Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-29
ESTAB ABLISHED 1910.

legftifnate purposes. 4 sinking fund has been
provided, and has been collected for two years
| 1t is only twenty cents on the hundred dol
lars. By means of It one hundred thousand
| dollars Of the bonds Of the city have already
been retired. And in thirty years, supposi ns
| the taxable property 10 remain ust as II is
the tax, at It's present rate, II diligently col
lected and honestly and faithfully applied
! viii redeem every outSanding bond OF the
city. Above everything else, the city should
meet ali It's obligations. The interest on It's
bonds should be promptly paid, not only be
| cause IL is Just, but because the character
| OF the city and its citizens viii be
| appreciated in a financial point OF view
Emigrants vii! be deferred from settling
among II our city has neither money
nor credit, and capital will certainly
find investment in fields promising 9
better yield. The city can only meet
| its obligations by collecting taxes, for II
has no other resources. 1t is necessary, there
| fore, that the taxes levied should be prom pity
collected, and every effort should be made on
the part Of the officers 20 collect, and on the
! part Of the citizens TO pay, for all are working
for common end-the welfare OF the city
IL is not 10 be expected that there can be
much immediate decrease OF taxation. The
| circumstances in which the city is placed al
such as to preclude Gny such hope for the
| present. The c-ty's condition, as have al
| ready said, is by no means desperate-it i,
much more encouraging than IL was four
years ago-but Il IS so critical that no enorl
can be relaxed and nothing can be left un-
done that is calculated to restore ii TO q
healthy financial state. We must not let IT.
! credit 90 down any lower, II we do, its re-
surrection will be much more doubtful and
difficult. or course / have no right tC
mark out a policy for Mr.. League or his
administration, and 90 not intend to dc
so. But the policy 1 have indicated seems
TO me the correct one, and knowing Mr.
| League as l DO, I believe II viii be his
| I congratulate you upon the nominations you
| have made. Your candidates are selected
| from amongst the voters who are expected 10
elect them. They sre not all taken from one
| nationality, but they represent nationalfties,
| and even races, entirely distinct. Their in
| terests and sympathies are Identical with
| those OF the people who are 20 be affected by
their election. In making the nominations
| you have shown that you can lose sight OF
| your preindices, and can cordially unite with
| your fellow citizens OF every nationality, re-
ligious faith and color on a platform recogniZ-
ing the equal rights OF all. But, while you
| offer to the Irishmen an Irishmsn as q candi-
| date, and TO the Germans a German as a can
| didate, and to the cOlOred men a cOlOred man
| as candidate, you do not ask those
| classes to support your tickets, simply be-
| cause you have an 1rishman, a German and q
colored man upon It. You properly recognize
| thst those large elements OF your population
| are entitled TO a representation in the distrt-
| button Of the public offices, II they have
| among them men suitable TO I'LL the offices.
| Having found such men, you take up and
make them your candidates. You say TO the
/ Irishmen, and to The Germans and 70 the
cOlored men,and to eyegy fOreign-born citi-
zen, and 70 every native, vote Tor our eandi-
/ dates, because they are suitable men for the
| offices, and because they represent in them
| selves the people as mass, and because the
true interests of the city and its people will be
\ promoted by electing them. You also saw,
| fellOw-ciizens, that, in future, you will know
no distinction founded upon birth
Support supp, srGH men, whether " natives i've or or
| foreign born, and whether of one race or an
other, who are qualified for the places they
aspire to and truly represent, and are calcu-
ltted to subserve the Interests OF the people
| whose officers they are TO become. You have
| selected men eminently Qpalified TO perform
| the duties of the of. .eeS TO which you propose
| TO elect them. All of them have been in pub
| lie life, and are tried and experienced men.
| confidence and good viii Of the masses in an
| eminent degree l have not time to speak Of
/ them individually, nor, indeed, Is II necessary,
| IS you know then fully as well as do. II
| the only good result TO be obtained by your
| organization and united efforts was the cleo
| tion Of the men you put fCrward, l admit that
your action might be Of doubtful utility.
But the mere election of your candidates is
| a very small part oi what you will accom- plish.
| What you have done, and will do, will have a
| most happy effect IN removing from amongst
you the last vsstiges of the diseOrd and strife
that have so long existed in our city. The
! petty pref udices, the enmities, the prOscrip-
| tions that long kent apart men who ought 10
be united in sympathy and action, are now
Obiiterated, and your broad mantle Of univer-
sal political charity EN- braces within It's folds
all who can sincerely join in the wolk
you are going forward TO accomplish.
