Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01


Chants organ at Washington. edited
by q supecserviceabIe s,uthemer, has
suggested that in case the Democrats
are in the msjority I'm then next con-
rrgy, the clerk lMcPhsuonr refuse 20
cali the names Of the southern Demo-
cratic members, and declare ther places
eugect 10 the investigation 0i the COM
mittee on elections, Win Vieg ulti-
mstely to rule. them out and pu. men
like Barbour Lewis i'm. This Is the fist
iUk'ing OF Teyo'utioa we have yet mad,
and II allowed to be attended would
Introduce into our politics the confusion
q. Mexico and ell other OF those greaser
lands where there is everything but sta
BE government. We remember that
many years ago such q trick was tried
rv @ partisan clerk OF the house, who
Hersistently refused to read the names Of
.=rtain membeTs, and for some time
tlus postponed the organization Of the
ho--a. john Adams, tiriog Of his inn
pgdeucer rose in his place and said he
would solve the difficulty by assum-
iHg the r1,- Of chairman and putting
rha question Of the eligibility " tie
gentlemen namea, Ignoring Mr.. Clerk,
save as the mere clerk he was, He did
so. aud the house magnetised by the
manner OF Mr.. Adams, carried the reso-
lulao, zsated the members and organ
aEsd f1r business. Ar. Mcpherson, who
1Es been clerk Tor, We believe, twelve
years, and who has in that time maui
tested the most bitter and unrelenting
psrtisanship, is afraid Of losing his
place, and may possibly, try The game
which the Washington organ Of Presi-
dent Grant suggests. II 90, We trust
there will De found another Adams.
worthy the name Of American, who
will rise iu his place and, determined
upon fair play, see to it that the con-
grezz Of the United States shall not be
disgraced by an attempt al usurpstion
worthy Of Kellogg OF Moses, but dis
graceful and discreditabie 10 either Of
the great parties when they confront
each other on the neutral ground
OF congress, 20 WHsch members
are elected 20 serve the people
az larVe, in generous debate and
Intellectual contests for the supremacy
Of laws whose administration shall best
clndace TO the welfare Of all the States
and Territories, best subseTye the pur-
poses Of the Union, aud sustain and I
maintain the love for law and order, 4
which is a distinguishing Characterised
Of Americans. We can assure the Re- I
publicans Of the north, as we have PROV !
en 90 those Of our own STATE Of Tennes-
zee, that the Democrats Of the south .
have ne purpose Ia government foreign
60 their interests as citizens or individ-
usls: that We mean peace, fraternity, I
aud good viii. We assure our fellow I
citizens that We have had our share Of
revolution, of turmoil. of trouble, Of loss, /
Of deeth in The field aud the household, I
Of family separations, Of losses in for- :
fupe and future, and an that can harrow I
Irp ihe soul and bring populations to the (
verge Of despair. We.haye. had enough /
81 sfrifs. enough Of the thieves and 1
hsf8iss who are the scum Of revolutions. /
e- sueh d the csrpetbag Organization. /
,r-ia their Kelloggs, Moseses ana /
ApCirres. Broken in fortune and bur .
5sned with taxation that is now our
seensir. bowed down to the eslth with
the uumberless curses and afdictious
~ ~ infamous Radicalism that is the
kiaipg cancer Of the Republican party /