Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-06

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| spectful hearing. Judge Lewis compli-
/ mented Colonel Young on his modera-
| ton, and congratulated the Democracy
on having selected q candidate so well
/ qualified TO represent the district. He
| agreed with his opponent that the cur
| rency of the country shOdld be moder-
| ately increased iu volume, and had so
| voted in congress. He praised the pres
| eut currency, as compared with that in
| existence before the war, and spoke Of
the difficulty in passing the money Of
| one State in another. The present me-
dunn will pass anywhere in the Union;
| for this we are indebted to Republican
administration The Democracy is di-
/ vided on the currency question. In the
east and north they desire contraction;
elsewhere an EXPANSION. He was thank
FOL it had come to pass that because 3
man belonged to a particular
party he was not compelled to
adhere to all its doctrines. His
opponent now occupied the same ground
in regard to the currency that Morgan,
Logan and Maynard stand on. He
charged that Mr.. Young was not in ac-
cord with the Democracy on this ques-
tiOn. More than one thousand millions OF
dollars Of the nations debts have been
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lions were psid within the first eighteen
months. Since Grant came into power
nearly four hundred millions have been
/ paid. The Republican party has con-
ferred inealcuabls blessings upon the
country in the present currency system.
In reply TO the charge that the public
3, domain had been squsndered by the Re
publican psrty, be said that ii had been
liked so that any man, by pay
ing ten dollars, can secure one hundred
and sixty acres of land. The govern
ment acted wisely in helping to build
the railroads in the west
GIVING LANDS To RAILROADS
is the settled policy, and it is wisely 80.
The eolOred people were the dOWn-tIod-
den people ia Louisiana, and not the
Uhites. as Mr.. Young had asserted.
Even Mr.. Greeley said that the kukluX
had murdered five thousand eOlored
man. He rolled as q sweet mOrsel un-
der his tongue the affairs at COlfax and
Coushatta, and laid all the blame at the
doors of the white people. He had urged
that the civil rights bill should oe
amended in some Of its features. Ex-
treme men in both sections have gone
J crazy. The bill does not seek to place
the negro above the white man. Mixed
echools are an abolition, and NOBODY
: wants them. IL the bill had been taken
) mn he would have offered an amend.
3 ment. Some drunken negroes asserl
( that they want mixed schools.
HE Is NOT FOR SOCIAL EQUALITY
! bnt the eolored man should have equal
! rights in some things, provided ne pay.
the same price; among them, riding ID
a. care People need not sit at the
Z same table in order te secure equa
r;ghts. nor IN the same room. Sensible
/, SIN 40 ffifazt themselves upoL
= H. u,tb vaOm they are onlecuoh
{, sbla Wien Lewis closed the neRtoel
I hegan to move toward the door, u
pTomptly callea them back.
. NOnsg Rejoined
: nv saving that Lewis had made l4Os
!. eioquent Democratic speech IN IeSaIG !
I ths civil rights bill. he asserted @ ~ ~
!. the public debt was greater ~ 4o'.i an an
. i graafer now than it was when Gran
= came into power. me people nay ~
. ,,a1-er derived any benefit nom tn
: Nortbern Pacific road Fitiy-eigh
= ,oiIlious of acres of land were give
4 - r. and it has brought col
- r,pfion tIpon congress and disgrae
Il nnon the nation; twenty-fou1 thou
= sand acres to the square-mile 70 the Al
y Isntje aud Pacific railroad, q mytnies
= insfitnfion; the same to the Central IA
j eifie, and credit mobiiier are the result
= The speaker had no sympathy VII
v those Who bling disgrace upon the eoGr
Z try by violating the law. Is u n'
i strange thatin Louisiana, TneTe eHelS ever
: ti,ing e ia, the hauds Of the Radical
:, ~ one has been brought to justlee
n Tbev have the power, and are 6aeke
- = - ~ Ire whole c0lored population
y !, " wbv 40 they not enforce the law? Z I
SSs I.ts Village the best citizens OF Il
- - n~- ,o-Sn were murdered by negroes An
q = sgd1 and other outrsges in ArkanssS;s duril @
n a sus sonr yesrs Of Radical rule wo9ld oalan
~ ,o,, sny Charges brought against the ~nits nv
Heaszed Lewis Il ne lneiueel y, "a, s..,,,n Sla
n minis aBGslOn to the desires ol uluala'
1s. negroes The judge ought 10 hsNs ma