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with the liberal RepugIiean.. ne


with the liberal Republicans, The
/ Southern people see nothing that VIII
prove fatal 10 their honor. They
look to the movement as the ark
Of safety, and hence they are deter-
mined to unite in a brave defense
for their liberties. The South
will cast one hundred and thirty
four electoral votes, a larger vote
than either the Easter West possesses.
aud there is no section Of the Union
where more can be gained by a most ac-
tive, vigorous and determined campaign.
Our electoral vote IS superior to that Of
the Eastern or Western States; eur peo-
pie are homogeneous, and we have a
multitude Of able men whose efforts
would not only unite, but inspire our
people with an enthusiasm which would
secure a solid Southern vote. Never
again to the South viii there be such an
opportunity for the highest useful
ness offered to our public speak
ers as during this campaign. Never
were such vital issues thrust upon the
people before, and never were the efforts
of our leaders more needed than at pres
ent. Then, citizens ofthepoor, oppressed
down-trodden South, do not your own
feelings as well as judgments the pros
perity Of your country, the welfare Of
your families, your children and neigh
bors, the peace and good order Of soci-
ETY., call upon upon you to extinguish
the. torch Of diseord, and to cultivate
those liberal and catholic sentiments
which are the creed of the National
Conservative party? We call emphat-
ically on the aged to come out and cen
firm, by their votes, the principles They'll
have so long professed. We call, also,
on the young men, who form so large a
portion OF the active and efficient
strength at the polls, to appear in the
fullness Of their power, and support the
liberal doctrines and the true re-
publican spirit implied in the nomi-
Of Greeley, the ardent champion
of peace and amnesty. The young men
Of the South are more deeply interested
than the old, and they must join in the
noble effort to save the country. The
world is the heritage of the yOung-it is
animated, controlled, urged on, by the
young. The aged can bat afford ex-
and counsel; those who have
reached the meridian of life, most of
them begin to grow weary Of the toll
and strife, the heat and burden Of the
day. The young, the fresh, the unex-
hausted must come to therescue. Think,
men, arise, and save the country.
You a save it-none other than you,
and those like you, throughout the Land, 4
IAN save it. The spirit is aWakened-the
are aroused-the hosts Of liberty
ire rushing to the field against the !:
hosts Of place andpower; and they now 4
on you to take the post ofhonor and
If danger, on the front of the line, and
o say who shall lead youto the battle /
md TO triumph. t
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roxERrr Avn or

The writer of the letter signed I'm
quirer, - misconceives the subject of tax
alton. When enforced by the govern
ment it gives no pecuniary return. The
money one pays for protection by law
is gone forever and pays no cash or 9TH
er tangible dividends, and the more Of
such taxes one pays the less the benefits
derived from governments and the more
these governments constantly exact.
At this hour, with more than one
hundred millions of gold in the
treasury, there is ferocious ex-
ertion on the part of the "fns,n
to prevent reductiSa of revenues by the
" outs" A railroad tax is a simple in
vestment in property which a commune
ity must have, and which individuals as
such cannot and should not pay for. No
one OF a dozen men can build a railway,
and since those who would gain most
by its construction might invest least,
the city or. county or State steps in and
equalizes and properly distributes the
original burden, which is so certainly
refunded that no man having a farm
on a Memphis road would sign a con-
tract not to use the railroad for v one
year for the sum Of taxation the road
has cost him This simple fact shows
that u correspondent is at fault when
he says the people are Opposed to tax
atiOn'' for railroads. On the contrary,
there is nj other way Of escape from
taxation than by multiplying railways,
and thus population, and Of duplicating
wealth
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MEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY Is, 1879.
TEE POETTTCAL OUTLOOK.

