Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-02
MISSISSIPPI.
Who Shall be Senator Expressions Of
Opinion by Friends Of the Appeal.
The Claims Of the HOnOred Statesman,
l.. Q. C. Lamar, and Of General
A. VI. West.
L. Q. c. LAMAR.

| TO the Edltors OF the Appeal:
OAKLAND, MISS, November 30.-As
the time is rapidly approaching. for the
assembling OF the Mississippi legislature,
and as one of the first acts Of that body
! is to elect United States senator, the
| friends OF Generals George, Feathelston,
| Walthall and Lowry, and Colonies
Hooker, Watson and other distinguished
gentlemen are urging their claims with
Z great deal Of energy; Without dispar-
sgement to any OF these gentlemen,
either of whom would do credit to the
state, cannot see how the people of
Mississippi can avoid giving "honor to
whom honor is due" and select that
illustrious sta tesman and accomplished
gentleman and orator, l.. O. G. Lamar.
TO Colonel Lamar we are in large
measure indebted for our great Demo-
cratic majority, for it was he who first
took the stump and shaped the policy
which was pursued and led on to
victory. Colonel Lamar, in one
or two speeches at the
commencement of the campaign,
killed the "color linen policy which was
being advocated by some Of the leading
journals; and; as the Sardis StGr, an
ably edited paper, says: "With the con-
stitution in one hand, and the olive
branch in the other" he spoke in every
part Of the State; while in a great many
instances he was so Frustrated, phys.
ically, that he could scarcely talk.
Among the gentlemen mentioned,
General George seems to be the most
prominent, and while it is the wish of
great majority Of the people to reward
him with the position of our next COVER
10 ,ofI Tor hi TO hox
the place which so justly belongs to
Colonel Lamar. The sentiment Of the
whole Union, as we'll as the mass Of
Mississip pians, demand his election,
and we earnestly hope that the members
elect to the house of representatives will
abide the wishes OF their constituents in
this matter.
The Democratic club of this place, at
their last meeting, passed resolutions Of
thanks to the APPEAL for its valuable
aid during the canvass. B.
GENERAL A. NJ. WEST.
To the Editors OF the Appeal:
HOLLY SPRINGS, November 2S.-As
you take very lively interest in the
politics and internal affairs of this State,
always manifestiDg deep concern for
our welfare, we, in return, feel that you
are one of US, and delight in reading and
circulating your paper among us. With
your valuable aid our State has been re-
deemed from the thraldom of Ames &
Co. and the vandal hordes, with now a
bright prospect for justice and a better
ceiling being established among the peO-
pie. The general government has for
years treated this State as if she was in
rebellion against its authority, thus
shielding and upholding bad men in the
execution of their wicked purposes, and
to the detriment of honesty and good
government. We have reason to hope
that change in this respect has taken
place, and that the State and people are to
be permitted to work out their own des-
tiny in harmony with the great princi.
Piles of our system of government, State
and national. To meet these RESPONSE
Utilities wisely, we should mark well our
as breakers may be ahead
which admonish us to avoid lest we fall.
l see manifested, in communications
published in your paper and others,
what is deemed a morbid desire on the
part OF writers to further the political
aspirations OF friends upon the score of
past political acts and party az
thus, in the very hour
Of cur redemption and deliverance
from worse than Egyptian bondage, the
holy emotions of the hour are marred to
some extent by the revival of what was
supposed to be buried-political ties and
passions, at time, too, when it was
hoped that men from long suffering had
schoOled themselves to subordination
for our present and future good. The
public mind is now exercised about who
shall be elected to the United States
senate by the legislature, soon to assem-
bic, as the successor of Hon. J. L. AL
corn. The names and claims of many
men are being canvassed,
such as Lamar, George, Lowry, Brown,
Watson, Hooker, Feather |
ston, Bsrksdale, and, occasionally, the |
name OF General A. M. West, who is |
known not to be an aspirant for any pc. |
Iitical preferment, but in point of merit |
is equal to any above named. He is |
strictly conservative, eminently practi- |
,al and sagacious, with no party affilia- |
ions since the war, and in his late |
,peeches showed that he comprehended |
he situation and foreshadOwed policy |
original and in harmony with the gov
as it is, and the sentiments of |
he people who heard him. Such q man |
Icn uO Gulo OSAlc BISdb SOCu III Gu0
United States senate, because of his keen |
of the existing circum-
stances and the necessities Of the
What he believes to be right. Without
urther elaboration as to his merits, and
10 disposition to disparage others
VI. West among the list, that his claims
hn nanuoucod in fho |
United States senate. He was before
ince participated in politics or affiliated
With any patty. Condemhing ultraism
4 sll phases in all his public
peeches, utterances and business asso.
iations, he has, more than any dis
lnguished man in this State, ignored
IL past party preiudices and political
living up to all requirments
4 the present, and g think these, with
ther reasons, sufficient for favOripg his
romotion at this time. He is man Of
be people, having been success 'ul and
aithful in all his public and private en-
agements, before, during and since the
var. New responsibilities are upon us;
o me ct them dispassionately with an
nclouded Judgment should be the pa
riots aim. What man more than Gen.
Tal West can do this? His patriotism,
onservatism, ability, known energy
nd sagacity are uDquestionable. We
7ant men in congress fully alive to the
resent crisis; not politicians, but men |
uslified, without bitterness or ultrsism,
Tho will not carry into congress any ele-
lents of discoId, but address them.
elves earnestly to building up the shat
cred fortunes OF the people, thus prOmot-
lg the material prosperity Of the whole
Ountry. For these reasons we men,
on his name, that the members of the
,gislsture mSy be in possession Of the
Jews OF the writer, and many others
ere and elsewhere who think as he {
oes. A. Q. wITHERs.
0 the Editors Of the Appeal:
HOLLY SPRINGS, November o.
ince my writing the within relating to ,,
General A. M. West, / have read the
lme to several Of our citizens, who ,
gree with me in toto as to his abilities
I'D qualities Of adapting himself to the :
hoe people-being in all respects strict :
conservative, enjoying, perhaps, a
rester confidence among the freedmen ;
ian any man in the State. His being .
/ business contact as president of the {
Mississippi Central railroad, ard now
cs-president of the New Orleans, st.
ouis and Chicago railroad, has brought !
i'm among ali the attaches, and to his ,
Onor, all say, to complete satisfaction.
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