Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-01
Leading Democrats and Repubii-
cans on the StsFe-Hay-
nard Greeted by Rob
ins0n TOPp.
Discussion Of the Fu Rding Bill
Heavy Taxation. the state
Debt and Browns Ad.
ministratiOn.
The PenEtenti ry Lease - State
PrinliBg-the Kuklux Law
and nCuthyrn 0utrages
-ulil Rights.

a the GaufasS, 2U0 beats HIS
Able Opponent in
Facts and De-
ductiOus.
At an early hour last night the Green
= law operahouse ~as nned with large anC
. enthusiastic crowd, anxious to hear th,
I speeches Of Judge Jsmes ID. Porter and Hon
Horace Maynard. Major nike waldrap
chairman Of the saeiby county Democrats,
. executive committee; General @. W. Gordon
= Attorney General Luke Z. Wright, Enocl
Hnsiey, Jvdge ]. Z. &. Ray, and Ex Goyeruol
Harris accompanied Judge Porter upon ths
stage, d william r Moore, Captain Garrett
harles korlrecht, General Dyer. General
, PatteTsOn, Captain Greer, Of East Tennessee
and other prominent Radicals, accompauIe ed
Mr. Maynard, VINO, soon after taking his seat
WA spprO scHcd and welcomed by Hon. Rob
ertsOn HopD This interview was the occasion
of various and divers els and remarks by thu
uiieucc, some wicked chap crying out
iglty seven thousand" the meant 2 OF
which was ipstsDty detected and caused
an ther utburst from he crowd. Wnen Col
onel Iopp extended has hand % Judge Porter
tine cry OF " 60 away; you have 10 bushes.
tnere,7 was made by several pers1ns in the
: audience. The apt tcarancs On the stage oi
Colonel Cas- y Young, who shock each candi.
date by The hand, called forth round Of deaf
eniug applause. Among other gentlemen on
tn, stage we're George 3. Peters, Hon. Landon
c. Haynes, aud James Maynard
Mr. MAYNARD's SPEECH.
Mr.. Maynard ing introduced by General
Of ali men be ore the law, took rs stand amid
appisu use who gan hrs -peech by sayiug 10
b u beeu long wnile since he had addressed
the Pc pie memphis, out never he less the
I -lIns pr mciplss tyt-ted now as tIeu. He ap-
De are1 the Aepablt an candidate for gov
oru0r against Jud-e Porter, the eandidaIe- OF
the DemOcrattc patty. tCheers he would
hrst discuss the Platform OF the Democratic
p4rty auopted at tne Nashville invention.
Tns speaker here read The resoiutioIIs there
ADOPTED by the Democratic party, and COM
I me led IN be ne fasorius al abolition Of
Z the naaonal baulli ug ~ stem, which b he argued
was the safes ana most economical that
. could be iuaugguted. There was one
! modification suggested by the Republican
piau .Tm-bF the Wfthdrgl OF lbe
7 three hundred anu fitty million dollars, and
Z aliOElug private per oHs engage in bank
ing. II they approached 70 spec g, as they are
nOw DONG the ctlrrehcy would become Inter
7 nhtonal aud be valuable the world over. IN
3 the Democrats vOuld de- roy. The paymeut
OF tue obliZa-luus Of tie government by non
+ lpteIes aud uon-EnRturlng notes as repudi
i alton, II he knew what the term reDudiaI on
. meant a N asure thai would be the most
disastrous policy tue nation could adopt. Tie
ez erimsut % Misslssippis rePgdialIon cost
I the public more than I, Won q had al the
I state, peen taxed 70 pay that de-L Pubic
fait1 must ue preserved As % the taIin, he
+ had nOL much to say. He hsd sIudIed in tie
7 reat political scuOol OF henry CLAY, wh se
( cliei doctrine was ttlat Of a protective tarld
ahu national oanEiug system. He always a.
/ vorsd these, and never wOu d slavor them.
