Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-03
THE CAMPAIGN.
Opening Speeches Of Hon. Landon
G. Haynes and Colonel A.
]. Kellar.
The People of Upton Thoroughly
Aroused and a Unit for
Haynes and Greeley.
Independents Of all Grades Out
Of the Race in Upton and
Hardeman.

a Of the Race in Upton and
j. Hardeman.
Special 70 the Appeal
MASON, September 1.-The campaign
4 for the Ninth Congressional Districi
: opened yesterday at Covington, TiptOr
Il county, with
4 FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS.
AS the Circuit and County Courts both
opened for the term, there was a large
concourse OF persons in town from all
4 parts Of the county, the announcement
: that Colonel Landon c. Haynes, the
; Democratic nominee, and Colonel A. J.
Kellar, Independent, would address the
' people caused a good deal of excitement
and the rooms of Colonel Haynes were
thronged with citizens, all con-
gRatulating him on the very fiat
tering prospect in store for him.
Your representative made inquiries of
all and sundry with whom he came in
contact, in regard to Colonel Kellar's
prospects, and the general verdict was
that he would not receive more than
from fifty to one hundred votes on the
day of election, in Upton, while many
considered him
OUT OF THE RACE
altogether. Several influential gentle
men from Hardeman reported a similar
state Of affairs in that county.
At twelve O'Clock noon, Judge Flippin
adjourned the Circuit Court and kindly
placed the room at the disposal of the
candidates. The people were summoned
tO:the courthouse by the ringing Of the
/ bell, and at one O'Clock, when the speak
! ing commenced, there We're between
! three and four hundred persons present.
COLONEL HAYNES
| commenced by SAYING that he was
highly gratified on that occasion to
meet so large an assembly OF
/ the honest people Of Upton county
4 to talk over with them the condition OF
! public affairs, and he stood before them
/ as a candidate for a seat in the next
! Congress Of the United States. When
the delegates 20 the late convention,
/ which finally recommended him as a
candidate, were appointed in their sew
eral counties, he was more than thou
sand miles away from the district. All
men would bear him testimony that
he HAD No AGENCY
in getting up any convention in Tennes- |
see; that he had sought to defeat no OD- |
pOnent, and had solicited no Office at the |
hands Of the people. He would not that /
day be a candidate for a single moment |
if he did not believe that he now was
the choice of a
MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE
of the district. It could not be doubted |
that ninety-nine One-hundredths of the |
/ friendsOf the great Liberal movement in |
the district were for him for Congress !
against any competitor He had no |
agency in being brought forward at the |
present time, neither had he sought pO- /
liticaI promotion. He had pursued his |
profession In the courts Of the city of
Memphis, and elsewhere, as a means Of I
livelihood, and in mitigation of the ca
lanities in which he became involved |
10y the
FORTUNES OF WAR,
in common with thousands of his fellow /
citizens. The share of public hOnoTs he /
had heretofore enjoyed had cost him so
dearly that be was free to confess be had /
no inclination to seek any Others. The /
reward Of a member Of Congress could /
furnish no temptation to the cupidity of
AN HONEST NAN,
and therefore he could confidently de- /
clare with the utmost sincerity that he /
had accepted the candidacy for Congress, |
not so much in his own interest as in |
obedience 10 what he considered TO be |
the wishes Of the people of the district, |
whose suffrages he would seek on the |
most elevated grounds. He was no self |
nominee,
NO NEOPHITE
in the Democratic party. He was heart
and soul for Greeley and Brown on the |
Cincinnati and Baltimore platform. He |
would go for them first, last, and all the |
time. II he had been nominated in vio- |
lation of the will Of the people, he would /
instantly retire from the canvass, as he /
was no oflice-seeker. He had no ambi-
ton to crafty at the expense Of the I
Democratic party, struggling for the
election Of --
GREELEY AND BROWN,
II his talents and qualifications to |
serve the people in Congress were such /
as his friends would be ashamed OF, /
then let them vote against him. III
others possessed more experience, wis /
dom and talents TO serve them, notify /
him at once, and be would willingly re-
tire. He
BELONGED TO no ONE,
in or out of the district, nor, if elected
to Congress, would he belong to any
person. No bribery had been used to
secure him the nomination of the con-
vention, and he had brought no infiu-
ence, either good or bad, to secure it;
the
OFFICE HAD SOUGHT HIM,
not he the Office, and therefore he stood
unpledged before the people.
Colonel Haynes then referred in glow
ing language to the duty of the people
IN the present great crisis, and review
ing at Considerable length the admins
tration, pointing out the great wrongs
inflicted. He next referred to the great
necessity Of getting an appropriation
Of one million dollars for
CUsTOMHoUsE, P0sTOFFICE AND COURT
HOUSE,
at Memphis, and said that if be was
elected, he would do all in his power to
get such an appropriation, and always
do everything in his power for the bene-
fit Of the entire district. He accepted
all the samendments, aud wanted the
constitution as il is restored, and then
closed his interesting speech Of two
hours duration, which had been fire.
qUently applauded and listened to with
the most patient attention, in the fol-
lowing beautiful sperOration: phe esti-
mable principles declared in the
cINCIENATI-BALTIMOR PLATFORM
gave them the rainbow that now arches
the cloud Of that contest and military
despotism which frOwns over the land,
aud not only showed them when the
storm RACES, but held out to the States of
the Union the promise of fair weather
for the nlOTTOw. Let the States then,
and the people thereof, be cOequal in in
tegrity and night within the Union, and
the general government supreme within
the sphere assigned to it by the eOnsti-
tuition, and liberty shall be safe for the
future Of the land. LCheers.l
COLONEL KELLAR FOLLOWED.
He said he had not come there TO make
a set speech, but 70 hear what Colonel
Haynes had to say, and to meet his fell
low-citizens of Upton face to face. he
cOmplimented Colonel Haynes on being
now on the platform he (kellar) had
set up in 1858, when he had been de-
nounced as
A RADICAL,
and ruled out Of the Democratic
party. But the party had now come up
to his principles, and be would not
shove them off the platform. he
charged that Colonel Haynes was
candidate backed up by the machinery
OF the party, while he was the nomiHee
Of as many citizens as there were dele
gates at the Cochran hall Convention,
and Of equal respectability. II was
wished that
a YOUNG MAN