Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-23

monye He hoped Lewis would repel the
belief that he had some agency in
the election for him. he would Ike 10 repre-
sent the people in congress, but ne would
scorn election at the point of the bOyonet. Il
tbs ss elssqn BoInq Of was be bagonet Pe e"9u R was
time the people should know it. Cheers.
At this point the negroes in the gallery inter
ruDted Colonel Young, who then closed hls
speech. Colonel Young requested his friends
10 remain and hear Judge Lewis.
JUDGE BARBOUR LEWIS.
Judge Lewis said he was glad TO see
so many intelligent people present. j ne peo-
pie wanted to know what their candidate was
going to do and what measures he would al
yocate when he got to congTess. Solonei
was needed for the country. Colonel Young
had expressed mis- fears upon the tact Jhal
forty soldiers would control one hundred
tho1sand voters. He favored cheap lanspOr-
tatiOu, was a friend to the local roads OF
Mem phis, and the bill he sought 10 introduce
would prevent discrimination against Mem
phis The railroads had been built ont OF the
peoples and the governments money, ana
| me stock Watered. His friend thought this
All right. He then made an attack on the rail-
| roads running into Boston anu New YORK re-
garding their determinations ana oppressive
| freight tariffs. The same would result 10
shipments by rail 10 Memphis. rms was an
| encroachment which any one VINO nau the
courage OF mouse or the respect OF
the people would oppose ana ushouhce.
| President Jackson had the United states
bank deposits removed IN ORDER 70 prcak up
the institution, so dangerous did he regard II 20
I the liberties of the people. Now, this danger
Iurked in the amaSsed wealth OF s3oOOO0iuO0
| in the hands OF a few railroad men; yet
his friend believed them all right. Wander
| bilt, Scott, Garrett, NJ COMBS GOuid, ANA "a
| few other men, could cOniIOl tne enllFs rail-
roads of the Union. Unless jackson was q
| loOl when he said a corporation OF Ss5-UjyOj1
was fanp perous to the liberties OF the p5ople, a
| corporation OF S3,019,00O,00O was more danger
ous. His friend grew merry over The I'M
provement of the Mississippi, which mas 1900
miles OF tributary nav Vigatlon' ana IS now prac-
tically closed. II any other nauOn OF tle
world had such a river, they would make IL
navigable for the Ueeis OF all natlonh' a gieal
highway 10 the sea, ana free as the ocean. II
was feasible by engineering skil. steam
boats, railroads and telegraphs were once cor
| sidered impossibilities. Men who do
not believe in progress with the spirit
of ox-team looOmotlOn would pronounce the
| scheme Impossible. hls Itleha , N9ul4 t men @
/ roll up his eyes in holy horror and tell You
what the newspapers, bought up Dy corrupt
| rings. said about IL. He was addressing an M
| teligenJ audience VINO could act Wlthoul
awaiting TO be told what TO do by the news
papers. There was no doubt but Wnal Jhe
Mississippi river could be opened twelve nun
1 dred feet wide according to his amendment
| TO the bil) for Sl,000,9OJ, Professor Eades 20
/ keep il open year. he was not 70 receive
any money until he had done II. His friend
got his Idea from some stupid newspaper.
/ fYells by negrOes.l His friend thought III corr
| rupt TO serve the peoples int rest by opening
| the river with depth OF thirty ieet, anu with
i ATTY teet ultimately. That opposition was
| wise. was generous, wasn't ii? The river
! could be made 50 that the fleets OF the world
/ could come to Memphis, and until they
| did, the contractors were not 20 receive
any money. That was corrupt, according 10
! the ideas OF his opponent, who was good man
and an able speaker. But he hardly expected
| 10 hear such a cry come from anywhere eN-
| cept a lunatlc asylum. The scheme was pIac-
/ ticaI and had been tested satisfactorily In
| Europe. Alpine torrents had been made nav
1 igabie for large ocean vessels. The DANUBE,
| two q hOusand miles long, with us various I'M
/ pediments at its entrance 10 the Black sea,
| was opened to the commerce OF the BLACK sea
| the Mediterranean and the commerce OF Lhe
| world within three years. II mao Oeen dune
| in Europe, but such could not be done II
| America, was said by those who opposed Al.
| If the Mississippi was opened, the cotlOn ioI
/ dve hundred miles around would be brought
| TO Memphis and placed ON vessels which
| would take it 70 Hamburg, Liverpool ana
| other markets and manuiactofles, ihefeOy
/ saving SO per bale. This would, on 3O,OO
/ bales per year, save $4,000 per year
| to the south, and yet colonel Young
| had no heart for such an enterprise. me peo-
i pie would then by direct communication win
| EurOpe save twO-thlrds or three-q uarters Ol
| prices now paid on goods. But thls was TOO
| small a matter for MS frend, colonel oung'
i who was only thinking about going TO con-
( gIess. He Thought OF nothing ont JnaI seat
| IN congress and bowling about civil rights.
