Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-17

Special to the Appeal
GRENADA, October IS, las pm
This has been p proud day for
Grenada; Tor no occasion within the
history of the State has given more
appropriate and enthusias tic expression
to popular sentiment. AS your renders
know it bad been announced that
Saturday, October the 18th, was selected
for a grand Democratic Cor seryaLive
rally IN Grenada, 10 be followed by
magnificent torcbiight procession at
night. In no respect have the anticipa.
tons of the public been disappointed;
the impressive character Of the speeches
to-day, the honest enthusiasm If those
who seek the redemption of the State,
and the magnitude Of the street pageant
on which thousands of spectators have
gazed with delight, aud in which hum
freds OF white and cclGred persons have
participated so jOyOusly, constituted no
ordinary episode within the history of
town aud county. The eloquent speeches
have been made, the great shout Of the
people has been sounded, the music has
bushed its strains, the gli5tering lights
have faded, and the magnificentrageant
dissolved, and more like some
rich and radiant dream o. magic
art, where besuty, grace and grandeur
revealed in their uDtsmed splendor
does it seem, than the symb1lical, earn
est and appropriate reality, as it was, Of
a determined people imrel'ed by the
dreadful necessity Of oppression and out
rageOus corruption, tyranny and match
less infamy to give expression to their
Zeai, uttersnce to their principles and
rebuks to their enemie3. l asy i'm.
PEELED, for such indeed, it is; no people
OF the globe have warmer hearts or
cherish impulses so generous, kind and
indulpent than those Of the south. The
hCspil alities Of some countries may be
more refined; none are more genuine,
and when the interests CT the bench and
the bar, the workshop and Ctfica are
deferred, if not subjected TO the duty OF
such q public rebuke, as this has been
to-day, then it is an impuIsion, neces-
s.ty. If any people were ever deter
mined tie be free, it is the people Of Mis-
ssippi; upon the result OF the approach
ing election depend the future prospeFi-
ty of the State, the welfare OF heT peO-
pie, and the happiness CT both white
and black. Was there, then, ever an
event in her history frougbt with such
importance? Has there ever been Occs.
sion for more Zeal, an incentive 10
nOblCr effort! | think not. Then we
recognize the duty and its attendant ob-
legation, of which brave and oppressed
people are inte)ligeutly conscious. From
every section Of the country the people
come to-day. Horses and vehicles We're
In great demand, and long before mid
day large number of persons had ar
rived. Their one theme has been "the
situation;" for dreadful as il is, they are
too brave not tt regard it pruGently, de-
libeTateiy, and l have reason to believe,
satisfactorily. There is no ostrich mod.
esty among the people of Grenada. They
avoid no development nor turn in de5.
pair from the sickening visions that
greet the gaze of honest investigation
and practical inquiry. Hence they
come from every quarter, and have
demonstrated most enthusiastically the
real earnestness they have in the over
throw of a corrupt administration. The
shouts heard to-day and tonight came,
not from IuseWarm hearts, out from
the depths of true and faithful
souls. Such do I write after wit
Messing this great demOnftration
which was enacted this morning
and did not end until late hour to.
night. The mounted Demo
cratic Conservative clubs of Pea
Ridge and GrayspOrt, comprising quite
a number Of cOl0ie1 members, were met
in the SUI ur5s and escorted 10 the pub
lie square by cCmmi,tse Of the CTowder
club and the Grenada brass band, the
clubs on horses, and citizens, both
white and black, assembled on the pub.
lie square, where, at two o'clock this
evening, the Union flag was hoisted TO
the top of a tell pcls amid salute Of
fifty guns and the huzzshs OF the peO-
pie. At three o'clock this evening q
public meeting was held in the square
to cOntrad ct the false report that the
negroes were going 10 be killed by the
Democrats Tonight General Walthall
publicly denounced such reports as un-
true, and assured the negroes that they
would not be harmed, but, il necessary,
protected by TIE white people.
who wanted them to hear all
the speeches that would be made
His speech was very much appreciated
and restored confidence among the he.
groes, many of whom were starting to
mentioned fsl:ehood. Captain Bsrks-
dale also spoke, cOuObOrating what
General Walthall hed said. There were
four or five hundred negroes In town.
They appreciated the assurances and de-
NAL, and enthusiastically applauded the
speakers. G.. Y. freeman, an able and
talented young lawyer, being called on,
delivered 8 grand spesch, saying there
must be q change, OF Mississippi was
doomed to final ruin, her march TO death
being as sure as the setting Of the sun.
He showed how the State had been in-
poverished and suffering at the close Of
the war, but even then it was in better
condition and richer than now. Then
there was no great public debt, and the
citizens, in accepting the situation, ic.
solved to restore Mi siss!ppi to her pTis-
tine glory among bsT sister Ststes
OF the Union. Tne speaker exposed the
corruption and prOfijg8cy Of Radical
rule, which were running the people; al
though they had lived irugslly and
were seif.sacritising, Radical rule pre-.
vented restoration of prosperity. He
commented severely upon Ames, say
ing that his only ability consisted in
shame and vile tricks; his only social
position being his relationship 10 the
spoOn-thief Of Mas achusetts. He com
pared Ames with Brown, Guiou, Hum
phreys and other hOnoTed governors OF
Mississippi. Mr. FTesmsn's speech was
able brilliant and unausWsTable, and il
was approximately received by 10th
white and black, and he received con.
CALCULATIONS from many friends A
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