Nc combination of parties or poll
ticians could have defeated Genera
Grant in 1868. The asperities engen-
dered by the wa were then raging in
all their maddening fury. The aggres-
sive administration Of Andrew johnson
had rekindled the fires Of hate, and the
imprudenee and prominence Of the
Southern leaders in the rebellion re-
vived the passions Of the war. In 1868
General Grant was in the full flush OF
his popularity. The Northern people
felt that they owed a debt Of gratitude
10 n who had labored so earnestly and
zealously to crush the rebellion, and
a large majority Of the votes Grant re-
ceived was in recognition Of his
military success. But the same causes
which conspired to give Grant success
in 1868, viii result in his defeat in 1872.
Revolutions never go backward, and
in the political history of this country
there never was such an uprising of the
people as is indicated in the expressions
Of the public to secure peace and hon
esty. The next Presidential election
viii be held for the first time under the
basis formed from the new census Of
1870. The total number Of electors is
three hundred and twenty-necessary to
a choice, one hundred and sixty-One.
HtheB Baltimore Convention should in
dorse Greeley he viii carry the follow
ing States:
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COTTON.
Questions to be Answered blythe Cotton
Growers. 49,

A circular inst issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture ut Washington,
gives expression to IN apprehension that
cotton-seed and its product are gradually
deteriorating in quality and quantity,
and tenders to the planters the organ
lied cooperation of the department. in
any movement to benefit the cotton
growing interest. To the end that such
cooperation may be more intelligent
and efficient, the following queries have
been addressed to prominent planters:
First-Have the cott0n-seed and cot
ton crop deteriOrated in quantity OF
quality, or both?
Second-To what do you attribute
such deterioration, if such there be?
Third-C0uId this department. aid by
any means to promote the interests OF
cotton planting, and how?
Fourth-In what respect is deteriora-
ton most manifest?
Fifth-What variety of cotton is the
best, and what is its Origin2
Sixth-Is it a common practice to Sc
Iect the best bOlls for seed?
Seventh-What efforts have hereto
fore been made in the introduction OF
cOttOn-seeds, and what has been the re-
suit?
We are authorized to invite infOrma-
ton from our planting friends upon
these and other points bearing upon the
cultivation of the staple. Communica-
tons on the subject should be addressed
to Commissioner Waits, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, ID. G.
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This would leave General Grant but
sixty-seven votes, and give Mr.. Greeley
a majority of one hundred and
e~ighty-six. From present indications
the result will not materially
vary from the above figures. Mississip-
pi may be doubtful. But should Alcorn
and Sumner espOuse the cause Of Gree
ley, Mississippi viii vote as placed
above. There may be some doubt about
Louisiana; but the bitter and irrecon-
cilable feuds in that State between the
two wings Of the Radicals ought to give
the State to Greeley. The causes which
induce the people to clamorf for a change,
are numerous and unanswerable. They
want a statesman in the Presidential
chair, rather than a soldier. They be-
Iieve that the administration Of General
Grant is q contemplate failure;
fruitful Of political errors; that it
is an oligarchy Of military lead
ems and men Of large wealth who have
run the governmental machine in their
own interests; that corruption and ne
potism have run riot in the public Off
ces; that civil service reform is reeded;
that the foreign policy Of the admins
tratiOn has been a disgrace to the coun-
try; that the President regards the Con-
stitItiOn as rope of sand-in a word that
he is the receiver Of presents, the feed
er Of relatives at the public crib
and the protector Of carpetbag
thieves and plunderers generally.
But what most initiates against Grant
is his utter inability to reconcile and
heal the country, and the belief that he
has oppressed the South, provoked the
organization of kukluX in order that he
might retain power by appealing to the
passions which elected him in 1868. But
this subterfuge will fail. Everywhere
the people begin TO argue, "seven years
have passed since the war ceased, and
yet We nave no peace; seven years since
a single hand was raised against the au-
thority Of the Federal Government, and
vet we have rebels still; seven years
since the Southern people were assured
that if they would lay down their arms
and return to their allegianee-which
they then did-alI would be well, yet all
is not well; seven years since amnesty
ought to have been granted, and
would have been had a commanding
wisdom, a comprehensive policy, al
statesmanlike grasp of the situation con-
trolled those in authority, and it is not
granted yet. If, when the war closed,
the dominant party had had the sagac-
ity, the generosity, the practical wis
dom, TO say to the defeated, PROSTATE,
stricken South: Come back; take again
in charge your own local affairs; Danish
all your animOsities as We Danish ours; !
let US be one people now and hereafter, 1
as before, linked together by cordial ties {
and walking together toward the fulfill
ment Of one common destiny;' and we '
viii venture to say that there would y
nave been to-day no necessity for dis =
cussing amnesty bills. The country T
would have been thoroughly at peace; 5
the South, unplagued and ~unplundered c
by thieves, have been prosperous and '
contented; and the South and North to- v
gether sharing as well the benefits as Q
wena rs the burdens of good government P
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the Memphis and selma Railroad.