] leSe were cou -ressional matters which the
governor would not have anythiug 10 DO with
I nor with the elHl rights BILL The matter that
I pertslned . the governor was 70 deal with,
\ a. the adrui ui-tf al on 90 Jo n c. Brown the
Z tes- ard Tue sLandard OF Democracy He IN
2 defA ool that u1FerA z Brown was quite sem
s tive necHuse ne had artacKeu his officiaT
aets- 10 was last approachtng ruin when an
orhelal coltu Lpt De crittct-eu. BE th5n re-
terIed 20 the tate printing swtndie OF Jones,
Furyls e., editors aud proprieJors Of the
BdGHCr and the Unf0n aud AaiCgtcun the two
ieadlug Dsmocrt &C papers Of Nashville. Il
these papers mad ever refuted the charge ma6e /
by Baxter, WHO IS a Democrat en- PEASANT snu
also Raglug personal warfare for damages
against these papers IN the sum OF Sj09@lh he
han n-Fer seen lt. Mr.. Mayu ard then Re- trred /
10 the lease ~ the peui tenllafy. he charges {
tna the sane " leased for ; o, 20, when
hers ohcrrd 50 90, nd tna GIyernOr B oEn /
uid not ait flr gher bidder. In pJO ( h- !
read he pr aIes m41e Uy sOme mem Der OF the I
: ate selst. e, de uexa u Ell Barbour Iewis's /
charge azt she terms OF the lease allowed the /
ieasees one uollar r ordinary and /
4
Wlile thef got toe labor fo- ieu cents per 1
head. fuC third charge was tf At the terms of 4
toe lease perm tied the convicIs being car /
rtcd and employed anywhere IA the state !
q eers TINS Vss suppOr Ing end .'protect-
ing hone -aOOT.' a as ruluCus to honest I
lab u. and VI, judicial to every nlechauie's 1
interest. de " iuld not refer 70 the ess- /
M -nt act. The taxes on IN leople came fr N !
The State. sUuty aud city, not from the gov /
b4Cco, hquor aud bauksgBd N. bal not heard /
any ompla nt enrr j Grant bad retuced
the taNauon since hecam into Office ss00.090,- I
~ le auno1nt ~ pension money tone IN
Tennessee exceeds her revenue and tax
= Ion T. lAs sely SNct IS he tax palC by en-
neSsee when toe EtaOuDt OF rey for river
and internal improvements are considered.
b would not ouch Upen The funding bill, /
which Cove nor Brown tried 10 justify, be-
cause Republicans NO.ed for 10. The pepub-
huan1 could lot defeat tt, they being in The
mi ltg. Governor Brown indOrsed the |
turding phi, ana says Mr. Johnson Endorsed
II. Mr.. johnson says lie did not indOrse It. ]
Governor brown also said thai Mr. MAYNARD (
incorsed IL. Mr.. Maynard DID not indorse it. I
governor Brown says III Q he Maynard /
wfOte aud teIegrapheo % Juage Honek go vote I
for the tuudlmE. blll. Tn the gentleman ia J.
Knoxville denied; be. allied uPO Mr., HCuck /
Tor he letter. Il Yg~- not shown, and therefore
he denounced 10 a. q faisehOOd. At TIE COM /
meu cement OF tnc war the aebt WIS 81 .Up0,aU0 /
which Increased nom the orig mai sum Of 4
Aco VlJ ior bonds lssued 90 rail Dads aud The \
building ol the capIt0i. The mill AIRY ~ei1ed /
ne rallLoaus, which became unable 10 pay /
their iutcre-t, and iney closed leaving a debt Z
OF - U19,lpV ihe legislature under Br5wnlGw j
isssrl Sil0O,Uo, making the bonded de6t I
50 ug005O cover -Or Brown said thai Blown I
low had Increased the debt % S43.uy1.UuO: this !
WAS unuue. The first OF January, is ], the en- |
tire dent, acc rdiug lc 'he Comptroller, was
u ecu "a Tax pay ers- SO 10000 on the nrst I
Of JAM. .ry 10 8, che dept was IN = fraeilan q /
etl V3n y win assets OF - uVV1 I
uiaSlug The debt or the people, s2,5 90. !
now under thre wears aao moe oi Demo ]
G ic rule the debt Is s,Wo-2lO, WIKI -tHte
asst = less thsn x7,u09 GO. " mat has become !
