Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-13

o July, 1875 and the balance of lheir intsres
u account, amounting to 81 0s7 80 was paid II
none, And I learn from this f1rm that o
5 tue 5000 raid in c. upoDs, they bough
: only si20I0, when they bad agents IL
o New IorK aud Tennessee iostructed to buy al
r. that were offered CT that date.
q THE ELECTION OF MR.. TILDEN.
= Mr. Tildeu, like Edmund BurBe, carries the
I splri5 OF form every where; his noble efforts
| as CALLING to GraDtiem els Was the same dis
; | position of The great EogIish statesman tC
| George III; and the same spirit of In.
: | tolerance, nate and bigotry that animated
: J the British king controls the cabinet of the
: American President. A Democratic house OF
/ representatives has jnst adopted certain meas
, III es OF reloIm in the Federal -CministraJion;
this service received no encourage ent from
the Pres dent and his cabinet, but has excited
the bltterest animOsiIy. Mr.. BIIke laid before
the British parliament a scheme for diminish-
/, | ting the public expenditures, by which many
useless places were abolished: this wounded
the royal feelings and uisgraced It's autnor in
the estimation of his king. Your public SER
| van ara more fortunate; their responsibility
S to a fsrdinerenT tri ribunal-to one that never
| IA Is 10 accord Justice and praise where II is
| deserved. Aud this sugge ts certain points OF
| resemblance bstWeen The thiId George and
| our President: Both inaugurated a eoi en
| aee Of mediocrity; one cheIisheI Addfpgton
as statesman and pensloned Beattis as a phi
losopher; the other makes cabinet officers a nd
cnleI-Jus.lces OF Williams and d Iano, Borle
Id hichardso ,. Both crushed cry indepen-
dent aspiration, and awarded promotions to
tlme-seryers and supporters OF partisan abuses
In period OF sixty years, with the exception
| o, the y&unger PI t, George III never adj
mitted to h councils "a single man of great
| ability; history VIII accol w p fesidenl Grant
| the sa0ie nOtOrlety. instead OF calling to his
cabinet men of ability and or independence
| men of great and NOBLE character, his an
| pointments have been notorious for incapac
Ity ana for their suDservency to q man who
is deficient in training for civil sdnlIn stIa-
| ion. or in Know edge OF men. shalt SUCH aI
| administration of affairs be continued? hal
| is the NJ =antHg of the election OF Hay.s
| ShalI the mere person Al government nf - =
| be cOntiuued for anOLnar '~-- - Aay
| the kepuhi'~- .In of four years?
- ---.ah party during its long lease OF
p-wer and patronag5 has increased the ex-
penses of govern ten. fold; 1t has pro-
| claimed clvit s, rvice refoT m, and he effort
! a:eu WITH the pfoc ainadoh, and tie wDoie
machinery CT govern rnSnt Is In q state of de-
/ ~ 0rali2atoE, Tie American people have re-
Gently had presented to them The appalling
| spectacle OF The PreSt1ent5 private secretary
| lndtcted for felony, aId member of his
CO b net driven fr In his place by expo iures of
| bribery and cOrruptio the candidate ofthe
Republican party ts in full accord with Grant,
| ism. He has never by word or ueed expressed
| TIE siightes sympathy With the rett-mstoiy Y
In vs.nent or ~ sTsd g. ord of diSs snt at a
single act or utterance OF the President, even
the Ir1engce against the tserty Of the country.
| Inc recs nv oder of his war secretary to the |
force der his command in terror over an |
entire people has Lot provoked him or his |
ffents TO The utter ance OF word of dissent. |
THE ELECTION OF HAYES. |
II Mr.. Hayes should be elected he will no |
more be II es-dent OF the Unitsd states than |
is The sickjy boy VINO sleeps in the imperial |
palace al Pek1n emperor of China. And al
though Ro-coe CoDkling, the Republican /
AeIbIes, suiks in his tent, ne wilI4 with |
Chandler, ana BabcOck; aud Bob Ingers0Il,
and lead RS Of that type; eonttol s adminis-
tTetioi as they nave that of General Grant.
IL the go eTnInS Mt is to be administered upon
sound principles, there must be change. The
Democratic party has demonstrated Its fitness
10 gov ern. Abe southern states now under its
control are adininisteI ed upon high plane of
sta'es nanship. These states are free from
fraud, or violence or strife between the races. |
Ia louisiana and South Carolina, where the |
Hepubncan parry Is in power, where every |
officer, Federal and state, is a Republican, |
there is no protection TO life property:
fraud, falsehood and baTefaced corruption is |
the rule,a domestic traaq Utility is unknown, |
q ID the natuTal result is hate, DloodShed, pO-
ltical disorder and hnaacisl ruin. The cleo
iOu of Hayes means the reconstruction OF five |
OF the States of the south. senator Boutwell,, |
in a careful address t. the recent Republican |
convention OF Massachusetts, said: "feXas, |
Ark ansss, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
have been taken by the Democrats by fraud
aud force, and by fraud ana force they are now |
held" What is the meaning OF th1s2 That |
Jns southern question Is TO be reOpened; that |
five re e4ceful md sta bic state governments, |
sunded upon the consent OF the govern ed, are |
TO be overtnTown aud the whole country |
placed In a cOn0itinn of alarm and distress at
n lime when its PROSTATE industries and i'm.
p ,verished peop are beggRrs for the healing |
influences OF peace.
