Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-18
EMPHTS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. is, 1874.

UNO CoNFEDERATE REPUBLtCANs.r
The late canvass developed many
champion liars. The Radical speakers
and editors seemed to act under the in.
spiration that premium had been Of
fered to the man who could fabricate
the most colossal falsehOOd, and great
was the competition. Many put in foI
the prize, but it was evident from the
start that Hayes, Of Alabama, would
take the ribbons. He developed genius
for lying that was marvellous. From
the ugly orifice in his head and the
point Of his pen falsehood uickled in 8
persistant flowing tide which showed
that the fountain was ineXhaustible.
Henry J.. Dawes, of Massachusetts, was
a worthy rival of the famous Alabamian.
He made vigorous and manly contest
for the premium, but he was dwsrfed
into insignificance by his giant competi-
tor. But little more practice will give
Dawes 8 huge, mighty fame in the
business in which Hayes, of Alabama,
stands pre-eminent, inimitsble and M
spproachable. AS evidence Of Dswes's
ability to achieve eminence as a
successful manufacturer Of pure,
arrant and unmitigsted fslsehoOds,
We have only to give 8 sample. During
his late canvass for congress in Massa-
chusetts he said that there were seven
teen Confederates in congress, and al
Of them Democrats, and that no one
ever heard OF a Confederate Republican.
What sudscity, what 3 wanton disre-
gard OF truth! These charges are trans
parently false. The mind is fstigued in
contemplating such bald and brazen
misstatements. There are Confederate
Republicans, as Mr.. Dawes knows, and
no one knows better than he that there
are Confederate Republicans in congress.
Hayes, a Republican congressman, OF
Alabama, and DRwes's successful rival
as the great North American liar, was a
Confederate general. James L. AlcOrn,
Republican senator from Mississippi,
was Confederate general. Charles Pei
ham, Republican congressman from
Alabama, was a gallant Confederate.
David P. Lewis, the Republican gov
ernor Of Alabama, was an original seces-
sionist and Confederate soldier. Alex
ander White, Of Alabama, rampant
Republican, was a Confederate. M'Kin-
s1y, Republican candidate for ieuten-
ant-governor Of Alabama, was 3
Confederate soldier in General Forests /
command during the war. Governor
Parsons, president of the outrage
convention at Chattanooga, was a Con-
federste in feeling and q seeessiOnist
from principle. Richard Henry Whit
ley, member of congress from Georgia, |
a Republican, was the first to enter the
Confederate service, and never surTen-
dered until April, 1865. William A.
Smith, Republican member from North /
Carolina, was a Confederate. Wonder
if Mr.. Dawes did not know that Long
street, one Of Grants right hand Re
publican bowers, was a Confederate /
general. Mosby, of Virginia; Pool, Set
lie and Holden, Of North Carolina; Fs-
gan, Of Arkansas; Boulds Bsber, Of
Texas, and many Others, were Con-
federates during the wsr, and are now
Republicans; yet Mr.. Dawes would
have the people Of Massachusetts be-
lieve that there are no Confederate Re-
publicsus and that the Confederates are
ali Democrats. 1t is by just such false
hoods IS these that the people Of the
north have been so long deluded. But,
thank God, prejudice is giving place to
the light Of truth. Justice viii yet be
done the long msligned people Of the
south. SANDER has done its worst, and
the northern people will no longer be
deceived by such vile calumniators as
II ayes and Dawes.