Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-17
First Meeting OF the Democratic and
Republican Candidates for Congress
Young triumphant.
Randolph Recltes the Bloody Shirt
Threats Of Morton, Boutwell,, LO-
gan and Blaine, and Out
Her0ds HerOd.
He Says the People Of the South Must
Become Radicals or Submit to Radi.
cal Persecution n-YOuug's An
swer Complete.

| Special to the Memphis Appeal
LAGRANGE, Tenn, October 16.-Ac.
cording to appointment, Messrs. Young and
Randolph, the congressional candidates for
! the tenth district, with Messrs. Milliken, Col
lier, 6oatoriaI senator and representative
(Democratic), and Mr.. Perry and DR.. Lewis
Democratic and Republican candidates for
the legislature from Fayette county, met for
the first tine in Joint debate to-day st this
place.
COLONEL WILLIAM RANDOLPH,
on being introduced. said, after few brief
Introductory remarks, that the Republi-
can party, If it had dishonest men In it, should
turn them out; bat as for the principles Of the
party they were the government itself and
could not be displaced, and must rule tue
destinies OF the country IN all time to come
The people of the souih must recognize that
fact and ally themselves with that party. If
the people of tn e south had accepted the re-
suits of the var in good faith, they
would have been prosperous ana
had a good government to-day, bus
they denied all rights to the colored man, and
opposed his freedom, opposed his right TO
vote, to hold property or to sit upon juries;
that the kuBlux murdered him and his fsmt-
ly, and he was not allowed TO testify in the
courts against them; that the Republican
party had freed the negroes, and gave them
all the rights that he had, He said the Demo-
cratic party had never accomplished any
thing, and was responsible for the war, and
brought all the ruin upon the country that
resulted therefrom; that the admin
istration of the Republican party
had been purer than any one
that preceded it; that 1t had conquered the
rebellion and saved the Union; that ne had
always been in favor of the civil-rights bill;
and tnat it was so good law that the Demo
cratic gress made no effort to repeal IL. He
said the south was prejudiced against the Re-
publican party, and it was natural Ii should
be; nut that these pref udices would have to
be o. ercOme. He SAID we would have no i'm
migration TO the south as loog as the pc pie
cor continued bsrs denoupes Gam everybody
aud Radicals If the people do not
accept all things done by The Republican
party as right they should again secede and
re-enslage the negroes. He acknowledged
that bis opponeHt, Colonel Young, was the
most liberal Democrat he Ead ever met, and
Wou d, he believed, deal fairly on all Ques-
tions, but that he Young ought to De left at
home and he sent to congress in his place.
COLONEL YOUNG
thoroughly ventilated the gentleman and his
party, nd kept the large au1jence in rounds
of applause st his hits at the Republican par
ty and their abuse of he power intrusted to
them. Colonel Young said in reply, that,while
he admitted some OF the rumorS of Mr.. Ran
doiph to be true, he did not admit the correct
ness of his conclusion, nor did he sdn't his
right or authority to lecture the Democratic
party about its past sins, or to point out its
future course, as be was mere volunteer in
the fight, guerilla, not fighting under any
flag, nor having the sanction of any party;
that he did not have the st mp of party Ap-
proval but had driven its recognized leader
from the field and had usurped his place;
that If the war was a crime, that ne
hso participated in il oy par iclpating with
tue parry that he said brought l. on. While
was Union man battling for the Union rs
long as there was hope OF saving IL, he was a
90 To- w Is f ng1 RseRis q gu MS slate & se
was urging the people TO accept It's results and
cultivate frsterDai feeling, he was growing
rich ss DemUc attic office holder.
Colonel Randolph is badly beaten man,
and shows his defeat plainly in all his ac-
tons. His speech here today was rehash
OF Barbour Lewis's and Ether, dge's blather-
skite bloody -shirtism, and made no effect
whatever, except, as l heard a prominent
citizen say to-day, TO give him the most de-
cent funeral that has been seen in this tenth
co gFessi0nal dis rict for years. We Will
shroud him in Mortoe, Blaine q Co.'s bloody
shirt, coffin him in Barbour Lewisism, and
bury him under Democratic majority for
Casey Young of ten thousand. So mote 1t be
RIkDA.