The Pontotoc bteU9qencer says: "On
Monday last, the Board of Supervisors
Of the county met in special session,
the purpose of which was to take into
consideration the subscription of the
county to the Memphis and Selma rail
road. After the subject was pretty
thoroughly canvassed before the board,
by various speakers, as to the best course
to be pursued under existing circum-
stances, it was determined by the board
to appoint commissioners to adjust the
part of the subscription for which Union
county is bound, under the act organic
ing that county, and to confer with the
directory of said railroad and to aseer-
tain the very best terms that can
be had by way of a compromise, and to
report to a subsequent meeting Of the
board. The Commissioners appointed
are, Messrs. Frank Souter, jeff Wilson,
G. B. Mitchell, John A. Mcneil and
Thomas Crawford. ~
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The Jackson Clarion, OF Wednesday
says. "An election win take place il
sYazoo City on the twentY-seyenth q
decide whether or not her corporate an
thorities shall subscribe fifty thousand
dollars to insure the immediate com.
meneemont Of work ON that portion o.
the Mobile and Northwestern Railroad
between Jackson and YaZoo City, and
it's completion by the fifst0f june, 1873.
If our friends of thateeity are as anxious
to put themselves in communication
with all the outside world by rail, as the
people of jackson are to be united
to them by a band of ir0n-there
can be no doubt of the result of the cleo
ton. The opportunity now afforded is
the golden one which we are sure they
viii not throw away. jackson, though
she has railroad facilities equal to those
of any other place in the State, and ex-
most others, is willing to perform
her part of the work in order to secure
the early completion of this link in the
Mobile and Northwestern. Let the
people of both towns and all the inter-
mediate country put their shoulders to
the iron wheel and start it rolling, and
then Wen all take a ride. (.
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ne oNLY PArH ro sArrrY.

The Conservative party Of Virginia is
nearly a unit for Greeley and Brown.
Almost every day some prominent lead
er publishes a letter fayoring the cleo
ton of the Cincinnati ticket. John
Goode, of Norfolk, a lifelong Demo-
crat, and once amember Of Congress, in
a recent letter says:
As At present advised, I am prepared to sup
port the nominees Of the Liberal Republicans.
and in my JUDGMENT IL would be exceedingly
unwise for the Democratic Convention at Bal
UrnOre TO make any nomination at al. Be
levfng that a Democratic candidate cannot
be elected al this time, and that the only al
tentative left to Us is 70 choose between a Lib
eral Republican and a Radical, I canmOth esi-
tate a single moment. From the reelection
OF General Grant We Ould expect nothing but
the continuance, for another term Of four
years, Of the corrupt and oppressive military
deSpottsm which has characterized his
administration From the election OF
Mt. Greeley upon the liberal principles Of the
Cincinnati platform We might reasonably
eminent the deiverance Of the south from
all the untold horrors Of Radical misrule and
The inauguration OF an era Of good feeling "
throughout the country at large. Permit me
70 aoo mat IN my, opinlOn, the Democratic
Convention at baltimore viii not be con-
trolled by nc narrow preiudiees Of the parti-
zans but by the dictates Of an enlightened
patriotism; that they win rise superior 70 the
paltry considerations OF party, and prove
themselves equal 70 the great occasion: Thai
in their deliberations they viii have refer.
ence, not 10 mnch 10 the consistencs OF party
records as 70 the paramount duty Of rescuing
the government from the grasp OF an un-
scrupalous military despotism.
These patriotic words find a cordial
response in the hearts Of the Southern
people. In every section Of the Union
honest men have combined, and with
the banner Of Reform, and armed with
the principles Of constitutional liberty,
they intend to keep right on in solid
phalanx, until they storm the battle
ments Of q corrupt ~despOtism and estab-
lish again upon the rampant Of the old
citadel the glorious banner Of peace, am
nesty and liberty. The support Of Gree
ley and Brown is the only path to safety.
Tennessee has already spoken, Virgin
ia is preparing to fall in line.
Missouri is almost a unit for the Cincin-
matt ticket. From Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi North Carolina, Arkansas
and louisiana come the din OF active or
ganization and vigorous preparation
to cast the vote of these States
for the only ticket that can beat
the hosts of corruption. Placing that
confidence and faith in the justice
of their cause which David reposed
in his God, when he went forth 10 slay
the Philistines the Conservatives ofthese.
States are girding for the fight. They feel
thai everything is at stake. Hence it is
that the instincts Of self-preservation
make them bold, and face the impend-
ing danger with courage. In the pro-
posed utilization, cooperation or fusion
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CHICAGO RAILWAY REVIEW AND
THE 81. LOUHS CONVENTION.

