Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-24
MISSISSIPPI.
Sardis, Grenada and Holly Springs
Hope, Victory and Liberty-A Deter
mined Effort and a United People
Spirit Of the Canvass.

The present political canvass in Mis-
sissppl Is one of the most remarkable
ever witnessed in the Union. The peo-
pie all over the State are thoroughly
aroused TO the necessity of overtime wing
the present State administration, whic b
is by far the most corrupt and dIshOnes
that ever degraded State or its people
The governor is detested, loathed and
damned in public esteem. Among all
the white people, he has scarcely 8
friend jackson. the State capital, is 8
paradise Of caTpetbaggers, whose social
isolation seems to operate as an sddi-
tionai justification for their dishonest
and villainOus acts. How any human
being OF intelligence and feeling can be
content to live among a people who ex-
ecrste him as the people of Mississippi do
Ames, sastOnishiDg in the extreme. So
long es Ames and his party are in power,
Mississippi will remain in sorrow and
distress, for their dishonest and impOli.
tic administration of public affairs will
rot be change1 during their tenure of
ofiice. The people have no confidence
ia their governor, nor do they expt ct
from him anything else than contInu-
anue Of rigorous oppression and ruinOus
taxation, which has increased fourteen
per cent. during the seven years of
Radical rule In Mississippi. The State
is being steadily, but rapidly, forced to
the brink OF bankruptcy. The appeal
for reform is not made now to the
Democratic party slOne, but to the citi-
Zsns o. the State, irrespective OF paTti-
san faith. This appeal is being heard,
and all over the State white and black,
honest Republicans and Democrats
are allied in their determination
to place reliable and iuconUpt
men ia office. Present indications,
together with the observations we have
made in Mississippi, Justify the belief
that the Ames patty will be defeated in
the election next month. An unpre-
cedented zeal has possession Of the peO-
pie, and q strong determination actuatss
them TO engage vigorously in the present
canvass. While the Democratic party is
the base upon which the opposition to
the corrupt administration is made, yet
in many instances those who entertain
different political views have united in
this effort TO rid the State of its official
vampires aud combine against official
fraud. Almost a month ago the Demo-
ccatic Conservative clubs Of PanOls
county gave q magnificent demOnstrs-
ton and Torch-light procession at Sardis,
upon which occasion Thos. Z. Younger,
the colOred orator, from LouiSiana, made
an effective speech against Ames and
his par Y. This demonstration and The
speech alluded to gave encouragement
t. The people, and since then Grenada
and Holly Springs, besides other towns,
II anifested their zeal in manner equal
y appropriate and upon scale Of no
,sss magDi. ude ana interest. The can
vsss is now drawing TO a close, yet
there is time left for the accomplishment
Of much good. Democrats, COnserva-
...ves,aGd others who would redeem Mis-
sissippi, sno;C.,,.d net suffer an hour to go
by without putting it to uselui 'c,rk - cI!z IN IN
the great cause. Among those who
have labored successfully, and deserve
praise, is Thomas e. Younger. Not
withstsndipg the efforts Of the Republi-
cans to prevent the negroes going out to
hear this faithful colored orator,
large and enthusiastic crowds OF them
greeted him at every plsce.
Ia some instances many of the nit q
Radical negroes have breRthed curses
upon aim, yet so firm is his grasp on
them that they follow him from place
T. place, and on more than one occasion
they have come fifty miles 10 hear him
speak. His earnest manner, winning
style Of delivery and acknowledged
ability, together with his graceful elO-
Guence, have made him a formidable
foe in the political canvass. He has
done excellent service and will long be
remembered by the people Of Mlssis-
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