This is the beginning OF q season OF harmony
ana concord which can not but add TO your
peace and happiness as community, TO your
prosperity as individual citizens. and TO the
Advancement OF your city in wealth, pOpuia-
ton and the resources necessary to its future
growth and development 1t will no longer
be said amongst you that the mere fact that
a man is an "Irishm2n,' or German" or OF
foreign bsth, or is 8 cOlOred man, or is native
born, disqualifies him for public position or
employment, or is even a fair argu Dent TO be
used against hlI1 BY any body. But every
man OF every race, nationality RnC color VIII
be placed upon n perfect plane OF equality,
and will be selected or jected for his personal
qualities, OF rather iCr his fitness OF un1tnesS
Tor the place. This is the only lust and ap-
propriate standard by which 10 try man.
hls Dlrth place, ms race, and his colo ara
accidents, OF which lie has not had the re-
motest control; and TO attach a stigma
TO him on account OF any OF these circum-
stances Is nothing more nor less tnan 70 nnd
fault with the God who gave him his exis-
tence and located him just where we find
him in our world. When ali the different
races and nationalities which % 10 make
up our heterogeneous population knew
certainly that there is no disposition 10 refuse
any one an equal participation in our govern
ment, merely because OF his race, color or
nationality, 1t must Of necessity cause all to
feel deep interest in our common welfare, to
labor more earnestly 10 promote 1t. Above
everything else, the Republican party is COM
mitted TO the policy Of converting all the
civilized people living within our territory
into cit zens, and of o6literating all political
distinctions amongst them founded on race,
color or nationality. The principle that every
individual, whoever he may be, and to what
ever class he may belong, is entitled TO the
free pursuit OF his own happiness and the en-
joyment OF equal riglts, privileges and i'm
munlt1eS with the rest Of the community,
has enabled the Republican party so long to
command the suffrageS OF the majority Of the
people OF the United States, and the sympa-
thies Of the people OF the rest OF the civilized
world. You are to night IN perfect harmony
with that party and with the majority of the
people OF the United states, anu with those
Who represent them in the administration OF
their government. An earnest effort on your
part will enable you TO elect the candidates
you have nominated, and TO place the govern
ment OF the city IN the hands of men who
represent you. But every man must do his
whole duty. he must go 70 the polls and vote
D. 20 HlNr Hk,r.N N.ga
and friends 90 likewise. The good results to
follow from the election of Republican city
government are numerous. All OF you have
one common obJec and are TO strive for one
common end, the prosperity and welfare of
your city. Here the Interests of all Of you.
whether you are property owners. laborers,
business men, mechanics or professional men,
unite. Your city wants a custom house, a
pOstOfiice, and a federal courthouse. on
want national building for them that
will add to the commercial and political i'm
pOrtance, the wealth and the beauty of your
city. You want improvements In the naYiga-
ton OF the MISSISSIPPI river, in your haTbOr,
aud the reclamation from overflow OF the
vast bodies of fertile, but uncultivable, land.
by which you are surrounded on almost every
side. You also want main line Of railway
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
10 cross at your wharf. The advantages TO re-
suit 10 Memphis from some or all these enter
prlseS can scarcely be calculated. You have
right to ask the national government TO con-
slider the prCpriety OF Undertaking or assist
log any or siI q! hem And the tact that
your Interests have been 20 long dis egarCed
or overlooked, OUg.1t ~ q vtTy far toward OBJ
tanning favorable response TO your appeal.
You already have representative in congress
OF UnqCesioned ability, in perfect accord
with the great Repu blicRn party, and the gem
tlemen controlling the national administra-
mcte your prosperity, snd you all wen know
ne will leave nothing undone. Your action to-
night, and continuation of the policy YOU
have adopted, and the election Of the candi-
dates you have put forward, will greatly
strengthen bis hanos. he can then say 10
congress and to the President, as is truly the
case, that there is no disloyalty, nor even fac
ton opposition TO the national government at
Memphls-that the great body OF its people are
on the same platform with themselves; and
that there is now no just excuse for longer
withholding from us the fostering hand that
has been so literally extended to sister cities
on every side OF us, and mas 50 materially con-
tributed to their growth and prosperity.
SPEECH OF HON. BARBOUR LEWIS.
Hon. Barbour Lewis in response 10 loud
calls came forward amid cneers, and spoke TO
FLLLOw -CITIZESs-I am most glad
to appear before you this evening
on behalf of a faithful and economical city
government. an thanKful for the oppor-
Junity to add my voice IN behalf OF economy,
retrenc hment and reform. We all want an
honest, able, upright administration. be-
Iieve most earnestly and sincerely that Mr..
League will do his utmost to give you such an
administration. have known him nearly a
have seen his capacity and Integrity tried
and tested in every position, and 1 do not
believe that a more honest, faithful and in
corruptible man lives on this green earth.
You all know him, every man in Memphis
knows him, but man living will
pretend that he is not a man or the
purest and highest integrity. When 1
first knew him he was holding an important
office, as surveyor Of tnls port. He was ap-
pointed by that purest and best of men, the
kind, am1able and truly good man, Abraham
Lincoln. He served in that office faithfully
and well, served IN difficult times, had great
leSponsi bilfties, handled immense sums of
q nhItp and in fhDzsa davC 4
temptation, bribery and corruption, when so
many men proved unfaithful, not even SIAN
der ever dared to breathe a whisper Of suspi-
cion against him. Afterward he was county
clerk fer years and collector OF taxes upon
privileges. His accounts were always straight
and correct TO the last quarter OF a cent. The
most rigorous and searching Investigations
By his enemies, time and again repeated,
have utterly failed 70 detect the slightest er-