Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-31

anu foFA were ttAeQs he Lfieu 70 QccelNe UT
efedulit5 81 the people OF the state, whom hs
used 20 call herd Of human cattle Ap
pianse.l Out Of two hundred and NIFTY six
thousand voters in TeDf essee, only eighty
erner Brown then read a letter Of H0Facs
Gaynardsr in which he called the common
the common people, whom he terms the herd
OF humiin cattle, 20 vote for hifa- he VIII
hsar lnl.t herd lowing next tuesday. Inen
MaynaHi thought there was no equatty
among The white peOp.e, but now he wa
preaching the doctrine OF negro equality
tCheers. Maynard denies it, Dut IL appeai ed
nine dal's after It's utterance in the Knoxville
Oaro1s'e'a q Radical paper: MAY nsrd
that he had ever heard Of. Applause.
de mad never provoked controversy win
Andrew johnson. He had not mentioned his
with any Democrat. He wss not candidate
thea ard was Tot now. SIR. Johnson had al
ready announced himself a candidate for the
United States senate, and at Sheibyville, a
few days ago wantuniy and without provoca-
ZION asailed him and nis character. What
ever ne had q say was on the defensive. He
cratic party, nor distract It's councils for The
sake Of the highest ONCE In the e1lt of the
people. fApplauSe.l But he esteemed
MS reputau n sud his honor higher
than he did his Office. lChe-rs.l Mr..
| Johnson first charge that he
was Wing before the var, and wanted 10
I'm twice governor of Tennessee. Why did
not Mr. Johnson Drive Gus. henry, ne eagle
orator a The state, out Of the party, aud Colo
nei John F. House, Of Clarksvilie? BE was
not ashamed OF being Wing before the war,
and thiH was the rsJ time he ever heard
| that all who had been Wings would be shut
out OF the Democratic party. He had been a
| Wing, but had never deserted his part so
| long AZ it lived, for ONCE under q dominant
j then charge Johnson with Suspend
ng the writ OF hobeoS coTpusf the
/ isvying OF an unconstitutional tax;
| The creation Of q debt OF twenty million col
| lars ard then advocating It's population; dis
l pensiny paruous by the thousands 10 secure
/ retainers. If this was Democracy, he Gov
eruor RrOwn) had never been Democrat in
this sense. tApplsuse.l DIG Johns IN pardon
him fr'Dm personal motives 70 buy his vote,
then he violated the trust he reposed in him.
| lCheer-l He opposed Mr.. Johnson for the
senate not through vindtettve motives, but
because johnson was not his cnoiee. At Chat
tanoosn (buL not IN Aemphi5l Mr.. Johnson
charged HIM with being a rebel. Cheers.
He did not propose 10 array Mr.. Johnson FOR
having advocated secession and then leaving
Mr.. johnson IOr- his acts while
military governor of Tennessee. Cheers.
He wanted A curtain drawn over this and the
past lApplausel He did so witd his people,
and fought In the Confederate army against
the government when Il tried 10 eoerce
South Carolina lCheers.l Mr.. Johns n
Democratic party. ICheers.l If he
WIS unworthy to be a Democrat, because he
had been Wing before and Confederate
sold. er during the war, then there were thou
ds who were unworthy 10 be Democrats. |
Cheers Johnson charged him with voting
for Horace Greeley. He did vote Tor Mr.. Gree
ley, in the same sense as they had . t-sed !
the complimentary resolutions icr Mr.. John |
SOC. They took him, not as their choice, but |
"a crooked stick with which TO fight the |
Radicals. Cheers II was strange that Mr.. |
Johnson was now standing on the same plat |
EtheIidgs and Horace Mas nard. Why |
did not Mr. Johnson make speech /
81 against the Radicals? Applause |
seventeen million dollars OF the state debt 1
were created during the gOvernorships OF Mr.. L
IrOuBdale, Mr.. Harris and Mr.. Johnson, who /
issued them under an act OF the legislature |
before the war. Five million dollars were is |
sued IN behalf Of " est Tennessee 4
for the Charleston, Memphis and Ohio, /
ana ne mississippi and tennessee lailroads
which are the only railroads in the State that /
owe The State. Governor Brown then exhlb-
ited a State-bond issued during Mr.. Johnson's
m-nstTRtiOn, which was unauthorized by |
law yet bore the signature OF Andrew johnson.
