Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-22
EAST MISSISSIPPI.
The COIOred People Determined 10
Vote for TiIden and Hendricks
The Prospect Bright, and
Frightening.
From an Occasional Correspondent of the

FROM an occasional correspondent or the
Appeal
MERIDIAN, September Is The po-
litical sky in EFT Miss ippi 'S still bright
ening. Since my last lie t5rt you, l have
taken ome pains TO study mOre thoroughly
aud carefully the portion of the two parti
they now stand. In that letter 1t was
stated Jnat prominent Republicans were re-
nOuncing ihtir party and lending all their in
fiuenCe 'the eau OF Tilden and reform.
judge SylVauus Evans, a prominent lawyer
of UIswke county, and heretofore an iufiuen-
tal Republican, is now earnt silly work ing, aS
though it were for his own outs salvation,
in this city last week he addl CTSed meeting
OF many per Ons, and denounced the party
with which he hed affiliated for several yeaIs
IN Sc ere terms, not from any motive OF poll
cy, but from sincerity of heart. He had been
urged by FiS friends 10 accept the pO 1tion of
Presidential elect Jr OF this district in place OF
Captain W. H. Hardy who had resign d, but
in the conclusion OfhtS speech he thanked his
friends for the honor conferred upon him, and
assured them that his object was not to I'LL
any office, but to do the DCst and all he could
to advance the cause OF Democracy. Judge
Orr, another prominent Republican In the
firsL district, hPS renounc d Radicalisn, and
is now engaged in the cause of reform. Both
OF these men, one south and the other north
of this place, had great influence in the
ranks OF their party. This influence is not
only total los } the Republican patty, but
1t has add d another powerful arm to the
Democratic party. 1t Is a her ling balm, and
its effects are already perceptible. The near
er at band the election approaches the more
iInpartialIy and considerat ly are the main
iF1u Eof the day viewed by the cOlOred por-
uIatlon. Negroes OF int lligence can all eauy
e the shadow of gle Sm fS It oversprea ling
their Inc st saDguine hope :, anu in conse-
quence may OF Them are erting the old
rotten ship and joining democratic clubs. 1t
is stated That one thousand marched up to
a grand Democratic ratification in Noxubee
county not long since under q Tilden and
Hendricks banner, fS enthI siaStic az the
whites. But in many instance !, perhaps the
most, color women control the colored vote,
Men will give way - their wives, contrary II
their Ow Il better judgment, and vote the Rad
lcal ticket.
Colonel o. r. Singlet IN, candidate for re-
election to coukr SIrOm this district hrs en-
ter, the Aeld with that vim and determtna-
tion posses s. d only by such stat, 3men. Ifthe
most partis an Republican were F~ked what
he had to say in regard TO Colonel Singletons
reputation, either & I private citizen or as a
leader OF the Democratic party, be would say
nothing. L y Olittcs aside and We have in
Colonel Singleton noble citizen. He is truly
a kind-heartC man, toyial and good-humor-
ID. Wherever hetl6 up his abode during
bis canva S, he will press the little boys or
girls TO his noble bos I'M, care them, call
them by endearing nFm 8, tell them little
anecdotes, J, and mat ke himself 81 pleasant and
agreeable among them PS If he were around
his own hreside. Put him upon the stand and
at once the true type of a statt sman Is visible
on his brow. The man who would refuse to
vO'e for him FOR congr!s ce. tainly has not
drop of 4 neTican blood in his vein. That he
will be elected Is as certain, in the opinion OF
g ! intelligent men, G. the sun is TO rise on to-
morrow. SETZ.