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

| heavens name, have the old days of bigotry
and prescription returned7 Is the Busby
ism forever Are we always TO be cursed by
hatreds that grow out Of birth and
EaceT shame Op such .a lnfeTnei folly folly
| in that beautiful gem OF the ocean,
tue Emerald Isle. He is no worse and
no better Tor that. The question decent,
thoughtful citizens will ask Is: What sort of n
man is he? what Is his life, his character, his
worth and fitness how manly, and noble, and
true is he? and not the Piiiiul question, con,
emptibie silly question Where was he born
Andrew Jackson himself, had he been born a
few weeks or months earlier, would have been
born In Ireland. Would he have been any the
less a great man, and the greatest of Demo
Gratis for all that? Ask any citizen to look at
our whole ticket, Mr.. League, Mr.. SchRper and
Mr.. Shaw, and tell me whether this, or any
other city in America, has. In thirty years
had an abler and better ticket presented for
the support of its citizens. Mr.. SchaPer Is re-
spected and esteemed by our citizens. He is IN
every respect a good and worthy man. DE
has been tried in office. His fitness and abil-
ity are universally conceded. He is faithful,
every body. Mr.. Shaw has made an excellent
and able member Of the common council OF
our city. His record there is wild ely known
| 10 our citizens, and Is generally approved oy
them. He Is a man of talent, an able speaker,
| is well informed, and fully competent 70 per-
form the duties Of the office TO which he has
been nominated. what objection can be
m ade TO him except q hatred to his race and
color7 VIII any good man ever think OF urg-
| ing any such an objection at thls late Gay
| Let me say that whoever does urge II, think
will have reason TO be grateful II heaven
has endowed him with abilities and
talents equal to those Of Edward shaw.
l have said that the great feature OF Mr..
Leagues administration he is determined
shall be strict and judicious economy.
Never to increase the city debt one dollar:
but constantly TO reduce IL. 1 think that
Mayor JohnAon deserves great credit for
economy In his administration, and for hav-
ing done all he could TO reduce, IN some little
1aorraa the dahf las ne reAdnCpd IL some
one hundred thousand dollars. He may well
be proud OF that. 1t is an honor to him TO
thing, and he will require all property
owners to pay their just snare OF the taxes.
Now twO-thirds Of our citizens pay for
all, and therefore pay far higher taxes
than they would If all paid their
share. One-third Of our citizens, some
Sbirk their dutvsand throw ailthe burdens Of
taxation on their honest neighbors. All this
Is wrong. Every man must be made 10 pay
his lust share. Our laws must be amended so
as TO compel them to do this, or be sold out for
good. Then the amount Of taxes for each one
can be reduced. The Busby ring expect TO
piunder thecity. They talk OF an immense
system Of sewerage that will cost one million
dollars, or more. That VIII require at least
three millions of dollars in bonds, and would
ruin the credit Of the city fer all time TO
come. It's bonds are only about forty-two
cents now, and-would go down under such
wild issue to twenty-five, or twenty. The
credit Of the city is fearfully low to-day, but
these men would soon run 1t into the
gutter. They wouldn't care for that IL
they could hli their own pockets first Busby
DTetenos that he has an awful fear that the
yellow-f6ver Will come again next y ar, and
wants to undermine the whole city with his
internal h9mbug sewerage to keep the city e; 7
plunder and the robbery OF the people. 1t
means TO make all our citizens still poorer,
and even poorer, but to make the Busby ring
rich. 1t means ruin for all except few con-
tractors and the Rusby gang. Now, have no
objection, and you have none, to all the sewer
they make it. II our streets had been paved
in that way they would have been paved a
little more slowly, but far more cheaply and
done far better and for far less mo-
ney. It would have been done
TO last. But the Busby ring don't want this.
pockets, and then when they have ruined
the city they Will leave ii as rats desert sin
ing ship. There Is no necessity for an I'M
mense amount OF sewerage all at once; there
is no reason to suppose that we will be visited
by the yellow-lever again for many years.
