Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-31
The Conservative People Of Hernando
and the Surrounding COuntic. in
Mass Meeting Grand aud
Imposing PROCESSION.
A TOrchlight Procession Of Unusual
Brilliancy Telling and Irite
Notices and Transpar-
cncies.
Speech Of senator John Il. Gordon, Oi
Georgia What Other Speakers
Had 20 Say-A Gala Day
Victory Certain.
Special to the A.pTcu

HERNANDo, Miss October 80 And
the capital OF DeSOto has lit her bonfire
in the arena Of Co8st rVatJye
demonstTatioasi Such a day aDd such
q night have never been witnessed IN
this town. for not within the history o.
it, existence has the condition Of puUllc
affairs required such 8 demonstration OF
the community's feelings. People from
every section o! the county have con-
gregated here to-day, anu the number Is
not far from four, or even five thousand.
Among the visitors were hundred pee
pie from Memphis, VINO came down
ON a SPECIAL TRAIN
which left the Mississippi aud Tennes-
see depot at nine O'Clock this morning
The APPEALS political commissioner
being among the passengers IN the cars,
was just in the act Of going to sleep
when the tongue Of p woman rendered
such impossible. That tongue was
equal 70 sixteen bells, aud would have
done credit to the most accomplished
Main-street suciioneer. "Well, / sup
pose am in a political party, and viii
travel with Them" she said to q philan-
thropic individual.
"Yes, you are" he answered.
"When IL the election?"
"Next Tuesday,
"Wonder il the cOloTed people are
going 10 keep quiet and go to work."
"Oh, yes; ! reckon So"
"Well, anyway, they are ann oyiDg
the women great deal, for you can't
get them 10 work now"
at is doubtless generally the case in
Mississippi"
"But don't ter; ] am going to e
country where there is none"
"Indeed. You don't say sD?"
"Yes We once lived IN = country
where there were only two negroes in
population Of seven hundred PERSONS"
"Where is that"
at was down in the northwest winter
portion OF Michigan"
About this time large sized gentle
man, large enough 20 dignify the title OF
general, colonel or major, entered our
car, and the rumbling Of the wheels
happily prevented the rest OF
THE CONVERSATION
being heard by the interested passengers.
The few extracts shove given show to
some extent what a general feeling Of
disgust exists among the people Of Mis-
sisSippi. il shows, moreover, that nOr,h-
ern people who reside in Mississippi
are anxious to leave it for some place
not subject nor even liable 20 negro rule.
Il furthermore indicates what we have
observed, that throughout the State OF
Mississippi political excitement aroused,
il indeed not engendered by the present
canvass, has dem oTGliZed the lgbOrer, and
hence must result in grest damage to
the people These indications are
"household words" for they come
froH the knowledge Of those
whose domestic duties depend
in such g. great measure upon
the service OF negroes. The eye Of the
traveller is greeted with great fields Of
unpicked cotton on both sides of the
railroad. In many instances the cotton
has fallen from the stalk, and is TOtLiug
on the ground. When we beheld this
result OF mans labor, remembering how
kindly the Creator has blessed his in
dustry, ana then see how all is being
wasted, and simply by the ignorant ne
gro, who, under the guidance Of a blind
political zeal, is preparing misery, PEN
ury and want for himself and family,
in order to elect to Office unworthy men,
degraded wretches, il does seem that the
very aid of God to humanity is despised
and rejected. To me this phase Of
tIsslssIPPIs DISTRESS
is by far the most appsll ing. Il have but
little sympathy with professional politi.
