Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-01

] dsa4E bIphns ADd Austlu blblf, Oh tHe
| Liberals; Hsussersk, Koerner anC
| Mueller, OF the Germans, down TO thu
! humb!est farmer who earns his bread by
the sweat of his brow. And, on tht
other hand, the thieves, from
BELKNAP, Boss TWEED, SHEPHERD
AND LORD,
down to the smallest postmaster who has
Tobbed the government by stealing one
cent postage stsmps, are standing IL
fear and trembling at The name Of the
great reformer. He POSSESSES what thai
assembly demanded, "the. gratitude Of
| men which the ster3 task OF genUiGe re.
form requires;" "the moral courage and
the steady resolution to grspple with
the abuses which have gathered the
strength of CUSTOM" He ID a man cast
in the iron mould of Andrew Jackson,
who, undismayed by power, and unde-
TERED by the pressure OF party friende,
marched boldly forward and thTottled
tue giant OF corruption in the State OF
New York, and re iuced taxation one
half in fifteen months. He then spoke
OF
THE PROSPECT OF SUCCESS,
and said: AL men work best when they
q
aud it is cheering to contemplate the
difference in our prospect now and elev-
Ell years ago. Then the black cloud OF
r i0icaIisn hung all over the political
sky, and thsre wss scarcely a ray OF
Democratic light to be seen anywhere,
aud when | contemplate the change
since then l am reminded Of beautiful
scene thstI witnessed last summer in
the mountains of Virginia There is a
peak in that State called the Bold
Knob, which tourists ascend to witness
the sunrise During last summer it rained
almost daily for many days, and those
who climbed the mountain 10 witness
the rising IN came back wearied, de-
jected and disappointed, aid even as We
Of Mississippi were wearied, detected and
disappointed by ourrepeated failures
+ PHALANX.
At-iasE, without much hope of sue.
cess, TO crafty the leaders of my party,
l consented TO make the trip. We
started before day, and toiled up in the
darkness until we reached the summit,
and took our seat upon a cold, gray
rock. TIE wind Was piercing, and as
We snivered in the cold we realized that
in nature, as in politics, the darkest hour
is that which precedss the coming day.
Al last the sun came slowly rising, tint
ing the sky with gold, and one by one
the mountain peak around were bsthed
in the golden light OF the morning sun,
hut still there were heavy clouds below
us which shut off the valley. But
as we gszed upon it we saw the clouds,
one by one, rise and floating away, and
at last We could see that the genial rays
OF the sun had reached the lowest point
in the valley below. And as 1 remem.
Der it now, it seems to me to be grand
panoramic view OF the rise and prog
ress OF the Dsmocrstic party since the
war. We remember the black cloud of
Rsdicalism, and we remember how
the Democratic sun came slowly
rising, lighting up frat Kentucky,
then Missouri, then Tennessee, and then
States to the north and east of US, but
still heavy clouds hung over the more
southern States. We have watched
them until we have seen them roll away,
and one by one-AlSbasaa, Texas, Ar
kansas and Mississippi have felt the
gsnialrays Of the Democratic sun. South
Carolina alone remsiDs under the cloud,
but even theIe, We think, we can see the
silver lining which portends the coming
day, when the sunlight Of Democracy
will beam on the godlike head Of Hamp.
ton, The heroic son of heroic sires, as he
leads MS gallant little band to victory.
Ii was long, cad ard dreary night to
US IN Mississippi, bat the morning Of
OUR REDEMPTION BIAS COME.
When we look back upon cur trials our
struggles and cur sufferipgs, we are re-
minded OF tie beautiful story of maid
ems dream at the siege of Lucknow.
The British garrison bad been sur
rounded for months by 3 fierce and I'M
TelentiDg foe. The strength of the men
had been almost exhausted by constant
fighting and watching. Their provisions
were almost exhausted, and destruction
seemed inevitable. The sayages on the
outside were whetting their instruments
Of death, in monetary expectation of
q bloody massacre. When hope was al
most gone, ii is said that young maiden
dreamed that she heard the national
air of a Scottish regiment coming
with achievements. She rushed to the
parapet. She strained her eyes in every
direction, looking for the coming relief.
She bent her ear to the wall, and list,
ened for every sound. At last she heard
the faint sounds, as il o. fairy music,
and as it camenesrer and nearer-sound-
ing clearer and clesrer than before-she
recognized the welI-known notes of the
Scottish bagpipes, and she raised the
joyful shout, "Tis Havelock and his
nighlandsrs; they.are coming, and we
are saved" We too, in the south, have
been surrounded by a fierce and unre-
lenting foe.
OUR STRENGTH
has been almost exhausted, and our sub.
stance almost wasted, ana we have
watched long and anxiously for relief
from the Democracy Of the north. AT
last we have heard the distant music OF
the advancing hosts OF Democracy, ris-
log first at st. Louis, ard floating over
Safe after State, until now it has been
heard in the PROSTATE State OF South
Carolina, and they, too, can raise the
joyful shout, otis Tiiden and Hen
bricks; they are coming, and we shall
be saved" Again thanking you. gen.
tlemen, for your kindness to me, in
times past as well as upon this oc-
casion, leave you In the conf
dent hope that the camp. fires of the
Democracy will be kept brightly burn
ing, uaiil retrenchment, resumption, re-
union and reform shall make us once
more happy and prosperous people.