Yells oy the negroes. he draok elVll rlgh1
/ led on il, dreamed OF IL, and had the civil
| rights nightmare. prolonged yelis by lhe ne
| groesl He Lewis gave himself no trouble
| about the civil rights. those lnlnks would
| regulate themselves, The civil rights stale
| Dill had prevailed in Mississippi. governor
| Alcorn told him that never had white boy
in that state asked admission 10 a cOiOred
| school, and no colOred child had asked adlnls-
1 sion TO a white school. The same was true Of
| the oxford (white) and the Alcorn (negroj
schools. AS the collection OF claims, he
mad applied in a hundred cases and every
time ne applied the claim was paid. The
people who mad Just claims against Ine gov
II eminent thought Of this subject. The gov
ernment had paid only six Thousand claims
but has thirty thousand on f1le. he had neVel
I w
But to be accurate, the claim had 20 pass
through twenty-seVen bureausi the process
was at best very SLOW. Coionei 1ouhg' @ @WheT-
ever ne had gone, had had dlihculiy, Lewis
| az the claims again! II hedont I stop II never
get to congress. his or Colonel fOung,s eiec-
| ton was a little matter. he did not beneNe
the ru q against claimants should be so rigldly
| enforced. Colonel Young was shocked be
| cause be tJld him the government would lis
/, ten more cheerfully 10 a friend than 10 an en-
: ! emv He was appealing TO people OF intell1-
= | gence. His friend, Colonel Young, was
Troubled because Grant and MS aaIinlstra-
> ton would remain IN once unul lo'' anu
| within that time many, II not all, the claims
would be inielligenuy collected ana palo.
: Colonel Young was scared about The prea-
| ence OF the soldiers here, about forty in num-
= Der. Was Colonel Young scared when SIX
hundred armed white men went on the wild
| goose expedition to Somervtlle2 he (loung)
| never protested against u, L4ells by the ne
groes and cries of "Bit him again. the
leaders OF the Democrats-nOt The masses OF
the Democrats, VINO We're honest, We'll meail-
| ing men-fcTies OF t'IOO thin'l did not protest
| | against the movement. He hoped his irieno
when a colonel in the war did not become
& | frightened at the sight OF forty men, and
hoped his courage had not oozed out Al MS illl-
ger ends. Colonei Young was afraid he would
say something about the funding biz, and
tried TO make them believe that the Hepub :
r cans issued l,500, ,J00,O10 at one time. 1hey
Z were, however, issued in 1861, 1867, 1858 and
/ vas al diferent rates. The payment
! Of bonds in gold had been ADVOCATE d
[ by the Democrats, and was 81 UenuouiaS
4 bv their candidates Tor President, BrecBin'
4 ridge, Seymour and bOrace Greeley, AnC
Mr. Chase, who came very near being nor1i
l mated by the Democrats, favored a gold pay
q ment. AL people snoutd laNoE Toe sOlu pay
: ment for a green back had risen 70 pc WOrtt
: SIS more in gold than II was stnce Grant wa
4 | elected This was due TO iudiciOus and eco
4 ! nomical Republican administration. In
4 | few wears our currency would be up 10 g0li
i standard the world over. All the DemOcia at
4 vino believed in the teachings and Tradition
4 OF the noble fathers and teachers oi that grea
4 partv Calhoun, jackson and Benton, Woul'
o he ashamed to have a mere paper money; itn'
II 50 would the people, IKE the glorious Delho
4 | cratic fathers be ashamed OF the pa
| ner currency Bis friend was uneas,
e about the funding Dill, 10 "a sai' an
I. | had moi uset a man in the state VINO WGul'
n etoon 81 low as 10 defend GoVernoT Brow
.e The Democratic conVe-.-" AZ S's'7ii ~ ~
Il went out OF its way to indorse ana ehl0siA
n Governor Brown. Colonel Young ha0 70 m
,e dorse Governor Brown or deny ms paLty - ~
le form Freeman was not Henlosi % ~, ~
a LEGISLATURE. ana COtlAulA W. ---
\ bifi The fact OF "A few RepuDDcans Notlil
is for the bill was the only respectitoie lsdtuI
about it, Governor Brown and ms IegislatuL ~ !
Ia out the tax down from p TO ~ cents Hf; .HtH
\ arjdae helping to do 30. Bonds went uoWl
n The bulls, bears, and Democrats OF tae I'm
a | bought Si6OaOOOU OF bonds a. 30 cents on IN
AZ dollar paying therefor S5,OOOVO- Bonus Ael
m m. BECAUSE thtitax was Increased, 70 ~ csnt
D. Ihe Democrats and funding rings VINO gay
m 4 them Greeley and Colone. Young cOnl
y well aiford 70 buy up the neWsPi
IL pers. as they sold their bonds iof 81 cenu
a. and made IS 1000. The same party gOl Coz
n srnor Brown 10 reduce the tax 10 forty cent
n and bought bonds cheap, thereby max p
1s more money by having the funding d
= / ns ed which caused them 10 sell bonus :
a ss5Vtv and ssy enty cents. Ihey could aH'do
" buy newspapers, and be supposed tnet ul
X INV every newspaper In the SIaie worm Du.
- sne Shelby county stood clear OF lhls siietl
n fe,f eSe-v member voted against H. anc tne
he 1,ere eiected largely by the Republicans.
~ 70 the Deuitenuafy lease, MS IRENE W
in frionfenfsd. The Democrats turned or "
RenubIican i6ssees, although lhe lnHpeoto
renorfad they were making t9iiUO a year ~
,,a ~ n for the State. Governor Brown and par
'si Tec0mmended and urged the prison Dell
IN leased FOR i've years az s9gO1 per year, wne
M oiher parties too. offered $1,000 per yeai, ~
ed sum OF SS0,0O0 was pat nNe cen