Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-27
GRENADA, MISS.
Joint Discussion Between Hon. w. r.
BarksdaIe and Ex-Governor Il. Q.
Powers, Yesterday.
A Full and Fair VentiI alton of Radical
ViIIaIny by Mr.. BarksdaIe-POw.
ers Sguelehed by a Negro.
sp cisl to the AppeaI.I

GRENADA, October 26 The political
history made by the citizens of Grenada
county to day will be read with pride for all
time TO come. Ex-Governor K. @. Powers ar
rived this morning for the purpos5 of filing
his appointment to speak here to-day. The
occasion brought into our city large num-
Der of people. both white and black, well rep
resentiDg every portion of our county, occa-
stoned by the fact that the ex-governor had
been advertised as having agreed to, for q
wonder, divide time with Hon. W. r.
Barksdale whose triumph over our former
carpetbag executive was in every sense COM
plete and overwhelming. Powers first stepped
upon the stand, which he occupied for one
hour, and in which he devoted the most of his
time, in his feeble and characteristic
school system, and he so Intentionally
or ignorantly misTePresented the subject as to
occasion an intelligent colored man present
to ask the ex-governor to explain, saying that
"most of us colored people don't understand
you." He SIMPLY replied by saying: 81 can't
help that, for am not 70 blame for your
want of understanding" He freely admitted
the woful want OF knowledge and ability on
the part of his Republican hearers to carry
on either a safe or competent form OF gov
ernment, but with great stress relied upon the
future education and ability of the rising
generation to build up Republican party
in opposition to the Democracy OF Mtssts-
sippi that would eventually present re-
spectacle appearance before the people Of the
State in the interest of honesty, reform and
good government. He denounced Tilden by
reading few extracts from instgninca
Radical papers, and took his seat having Ie-
ceived fewer cheers and creating less enthu-
siaSm than any speaker we ever before list.
ened to. Our Big Oak of the Yalabusha,
HON. w. r. BARKSDALE
promptly followed his former excellency, and
IN his own in1mitable manner, amid the
widest of cheers from the people, wheeled
his powerful campaign arCllery into line, and
marshal1ng his innumerable hosts OF facts,
figures and arguments hurled them with such
terrific force upon tue corrupt and prostitu ed
ranks of the Republican management of our
ion md Afafn q o0 N Or1Ixy
the ex-accldental governof, but every Radical
present, both white and black, to hang their
diminished heads in shame and disgust at the
recital of The gigantic thefts, frauds and pee
ulations perpetrated by their own corrupt
leaders and managers upon the American
people. His arguments we're SO truthful and
pow Werful; his flights of eloquence so grand
and beautiful, that the large crowd of listeners,
both white and black, nearly run Wild with en-
thuSiasm. His arrai gnment Of the Republican
party OF Mississippi was the most unanSWer-
able and fearful ventilation of Radical viii
lainy that we have ever read of or before lis
tened to. Powers followed in a fifteen min
utes weak and tmbecile rejoinder, but retired
from the stand in com pany with his lacernted
followers, blistered from the crown of his
head TO the sole OF his feet, asking for nothing
in Gods world but to possess one more bottle
of DIR. Parker's pain-klller. AT the conclusion
of the speeches a magnificent brass band dis
cOursed the sweetest OF music, and our big
brass cannon belched forth, in laundering
tones, to the people throughout the county, the
glad tdlngs of victory and peace. At this
writing Congressman II. d. Money, and Cap
tain William Handy are speaking to q large
crowd of people in the courthouse, and
throughout the city the people are cheering
Justify for ciiden and Hendricks.