ff HrnHpTfEe Railroads. which
worth nearly IL eso CO. were sold for s. c0pD00
his wa, the WAY the material Interests Of
tn people were projected by John Bro "a =
aumi nist- alton. Ine model Of Democracy,
An1reU Johnson, said John 6roUn's admin
i>t'ation in Two years cot the slate twice 1is
much - MS cost Tor Tour years. De would
n0w show them what protection Governor
Brown and Tue democratic administration
naI Onerei TIE people. He nudt rslood that
forty soldiers were here. lie then read a
prool im8iinn OF 60 ernor Brown OF august
9ln, regarding the peal Tor protection,
Inls morbid anxiety was co-le9alOh ni
the states liability 70 protect human ne
and bcnce the propnety oi feoefal piotsc-
ton lGbeers BY the gr les aud ~seS by
the white peOpie.l Mr.. Maynard then Drew
rgwnide aud bloody bones picture OF old peo-
pie and iuuoceat negro girls oelng
murdered. aud negro ChufcneS Durneo
All over the state. Whenever the Demoorsat
gained q e ascendancy then hlOOdshed ensued,
people wee murdered and houses ana
chnrchcs burned. II was - ~ isoo- When thr
Democrats drought tney would elect sey moilr
Grant wa elected aud peace reigned- Wien
Seuler was G ecbeu governor the Defnocrals
rep aled a lass that punished the murd -rer
aud Viclator O1 TIE peoples rights. Mr. May
uard reed Mr. .eltela message, and said ihe
iegislsturo ariour-eu without considering
Tho message. NhereUpop Governor seutef,
with peuuon iron the people, Vent u
Washington and &c treated tae congressman
theie 70 k.Ns nc cltizens protection azslast
laWlesanes5 aud rioleace. kscause he May
uslo) asais ed IN giving protec ION when the
leEiAla ure Of bemOcras would not, ne was
AS aIraigned by Democrats and his fnend.
Judge Porter. All he kukluN law was passed; ID
i more severe than aly act passed 70. any
hght Qi t4e burning lpegro9 schOolhOuses and
ehuFahea ~ DO longer seen. Continued
hia-e..l Air. Maynard here told The old story
about the geese and serpeuts neing the only
a. iIaals hal ever hissed. Ia regard 10 q le
ciVll-r ghts oil the Democrats la isoS 70 beat
6eneFal HfanL were MlilLuB 70 90 doNn
very low or would 90 up veTy hizh.
united with disaffectel Repu olcans, and
they bad tried Joking, kgkiuXiug,
iDtim datlOn. elc., 70 get The negro vote: but
tLis JAILED. Mr. Sumber. a disaiscted sens-
Tor. Introduced the civil rights bal to secure
the negro votes Mi. Greeiey. in The Sew
York Tfi uae January l6, lSI2, indorsed il,
and a 80 said be bsd been % school With ne
2 oes three years without being damaged.
sumner introduced the 5ill and Greely IN
dDrsed ID. Three years ago the Democrats Et
Nashville adopted a resolution giving equal
iizbts 10 all msn before the law, aud tali
paFlici patton IN The enjoymf ut Of the officsss
OF government - The same lesulutipns we're
adopted by the Gre ~ convention 90 Baltl-
deolaration in the nepublican pla form. Had
the democrats made good their promise they
would nave got en- nearly h. whole 1egro
vole. The emoci sslB tried 70 deluoe the ue-
grOes, but failed and are HoW trying 70 delti1e
tbo white people mo Notiug fur the bemq-
cratio tic act Prom the remarks ncar made
4 presume there IS a sofihrad here and there
who VIII be deluded By tAe Democrats. Mr..
Maynard then read a y 4rt Of Pre- -ldeut Gran. +
message IN March, 1873, saying ne saked only
for TIE neEroes a. enios meat Of su p Iitical
rights re tnen read the New Orleans smity
resolution, slgueu BY General q. r. heaure-
gard. recommending that prOprietors OF th-a-
ters, railroads, hoteis, banks, Insurance. CON-
panies, give the negroes fuli and fee enjoy
Inent OF al social and political rights he
{ then re erred 20 the Bartlett pla form az
I cofg inE under tne same bead He neNt daT{iea
the f-ct that he mad made the Athens mech
OF lS5, favorlng negro equality. Ee isay-
uandl had denied this stsre.dent o. Governor
Brown, 70 which he had also giFsq ths ~
lu q knoxville paper. OoVerEcN BIoan
bad no reason % say that he (Maynardl had
/ nos denied Is. Governor Brown saia II al the
f Republicans should De in Che peniteutlars he
X8u "a not pardon them cut. While this was
. Wit ID WAS Unworthy the character OF a govern
or. Hud ne [ainy ynald) would nos deiEn % 20
! down into the mean depths Of such low 20
I HtleaI discussion. He read theu iCoIn The seq
ate lonrnsl respeoung the aHendmeuis oi-
fe5ed by Air. BoutWeil and either Republicans
1 slIo ring iiie social question ~ he reEulais-d
hy local tendencias ana cls position. The
fiorg of he clVi4 flgpta was myth, tt
! eifo.i The Defa6trals aSAla Duiia churches