There we've twenty OF these fraudulent bonds,
on which the tax had been paid since 1856.
Mr.. johnson was shown these fraudulent
bonds. and said he could not explain how
they were issued. LCheers.l He "a not say,
nor was he disposed 70 charge, that Mr.. John
son lDten tionaIly issued thEse fraudulent
state bonds; but when Mr.. Johnson spoke
A., the corruption Of another COVER
mn administration he should not
. e too eager to charge corruption. [Applause.l |
Even BrOwnlOw had never issued Iraudu- |
leat bond. IApplause.l
The people in Memphis complained of their
heavy tax Of six per cent, aud wanted TO re-
duce the state tax. The State tax IS less than
half Of one per cent. some OF the men
VINO no cry out for population went
to Nashville and urged the passage OF the
laws that created the debt, and urged the
people 70 vote for tue railroad tax. The Re-
publican party and Barbour Lewis, by cor
rupttOn and extravsgant expenditure of
money, had caused This debt so oppressive 20
the people. While governor he vetoed bill
giving the county court power 10 vote money
to build railroads without the consent Of the
people. He had done this for what ne con-
ceived 10 be the good Of the people. When +.
CHARGED haa
1cJuated by fraudulent or corrupt motives !
Or belonging TO rings. they told
; wulful and malicious fslsehood !
Let the man who charges corruption meet
hin face 70 face, and he would abide the con-
sequences. LAppiause.l He did not want TO
hear inEinuations-he wanted such men 70 | '
meet them face to face; he did not wish to
conceal any OF bis Official acts. The man who
'h4rged him with corruption told willful
advised all anti-hadieals 20 vote with the I
Democratic party. lApplause.l AL who o. :
- o,eE VI - atIc p"lt snouiu vote Win
ne independent party, which Ia the same as
hs Radicals. Cheers. A recoguif don OF The In
epen. ent ticket would result as IL dad in !
~ when the Democrats elected only three
ut OF ten congressman. al the
eople forgotten the lessons OF Rsdi-
alism in 1855 AID 1856 when armed L
1sn guarded the polls, which cost the state
L00OOO0 that should have gone to the pay d
lent Of the debt? Had they forgotten the old |
hey would not bow 20 Radicalism, and thai
Snor2nt men, unable TO write or read were
snt 10 the legisla ures Cheers II =
ley had forgotten those ouIrsges
right and violation OF principle, they
lould look at South Carolina and louisiana |
Applause.l he did not care who the people
ere wanted for United States senator but he >
'anted them 10 vote the Democratic ticket
Applause.l II he could trust men to pass d.
avs for the protection Of his wife, his child
M MS home he certainly could trust them
vote Tor United States senator. An
-ause.I They should ask that the men for
nom they vote should be nominaiet by the
emocratic party. The people were inter r.
'ted IN The election OF "A congressman
nee the war the government had NOT
fpended any money in Tennessee, sx-
,pi that for little customhouse "
Knoxville. The Republican cOugreSs W
0ted the highest tariff on the people, and re- "
hired Tennessee 10 pay Sl0OU0i0O They
anbed congressman elected who would re- -
al the tariff and the enforcement laws un- r
r which, only few weeks ago, citizens
tnls stale were seized BY the United states
ncials when they were already indicted by
g state. They had 10 erect Democrats il they o.
anted 10 repeal the law by which the Presi-
nj OF the United States can suspend the m
NJ OF h00cdS corpus in times Of peace, sta
N the military over the country. huri -
dyes rom thelr seats, and drive iuties
the Democratic party solid. They should | A.
md by It's nominees, and vote for the entire ~,
ket on the day Of cleo ion. :
sOVeruor Brown ended b Is peech by thank
3 the audience for the kind atten ion given
%.
The audience was one Of the most euthusi-
&c tnaL ever assembled in the ODerahousp, ! 7 a
d gave Governor Brown repeated applause -
speech made deep Impression upon