Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-29

speaker, ssthe change of ons hundred and
eighty Thousand votes would have given
rs the victorgi There Is no such battle to
fight now. The party OF the government
Is the party OF corruption ana heavy
taxes, always obnoxious 70 sne
preston and blood. They are
the party of robbery and crime. They
have the Odium of the worst administrG-
ton that evsr was known to bear. They
are the people that abhor raform, They
fear investigation. When the great Ds-
mocrscy in New York became aware Of
the existence of corruption they promptly
applied q remedy, and not only expelisd
but indicted the thieves. When c0rrup-
| TONS, stealing, nepotism and all manner
of cOrruptions are charged upon the sc-
ministrariou, its champions and friends
do battle to shield hes vii-doerss Their
voices are heard raised in thunder tones
denouncing those VINO cali for invsstigs-
ton. They seem TO go upon the theory
that crime is their specially and privilege
corruption their forte, end robbery OF the
people their platform. He dWelt long and
lovingly on the prolific theme Of taxation.
The government hsd extorted from the
people last year the sum of four hundred
and three million dollars, and
the same ruinous system was carried
on In sl the States where the minions Of
the government found q foot hold. Lou
/ isfana had q State debt of sixty million q
and the taxes were eight per cent. upon
all values. It was a burden under which
no people could live. He talked Of the
ruin which was brought on the merchant
marine of the country, once tbs Just pride
and glory of the United States. He con-
trasted the appearance Of the leVee at
1 New Orleans when he saw 1t this time
with what 1t was twenty years ago when
American marts rose up Ike acres uPon
acres of forests, a time when Amer
/ lean ships bore the flag Of the country
/ into every sea and embiazOned is in every
port over the face Of the globe, Now IL Is
nowhere known. This was due TO the
enormous tariffs or all materials which
enter into ip-building. He denounced
the conduct Of congsess in continuing tbs
tariff system two years after the time the
statute Of limitation hsd fixed for it's
abolition. Our marine, in times gone by,
had preserved the balance of trade In cur
favor. Now that balance must De kept
up by annual expectation OF collaborating
bonds, While the docks In New York and
Boston were rotting for want of work
He said the internal revenue system was
kept up principally to enable Grant 60
be reelected. He denounced the whole
system of taxation in unmeasured terms,
and made many happy hits in his psrticu-
lariZ 2tionS. Everything was taxed, from
g bottle of "Sozodont" to a bed-post,
There was no fancy p~icturing about it. 1t
was all bare-ribbed truth. Tue same Grant
which u n all the conventions is running
them everywhere to suit himself through
the medium of the various systems Of cor
ruption which Congress has placed in his
hands. Three years & we did not know
he was no statesman; nov we do. We
did not know that he had 80 many
poor relations; [lsughterl these ars
points against him. Then we never
nE1nn0nd that IN TINA nF nEn- 1
found peace he would institute
8 military system to substitute the civil
power, and that Is another point against
him. The speaker th6u referred to the
attempts that were made to corrupt even
the supreme court of the United States.
He pSid a Just tribute to Chase for his
rugged virtue and unswsrVing sense of
right in resisting the infamous attempts
Of Congress to corrupt justice itself by |
making the Judiciary, a coordinate part
OF the government, subservient to its
base purposes. They are not content with
enactiDg vile Laws, but attempt to strike
down the judge who does NOS enter into
their corruptions. It is not so alarming
to see these men do this as to behold the |
people Of the country sit down, and
supinely look on with apparent spathy
and Indifference. This is the most dan /
ger0us feature. The mOnstrous cOrrup- /
tons that are going on do not rouse the
ssnEibilities Of the people. He re-
ferred TO the exposures made in /
the Babcook Porter Leet investigation
which showed that through the instru-
mentality of Grant, Porter, Babcock q Co.
had corruptly made a hundred thou
sand dollars, which they divided among
themselves; and yet these men were re-
tanned cheek by jOwl with the President
in the White House. The party taxi it
all as q matter of course. That Is the
RrGQE dQnnar VThaao Nhfnoo do rot uaaua /
70 produce a ripple on the wave of public
feeling. The greatest outrsgss and crimes
90 not seem to startlo the public at all. If
these things do not produce a reaction on
the public mind, 1 would like to know
where is the country we have to ssve. He
showed that the Democratic psrty YVES
the party or reform. They showed that
In New York. If the people want it they
must look to that party TO get it. When
is discovered in the ranks of
''the party" of the Government, its adhe-
rents damn every one who asks for inves-
Grant has debsuched the public
mind. He 1.-THE speaker felt that there
was enough virtus in the people TO OVsr-
turn $50, GEO votes, when these are found
among the corruptionists. From what ne
could see and learn 1t was the plain deter
mination OF the people everywhere to pre-
serve iutRct the great Democratic party.
But they were not in a hurry. They were
determined to wait until they could find
many Republicans were demoralized,
they find that the men who are for
reform and publication, the men who
are with SchuTE and the others, are not
enough to make a fight, then
they will en5er the lists with the same
old V1ms old strength snd solid front that
characterized the party in days agOne.
Those men broke from Grant for the same
that the Democracy oppose him.
They fight him upon our platform. They
were waiting to see g man Of integrity, !
and honesty, one who will stand
The platform of civil before military
power; who will pledge himself to the ,
execution Of b laws; who will obey the
who win see that it is re-
who will introduce economy
Into the administration of public affairs,
and who will hold sloft the banner Of the
country as an emblem of the free. For
q man the Democracy would vote. {
If such a one falls 70 come forth
the heroic old party will rise up,
and, standing on the platform of the Com
n its own Interchangeable prin-
will call upon the people Of Ten
nessee and of the great States of the
Union, to do battle in this great hght.
They will put forth a man, a fine speoi-
men of g man In every sense, such as they
we're won't to follow in days of yo!e, and
not a dummy, [lsughterl such a man as
SAAOA uS1ACo OAuLCus u NSH IOIkg VINO :
never sWerved from principle, who was
rue TO the whole people, because he YVES
rue to his own teachings, 70 carry the
Of the party In triumph ct the
election. lCheertl. If we cannot
ally the people, then I sl can say
3 ii there Is not patriotism enough, If
here is not virtue enough to do this, we
not " a country. The speaker
hen showed hat the interests of Demo
rats, North and South, were Identical.
We, he said, cannot sink without taking
'oE down with Us, But we don't propose
0 sink. We will triumph together. We
will go into this fight as the great Reform
and are bound to win.
The speaker continued to show that the
Democracy North and South were identi-
al and that a very healthy political at
nOsphere pervsded the whole South.
he people were quiet and passive, ready
D act or ready to speak, as might be
eemed best, or ready to keep quiet.
he sign Was a good one and was q sure
resage of success.
The spesoh Wss. well received By the
udisnce, who reluctantly left the hall
nough they had listened to 6 speech
early two hours long.
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