Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-28
IEMPETIS APPEAL
TUrR>DAI. B.: OCTOBER ., 1875.


THURSDAY. :: OCTOBER >, 1910
TuE APPEAL AND MISSISSIPPI.
The Washington Chronicle is evident
lv alarmed at the prospect is MissiS siPpi.
]. is preparing to account for a defeat
By resort % that stale device, "intimi-
dalton praciiced upon the colored peo-
Die" The Chronicle Gays:
The Memphis APPEAL appears 70 De taking
g. deep Interest IN Mississippi affairs. u issue
of sunday last has nearly four columns OF
closely printed matter, descriptive OF DEM
uerat4c meeting occurring the evening before
ar Grenada. q railroad junction IN Mlas!s-
s.puI. half way between Memphis ans JACK
son. By the nead-lues We are informed IT
was grand and imposing uemOustT iltDr
that "the COuserv siNe-DefuocIatl W, ~
IT nm fsafftr.H that % was "a pageant never
huruaSzed lu the state and thaL success y
assured thing on Tgesday 6 ths SSoeI aI Gi
,ffgrt VIII be made BY the Democracy 20 over
vvuplm the state Of MlsS4ssl ppl. buLr 1T lntE
should fail % succeed, a. VIII most llhei! %
me case. for he very simple reason that they
cannot procure tue votes, we Deseech the Ar
FEAL not 10 get wTalLy, aud go on on iue Lue
of dire fhreateuiuZzs, or even OF gloomy prog
uusIicatious. u Mississippi has lar NOle
there IL not the slightest chance Of Demo
cratic success. II i.bas not, then IL VIII De De
cause OF intimidation pracuced upon Lhe cor,
cred people. This matter Is being "alcneu
narrowly, and Wen see II the murders PeIpe-
trated al Clinton and NicKsbuTg are 70 nave
The effect intended.
The Chronicle sneeTs at the idea Of
carrying Mississippi, which it regards as
overwhelmingly Republican. This is
done with q view Of crying out fraud"
aud intimidation as the cause of a
Radical dsfeat and Democratic VictO-
M Loaf ,.,,,sr,a faEan nv Rapubli-
cans IN the interest of the Republican
party, show that there were only five
thousand more cOlOred voters in Missis-
sippi than white voters. The white tax
paying people Of Mississippi are united
20 man in opposing the present cor
rupt State rule Thousands Of negroes
will vote with them, and thus secure
the triumph which the Chronicle is pre-
pairing to attribute to fraud" and Gin
timidatiou." The only "intimidation"
we have seen in Mississippi has been
peGpsuated by the Republican negroes,
instigated by white leaders, who brow
beat, maltrest, abuse, kick and cuff
every colored man proposing to vote
with the whites. The Memphis AP-
PEAL, as charged by the Chronicle, con-
fesses to the sarcasm, the horrible charge
Of taking q deep interest in Mississippi |
sffairsn This deep interest is not only |
felt by the APPEAL, but by every man
in Memphis and in the whole south who
desires to see poor taX-ridden Mississip- |
pi tranquilized, peaceful and prosper |
Gus. The c0ttOn-tields are deserted by |
the negroes, who are so interested in the |
election that they care not for the ruin |
they are bringing upon Themselves and |
their employers. This enforced idle |
ness, want, strife and discord is 1
the result OF Radical teachings, !
ami shows the necessity for a sweep |
ing change. Give the Radicals new |
lease Of power and they will accept the
verdict as al approval Of their corrup-
ton, intolerance and prOtiigacy, and in |
two years more the State will be in |
chaos and ruins, and there will be no |
effort at reform, for there will be moth |
ing left to conserve or preserve. The |
people Of Mississippi do not desire a par
tissn victory to Democrats, Conserve
tives or TO the whites; but they do de-
sire a good government, honesty, peace,
economy-TefOrm. They demand that
the prostitution of the State govern
meut to mere political engine to pol
lutte their elections shall end, and they /.
hr no
ruthless grasp Of thieves. They have
struggled for reform within the Radical
party until hope has died within them.
They hsve heard it promised from year
to year, and yet the tide of corruption
has swollen. A war Of races is constant
ly menscing the peace Of the State, and
prevents immigration, except office
sesking robbers. Such an appalling pic
ture has induced the APPEAL to stake
a deep interest in Mississippi affairs"
and we intend to continue this "inter-
est" until Tuesday next, when, we be-
lieye, the State will be redeemed, not by
by the intimidation which the
Chronicle proposes to ''wstch narrowly
bat by the stern and unconquersble re-
solve Of a tax-ridGen people whom no
threats can turn from their purpose.
Whether there shall be success for re-
form depends upon the continued fideli-
~ OF the honest masses TO their grand
opportunity. II they poll full vote
and prevent any browbeating or sim
timidatioD" Of the large number Of ne
grOes who propose TO vote for peace and
reform, victory is certain. 1t is true the
Democrats and Conservatives have to
fight money, and discipline, and fraud,
and the whole power Of the State and
Federal governments, and traitors in
their own household debauchei by the
nope Of gain. But il they are faithful to
the reform they profess, they will on
next toll the death-knell OF cor
uption in Mississippi. An imperishsble
victory can be won for economy, for
good government, for peace between the
races, by the work Of honest men on the
day Of election.