Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-04
HORN LAKE, MISS.
A Sample OF the Speeches Made by the
BISOdy-ShirI Campaigners I'm
Mississippi.
But it Won't wfn-There are Negroes
who Think Such stuff even ''TOO
Thin" for them.
rom an Appeal Correspondent.

From an Appeal correspondent.
HORN LAKE, November 3.-Follow
ing in the illUstrious footsteps O. Nor.
ton, Chandler, Blaine & Co. in shaking
the CORY shirt, Mcesrs. AIbritton and
Hillsmsn-tHo ID gentlemen of doubtful
charssGSter, dark complexion and kinky
I ineads-addressed the natives Of Repub-
licsn persuasion five miles west of this
place Horn Lake, upon the origin of
said shirt. Mr.. HiIlsmaD claimed that
sit originated ct the time when coarse,
wicked men used to stand Dy the road
side at night, with bloodhounds tied in
the bush, and cowhides and buIl-whips
fastened to their saddle bows, " Watching
for some innocent young negro visiting
his sweetheart. It originated when
white men forcibly sold husbands from
their wives, biameless mothers from
their sucking babes, and the aged from
those they were dependent upon. 1t
originated when inhuman fiends jeer.
ingly robbed poor colOred girls Of their
chastity, and compelled them to accept
bed Of lust and adultery or death. 1t
originated when misery was the
watchword Of the negro race. Our
friends" he continues, Gin the distant
north who went from their homes of
luxury and ease forth to the field OF
hardship, privation and death; those
friends who fought for our freedom and
nationality, and gave US the glorious
feeling Of liberty and domestic happi-
ness, are now holding out their arms en-
treatingly and asking-ssking! nay,
begging and imploring you to defend
and protect, not them, but yourselves.
say to you, self-preservation is the first
law Of nature, and the defeat of Samuel
Tilden is self-preservstion to you, to me,
and to every cOlOred man that walks
southern soil. He is your enemy be-
cause he is in league with your for
mer master. A friend to your mas.
ter is your foe. therefore
call upon you, every one of you, to come
forward and defeat Samuel J. Tilden,
your enemy, and elect Rutherford B.
Hayes, the standaTd.bearer of L;6eTty,
freedom and Repu6Iicd1aSsnl, you friend,
You say you are afraid to GO to the
polls; afraid the Democrats may shoot
and slay you. 1 say to you do right and
fear not. Go to the polls prepared to die
or Uote; go prepared to shoot and cut
l make this much Of an extract from
his speech as stated to me by an intelli.
gent colored man, who is an independ.
CLS Al BN4A1AS5s DtOh luG SdIle
text and preached the same sermon in 8
secondary style. Blaine and Morton
are having their desired effect in the
south, In stirring the blood of a majority
of the negroes, but there is a minority
those gentlemen canuot reach. That
m1no nty has courage, intelligence and
Independence. They remember in graft
tude the past kindnesses of HOld Boss ~
how he used to Rrieve at their glief, and
rel Jice in their joy; how he first assist.
ed them in purchasing a mule, and how
ffom that mule they gradually accumu.
lated money till "Old Bossu sod them
forty acres Of land, on which they have
been living in comfort and happiness
ever since. They remember how "OlG
Boss" gave them a church-ysrd and
helped 10 build their church; they re,
member, too, that as long as they live
on friendly terms with "Old Boss" he'll
help them along, though he talks pow.
etiul rough about it. They know thai
FOld Boss" has no desire to harm them
o q the contrary, he wishes them we'll
They believe in getting along peacefully
with him, because he's the devil WheI
mad. Besides all that, this minority
knows that the Democratic party bsi
WV AA1SA GOASC w OAN Atb OHll Dl
attempting to place them back il
slavery. That's all bosh-too thin tC
make you whistle. They don't care par
ticularly about electing thieves to office
while they labor in the hot sun; they
think the Republican party had bettel
urn its attention to disproving those
ii lings about credit mobiliers, Pacific
IA all company, ETC., etc., instead O
tal king about war that was finished
ele ven years ago. They say there is ne
use In talking about the bull.whip, the
co'E-hide, and all that; that's something
dead and gone, and the memory onlV
stirs up evil blood instead of bringing
peace and quiet; besides, nobody but q
mean lnigger ever caught the cow-hide
This is the way the minority talk, and
that minority, Joined to the whites, will
give a solid Mississippi and DeSoto
county to Tilden and Hendricks.