Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-31
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The readers Of the APPEAL sre aware
that since the Inauguration Of the pres
eut canvass for state and county
officer, q persistent and vIndictive at
tempt has been made by its enemies to
Taduoe aBd mslign the glorious record
Of the Democratic and Conservative
party Of tennessee; and as John Q.
Brown was one Of the trusted and gifted
leaders Of that party, and for four years,
- governor of Tennessee, its hOnOred
sad distinguished chief, he was singled
out 81 the special object Of attack and
abuse and vituperatIOn OF 50 virulent
character, political and personal, a. 70
.sAve no room to doubt the existence of
cOust tracy 70 destroy the Democracy
ia the person and 10y the persecution Of
IL faithful and efficient servant, the
governor ot Tennessee. a proper re-
gar for the opinions OF his fellow citi-
z-Ds, s due sense OF what belonged to
him IS q private gentleman and pub
10 officer, together with sc AppTeeia-
;ion OF bis duty to the great party which
-bqd honorsd him with the chief magis-
trNcy Of the state, and which, In his
psrsSn, had been thus ipsidiously Az
rsfzned before the bar OF public opinion
and accused Of treason TO its
own high principles OF justice
snd good government, had de-
mauded that he should come before
the people. plead ID the Indictment and
enter his defense. And never was q
defense fortified with more sOlid, per-
zfuent s1d material facts, mOre c0uvinc-
8ngly, elolueuty and effectively argued,
n more completely triumphant than
f'-sr which Governor BroHn made be-
fore uIree thousand Of bis fsil0W-citi-
zsns ls,sr nizht at the GFeenlaw Opera
b..use-a' 'uzens who received him With
an overwhelming welc) and show
cred him with applause. Well may he
and the Demccratic and Conservative
Marty thank his Rnd its opponents for
he onDortunity they uuwittingly a.
frfje! his e1celleDCy Of vindieating his
administration, aud with it the unsullied
record Of the Democracy Of Tennessee.
There was not = position assumed by the
speaker that he did not corrOoOrate and
prOvs by unquestioned evidence, and
the impression be made upon the vast
.audisncs was that his ssssilsnts were
cg1t Only in the wrong, bat without ex
cue for being so; and that some Of the
cusrgss in their bill Of Indictment
against him we're wilfully and MALI
cl3usly false. Beginning with his in
suylrstlon in 1870, as chief executive
officer Of Tennessee, Governor Brown,
IN C sar, lucid and forcible English, gave
q mCst gratifying and satisfactory sc-
csugt Of his stewardship from that time
10 the present. This erpOse fully sus-
tslaad bis willingness 'that every Off
,sisi act Of his life be emblsz0ned before
he people o. Tennessee, and read OF all
,nav.r For the first time the people Of
pEsr~his were afforded sn opportunity
.afi.srnSna the true ard complete histo-
~ q the funding bill, Of hearing the
facts in the caAs touching the manage
nsut and ssIe Of the insolvent railroads;
@. the state psnitentlsry lease;
5r the bonded debt Of the State, and Of
all tie Issues raised by the Radicals,
4li4s Independents, to divide and de-
feat he Democratic and Conservative
and renew the official power Of
vzrpetbsg robbers snd scallawsg thieves.
Asd never d d q public speaker receive
more res &C fol attention, or create a
more profauud sensation than did Gov
s-par Brown last night. The anti
funding men were literally dumbfound
ed at the array OF Facts snd figures
which utterly demorsli2ed their theory
n d ms5e the arguments Of their bsst
zn- akefs little better than silly claPtrip
or ca A-iuli0al misrepresentation, while the
fi-Do's OF honest government were iubi-
isut aud exulIiug at the splendid tri-
1rr1ph og truth aud justice over false
hood ana wrong, achieved by the eio
guencs Of simple statement
NJ acts. Governor Brown, always re-
spected u Memphis, never stood 20 high |
iu the estimation of its people AZ he 1
does since the delivery Of last nights ad-
dress. Il was 3 great and mastery effort,
which filed his friends With delight, |
"A rgely add-d TO their number, and over
alf Al med his enemies with shame aud |
confession. His scsthiOg rebuke OF the
double dealing, false, peIjured and shut
ding Maynard, whom he placed in the
pul1ry Of public contempt, and lsshed
him with 8 whip OF scorpions thonged |
with facts that proved the NarrRgsnsett !
traitor. 8 coward, aud liar, was re-
,eiN,s ed with deafeDing applause; while !
his a, swer 20 Ex-President johnson,
and rra Il that that distinguished citi- |
zen not on. v used his great influence IN |
advocating he passage OF the funding
hin. and inss, ing upon other distiE-
,guisbed Rspub isA us supporting 1t, out,
.;ftsr It had become \ Law, sctuslly went
10 Nashville aud funded s6y0e sixteen |
thousand dollars worth OF bonSs OF MS
own, drought down the. house" we
shall not soon forget the eject vhichthiS
announcement had upon the sudiecce
asr the derisive cheers that greeted the |,
Daees Of Horace Maynard, John Bled-
ding, Esmes White, r. w. Robertson,
Emerson Esheridge and the other Re
publican senators who voted for the
measure which they now denOunes as
!uiquitous. The eK-President caught q
tartar when lie went out Of bis way to
attack Governor Brown. The pigmy,
Barbour Lewis, received q passing
scratch Of the paw Of the Brown lion, !"
which, II possible, rendered him even
more contemplate than be has ever
been IN ths eyes Of honest Memphians,
while the srrstic Emerson Etheridge,
thN political lshmaelite who denounced
sll p>yties, was proved TO be eTTatie TO
positive financial insanity in bis
Wild aud impossible scheme Of
State and county hnance. In
truth there never has been
moTe mssteIly snd unanswersble ex-
posure of the whole batch Of political
frauds, who, "a the interests Of Radical
Ism, have made and are making war /
,,,,r.,,. III honesf nnassea of the reonle Of I