Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-15

iutsnse interest was plsBifested and the
closest attention given to bis clear enc
conclusive argument, entirely upsetting
and exposing sOphistriss sod misrep,
resentations, Alright in Williamson.
The Speech
Msjr Sykes, on being introduced,
said: Fellow citizens Of Williamson, il
! is proper that ] should explain the cir.
| Gu instances under which l ad dress you.
| was invited by the State Democratic
committee TO make canvass with an
opponent OF the Democratic party, tut
as no division of time could be obtained
there could be no lint discussion, sud
am now to answer the speeches made on
last Saturday and Tuts iay against the
Democratic party. There is, however,
very littls necessity for speaking in this
Sjate. TIE result ts settled. There will
Oe 8 Democratic mel -rity in the legis-
latUre Of not less than thirty over the
Republicans and Independents. Cover.
nor Porter has virtually no opposition; (;
the pretended opposition to aim as
sumes the character OF a
farce rather thae anything else.
50 far as the general election is con-
cerned, the prospects are very bright.
Indiana, a State that was not relied on
as necessary TO insure Tilden's election,
has gone Democratic. Illinois, syrnpa.
thiZing with Indians by reason of s Ini-
lsrity Of position, pursuits AMI produc-
tiOBs, will also vote the Democratic
ticket in November. The distressed con-
dition OF her agricultural population,
grogiCg out of the miserable tinancisl
policy OF the Republican party, win
cause ttom to demand q chs-,,s. The
Republican policy has Seprived the Iii.
nois farmers Of q market for their im-
msnse farm products. The southern
States have been com mpelleG, for want of
money with which 20 buy anything, TO
raise their own eUppIies, and now purk ig
selling IN portio4s OF West Tennessee at
four e5nta 8 round, and corn at
twenty cents busheI. III the hnan-
ciai policy OF the Republican party
should BE- continued another four wears,
there will be no market ia che southern
States for northwestern produce, and q
terrible diminutiOn Of prices will tska
place. The very necessities Of the peo.
pie Of Illinois, Indisua and olhsr north.
western States, viii demand in thunder
tones change in the fiDaacial policy OF
the governments. They cannot stand
the eXtravagance, the corruption and
the high taxation OF the Republican
party. These two great States, Indiana
and illinois, with New York. New JeTr
say, Connecticut, California, Oregon and
SUCH southern States IS we can carry,
will easily elect Tilden and Hendricks.
II is dssrsbie that they should be elect
ed by northern votes, SO as to destroy all
appearance of sscdonaIism, and that is
what we of the sou b arde1tly desire.
We wish to throw the mantle of obliv-
ion over all past differences and be q
united people in feeling and in cent?
ment as well as in name |
If it were not for the wsr Issues, i'm |
Introduced into this canvass,
the mism anagsment anu extravagancs |
OF the Republican party would cause
that party to lose every State in the
Union except two or three. This |
bloody shiIt' cry is the only thing that |
keeps that party from being defeated by |
a greater majority than Van Buren, wss
II 1910. 1t IL to be hOpSd that the good |
sense OF the northern people will not |
permit this appeal to sectional prejudice |
TO blind them 20 their own interest. L |
feel that the country, both north and
south, is safe, and that we will soon |
nave ISLuIAlHS prosperity
SOLID SOUTH.
You sometimes hear it raid that we
should keep ourselves in line with
northern public sentiment;" that we
should act with the Republican party,
and t1us we would OBTAIN peace and
quiet, and gain prosperity. We arc told
mat q ''solid south" is a great calamity,
and Will leSd to serious mis1Ortunes We
have in times past hsd q divided
south, aud what has it benefited us?
Eight years ago, in 1858, we were
'Jmewhat divided, large majority of
he southern States, including Tennes-
ice, voting for Grant, and keeping
themselves tin line with northern
public sentiment" What benefit did
We receive from IL? We ratified all the
to the constitution, aud
hos "kept ourselves in line with Re-
sentiment" In 1870 cousti
uCionsl convention, composed of Dsm-
lersts, conferred the right CT suffrsge on
ibe blacks before the fifteenth amend
nent Was adopted. La 1872 nearly half
II the southern ,ates voted for Grant.
Mississippi kept herself In line with The
Republican party until last year, and
What was her condition? Poor
south Carolina is now what they
,all in line with northern puolic
eminent, and behold her condition!
reppt ssee was in the same condition
rom 1866 to 1869, and her debt during
hat time was increased sixteen million
ioilars, nearly eli OF which was loaned
o iDsolvent railroad companies. Ken.
ucky has never, since the war, been as
oyal as Tennessee, Alabama or Missis-
ippi, according to lheir standard, and
ret she ha5 bean better off than any of
hem. We expect and hope to keep |
ourselves in line with northern public
sAtiment this year by voting for Til
len ard Hendricks, who will, from
resent indications, carry majority Of
he popular vote of the northern
ates. This cry Of solid south is the
esort of unprincipled demsgOgues, who
nov that such fslsehOods, such mIsrep-
and appeals to sectional
atred are their only hope Of success.
,)uthern men who resort to them are
core vile rhan northern men, because
With the latter there may be some ex.
use on the ground of ignorancs; for
be men In the south who make them
here is no sueh excuse.
STATE FINANCES.
l shall have very little to say on the
ubiect OF 5 ate finances, as there is not
ouch difference OF opinion between US
7hen we understand each other fully.
Q q speech at Pulaski, January 5, 1875,
eaid:
81 believe an arrangement car be
lsde which will greatly relieve the
eOple in their hour Of distress, and at
nc same time improve the value of
'eDnessse bonds. What that arrange
lent is, it is not necessary and would
Ot be proper now to state, This ques-
On Of State credit should be taken from
be arena OF politics, and placed on e
rm footing which will be satisfactory ;
D the creditors Of the Stste, and at the :
anne tin1e tighten the tUrden Of tax.
tiOp."
AfterwaTd, in q speech at Hunting.
0B, on the seventh day Of Angus, :
S76, two days before the meeting of our
tate Democratic convention, l said:
II We can make an arrangement with
ur creditors, not under threats, but
pOn full and free consultation, we [
loUld do so, and this Will lie an injury {
} no one. What that arrangement :
nOuld be-, it would bs much better to
iscuss in a conference between legally
ppuinted Representatives Of the State
nd representatives. Of the bondholdeTs
ha