Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-23
Al. CURRY In NEW ROLL

didate for Sheriff in this county, has, al
of a sudden, become a gushing no-par
tisan. He is wOoing the Democracy II
tones as soft and sweet as the cooling o
a sucking dove. He has coiled himself
up like a huge rattlesnake, and, witt
glistening eyes, is trying to weav s
spell around Democrats, just as the ser
pent charms a silly bird. While talk
ing Radicalism TO the negroes, Colonel
Curry is circulating among Democrat,
the following card printed with big
black type:
NO POLITICS IN LOCAL OFFICES.
/ am an independent candidate for
Sheriff of Shelby county. If elected,
shall appoint the best men 1 can get a
deputies. VIII strive TO do my duty to
the people OF this county. The office
shall never be used as a political ma
chine while / am Sheriff. If consistent
with your views, will be glad to have
your support. Yours with respect,
A. p. CURRY.
How sweet, how specious! Can the
Democratic tax-paying people of Shelby
county, who are groaning under the
mountain load of taxes, piled upon them
by the infamous party which A. p.
Curry aided in foisting into power, be
seduced, misled and e%ntrapped by such
contemplate stuff as the above? "No
politics." Is there a Democrat in
Shelby county weak enough to be al
lured and decoyed into the support of a
Radical by such device and trickery2
"NO politics in local offices" says the
sweet-scented and Immaculate Curry.
Why did he not raise the cry of " no
politics in local offices when he was a
candidate four years ago for a " local
Officer" A. p. Curry, once the nominee
of the negro Loyal Leagues as the Radi-
cal candidate for Sheriff, talking about
"no politics in local offices" is like
Satan rebuking sin. -Four years ago,
aye two years ago last March, the name
of A. p. Curry foated at the masthead
of the defunct Post as the nominee of
the Radical party; but now he comes
forward as an Independent candidate,
with the deceitful cry of "nO politics in
local Offices" Has impudence ever
gone further? Colonel Curry must
presume largely upon the ignorance OF
the gullibility Of the people, or he would
not attempt TO delude them by such
thin b~alderdash. When Radicalism
was in the hey-dey of its power, he was
such a venOmOus partisan that had he
been chopped up into mince-meat, each
particle Of flesh could have been rolled
cut into kissing snakes, biting adders
and stinging asps. But now that Radi-
calism, by its own crimes in Shelby I
county, has become a stencil, Curry
bottles his venOmOus poison and seeks
to win support from Jack Doyle by :
spewing upon the speOple the filthy
stuff contained in the above card! Colo !
mel A. P. Curry sustained Brownlow in
all his atrocious usurpations. He voted .
for him over Etheridge; but now it |
suits his purposes to twaddle about "No :
politics." When, by the aid of Colonel !
a. p. Curry, and the disfranchisement :
of such men as Jack Doyle, Brownlow !
swept the State Of Tennessee like a be I
som of destruction, despair sat ike a !
sceptered fiend upon the souls of the +,
Hope seemed to have
fled. Business languished. Many '
Of our citizens left for other /
States to seek for that repose which had ;
been denied them upon the soil on I
they were born, but then usurped !
by carpetbaggers. Capital, like the SEN '
plant, sought to secrete itself. In l
hunting new homes immigrants de- Il
elined locating in the midst of anarchy,
hate and bitterness. IN this dark hour
he people turned their eyes to the Ma
-iOnal Democracy as a forlOrn hope. a c
State Convention was held and dele L
gates sent 10 New York. The Presiden- d
.ial election on. Again the friends L
IF peace and constitutional liberty were 7
lorne down 10y thirty thousand major b
~, and again were the people despOnd- Il
mt. In that contest A. P. Curry 'hug- d
yer-muggered" with the negroes, shouted Il
or Grant, whose despotism he s~ustains, re
While prattliHg ''nO politicsr1 There OF
vas a contest for Governor in 1863. The q
Democratic party was powerless. II Of
to make no further struggle Ii
n Tennessee with the Radicals Ii
Who had DISTINGUISHED a majority Of 81
he people. It was thought that m
Ieliverance would not come for years. OF
Sut the finger Of Providence some ca
lines points Ot the path which the 81
should tread. To the surprise, th
he delight and joy Of the DISTINGUISHED, in
w. c. Senter lifted himself above re
he passions Of the hour and spoke peace We
0 the troubled waters. He issued an fu
BILE and eloquent address, in which he ad
ropOsed to lead the people out of the fol
ing dark night Of bondage into the tn
canning light Of liberty. In no stinted be
lords did the people pour out their ev
rateful hearts. He was the recipient wi
{ eloquent panegyTic. He came to the adj
at the very nick Of time-when DO
hung e the State like a pail -,
+ gloom, and he was greeted with that to
admiration with which the sun col
greeted by its woTshipers. He made for
long list Of appointments, extending of
, nearly every county in the State. At pu
hastings, Oh the rostrum, and along ha
ne public highways, he preached peace De
trough the fundamentally of-Univer- tn,
Il Suffrage. On this single issue he res
as elected by seventy thousand ma els
This result, so sudden, so unex- th'
ected, caused the great public heart TO for
freer and deeper. Every man pa
semed to feel that a load was taken an
ON his shoulders, and that the chains Law
hich had so long chafed the flesh had ly,
cen stricken from the ankles. A smile an
{ up sad countenances, and there was a pill
eneral jubilee. Every one commenced the
,ntemplating the future greatness of of
he State; to congratulate each other be
rat the way to reconciliation had at act
st been discovered. By this magnan- list
nifty oil the part of Senter, Jack Doyle Of
nd the class he represents were enfran- pul
lised. But no thanks to A. p. Curry.
voted for the Infamous Stokes, and
has the impudence to come for ]
ard and ask the suffrages of the very no
he sought, three years ago, TO ex- we
ude from the ballot-box while leading sta
his support the stupid negro. Again, COZ
lie people are engaged in a national MOI
for the Presidency. The con- cou
st is between Grant and Greeley. The VIII
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