ician and carpetbagger-who spur pT
asly claims to represent the North. 1t 81
too thin. The people Of the North 50
nd South are beginning TO understand
ach other, and join each other in their in
tier loathing Of the earpetbag politi- su
ian. The South has nothing but pro- fal
,und admiration for the North-noth- n
x but the most hearty and sin =
re desire 70 join ia closer column al
it'll her in the grand march an
r nropressiVe civilization. 1t needs an