Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-30
- BE TRUE To ME AND To TIKI
GsssT HEPUBLICAH PARTY"

GE st nEPUBLICAH PARTY"
We sre indebted 10 a gentleman fo
the following letter by the Honorable
Barbour Lewis, representing this, tn,
tenth, Congressional district in con
gress, addressed 10 a negro man named
james GiIlsnwster, residing upon th,
p.sce owned by Mr. r. E. Steger
near Moscow, ana who lie in the
employ OF tina; gentleman. II i:
as pleasant a piece OF comedy on paper
as ever we have fallen in with, snd tc
those who know Whist description Of
piety the hOHorqJls gentleman deals in
mostly, it viii furnish more than one
hearty laugh. The ''dear sir'' to q
negro who, we are confidently assured
never voted tie Radical ticket, is some
thing so nca as to be only exceeded by
the "God bless you" and the confidence
the Characterization, the suave, the
graceful and the courtly Barbour has il
GIlenwater's being true to "me and
ths great Republican party" Barbour
writes:
MEMPHIS, october 3. 1874.
DrAE sTE-The present is trying timel ]
shall lJoa 10 you 10 do a noble work for the
Repub lean party until the election is over.
You can d. . great deal. Please exert Your
SELF like a man and a good ciGzen. EncJu r
axe all COR people 70 stand nrm and do their
duty TEL them hal theV trlA b no 0ugi3g
protected PsssideHt q AR has heard that
trouble re tlid not permit hen % De ~ On0ed,
1l1r fcla he suffer The trr0ag-a0erS % 90 uHpin-
tste1 y mast al exert ourselves 10 the ~
most Bring your people out 70 the meetings.
Let them know their duty. on saturday We
wIll have grand msss-neeiing al sOmer-
y.le. ] want you 70 &c tsere, and al your
friends au1 all tie Republicans Of Fayette
county. Your ticket viii be given 70 you
there. 10 all do their duty we snall win IN
fuelus. Bring them al out on election day,
and have Them vote. Remember that the
ele-tlOu will b. on tuesday, the third day OF
NuFt uDor. You viii al vote ior Horace
MAJ usru Tor governor, ana for Barbour Lewis
Tor congress. i raiy greatly upon you. Acu
Hre I'd and true man, and viii try 10 do
your whole duty. God, cur heavenly father,
expects us all, and commands Us AL TO do or
ulf. mob y aud maufuuv. NOu must make
great efiort this time! You should give every
da3 until tue election 70 going around and
recin our people, and waking them up. All
mu NOas Ike men. have confidence IN VOC,
aud believe that YOU will he true 70 me and
10 the great T. publican party. God bless you,
pray your friend, BARBOUR LEWIS.
We have said there is comedy in this
letter, and there is, but with it there
com,s few words OF that devilish poi
son with which the csrpetbagger has
never failed to leaven bis political
speeches and documents. q Tpe mounte-
bznk has bis serious moments, when be
would be thought to forget his trade, and
50 Barbour, besides exhOrting his as
sumed victim to vote for Maynard and
him, and to be "lPue TO me and TO the
grea: Republican party" impresses him
with the Importance Of the negro as q
fsc.or 10 Republican politics, and infa-
mously as ooverdy prompts his "dear
sirn 20 believe that the President is all
powerful and potent, as If there was no
other power 70 consult or TO be feared in
this ''land Of liberty" ".S5c transit, {"
aud so on to the end. But for once Bar
bour was mistaken. His "desr sir is
likely 70 cost him too dear. "Desr-Sirn
CLEARWATER never voted the Radical
tickes and never will, and he has as
much contempt fof his "Iiend Barbour
Lewis ~ any man 10 his county. He
doesn't take TO the vision Of psternal
bestitude with which the oarpetbsg con-
gresham invests the ever-smoking
President, aud reckless Of all possible
consequences, such IS Barbour suggests,
he says he viii vote for Colonel Casey
Young, aud counsels all other negroes
TO 20 and do likewise. Gllen-
water thinks Barbour's time has come,
and notwithstanding that worthy
God bless you" viii do ell In bis
power 10 defeat him. GillenwateT, who
is a good. hsrd-shell Baptist, knows as
well ~ Barbour and feels better than he
can tell him. that "GOd, our Heavenly
Father, expects Us all and commands Us
al 70 do our duty" and be, knowing
that "God, our Heavenly Father" hiss
had neither hand nor part in the
manufacture or sustensnce Of car
p-tbag congressman like Barbour
Lewis, does not expect nor com
Dlqn1 his return 10 the congress
where be was more in the line OF q
"elaim-sgentn than a servant Of the
people. The idea OF Lewis Ringing
himself on God in any way is calculated
TO make religious people shuider as q
more bsre.faced evidence OF total de-
pravfty than any they have ever seen
exhibited. We cannot believe that God
has ever cuieksDed an idea Of BarbolT's,
or that be has In any way, OF 10 any ex-
ssnt. had auy ShSrs 10 his "WAlk In Hfs
OF daily oo3vsrsaaOn. - ellI0nEatsf