The editor Of the Chicago Raila0ay
Review, one Of the ablest and most in
teresting Journals Of its kind in the
United States, has written a letter to a
gentleman in this city in which be
states that he will have at st. Louis, on
the nineteenth Of June. a eerps Of short
hand reporters, to give a full account of
the proceedings Of The Marrow Gauge
Railroad Convention, 10 eheld at that
time. The subjects to be discussed at
that convention are of the highest prac-
ticad importance, a the accounts pub
lished by the ReO5esg Will be looked for
with great interest.
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Anolner Purehase br rom seolt.

We learn from Colonel J. J.. Jolly, of
Eutaw, who was in this city Sunday,
just from Montgomery, says the Meridi-
an Gazette, that the Southern Security
Company, of which Tom Scott is Presi-
dent and a large stakeholder, completed
the purchase of the Alabama ssand Chat
tanooga railroad last Saturday. There
is no doubt, now, that this heretofore
vexatious road will be put in order
throughout its entire line and at last be-
come a great public benefit.
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Compensation for Services Rendered
Each 20 Receive 5000.

M
The State Commissioners 10 superin-
tend the sale Of delinquent railroads are
to receive three thousand dollars for
such service, as will be seen, says the
Nashville Union and Anlerieogl of yes
terday, by the following decree yester-
day made by the Chancegy Court:
State Of Tennessee VS.. Edge6eId and
Kentucky Railroad Company, and
others. In this case, upon application
of A. Wright and F. B. Fogg Gommis-
sioners Of the State for the sale of delin-
quent railroads, and it appearing to the
satisfaction Of the court that by an act
Of the General Assembly the said Com
missioners are entitled to compensation
for their services, to be fixed by this
court, not exceeding three thousand
dollars each, 10 be paid ont of the treas
ury Of the State, aud the court being Of
opinion that said Commissioners are
entitled to three thousand dollars each
for their services, it is ordered that their
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WHEN the news Of Senator Ferry's
reelection by the Connecticut LegisIa-
ture was received in the Senate, he was
only congratulated by Sehurz, Trum-
bull, and the Liberal Republicans.
Palpably, Senator Ferry-who owes his
reelection to a Republican and Demo-
cratic coalitions supposed to be an
adherent Of Mr. Greeley, andit is quite
as ndeniable that from this day forth
Connecticut is separated from its Radi-
cal idols.
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day, upon the irish aud Dutch and for
eigners generally, Is unjust and unde-
served. If aTax-Payer" was not too
stupidity seifzcoBceited he would Know
and admit that it is the Dutch and Irish
and the poor people generally who at
last bear the burden of taxation. All
this grand hoorah abouttax-payers is the
interest bosh. THE poor, hard-fsted,
Woodworking laboring man pays the
taxes, and your property-owner is onlF
under burdens he is not called upon to
bear. These so-caIIed 'rTax-payers'
ought to bag their heads. If things are
as bad as they represent them, why
don't they indiet The rascals? Eh, why?
HI POOR NAN.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
vieksburg and Meridian II ON

