Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-09
POLITICAL.
Tothe CoIoresI People of Memphis.

! TOfhe COIOred People of Memphis.
AS one of you, feeling q deep interest
| Ia Whatever concerns my race, to
which / am attscbel by every tie of
/ blood ard of association, I presume to
address you upon matters deeply sffect.
| ing your present and future welfare. An
! election is soon to take place for munich
pal officers IN this city, including mayor,
members Of the general council and
! school visitors. What couIse is
! it your interests to pursue
in this election? No other
reasonable aud wise course can be pur-
sued by you than to vote for the best
men that are candidates. Your interests
and that of the white people are identi-
| cal. Whatever benefits them will beDe.
| fit you, and on the other hand what
| ever injuTes them will iDjure you. Good,
pure and economical government will
benefit all races al d all classes. If the
white people are prosperous and their
taxes are light they can give you en-
ployment at good wages. There are
some men who wish TO use you in elec.
tons, and have no care for you at other
times. They are willing to create an
antRgonism between you and the white
people in order that they may by your
aid be placed in office and obtain its
ssssss = rl1escts- bessech y8a Tor 20 ur
own sakes and for the sake OF your chii-
dTen and Of your race not to listen to
their deceptive words. They Iull to de-
st:Oy. You know the men that are
candidates; you know whom the
men most deeply inter ested 10 the pros
perity OF the city prefer. Will you, 10y
your votes, place in power men who are
opposed by those most deeply interested
in the welfare of Memphis, not merely
By their property, but by their associs-
TORS and long residence? am anxious
to see no class or race distinctions in
elections as there are none in good gov
ernment. While do net ask you to
vote for Judge Flippin unless you be-
iieve him to be good man and we'll
quslihedi yet, IL he possesses all the
qualities you need in mayor, then do
lot permit certain pa,ties to control
your votes against your own wishes and
you own interests. / sIeak as ore of
you, having an earnest desire to do
everything to promote your interests
aud secure your welfare, which ere Ct
more Importance TO you than IL ( placing
of certain men in office who always
w,sl to use you for their own purposes.
HEZEKIAH HENLEY.
Ciose YOEr Places of Business.
EDITORS APPEAL - Permit me,
through your columns, to call the atten-
ton Of all men who desire the success
OF our ticket to the almost imperative
necessity Of closing their respective
places O. business for few hours at least
on next Thursday, in order not only to
allow their employees an opportunity of
voting at our municipal election, bur in
order that thew may jtR0o0 lghe1l election
dag comes This last exprl ssion may
5tsrtle some when they read II, and they
msy thlnk such thing impossible, tut
] know tD6t at every election we lose
:S~Gd!eds of votes OF men Who meyer
know = = election bas taken place until
The retnrns are 1isuussed the neat day,
or who plead, with god show OF rth-
son, that they were so engrosseo Win
business cares that the fact Of the elec.
tion slipped theiF memory. .haEel resV
assured, MessTs. EdiiS-s, sFe stroES ele- /
menIs OF weakness in our party, sla !
there is no reSson why we should suffer /
from them at the approaching contest. |
We must lUoTk and bring out every vote
il We would not be beaten. Eternal |
vigilance will be the price st which our
victory is to be bought, Let the eyecu- !
tive committee appoint committee of i
three to wait upon our nleiScl,ants and
see how many have the interests or nv, ,,s
city (which are also their owD) at hesrt, |
TO Obiigste themselves TO close their |
doOIs, say from twelve until four o'cloak
next Thursday; then let the list be pub-
lished for the infOrmst ton of Others who
are interested. Garry this movement
through in proper manner and | he
lieve II will insure US the victory.
DEMOCRATIC-COSSE SSEREATIYE
January 5, 1876. -
a Card.
To MesSrs. Edward Shaw, Judge Barber Lewis
and others: |
GENTJEAIEN-I see in this evepinrs
Planet, an editorial concerning nv
self, as follows: "We were very much
afraid that the southmsrket master
would not show MS colOrs, but that he
would sneak around and do his dirt In
.he dars; bu. now We know whom we
have to fight, although we must confess
that the game is hardly worth the am.
mnnltloh. Z. J. PHILLIPS
Now, gentlemen, see that you have
called meeting for Monday night at
he Exposition building; l propose TO
meet you at that time and place, when
viii show my "coIors" In the i0kt
before the people, ard you shall find out
whether the "game is worth the ammu.
liiion" or not. am for Judge Flippin
Cr mayor. Shall / be heard in the
hee'lns? W. h PHILLIPS.
harbour Lewis and not John LOugue.
EDITORS APPEAL-Permit me TO ssy !
o your readers-snd in doing so 1 be-
ioVe L am conversing " lth every INTEL
lgent man, woman, and child in this
ommunity-thst the RAIDS are perpe- {
rating marvellous fraud upon this
l say, because John
Ioague has suffered himself to be made
~ instrument in the deception in the
lands Of the crafty, willy, scheming
5aroour Lewis. Mr.. League, though .
le differs in politics with the msjority
! the voters Of Memphis, has compelled
his community TO regard him as an {
lohest man, and very shrewd politi-
nan, but in this last act he hes suffered !
lewis to pull the wool over his eyes.
20, fellow-citizens, every vote cast for :
Ohm Loasue will go to the achieve !
nent Of grand triumph for the Radi-
al party, which will be heralded to the I
rown at Washington to the honor Of {
Barbour Lewis aud his satellites. Re- {
ueLADSt ana beware. SENEX.
Count Androssy's note in regard to ,
he proposed reforms in the SuItanJs ,
7asssl provinces, makes no definite pro-
1ossls for controlling the execution of
Eese reforms, but 1t Is stated that he
proposes its virtual control through the
supervision OF the consuls and the re-
)0l Is Of ambassadors.
The vital statistics OF the city of New |
FORK for 1875, do not show much Vi I
atty in Gotham. The deaths number I
:, ,674, and the births 2s,sl3. At this j
ste, without any immigration, it would I
OF take very long to make New York !