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

per eaput for each convict per day.
They agreed the iessees should uquidaie the
ms snSa , gropns Dg IN State 10 allow
! one dollar per head for ordinary, aud one aud
I a hglf for mechanic convlels, although the
\ iessees wire paying scarce ten cents for each
] laborer Was there ever a gEeater lnisny
practical upon the people? Tnis was what
Governor Brown and party mad done. they
was lhe work Of the Democrats not, however
/ OF the Democrats present WORDS could not
! express his indignation.
CBs.oEEE. n UNG'S BE5OINDER'
Colonel Young was loudly greeted,
and wanted to know If he had done his oppo-
nsnt Injustice when he said he wanted 70 get
ON the Democratic platform. Bot udge Lew
/ IS had lost his temper and had TO go ON six
! months prObatiOn. He failed TO tell them
why 8lr. Lewis had not grown indignan
when the Radicals turned out the Democratle
I magisfrat.s and put in the Radical com uls-
sloneIf. Why didn't Judge Lewis nave some
! thing to say Of the enormous debts DfougLt
| on the southern states by the Etaulcalst ne
! then gave the following statement OF the debt
nf the southern states, as increased by Radi'
,4is6anag.- In 1851 the s. ate debt was s, 49,
{ 900. IN ls7l the debt. actual and contingent
/ was, sH,i00,000, difference in ten years oi
dri3tnsas- SIN 1861 the state debt was s2,0s4,-
/ l7g 20. In 1871 the debt. actual and eoniin-
gent, was sle,59S,O)o, difference in ten years
/ Fo5ida.-in 1861 the State debt was sS7O, ,6l7
/ In ls7l the debt, actual and contingent was
sl5,7g7 5S7, a difference in ten years OF si5,l26,
! Geo,via.-In 1861 The state,debt was 81, go
/ In lsTl the debt, actual and contingent, was
$3.50 $50, difference In ten years OF s5S,oSS'
Iotifsfana.-In 1861 the state debt was 81, ,000.
/ OO0. In 1871 the debt, actual and contingent
was si002l ,534, a difference IN ten years OF 3d.
| Noyfh Caroiiaa.-In 1861, the state debt was
j sS76l,245; in ISL, the debt, actual and coming
ent, was S5i SSI,i6i, difference ia ten years o.
South Carolina-In 1861, the State debt was
s.. g5S; in In. the debit actual and conting
ent, was S22,iSO5l2, a difference in ten years OF
TeldS.-In 1861, had no debt; In Isl, The
debt, actual snd contingent, was sl4-93OOOO.
The debts of the reconstructed states aggre
gate s28l ,66,0l5, while the aggregate deot OF ~
| tne other States, q in number, is given by iht
last Oil ial reports as 152. The incfeast
/ in the Indebtedness OF the reconsuuelto
/ states, from the Initiation of the cOngression
! al scheme OF reconstruction, is Sl2OOO,OOO more
| than the aggregate Indebtedness of all the
other states. II will be borne in mind tina
the debts Of the southern states contracted
i from 1851 20 1865 were repudiated oy order
/ the Federal government, so that the increas'
shown is altogether due 10 carpetbag imam
Upon this subject Mr.. Lewis was mys
terfOuslv silent, because such expressions WeTi
caused by his Republican party.
Why did not Mr.. Lewis tell the people o
this as well as the debt of Tennessee, whlcl
ne saws was created by the Democrats? Thl
was the record OF the Republican party II
the southern states, vet Mr.. Lewis spoke o
| Tennessee's debt. What had he TO say Of thi
| spOuatiOn and robbery of the people OF tnes'
Sla.es2 II he had been privy TO the creation
Il Tennessee1s debt and the penitentiaTy lease
he says he would nave Withdrawn from IL
Why don't he now withdraw from the partl
! which mas created the debts OF the SOutherI
| states? Why don't he Withdraw uoln M
party and blush with shame when re tnlnAs
6f the enormous debt OF sl35,o00 ne and hi
| party. created for Shelby county. The reputa
Ole newspapers Of the country did denounc
the Mississippi river Improvement scheme
b Tue st. Louis De4G0cTdt and Cincinnati Con-
HaerciaI (bOtn RadicaO had opposed u. 81
had no agency in sending troops 70 Soner
, Vile or Austin. Judge Lewis dodged I'M
/ question. The war was ended, but IL seenes
, that Judge Lewis wanted the war revived.
will ask you, Judge Lewis. If you did no
. ! bring the soldiers here, VIII you join me Il
the request and sign petition
have them remOvede lCries OF "No
never, never; let them stay" by th'
B He is sometimes in the habit of relating SOM
| anlusing anecdotes for the benefit of hl
hearers. 1 will fOrestall him this times an'
take the wind out OF mis- sails he IS meal
enough sometimes to tell his audience that
/ am Ike an old horse that friend of his one
had 10 Vermont He says the horse was tOi
/ old 10 be valuable, and he had rendered to-
much service to be killed. The owner had m
has, but had plenty Of shavings. The olt
| horse did not relish the shavings, and woul'
| MT eat them. 30 ne thought him of a device
and that was to put pair OF green spectacle
on the old animal, ana when ne Woui'
see the shavings through them he would
think they were hay. The device was success
ful; the horse ate the. .shavings and eventual,
died. Ny friends in the gallery, you are tha
Old horse-yOu have been fed on shavings 70
! ton years. He now invited them to join tn
Democratic party and feed on hay. tCries o
"NeVer, never, by the negroes.