...H GERS.
The Meridian Gazette says: "At the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
Company, held in Vicksburg, on the
sixth of May, the following officers and
managers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Morris Emanuel;
Vice-President, Thomas Rigby; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, N. G. BrysOn.
Managers: M. Emanuel, P. Anderson,
T. Bigby, W. Crutcher, A. B. Reading,
w. E. Morris, John A. Klein, Thomas
N. Smedes, Thomas S. Dabney, James
r. Mcdowell, J. G. Stanton.
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EDTToRs APPEAL-The only one o.
the seventeen planks of the Taxpayers
platform that / favor is that calling foi
a State Constitutional Convention. In
my humble opinion, our constitution Is
simply a piece Of patchwork, and
botched at that. There is no provision
in it for anything like commercial
growth. 1t was made by men who IN
derstood everything butconmerce, men
who had and have no idea of what the
needs and necessities of growing COM
mercial communities are, but who would
all go to the United States Senate.
They would iegislate for Memphis as a
village, and would keep us in a state of
.viliagery for all time TO cOme. / am
opposedto this, and therefore go strongly
for a State Constitutional Convention.
Let us have it by all means.
FAIR-PLAY.
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REFORM.
The Question Of the HoHr-Letters from
the People for and against the
TaxsPayers' Movement.
Review Of the MOYement-The MIX in
the COcOanut-A Man OF Com
mon Sense Explains.
The Seventeen ResOlutiOnsLTheir Weak.
ness and their Sirength-What +
s tae & PeapIe" Think about
the Matter.


EDITORS APPEAL - This intangible
myth called u government, whether
general, State, county or city, is perhaps
the only example of q voluntary Rss0-
citation In which the stock is votedby
non-stockholders, the directory ON
posed of men not identified with the in
terests of the corporation, and the em-
ployes chosen of those whose direct and
constant aim is to drain, each for his
own benefit and to the uttermost of his
ability, its resources, rather than to
guard and foster them, and il the para
site vampires of office are already 50
firmly and so namerously fastened
to us, and are so greedily and so
desperately disposed toward us as
to suggest to even n so good
and true man, the danger of exciting
their ire, by u essaying to manage our
own affairs, then it seems that the
question most worthy Our immediate
consideration is, who they are, and
whether we shall amiably surrender our
stock in the concern, its cares and re-
sponsibilities, TO those who, owning
none Of it, yet direct its management
and enjoy its dividends, or shall unite.
at once IN a square fight for the main-
tenance of our full rights therein.
1t has become already q by-word
among us that
IT Is BETTER TO RENT THAN TO OWN,
and what more a be said against a
country or a city than that those who
already have it do not want it? What
50 potent argument against capt.
tai or enterprise making investment
among us, as that we ourselves fear to
do so? What can more contradict our
invitation to others to make homes
among US, than that we want no homes
here O~urselves2 So long as we submit
to the riding Of this Old-man-ofthe-
mountain, which is simply mal-admin-
istration, so long will he ride, Indifferent
alike to our writings and to the final
exhaustion to which he is guiding us.
To the oppressed, his strength gradually
draining to the oppressor, there is no
better time to strike than now. s.
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THE last China steamer brought to
San Francisco two million dollars in
Japaneses coin, to be reeoinea by the
San Francisco Refining and Assaying
Works. The pieces are fiat, about an
inch anda half long, of mixed gold and
silver, and worth about fifty-three cents
each.
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nnrnanr Leals and v. 3. Meore.

EDITORS APPEAIEH your ~so-called
=" Reformers carry out their seventeen
noRsensical resolutions, they will accom-
plish what perhaps few of them desire,
viz. the election Of the Barbour Lewis
ticketfor county officers. Splitthe Repub-
ifeans Of tie Union, and Greeley goesni
split the Democracy Of Shelby
county, and Barbour Lewis and W.
X. Moore viii sail in, and stay IN indefi-
nitely. DEMOCRAT.
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If the " Citizen Tax-Payers viii in
auguFate the suggestions above thrown
out. and the press wiz assist them in fur.
thering the good work, l am confident
that many non-tax-payers will come to
their support; and when Greeley and
Brown are elected, we viii have a gov
eminent. Federal State, county and
municipal, originating in Justice, con-
Quoted with integrity, and carried on
with economy, rejecting credit ON those
who administer it, and shswering its
blessings on all alike. VERITAs.
MEMPHIS, MAJ 10, 1Szz. grs
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compensation be fixed atsfbat sum- for
which the Comptroller viii issue @ each
of them, when called for, awarraut on
the Secretary of the State A
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EDITORS ApPEAh4The attack made
by '@fax-Payer" in your paper Of yester-