Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-07
For state and County Tax-cslIeeter
GEORGE r. POWELL.
For Tax-COHector on Privileges,
J. HARVEY MATHES.
THE COUNTY CoURT ann FORTUNE.
OF Shelby COUNTY.

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OF SHELBY COUNTY.
There is hardly q civil district exteriUi
to this city, in which the adherents o
Barbour Lewis, Curry and MeLesn hay,
not a fixed, immutable majority. The
"no-party" dodge, on which Mr.. Curry
goes bobbing up and down, in view o'
this fact, is most significant. Will,
appealing to Front street for its sup
port, he does not forget the charminl
condition Of the country. He cause
Barbour Lewis's speech TO be publishe
and distributed everywhere among th,
negroes, and the work of active re-organ
ization progresses most rapidly, while b,
is gently pulling the wool Over the eyes
Of innocent, unsuspeeting Front street.
He and Mclean are sending drums ana
ifes into every country district. Hideous
music greets the ears of every farmer
and while Curry "honeyfuggles" limo
cent white men and women on Front
street and Big creek during the day
Barbour and Bill and Barbour's printeo
speech do the dirty work in black loya
leagues at night. Curry doesn't shOV
himself very often in black assemblages
He is just now engaged in the loftie
business of in%gratiating himself wits.
innocent desizens of Front street, an
his achievements on Big Creek were eS
traOrdinary. In fact, half the white PEI
pie in the hills had agreed that he was a
very proper person until the storm O.
drums and Of marching, bowling clan
led at night by Curry's and Mclean
agents, dissolved the spell woven @,
Curry's personal appearance, so genia,
and smiling and bland. An innOceu
c%ountryman writes US from Big Creeh
as follows:
Curry, the Radical arb0ur-Lewi can
didate for Sheriff was up here Yesterday
He is a bob-tail pacing pony, anC
whickered right smartly around her
among the gals. Il was u
30 however, for that very night Cur
RVS agents came along and reorganize,
the LOYAL League. There was drum
ming and fling all over the county, an,
CUffee went mad. The jig was up wit
the little Canadian Yankee, the COlOne
sO-called. The trick was too thin. Il
must either be black OF white, an
can't ride both horses in these parts"
It will be observed that while our cor
respondent fairly and truthfully present
facts, his figure of speech is not consist
ent with itself. Curry is bot
horse and rider. Despite this defect C
construction, the letter draws a truthful
picture of the condition of affairs il
Shelby county. The people must resoT
10 consolidated effort. Magistrates nov
on the bench ia this county were elected
we believe, for six years. Their terms O
office viii soon begin to expire. Curry
is organizing and evoking the soil,
strength Of his soOty adherents. Ever
magistrate from The country bereafter
elected, if Curry and Mclean triumph
viii be blacker than the neither extrea-
ity Of midnight. And yet, we are toI,
that Magistrates, offended because
Grand Jury said Esquire Bleckh !
wasn't a pensman and bookkeeper
talk Of standing aloof in this con
test for the Shrievalty. Such con
duct would be more crimins
than official theft. 1t would be treasol
to a people who honor and conide "a
these Magistrates. It would enslav
forever TO blacks the whites Of ths
county. Infinitely better for US 70 &c
operate with those who propose 10 sen,
Barbour Lewis to Congress, than by
stolid apathy surrender the Shrievalty
and thus the supreme mastery Of Shelby
county to negroes and to Curry am
Mclean forever. He who votes foI
these men votes himself the slave Of ex-
slaves, aud he who stands al0Of from
the contest because Of some persona
grievance, only illustrates before the pub
lie his own supreme ~littleness. 1t is MOI
simply Doyle and Powell we would pre-
fer to Curry and Mclean, but do the
people Of this county, when listening
nightly to drumbeats, ~convokiRg Loyal
Leagues, significant Of enduring black
mastery and Of a black County Court
DO the people Of this county reflect that
their lives, their property-the value Of
both-are directly involved in the tri
umph Of Doyle and Powell9