Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-29

The many friends OF this talented and
distinguished gentleman, contemplate
his facdous course with profound regret
modification and surprise. During the
dark days succeeding the war, when
the hands and feet Of seventy thousand
OF Tenuszsge's sons were bound by the
gives which had been forged by the
Radical rulers Of the State, and their
mouths closed 10y infamous test-Osths,
Emerson Etheridge raised his eloquent
voice against the c,imes OF the peoples
Oppressors, and in 1867, when there was
M possible chance for q Democrat OF
Conservative TO be elected governor Of
Tennessee, accepted the nomination
ald made a most vigorous and msuly
canvass. de lifted high The banner Of en-
frsuchisementi sud.smid Contumely, in
suit and personal violence in East Ten
uessee, stood faithfully by his colo1s,
coming out Of the contest defeated, with
the loss Of money, time, everything
save honor. He took with him The
good wishes Of the rue, reliable tax
paying people Of Tennessee. Fully sp-
preciating Mr.. Elheridge's services in
this hopeless campaign, so soon Is the
Democrats and Conservatives secured
power they made him their candidate
for United States senator. They fought
the battle for him as calamity, as assidu-
0gsly and as earnestly as be had fought
their battle in 1867. Mr.. EtheHdge was
defeated. Since this result he has be-
come sOured, s. mo-Ose, disorgauiziug
mischief-mskeI, a kind Of political
Ishmselite, with hands turned sgaiust
everybody and every party. Mr..
z heTidge's fancied wrongs are nothing
in comparison with the great destiny Of
the Democratic and Conservative party
battling with Rsdicalism. Forsaken
aud abandoned by the political friends
who loved and supported him, lac now
hopes % secure some Democratic aud
Conservative strength by hitching on
TO the c0at-tau Of Andrew Johnson, and
serving g. a bob to the kite. Such |
sacrifice, such disqualification, such |
an utter abandonment Of selfTespeJt, is /
shameful; it is scaudulous; it is pitt
ful. Mr.. Etheridge must presume
largely upon the ignorance, the creduiity 4
and the gullibility Of the friends Of
Andrew Johnson, 10 suppose that they
eau he caught by such bald humbuggery.
Auziousiy desiring harmony in the
election % members to the legislature,
aud fearing discussion Of the election
Of d United States senator would en-
gender strife and discord, We have
urged the people 10 ignore this question,
q elect good men 10 the legislature
whose Judgment could be trusted In this
a. well as in all other questions. And /,
now We must say that the idea oil
Emerson Etheridge expecting or desir-
ing an election 10 the State senate as the
peculiar champion Of Andrew johnson.
is the acme, the climax, the apex. the
'-llg plus ultra, f" the ultima thule Of uo-
liticsl prostitution for political aggran-
dizement. The friends Of Andrew
johnson are not fools 20 be caught by
such chafE They know that the head Of
Emerson Etheridge, for the last eight
years has been the volcano, and his /
mouth the crater, from which have
been elected q foul stream Of abuse, TIA
duction and villifcstion. Unlike We
sUviuz, this Tennessee volcano takes 10
rep0se. For years il has been in constant
eruption, and the lava mas flowed over
the State in a ceaseless torrent. Pending
the senatorial election in the fall Of 1869.
the burning mountain lo0med In all its
grandeur. The lambert flame was bright.
the eOnvulsive thTOes caused the city 10
tTsmble and CULVER, and the melted
rocks threatened TO bury the capitol oil
the State. Emerson Etheridge has ex-
hausted the English language in abusing
johnson. He has ATTEMPTED 10
show that a. J. was responsible for the
BrownlOw administration and the dis
OF the people Of Tonnes
see; that Is military governor he was 8
.yrant and usurper; that r. President he
rejected the Shermsn-Johnston treaty,
md substituted his despotic rule and /
sxacdons; that in Reconstruction be Ar Z
-ogated TO himself the right to say who
.hould and who should not vote; that
ne had violated nearly every clause Of :
he constitution, and was the cause Of Z
he woes Of the southern people. Cice- {
o's orations onVerres neutrality-suspicious. s
in comparison with Ether q