Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-30


JOHN n FLEMING, Of Kaoz.
J. FOWLER, Of Da1fds0n.
FOR rEE ooNeREsssoSAL DTsTRIcrs.
FfrH-L n JARVIS Of Haacoek.
-Seoond-L D. GOODPASTCRE Of OUertos
Third-A. L. SPEARS q BLedsoc.
F5urfh-JAILES r. LEWIS Of Marshall
Hrh%OSEPH MOTLEY, g WilS0a.
sizh-E " cox q Ffuidzns0n.
Ssuenth-A. r LANEFORD, o. HRmphrqs
Eghah-G ". SHARPE, Of Gibson.
Nfash-W. n. MCDOWELL, 9 shelby.
"a RADICAL SPEECH. AN OUT-AND
OUT RADICAL SPEECH, AL RADI
CAL
Animadverting upon the above, which
was D Of the captions put to the speech
Of Senator Alean as published in the
APPEAL yesterday, ne make room foi
the following from q merchant whose
ability, energy and enterprise we have
always cheerfuny recognized, notwith-
standing be has generally acted polit-
caIy with the earpet-bsggers who have
robbed the South and been the foul tools
in the perpetuaton Of the oppression and
bloody murders we have been called
upon 20 publish from Arkansas and
South Carolina. We print this oour.
teOusly worded note in as courteous
4 spirit as il is presented in order TO give
Mr.. Moore an opportunity Of publishing
his protest against a caption which we
think was invited by the insidious
speech Of the eourtly Senator from Ms
sissippL Nj. Moore says:
EDrrORs APPEAL-Senator Aleorn
was invited by a very respectable list OF
gentlemen, composing all shades Of pO-
liticat opinion, 70 come among Us and
address the people upon the great ISSUES
Of the day. He came, and was listened
70 most respectfully BY an auditory COM
posed Of all classes Of our best men, and
one, too, which I am sure was q deserved
compliment 70 him. Ills u~tterances
were manly, dignifed, ho lorable, and
were applsuded probably most BY the
late Confederate soldiers. Now the point
Of my communication is this: In your
report Of his exceedingly able and states
manlike speech your headlines to il
read: ga Radical Speech, an Out-and-
Out Radical Speech, All Radical"
Now, Messrs. Editors, to every fair
minded gentleman who listened to SEN
stoT AlcOrn last night this seems unfair;
unfair, not that there is any in
-trinsic harm in that particular word.
but because you and some other papers
Of the country, continue to use it as YOU
used to write "AbOlitiOnist, - TO frighteu
umid and weakened people into the
political traces. The late Confederate sol
dlers who were present last night, num-
bersof whom cordially spplauded his
u~tierances and spoke to me Of their
hearty endorsement, did moi think i.
"Radicap'-"aN Radical - but were n
t~husiasrie in their Communications Of it
wisdom, moderation, statesmanIike
tone, and ability, and do not, lam per-
suaded, endorse your view Of it. Be this
however, as il may, / want to beg Of
YOU, not for my sake or the sake Of any
one man among Us, to think seriously OF
the effect upon our section OF country, OF
this, as l think, mistaken policy, Of
branding as ''Radicaln every utteranco
OF every man who may happen to think
uat your particular line Of policy is not
the best for the business interests Of our
people. / write this communication IL.
great Kindness, and ask you TO publish
Tor the common good Of all.
Very respectfully,
WIN. R. MOORE.
We admit that the honorable Senator.
from Mississippi, who is regarded with
high favor by al who know him per
sonslly, was invited to speak in Mem
phis by "a very respectable list Of gen
tlemen, comprising all shades Of politi-
cal opinion gcztleman ~ho wore
careful TO say, in the closing paragraph
Of their note TO General Alcorn, thai
" by giving it. we do not intend
70 indicate oUr preferences as t.
the Presidential candidates To this
the best friend Grant has at the South.
and the ablest upholder Of his very OBJ
iectonable administration responded
fttingly and c~ourteously acknowledging
the high compliment paid hlm BY the
invitation Of men who represent the
best interests of Memphis. He said:
1 am peculiarly impressed with the
spirit Of your letter, numerously signed
as il is, BY the leading men Of your city.
1 take it as an unmistakable indication
that tie political cepose Of this section
is near az hand. I am thankful to ven
gentlemen, for this distinguished com
pliment.
The point IN this paragraph is the
sentence-thst " it is an unmisfakable
indication that the political repose o,
this section is near at hand.D That
was the whole significance Of the
invitation. That the time had come
when gentlemen in opposition tc
Grant, who believes in military
rule and upholds Clayton in Arksn
sas, could calmly listen to a speech
defensive Of him and his policy, defen-
sive Of the Observation-Disclosures Of the
Treasury b. q Secretary VIGOROUSLY IN
fit for the position, from the lips Of a
gentleman whose high social position
and whose bearing as q citizen makes
Radicalism in his person "tolerable and
to be endured Whoever originated |
theinvitation and secured the signatures
credit for q measure Of adrolt-
ness unequalled during this campaign.
Radicalism bare aud naked, as presented
by Barbour Lewis is yeIa most ojectioDa-
bic thing to this public, but when present
ed by q man whose whole life is a pro-
test against everything that Is wrong,
and radical in government as 10
social life, it is listened to not only with
patience, but gulped down with all the
satisfaction exhibited by patients with
weak st0maehs, who take only sugar
pills. This is what might be
termed the difference "'twix tweedle-
ium and tweedledee." The Senator
promised 10 give bis views on the " ma
-srial questions involved in the Presi-
Dental contest-money and trade. He
lid 30, and IN terms 50 Enthusiastically
Radical-that is in accordance with the
declared policy and platform Of the Rad
cal party-that we fell, and do feel jusu-
ied in the caption Of which Mr.. /
Moore complains. 1t was not put
70 frighten the timid, but
o properly and fairly indicate the
character Of what followed, and the
node adopted by Senator Alc0rn in his
.lucidation Of the material questions
involved" in the Presidential contest
The Senator denounced especially the
financial policy Of Horace Gree
ey, whose speech on finances at Gin
.innati the ~clearest heads ia the Union
pronounce incoDtrovertible. He de-
ended Boutwell,, whose policy makes
'cornersn possible, and who has been
ittingly described Is the gold king.
'waying his scepter, by virtue Of law,
lie throws down the price Of gold by
.,resentiDg five or ten million Of the
,recious metal for sale, or by withhold
0g he as measursbly advances it.
he leading importers and merchants
( the country come to him As humble
uppliants for the exercise Of his IN
institutional and unparalleled power,
8 in the days Of Nick Biddle, and be,
bis fat, adds q half cent per yard
7 pound 10 every imported article, by
he price be afixes to gold, OF the con
At his pleasure. No Treasurer Of
civilized country is permitted toex-
rcise 50 ~deleterious a power, and none
would here save by a Radical majority {
q Congress and a corrupt stOckjobbing J
nd g~old-iobbing administration like :
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