Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-08

/ who ought not 70 40 to the senate, why not
Hno oslt ~ 70 go ~ ~, ,e sIttsc,,
/ We have a governor who, at that time was q
! private citizen. He came 70 Nashville and de-
Z clared 70 me that he was not in that City
hoiel oonclave, but there Is one thing posi-
lively true, that VIXEN the arrangement was
MADE, and when the conspiracy was formed
I he was very prompt In carrying Il into eZecu-
ton. am going 70 mention him II was John
Z, Brown. he is at the head of this clique
who ts trying 10 control t. state. He IS now
the Standard bearer OF the Democracy, while
who stood by the party through all The
publican President. why not Brown,
who lever drew a Democratic breath.
IN his life Laughter aud applause.l Before
mention another thing. AT the Close OF the
War be was amenabie 20 the laws OF the
country, and when he was engaged in this
secret oonclave against Andrew johnson, ne
had andrew Iohnson's pardon In his pocket.
La ughteri His speech made 81 Pulaski was
rec ted in f1l for the Ui.ton and American,
ana you viii nnd in It's head lin y a statement
that he was not "A candidate for any ONCE.
Bat the next morning this Is corrected In An
NOT candidate Tor any ofice in the gin OF
the people OF Giles county. fLRughtsrl This
speeoh lie closes with these words: There Is
another subject upon which l would like 70
advise you.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONTEST
bids fair TO create some excitement IN various
counties Let me say 70 you elect no man 70
the legislature with whom you are not willing
y
Elect capable, honest men who viii do
their duty fearlessly, and don't ask them who
they VIII vote for for United states senator.
but trust to their Judgment for the selection Of
a proper man. Why Is he afraid OF the will OF
the people2 are ihey 50 afraid Of an intelli-
gent public that The governor OF the State
should give them this advice2 1 say to-day
that II this government is 70 be free and con-
uuue free, The people must look into these
mBtters for themselves. As early as January,
le67, John O. Brown received a direct pardon
from my hands, and with this pardon in his
pocket ne seeks my destruction. II this man
ls the candidate OF the UrfOsl and american,
say let ii speak cut, that the people may know
IT, so lar as am concerned, l would not be
senator II bad 10 buy the place by
INTRIGUE AND FRAUD.
[Applause.l thank God that have learned
that the difference between a competency
and more than a competency is TOO small for |
me to throw aside my character as an honest |
man 10 secure IL. Continued applause.l In |
reference TO the word repudiation, upon |
which the Union and AnleT1cdn's article vRs |
based, will call your attention TO a speech |
made in GAllatin, and a report Of which was |
published in full in that paper OF Sunday two |
weeks ago, in which speech advocated pre- |
cisely the same ideas ! advanced in my CHAT /
tanooga speech, and for which 1 am now de- 4
nounced as repudlator. had been l
calling attention TO the high rates Of taxes, 1
and had referred 10 an advertisement Of
seven thousand parcels OF land in Memphis /
and an immense number in Nashville. Are Il
the people to have no relief We had pledge /
made BY State convention recently, which /
taxes think taxes ought to be decreased. |
l would say, pay your many expenses, and II /
there is nothing left let your bODdhOlders
wait. Row, how many men are there who |
are unable TO pay their debts when they fall |
due2 And yet these men would not be called 1
repudiatOrs. / have said this, and still say II
II the thing is pressed 20 that the citizen Is /
crushed 10 earth with
A BURDEN OF TAXATION,
would have the bondholder wait little, or
do the best be can. lApplause.l Mr.. Johnson /
national banking sysJem, saying that the
bankers receive sixteen PEI cent. OF the capt.
tai invested in their business and in exigen- 4
cies Of trade much more, sometimes. "a voice
II man gets out OF paying tazes on money
Invested In government bonds, too, don't he? 4
Mr john on-Nes, sir; thank you Tor the sug-
gesuOn. Instead Of banking upon bonds,
ISSUE GREENBACES, BEARING NO IN
TEKEST,
and Isft bonds plsced on deposit do this and 4
we VIII save paying six per cent. interest on
talki1g about parties ana talk about these
great questions, and let party serve the coun-
Try instead OF having party served by the
country. The feasibility of managing our
currency 70 correspond with the comptrollerA
standard may be seen by reference TO a few
facis derived from our commercial statistics.
in the United States from 1919 to 1857 amount
ed TO sl,l74,00OOJO, while for the same period
the net exports OF specie were S74i, 100000.
This shows an excess OF production over net
exports OF t433,0O0,00O. There are in the treas
ury 81 OS4, ,079 SO IN coin; IN circulation in the
states on the Pacihc coast about S40O00,000,
other banks, In all less than
sO,OO0,O0O Taxing INTO consideration the spe-
Gle IN the country prior to iSf0 and that pro
dUCed since 1867, and we have more than o. /
0O0 O0o not accounted for by expectation or by
returns OF the treasury, and therefore most
probably remaining in the country. These
sre important facts, and show how coRplete-
iy inferior currency will supeTcede better,
forcing Il from circulation among the mas :es
and causing Il 10 be exported ~ a mere article
Of trade, TO add 10 the money capital Of for
eign lands. They show the necessity OF retir-
ing our paper money, that the return OF gold
and n iver TO the avenues Of trade may be IN
vited, and a demand created which cause the
retention at home Of A. least SO much Of the
productions Of our TicD, insxhausti ole. gold
bearing fields ss may be sufficient for The pur-
poses OF Ejaculation. IL is unreasonable TO ex-
pecJ
a RETURN TO 4 SOUND CURRENCY /
50 long as the government and banks are con-
inning 70 issue frredeemaOle notes and I'LL
the channels % circulation with deprecated
paper. notwithstanding coinage by our
mlnts since 1853 o. Ss74 ,00o 600, the people are
now strangers 10 currrncy, which was de-
signed tn their use and benefit, and specl-
mems OF precious metals bearing the national
device are seldom seen except when pro-
duced 10 crafty the Interest excited by their
novelty. Through all a6es and IN all couu-
trles people have held gold and silver 70 be
valuable I don't care what shape Il Is in,
whether round or nat, In money or In lD-
lOts, A. VIII bring its fun value In every part
Jf the glsbe and II would almost seem as II
Providence designed ~ for uniYereai clrcula- !
ion. in conclusion Mr.. Johnson closed his
ipeech with a reference 10 khe grange move
Dent which he commended, ana as be LETT {
he stand he wss Instantly surrounded by {
cores OF friends among his auditors. {
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