Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-10

Louisville Courler-Journal.l
NASHVILLE, September 5.-rhere
was never better prospect fora Demo-
cratic majority in the next congress up
to the time of the recent outbreaks and
outrages in the south. Ii is all knocked
in the head now, and by a lot of skillet
headed fools who ought to be hung
twice-Once by the Democrats for ruin
ing their otherwise fair prospects, and
then again by the law for the outTages
proper. The outbreaks will not help
nor hinder Democratic gains in the
south, but it is in the north that the
Democracy stumble under the load
They cannot carry it. Those who have
been much in the north know how 1t IL.
An outbreak in the south means har-
vest Of votes for the Republicans. The
Gibson county slaughter has not caused
the Democratic party north to lose one
less than fifty thousand votes. 'If they
begin to kill the negroes under Repub-
| lican rule" argue the liberal men of
the north, chow much more it will be
under Democratic rule; so guess we
had better continue to vote the Republi-
can ticket.u 1t is not worth while to
argue and contradict about the
| Justice of such conclusions; the facts
remain the same. Such conelu-
sions are drawn, and will be to the end
of the chapter. Large gains Of Demo-
cratic congressman will certainly be
made in the south, and these added to
what would have been gained in the
| north, but for the recent fresh burst of
Outrages, would have given congress to
| the Democrats, or at least balanced of
| the parties about evenly there, and put
an eternal guietus to the civil rights bill
| But now the IA. is all in the fire, so far
as the north is concerned, and il is only
| from the south that decided gains will
/ be realized. Tennessee will take the
lead OF all States, north or south, in the
matter of Democratic gains. The Dem
| Ocrats are very likely to make a clear
gain here of six congressman. You may
/ be a little surprised at this, but the
| healing OF the breach of 1872 in the
| Democratic ranks and the civil rights
| bill are the causes which will bring this
great change about.
In the first district the Republicans
will elect their man, and il is the only
district they are sure of. R0derick Ran
dom Butler is the coming man from the
twelve counties Of wilderness in the
eastern end Of the State called the first
| district. Butler has already been elect
ed to congress from there four times,
| notwithstanding the desperate efforts
made at each election to defeat him.
| He walks over the track as regularly as
the polls open. The secret Of his strength
| is that he has kind word for everybody
and will dismount from his horse and'
wade through a rod Of mud to shake
hands with an old woman and ask her
all about her children, her calves, her
/ and al1felxapG old nina
Then he distributes garden-seed and
patent-office reports with lavish hand.
These all count. Ts mOuntaineer
patent-Office report is as valuable as
Gi66Op's History Of Rome, just about.
| Last election, wnen the Democrats did
| their very best, Butler got ten thousand
| two hundred and eighty-nine votes TO
Carter's seven thousand eight hundred
and forty-nine. This year l do not hear
| that the Democrats are going into the
| fray with very much spirit. They
cannot successfully fight SO many
smiles, so many square drinks,
often with sugar in them, and
the government garden-seed department
and printing Office. So you may as well
consider Butler good for fifth term.
He is opposed to the civil rights bill,
which is well, or he might not walk over
| the track so comfortably. In the second
district the Republicans are split to
pieces, and there is every prospect that
a Democrat will go in from there Civil
rights has badly demoralized the Re
publicans in that district, TO say nothing
of the Thornburg and Houk feud. To
| indicate what civil rights has done for
the party there it is only necessary to
note the fact that the Democrats carried
Knox county at the late county election,
while in 1872 the vote in that county
stood 170S Democratic to 1868 Repub-
lican! This indicates 3 tremendous
change-s change which, if it operates
to half that extent in the other counties
of the district, will certainly give the
district to the Democrats.
In the third district Dibbrel, Demo-
crat, will most certainly beat Nelson,
Republican. Weli-kDOWn Republicans
eoncede this. My individual opinion
is that Dibbrel will be elected by over
1.-TWO thousand majority.
In the fourth district the Republicans
: have no show whatever. 1t is nearly
three TO one Democratic.
The fifth district is also very largely
Democratic, over two to one.
The sixth, or Nashville district, is
strongly Democratic, although, owing
to the split in the party in 1872, It'll row
represented by Harrison, Republican.
The seventh is Democratic by about
three thousand majority.
The eighth is largely Democratic, al
though it is now represented by Re-
publican, owing to there having been
three Democratic candidates in 1872.
The ninth will certainly be carried by
the Democrats, and so will the tenth.
The first, second, third, fifth, eighth,
ninth, and the State at large, were all
carried by the Republicans in 1872, They
will all be lost TO them in November,
except the first. There is no Estate at
LARGE now, but, instead, we have the
tenth district.
So conclude that Tennessee viii be
the banner State for democratic gains"
at the ensuing fall election.