Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-13
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


| EDITORS APPEAL-As workiDgman
! able 10 think and act for myself, l wish
/ TO enter my protest against the political
| ed ucatiOn that IL infiici ed upon me. By the
/ Radical party 1 am informed, in accents OF
| the greatest ,iuCerity that the Democrats
are al ruftians ami thieves, and the Demo-
Gratis return the compliment, and say the very
/ name OF Radical Is SYNONYMOUS with every
| thing that Is bad, violent and wicked, so that
/ Il believe all hear, l should soon be a can
dluEse iOf apartments IN the new lunatic a-y .
lum; but have a sneaking conviction, which
I hardly dare express, that neither side Is
quite as BLACK as Is painted, and so thinking,
! I pursue the even tenor OF my way. N my
opiaion, 10 would be much better Tor the great
| mass Of The American people, particularly
/ the working classes, II they thought little
/ iess OF politics and little more OF business.
! When l see men IN a state Of semi starvation
| IN every city in the Union loaring on the
! street corners, discussing politics, year after
year, and the country sinking into g state OF
anarchy and confusion, north as wei!
as south, I think 1t IS time, for the
w0rikingmen at least fnsteai Of talk
| ing 50 much about what an abstract
government should do for them, 70 put tDeir
progress would perhaps move, as the aforesaid
workiDgu1en that do not work, instead Of
prayiug Tor a slice OF the government loaf,
which seems TO De the princi pal object in life
OF every true-bOrn American, be would be
absorbed n some useful occupation, and
would then perhaps have whole loaf OF his
own. Germany, England, Belgium, etc are
governed Oy tyTannlcal (sic) sovereign
princes, which every American, Of course, az
leeLs 70 Uesplee. Inc I ulLeu STATES are gov
erned by KING People; yet on cOmparing the
worst Of those goverRmsn ts with America, the
result is not very hattering 10 King PeODie. II
We 90 iurther, aid analyze tue cause of the
difference. We shall md II is in the working
classes. In those counties they are iaW-ieaI-
Ing, law-abiding peOple,aud last but NOT least,
they attend TO their own bu -iness, taking care
70 lave some business 10 .ttend to. Thinking
the above lev remarks will apply 10 all, with
cut regard 70 race, color, or previous condition
OF servitude, remain your Well-wisher,
q. W. GILL.
MEMPHIS, October 18th.
made Crazy BY Thunder.
Henry Schwink, a young German,
became so frightened during the thunder
storm on Wednesday evening that he went
out Of his mind. Subsequently he went to
he city prs n, charging himself with bav-
ing committed n crime and delivering him
e up He said the thunder and Lightning
was sent q judgment upon him Tor his
crime. He Was before the medical ex miners
yesterday, and AFTER he airing the testimony OF
correct habits and that there is no foundation
for MS self-accusatiou, they committed MIN
to the insane ssylum.-SdH Fra1ef co E1dD1-
fner. october I'd.
EDITORS APPEAI-HOw Is the shove
for an item7 Bnt there's more truth than
poetry In 1t. That was the second lightning l
have seen since my sojourn in California, ana
on the evening in question called al one OF
the hotels 10 see our friend er. 5tephens end
lady, en- route 70 los Angeles, and viii stand
ing in front of the hotel could bot De amused
about on par with the other. The poor
dumb beasts cavOrted around at a Lively gait,
4 assure you; some tre-D bed and crouehso to
the ground fremb ing with fear, while the |
higher order indu lged Ia sundrP ejaculation,
with bianched cheeks and popping eyes |
enjoyed u, / ~ ure you, and drank IN the /
ina az ned myself amid The old hlue kitte OF /
Ntrzlnia, or AllegheDy's fnownIng crsgs OF |
Tennessee. l am enabled 70 keep pretty well |
pos ed through The columns OF your daily a |
Iriend kindly seuds, and many old Mem !
phians call and get il when have finished It. |
Among them may name Geo. Gift, John i
purn Messrs. Claiborne, Ryan. SmallW cd 1
BrunschWiler and Bob BRkg. We will have |
all your city here after awhile. They all 1
came 10 stay, and most Of them well pleased. /
o hers also recall Halsey r. Cooper, Jim |
smith, Tom Day and A. +. Ktttridge. So you /
see Memphis IL pretty well represented. We |
are having lively times in California street 1
among the bulls and bears. aud stocks are /
jumping away-Out-Of-sis ht one "eXcheQuer," /
selling two weeks ago Tor fifty dollars per share
to-day WAS sctive at two hundred and ]
hfty dollars-Otber5 In ike proportion.
Send Tom VI Call out here and he would soon
chaDge those four half dollars he has been so
long chinking together on the corner of Madi-
son aud Main for double-eagles, and return |
With a bank account that would be worth .
claim ng. Query-why don't l. Because at
present have not the necessary capital Of
few hundred or so 10 commence With; but,
wait awhile; few years will tell the story of
yours o. "auld lang syne," MEMO.
Fan FRANCISCO, october 2, 1874.