DORSEY B. THOMAS
was ns xt mentioned by Governor Porter who
said that the Radicals are concentrating upon |
him, aud his headquarters in TINS city aro In
Lhe Office OF prominent Republican, and his
speeches are being sent out from that office.
NJ. Thomas is the Radical candidate, and
fails TO meet him here because Cf a miserable
oIe ext. He would not Eay much of
Tnoma as he had already done in his face.
In Middle 1endessee Mr.. Thomas had been
crushed as no otter man had been in Tennes-
see, net by his (Porter's) strength and ability, |
hut by the oQiniOn OF the people. AT the be- |
gin6ing of the war Mr. Dorsey B. Thomas,
9i and W5s es5G to become m
and not satisted with the hustings, issued this |
CT. cular whlca is dingy and yellow with time
and had Ieierence t. the election in August,
1861:
40 the voters of Madison, Upton, Lauderdale
and Haywood Countless:
.'As there have been various reports put in |
by my enemies to my prejudice in |
regard to my position thus address you. l
wOId until convinced of the subjugating pol |
icy OF the Lincoln government, but at all |
tnat time have done ali in my power to re-
concIle the Union men of my county and of |
the State TO the cnaoge. am in favor OF the |
adoption of the permanent constitution, aud
1ciH do al that in my po,OeT 10 maintain tie in
dependence OF The south, and an tCsrN
s'peo 'Sa 9sa, 'G as 'oy%a 0a TO o1ysnsss Ms s
i am a Tennesssan by birth, and
with her and her interests is my tate in
to give my all, and offer my life, If Eeces-
sary, to sustain ii. II HIe DGT continues e1-
pect TO be found in the ranks, fighting for the
honor and independence OF my section, |
" mere will be pleased 10 see all those thai {
have talked o much, but refused to go unless !
honUred with office. If elected TO your ! .
state senate, / shall do all in my power to cor
rect the abuses that have crspt INTO our legis. i
lJture in tue appropriation of money TO I'M /
proper purposes, ana specially, no. myself to
~ " - - y "D. B. THOMAS"
AN OATH FOR MONEY.
He was not elected, and consequently lost
The opportunity 10 receive extra or railroad
nut whether ne was "tound in the
ranks fighting for the honor and 1ndepend-
ence of Dvety ssction, or whether he simply
remained at home and urged the ''sdoption
Of The permanent constitution" his story
does not tell us; nut the author OF the brave
VI ords, al am willing to offer my life, If neces
sary," must have rpphe1 material for ma
JIonal amnesty of own. The "su jugating
policy" continued Tor four long ysars, and
q ter it had exh. usted itself, Colonel Thomas
become j contest mt Tor a seat in the Fedora!
congress, ana made an application for his pay
rs a contestant. preliminary 10 this he SUBJ
scrtbed to this oath:
~, D. B. Thomas, a citizen of the United
States, do sOIennly swear that have never
voluntarily borne arms against the United
States since L have been a citizen thereof;
mat have voluntarily given aid, coun
LenanCs counsel or announcement to per
sons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that
have neither 5 ughL nor occupied, nor at.
-emp'ed to exercise Ihe uncitons OF any office
V'h atever uudsr any authority, in hosLIIity to
The United States; that have not yielded q
20 untarV supPorJ ID any P. .etended govern
h UniJeI -tates, hostile or lnimicaI thereto; s
and / further swear that, to the best OF {
ny Knowledge aud ability, Will support | s
aud defend The constitution Of the United | !
states against sll eaemies, foreign and domes-
&c: that will bear true faith and allegiance |
% the same; tDat lake this obligation freely, | s
without any mental reservation or purpose of
evasion. ID. B. THOMAS.
"5worn to and subscribed, this first day of {
A April, a. d, 1869, before me. s
~. DRUMMOND,
Justice of the Peace, Humphrey y county,
TeunesE |
And ii ed this account and executed this ac-
receipt: Z
House of Representatives of the United |
States:
Dorsey B. Thomas, Dr. mfor the su m OF | s
me Thousand six hundred and fifty eight r
lollaTs Aad eighty cen's," under The
of the house of representa- | {
ives of March 2, 1867, for time ex- | '
,ended and expenses incurred in contesting | n
he right of the Hon. Samuel NJ. ArneIl to q |
eat in the house OF the thirty-ninth congress,
ne Thousand six hundred and fifty-eighG DOL |
ars and eighty cents"
April 10, 1869. n
"Received of Edward MPherson, clerk Of
he house of representatives of the Uniteu 2
'Iates, one thousand six hundred and fifty. u
light dollars and eighty entS in full OF the I
bove account. DORSEY B THOMAS"
To which is appended the following certi-
cate: :
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
REGISTERS OFFICE, August 5, 1870, I
Pursuant to the act Uf March 8, 1897 entitled | y