Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-01
Review of the Course Pursued by
the Liberals i'm Missouri
Very Satisfactory Re-
suits.
Speeches by Prominent 0hiOans-
Resolutions IndOrsing Gree
ley and Brown and the
Platform.


wait on B. Gratz Brown at his hotel
soon returned with that gentleman, who
was introduced by Judge Spaulding as
the next Vice President of the United
States.
On taking the stand, Mr.. Brown said
: he was physically unabletO make long
speech. His speech at Frankfort yester-
day, united with his ride to this city,
gave him a severe headache. He said
Ohio had always had controlling inter-
est in national politics, and it has so
happened that her voice has always
been decisive in the great Presidential
! contests of the past. 1t would seem as
if that influence was not to be lessened
in the present contest. She is looked
upon from all quarters of the nation
with great interest. He said that so far
as the questions that are before the peo-
} pie are concerned, it reduces il substan-
|. TALLY to this: Whether it shall be pos
sible for the people of the United States
to install, in March, am administration
that will give a better account of the
troubles of the country, better solution
of the Giversities that have sprung up
f between the sections, a more certain adj |
/ justment of that conflict of races that
has been brewing for some years past, |
than the one which now holds power
there. The speaker declared that the
Grant speakers, instead of answering
such questions as TO why they have not
fulfilled their promises made about
PEACE IN THE SOUTH,
it was found, Ithey said, a little above
| cordial shaking of right hands be-
, tween the races, but they were only told
that under the Grant Administration
the national debt had been reduced at
the rate of one hundred million dollars
annually. He said that the people
knew, TO their sorrow, who paid this
| debt.
In regard to the reconstruction policy |
OfPresident Grant, the speaker said that !
it had been a failure, and had not Sue
ceeded in restoring peace, order, good |
government and am honest administra- |
ton in any of the States under its con- !
troll. He said, on the other hand, that |
in Virginia, where Liberalism has had |
full sway, all went well; one, either
black or white, was oppressed. Ten (
nessee, which had been a perfect hell |
under BrOwnlOws administration, has |
also changed; and, continued the speak |
er, go there to-day, where Liberalism is |
triumphant, and you find peace and |
good order, and kindly feeling toward |
the black race. You find that the State |
is rapidly resuming its condition of
! natural prosperity; putting its finances |
in order, building up its railroads, labor |
ing to protect and secure the rights of |
its citizens. You hear nothing of this |
antagonism of races that is the cry to- /
day in North Carolina. l might add |
that if you would go further and 90 to I.
MISSOURI,
where, perhaps, tins policy has had its |
most emphatic trial, You might see
there, as / will say, although don't de- I
sire TO be bOastful of my own State, as
prosperous a condition of things as in /
any State of this nation. You will find |
that that State, which was upheaved 1
almost by volcanic action, as it were,
and left with the edges of society ragged, /
jagged and sharp, and cutting against |
each other-yOu will find it as smooth
and pleasant as in any other State of the
! Union; you will find in the politics of
! Missouri that there are not now existing
! any animOsities that grew out of the
war. Its people are all in harmony and
accord, and are engaged in industrial
pursuits. They have forgotten animOs-
| tiles of the past and no longer even
! think of them. You will find, further
more, if you want to protect the cOlOred
race in its
FREEDOM.
| its franchise is an illustration of the
manner of doing it. You will find that
! their principles are not only imbedded
| in the constitution of the State, but are
| guaranteed by Democrats by an unani-
nous vote of the whole State, which has
hundred and some odd thousand / be-
| lieve, and few thousand opposition.
| You will find that there is no feeling in
all that land to disturb the present con-
ditiOn of affairs. You will find no white
man there with prejudices and animosi-
ties against the colOred race You will
| find them there taken by the hand, that
their feelings and their rights are re-
spected. You will find they have all
through that State established their
schools and churches, and are rebuilding
themselves to be worthy members of
society. You will find that they have
! their Normal schools, that they have
| their State University, so to speak, and
| that that State University or Normal
school has received its endowment at
the hands of
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE.
| call that proof of the results of the
Liberal policy. / appeal to you to
judge of this work on one hand as
| against the policy, and the administra-
| ton on the other, and when you make
your calculations as to what is best for
the nation, do it honestly, do it cOnsci-
entiOusly, and do il with full knowl-
edge of what you are doing. Fellow
citizens, | would gladly, if / We're able,
go on with line of these remarks, and
undertake to show you that the policy
OF the administration, SO far as the ele- '
ments of society, who are at work at {
the South, are concerned, has been a i I
failure, and why has it been a failure?
| could show you that it could not by ,
any possibility have been anything 9th
er than a failure. L would like to show
you, furthermore, that as far as the safe
ty of the colOred race, in their franchises
and in Their freedom, is concerned, it
can never be comparable with q war
against the white race. say That when
ever it is so antagonistic it has been
made so by the power of
THE ADMINISTRATION.
1t is the Administration which has pro-
duced this animosity and hostility. This
indirect antagonism will be fatal to the !
black man, even if they should not
touch their liberties themselves. But I :
have not time to-day to go into the ar :
gument of these questions.
The speaker then closed by saying that
he hoped to again speak TO the people Of
Ohio during the campaign. :
A dispatch was read from G. NJ. D. :
BloSs, of Cincinnati, stating that Hon.
George +. Pugh proposes to lead the old
guard, and tenders his services to the
State Central Committee for Greeley and Z
Brown. This was greeted with cheers.
A resolution was adopted to ratify
and endorse theaction of the Cincinnati,
Baltimore and Cleveland Conventions, &
pledging the support of the Democrats {
and Liberal Republicans of Ohio to the I
nominee, and cordially inviting the CO. {
operation of citizens of Ohio, without
regard to previous party affiliations, who Z
are opposed to the reelection of Presi- {
dent Grant, and the policy of his adj j
ministration. I
THE CONVENTION REASSEMBLED
at eight o'clock in the evening, aud a I
very large crowd was in attendance. l
General Tom Ewing took the stand 9
and made long and very able speech,
as did Colonel GrosvenOr.
Short and pithy speeches wera also
made to large crowd, that at one time 8
completely filed the east terrace, by ]
Hon. J. ii. Dickson, Hon r. y. Paine, (
General Wiley and Judge Clark II
A slight rain came up and Dispersed /
the crowd during Judge Clark's speech.