Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-31

in congress- and Horace MAYNARD
introducing bill to repeal the oath whiel
. Jefferson Davis and others could not take
then he felt new era had dawDed upOi
them and that they had become one peOph
in heart and soul, and everything else. tCrea
applause. He then remarked on the name
in which Busby had been nominated, an(
said he deprecated IL, and proceeded 10 s0eai
! about his opposition TO the Cincinnati ana
/ baltimore conventions taking up Greeley a
the time they did as he had advised their
rather to vote for Grant than throw aside
| their Democratic principles. Grant had 10
| ceived In this district the last election On'
! thousand majority, as the leading men haC
voted through policy, and that was the reason
Jadge Lewis had been elected against
/ simOn-pure Democrat, a senator of the lat,
COnfederaey. They found that Memphis
| could get nothing by opposition to the ad
since Marcy had enuneiated the doctrine
| ITO the yIctors belong the sPoils-" BY elect
ing the Republican ticket they would
strengthen the hands OF Judge Lewis al
! Washington. He then accu- ed slajor Busby
| OF extravaganza while member OF tbs
board OF aldermen, and instaneec
Mr.. Snowden and Mr.. Hugh l.
Brinkley their taxes Tor several years If they
| would open an avenue near DunlSp street
and also his vote for an expensive bridge oyei
the bayou on jefferson street. This showed
: he was in favor OF extravsganee in the city
government, while Mr.. l4oag1e was for econ
/ omy and good management He wanted
! therefore, that the American, the Irishman
the German ana the cOlOred man should al
| Of cOuciliation, and secure the triumphan
success Of the League ticket. lCheers.
4 REMARKS sBY HON. BARBOUR LEWIS
Hon. Barbour Lewis was then introduced
and was wsrml Y received. He said he was glad
of the opportunity of addressing 20 large al
aSsemblsge. H believed the people were with
taeIsl. He believed he was SonIeHv hsyt familia
with elections in Memphis, and such demon
Strations as the pre- senf showed him beyond
the shadow Of q doubt that the Republican
ticket would be elected on Thursday by a
large majority. The Bu~by Democracy were
| sanguine that their ticket would be elected as
they We're in support Of tie peoples ticket
What excuse have they for not calling them
selves Democracy Are they ashamed OF IL,
thai they try ID get iusO Office under the name
Of the republican party. They came under
! an alias. They tried 20 pcrpetuate their rule,
but not under their u'f a nsIRei because they
knew they could not 40 II, and they tried to
steal what looked 10 them an honest name.
This was the old Bourbon Democracy, who
had never learned anything. He compared
| them to the ostrich in the desert. They tried
| 10 hide themselves by taking a new name.
shame politicians who would steal the
/ livery OF heaven to serve the devil in These
| old Bourbon Democrats could not,
1 no EeTer, mslead tRe people of Mem
l phis. They knew this Democracy, who
| had- held a convention, in which they got
/ DemOcraEs-Old fOssils-and nominated on
| their tickets Democrats and only Democrats,
| and called themselves the peoples party. The
l people, however, would strip them naked on
| election-day, when they came up in solid coll
/ umu 10 vote for John League. Applause.
/ de said he would invite the attention OF the
| cOlOred men TO how this ticket was gotten up.
1 During the scourge the Jews received three
| th uSand dollars for the support of those OF
| their ra e who were suffering. Ed. Shaw
moved that two thousand dollars be apprOpTi-
| aIed to the support of the colored orphans
ont one of those who was mCsU rampauf I
at the so-called peoples convention, was
Mr.. MageVuey, who opposed the motion.
| and said let the niggers go TO work and sup
port themselves. He had come from a land
| that was oppressed, and on that occasion that
tH~g~F or hafr
OF he free and the home of the brave" it
| should be altered TO the ''hOme of the lznave y
This Was one Of the leading wishes of the
buSDy party. he then rea1 from what he
called the Busby organ, which referred TO the
cOlOred man as "black rascal" He called
them big gang OF black rascalS, but he
would md on election day that they were a
big gang. Applause. Besides, according to
the plans ne laid do WI, this Busby editor
tried Ia reduce the produce oi cotton one
third. he wanted the planter to divide
his force by three, and let John
Darky whistle for Job, and give him short
rait9ns and scsnty clothing. That was the
way the Busby party loved the negro. The
nero was also accused OF stealing, but there
was not one honest negro in Memphis who
Would steai INTO once under bogus name
Now, after all that where is the decent col
1red man who would join the Busby party .
| When hei Mr. Lewis came to Memphis the
other day, when congress had adjourned, and
when he had no congressional duties to per-
| form; when he came where all his interests
were. the Busby party came around him, and
sweet, but told him ard urged him to go
0ack TO Washington. y few years ago
these same parties used to say,
' \ on old thief, 20 TO h-ll." Now il was ssDear
Barbour lrOars of lSughterl 90 back to Wash
ingtOn, or you viii spoil Busby's chances for
the mayOrslty." Laughter.l If he could be-
neve what the Democratic papers say, he
was a regular villain, but had always been
Republican, and when he addressed them
on the best Interests Of Memphis they called
him traitor. This was What the APPEAT.
and the ReDistcr said about him now, and
Hhen he read what these papers said about
him he went to the looking glass and said
| Lewis, old Fellow, is tins you?" He next
eulOgized Mayor johnson Tor paying half
million Of the city debt last year, and said
they ought 10 erect a monument to him
for what he had done in this respect.