Memphis cannot have another visitation such
as The last for nifty ye&rs-probaDly never
Sewers won't keep II away. Busby and his
ring will be worse than the yellow-Iever. Our
clean Our miserable streets are in a wretched
break-neck condition Repair them; keep
them clean; make them decent and ht to
drive on; clean out the bayou and give MS
this can be done economically. There
is no need in running in debt for 1t. No mis-
BY careful economy the people can pay for it
without new taxation and new bonds such
q system Will not enrich any ring with plum
der and spoils, but 1t will sa Ne the credit and
honor OF the city. II will be cheap, safe,
sensible and practical. BusOy means rum
League means economy and common sense.
hospital, as Memphis ought to have had long
ago, patients coming to the city with yellow
fever, or smallpox, or other contagious dis
cases. would be sent out to 1t at once, and we
should escape epidemics for many, many
years. New York and our northern and east
ern cities are protected by such means as
have suggested, and our city can be made safe
and healthy in the same way. IL
is true that the Bugby ring or any
other ring would not grow rich by by
would have a dashiDg, slashlng, reckless,
light-headed city administration under Bus
by and his ring; but we would have plain,
Mr. League, and the city would begin once
more to prosper Instead Of running in debt,
credit and reputation would rise, its bonds
instead OF sinking to twenty or thirty cents,
friends, you see the two tickets before you.
Can the Busby ticket begin to compare in
character, intellect and ability with the
ticket of League, Schaper and shaw? In
business capacity, talent and ability, the
Busby ticket cannot compare with the other
1T falls far beneath 1t. Then how did
by deception, by trickery; He was self
nominated. He is guilty of coming
forward under false name. he
calls his faction the peoples party, when 1t Is
only clique, when 1t is only the worst ele-
ments of dead or dying Democracy, trying
to steal into office under an dttaS-under q
false name; wearing the mask OF Hypocrisy
not having the manliness or courage to call
itself by its true name. The League ticket,
on the contrary does not seek 70 deceive the
people; II is Of the people, II trusts and con-
fideS in them it does not try TO sneak and
crawl into office under false pretenses-it has
no occasion to hide its principles. The Busby
fcl tries dRPafya the r1RGDle hut If
iOOl nobody. Three old Bourbon Democrats,
with such q nondescrtpt at their head,
Gratis, pretend 70 call themselves the
peoples party. This is equal to the impu-
dence Of the three tailors IN Thread-Needle
street, London, who, about the beginning OF
the century, put forth TO the world a flaming
proclamation beginning: 1--WE the people of
england" This is not honest-it is not manly
the devil nit hides It's political principlts
tries TO hide It's Democracy, being really
ashamed of 1t, but not daring to give II
up. 1t tries TO hide its bonds, its rings,
It's schemes OF pluHder in vain.
League and his ticket, on the contrary,
stands forth TO the world as Republican,
shows its colors honestly snd manfully. 1t
sVows its principles because IL is not asham-
ed OF them. 1t is in harmony with the great
Republican party Of the nation. on its ban
my, reform" II is the foe OF all prescription,
OF all hatred. Itrepresents progress. 1t means
the union Of all good ci,izens Ior the good OF
foreign born as equals and as brothers.
when elected It viii inaugurate a new
era OF prosperity and of honest, careful
administration for Memphis. It cordially in
vites all good citizens 10 Its support. Its cleo
tiOn Will put Memphis in harmony with the
great Republican party of the nation. 1t is of
of Memphis that il should be in sympathy
with the government. Our people, for their
own best interests, should show themselves
friends Of the government. The election of
League and his ticket will be placing our peo-
pie IN harmony with the great b dy ofthe ma
tiOn. 1t would show them to be friends and sup
pOrters of the national admin nistI alton. Such
position would be OF immense value to them.
Bv0ry istraiioH in the world natural
friends rather than with its enemies Here
an innocent Individual asked II the speaker
not do Justice 70 Democrat Yes,
the administration will do justice 10
all men, but were cold and naked. Justice is
not alw ays what We want. We want the fos
tering aid and generous sympathy of the ma
ttonal government. Memphis for years has
been declining under Democratic rule, until
very low sbb. For yesrs her assessments have
been falling one or two millions each
year. Real estate sells for less and
is taxed more, year by year, and almost month
by month. Take any piece OF property you
can select, and sell 1t TO day. Had you sold 1t
n lsSo OF 300 the money u would nave
what you can get for IL now. Your
estate falls in value year by year
grippe upen IL, IL will not sell for enough to pay
the taxes upon it. Had Memphis been in
harmony with the governing forces
it would, to-day, leave double its
present position and double Its present
weslth. st. Louis and Chicago and the cities
OF the north under Republican auspices, have
rushed forwari in their mighty race OF pro-
greSs, have doubled and trebled their
population, haYe gained wealth,
and splendoT, and magnificence,
while Memphis has all the while been
sinking lower. Our citizens are tired of this.
They have had enough OF modern mole-eyed
Democracy with its hatreds, its prescriptions,
its endless failures, it's suicidal narrowness its
beggary and ruin. Last fall they denounced
1t, They have no wish to return to it. Bus
by's triumph would be its restoration in its
worst and weakest form. BusDy's election
would drag us ell down lower than ever.
Our people want 40 Busbytsm. They
desire new era OF prosperity and