Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-03
ENGLISH HATS, at Wheaton's.
CARD FROM GENERAL ]. ]. BROOKS
TO the Voters OF the Pictorial District
Composed Of Counties Of Hay
wood, Hardeman and Madison.

AS may be known already to many q
you, l am a candidate for FlOater in thi
District. During my candidacy a mum
Der Of questions have been propounde,
to me, and l have invariably met then
promptly and without reserve. Nv an
: swers, however, were orally given, an
in order that / may not be misunder
stood, and for the further reason that
can obtain a larger audience through tn,
instrumentality Of the press of the coun
ties of the district, than in any othel
way, ! prefer to place these answers upoI
record.
Not long since, in the county of Har
deman, in the presence of Colonel Lea
Mr.. Bond, Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Barrett
and of al audience of two hundred per.
sons or more, I wa called upon to define
my position in the race between Messrs
johnson and Cheatham. Having nc
concealments 10 make, running as q
Democratic candidate, recognizing Gen.
eral Chatham as the nominee of the
party to which I belong; seeing in Mr..
Johnson only a boiler and disorganizer
and suppOsing moreover that the other
candidates for Floater would answer the
questions one way or the other, / with
out hesitation declared that 1 was for
General Cheatham. My competitors
stood mute, but l have nothing to say on
this point. 1t is enough for me TO say
that, leaving entirely out of the question
the fact that there ever was a war be-
tween the North and South, l m for
General Cheatham heartily and earn
estly.
Even if saying this shall prove fatal to
me in this race, l can have no regrets at
the result. / would rather be beaten
than compelled toavoid any proper issue,
or to shirk any proper question. Gene
raj Cheatham stands on the same footing
before the party as Governor John c..
Brown. They are both the nominees Of
the. Democratic State Convention, and
as a candidate before the people, l could
nave no more hesitation in saying that
l am for the former, than in saying that
L am for the latter. There are other
questions at issue before candidates for
State offices in the district, and to those
l will be equally explicit. l am in favor
of a wise and judicious system of free
schools, a system that will provide for
the educational interest Of both races,
upon terms equitable to each, and that
will enable us to avoid the ~vexations and
h~eart-burnings that must arise from the
question of mixed schools.
The schools, like the churches of the
two races, can thrive only when sepa-
rate; the two races want them separate:
and the funds for their maintenance
should be separate. These conditions
met, l am in favor of the establishment
Of q system Of free schools throughout
the State.
There are a number of intelligent, in
dustrious men, who seek an extension Of
the laws relative TO punishment. To
speak plainly, the mechanics of the
towns of the district ask that the amount
OF wages to be exempt from punishment
shall be increased. They ask that the
sum OF one hundred dollars shall be left
outside the reach Of the Constable. This
l am in favor of. In addition to a home
stead to the value of one thousand dol
lars, the tilleT Of the soil is allowed, by
way Of exemption, M thousand pounds
OF pork, twenty-five bushels of corn,
twenty bushels Of wheat, N stack of
hay, with oats, fodder, etc., in proper
ton, and many other articles, such as
wood, ~lOg-chains, O~X-carts, wagons and
various other articles that no mechanic |
Is likely ever to have, aggregating a very |
amount in value.
This provision, made TO protect the
wives and children Of the farmer in the
sickness or death is humane and
just, and 1 would not interfere with it, i'll
could. By way Of communication l
would extend TO the mechanic, and to
every other labOrer of any kind, to the
amount Of one hundred dollars. He, too,
Is liable to fall i'll or to die, and when he
asks for an exemption of one hundred
in wages accrued, / see no reason
why the request should be denied.
No reasonable man, in view of the
liberal exemption made to other classes,
object to making exempt from gar
lishment uniform throughout all classes
md conditions of society. 1t may be
Urged that the change in the law will
njuriously affect the credit of the me-
with the grocer or merchant. II
his should happen, the responsibility
will rest upon those who ask for a
They must be supposed to
their own wants better than l do.
4 the change in the law desired puts the
business Of the grocer or merchant upon
cash basis with the mechanic, L do not
that his grocer or merchant will
Smplain. These questions are the ones
excite the most interest, and there
ore l have answered them specifically.
To say more than this is unnecessary,
kept to promise that IL elected to the
legislature, / will not consider myself
he representative or champion Of any
ne class, but the representative Of the
interest Of the aggregate commu-
ity. | will not seek to favor one class
( men at the expense Of another, or TO
rray n class against any other, but to
. uniform justice to all, going on the
that wisdom as well as justice =.
to do unto all our neighbors .
hat which we would have u neighbors !
D do unto US. That is to give each q
air aud equal showing in the hard strug-
le of life. ]. j. BROOKS.