II, however, they elected Busby, al this
would be undOne. They would have the ci'y
hOneYcOmbed with ScaveDgers on the ground
that If they did not do so, they would have
the yelloW-feVer next year. Tbismeant bank
ruptcy for the city If they wanted TO see the
city kept out OF bankruptcy, then let them
elect League on Thursday, and the city
finances would gradually improve, and the
bonds would rise 10 par in two or three years; ;
Out every one VINO belonged 10 rings were
bowling for Busby. He urged that the city
had been run into debt since the Democracy
got into power in 1866, and it was only
er that system OF economy was
Introduced, and this would be kept up il
Mr.. League was elected. He would endeavor
10 reduce the debt as quickly rs possible; "A
system of economy would be introduced, and
the taxes would be reduced, which was what
every citizen, rich and poor, in the city
wanted. lie wanted the German, the Irish
man, tile American and the cOlOred man 70
stand together on the day OF election and give
Mr.. LOague, and the ticket which he headed,
Two thousand majority. lie wanted the press
tOsOund forth next Friday morning to the
country that Memphis had been redeemed; !;
but the Bourbon Democracy did not want
thisias ii would show to the entire world lhat
Memphis had gone Republican. While the
Democracy would be sick they would be re-
Joic.ng. Applause, amid which Mr.. Lewis
resumed his seat
Music by the band-HGiI Columbia.
The chairman stated that he would now in
trOduce cOlOred man, j. W. Wash ington,
who had up 10 tie present time been WORK ing
for Mr.. Busby, but who now declared for Mr..
League. APPLAUSE
REMARKS OF J. W. WASHINGTON.
j. W. Washington came forward and said
ing for BuShy for mayor of Memphis. 4
NOlce-"Slt down. But, looking TO The fu-
ture, and considering that he had been a
hepublican, and that the Irishman had al
ways been the enemy OF the colored
man a vOice-"N NOu re liarr'l IT. Paul had
been a great sinner, but had been convicted.
and why not him? He was now, however,
ready to support the Republican ticket. Like
the prOdigal SOD, he ha0 returned. He could
not believe that the Irish would vote for
shaw for wharinaSter, but Peter said,
ale now believed" If they would now SUD-
port shaw, he would support them, but from
lhis time ont he was a League man. He
the Busby camp to come out of IL. Mr.. Busoy
was now gone up, and the little Busby organ
had done bin more harm than anything else,
as they wanted 70 serve up buck-shOt 20 the
negro. HIS cry was now 10 his friends, "Come
away from Busby. Come away" loud ap-
plause. He closed by saying he was for the
entire Republican ticket.
Music by the band Yankee Doodle
REMARKS BY srATE-SENAToR GRAY.
State-Senstor Gray (colored), of Mississippi,
iraH and
He said that when he frst addressed the peo-
pie of Memphis, "a short time ago, his y Ords
had been misrepresented by the little Demo-
cratic organ. On that occasion, ne had said
little about local politics; but now that be
had found that the League ticket was the reg
ular Republican ticket, he would be false 10
his principles Il he did not raise his voice In
favor OF IL. He was GLAD 10 see influential
men, formerly connected with the old
.afin9 tine success IF tbaf ticrat
He was glad to see those whom they called
''red-m0uthsn loc Aing arms with the cO,ored
men and working together hand in hand for
the triumph Of Republicanisn. There was
now 40 more Democracy in Memphis except
few old sOreheads, and they were past re
demptio0. When he saw thinking men like
Mr.. Randolph coming out from the Demo-
cratic party he had great faith in Memphis.
He highly approved of the Republican ticket
as they had an lrishma1 at the head, a Dutch
man and oOlored man at the foot. The
Irishman could not complain OF the cOlored
man, nor the Dutchman of the Irishman. Let
them look at the other ticket. They had an
American at the top, an American In the
middle, and an American at the bottom-a
merchant on top, merchant in the middle
and a planter at The foot. He wanted them
TO rally 10 the support OF the League ticket
on Thursday, elect good aldermen and coUn-
cilmeD, and then farewell TO Democracy in
Memphis. lAppIausel lie then argued in
favor OF the civil rights bill, and closed by
urging on his hearers to leave the old Denloc-
racy and join the progressive Republican
party.
Mr.. p. j. MulYihill was next introduced,
ana made a speech in support Of the League
ticket.