clans, white or black, for neither would
put himself 10 any trouble for the public
aoOd. In many instances their artful
selfishness has caused great damage and
positive injury TO communities. Whole
counties have been actuated to acts OF
violence and deeds Of crime by tbs false
teaching of politicians, But the causes
OF Mississippi's distress need no. be dis
cussed here; the readers OF the APPEAL
who have felt sufficient interest
to consider sli; or even any
considerable portion Of Whist we
have from time TO time published
upon this subject, Sre already cOnVer-
ssut with these causes. We cannot stop
to consider them now. Tuesday is the
election; iUil or Democratic victory will
be the result. II The State goes Radical,
il will not be worth q GGt ar; La-rder
and violence, continued excitement,
desperate individuals and communities,
driven mad by fearful despair and hope
less dIsmsy, will constitute the sickeu-
ipT stories, to be published everywhere,
Of Mississippi. Her people realize il,
and life itself is not deaTer than the re-
demptiou OF the stste. They will risk
their lives for this, and throughout the
entire State rhe same iron de1srmina-
ton unites tbs peOpis into an lnVln-
chile, implacR5le political foe. Now,
what are yOu DemOcf Itic-COnsEtva-
tives doing in DeSOtC, Tate, PacOla,
Tallahatchie, Chickasaw, Marshall and
Grenada counties? Let your answer
come TO as next Tuesday night. Lose
not a momeat, spaIe no effort, sacrifice
everything consistent With honor TO
carry this election. This is ouT last
Issue, our last word before the day D!
the alection. And this, by way Of
prelude 10 lis
ARRIVAL Al aEsSI-ANDO.
As the special train stopped at the
depot, 6 mighty cheer CT welcome was
given " by thg "Red-HOt Democrat
club,p which, under tse command
Of Captain w A. Rsine, was drawn III
In single file on tue depot platform.
"Three cheers foT the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad" "thrSe cheers for
Superintendent Mike Burke" and
"three cheers for II White Carroll, OF
Senatobis," were given as the psssen-
gers stepped from tue taiB. The club
was In full.dress uniform, and bore its
banner with the inscription, d" Ready
for either-Peaee or War" They also
bore q handsome blVe.silk tanrer, made
by Mrs. Colonel 4. W. White, aesdames
Martha Lakeland, 7. b. Jones and }. Z.
NJ. Smith, as 6. prize II the c.uO which
should have the largest number Of mem-
bsss ia the proc ssion. Tue banner is
cred able 20 Lhe tste OF th5se estimable
ladies, whose ), lthot.srn il expressed in
the inscription on the trOht o. the en-
sign, From the ladies OF herhsuEO;
Qua hopes and prayers are with you.'
After I6s .bcve cheers were given,
eleven members O. ETno!d's DTsss band,
nf Memphis, took seats lB a " sg y, and,
heG!ing the line, were driven up 20 tne
courth6Ns-. With the
FIRST sTkAi.se OF MUSIC
from the band, he PEOPLE cor: U1euced
cheering aIvll Llutts We're fired and
great enthu sissm seemed TO SEIZE upon
everyone. Already bad a large
number Of people iroLl the
country arrived, and by half
past eleven O'Clock three thousand
or more persons, including q great
many negroes, had ccDgteSsted in and
around the public square. among so
many persons II was hardly po; siGle 70
recognize any one you knew, yer the
occasion was graced by the presence Of
ladies, both cd and young, several
Memphis ladies being here. The crowd
continued TO increase, for Uy tee time
Arno;d's band had reached the square,
the
pENOCRATIC-C CONSERVATIVE CLUBS
from various sections Of the couIs,y, be-
gsn to arrive. These were mounted
and under the command OF their Tegu-
lar officers, who SCENE to understand
the science Of msneGveTing cavalry
through winding streets ana around
sharp corners, Be their animals mule,
hone OF az. Among the clubs that psr-
ticipsted are ths following: HeTnando
Central, Olive Branch, Gesbitts, Oak
ELL, Oak Grove, Dixie, GTey's Creek
Pleasant Hi, Rose Bower, Mt. Pisgsh,
Lsuderdsie, Loye's, Lewisburg, New
Harmony, COckTun, Iredales, Horn
1.sse, SteWatt's, Lake Cormoy ant
Bridge. ----- 2 -
.HE RECEPTION oF The CLUBS
was the inaugural Of the great demon
stration, which has far surpassed aug
previous attempt 81 it's kind in DeSoto
county or the town OF fernando As
ths mounted clubs approached the
town they were met by 8 committee Of
the fernando Central club and band
of music, and escorted up TO the public
square. The reception Of the clubs was
done under the direction Of Chief Mar
ohal IoFdan A pavDa aud A ctf5fg =, I