Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-25
TEEHPHIS APPEAL
FRIDAY, -; AUGUST %. 1875.
AFAMILY FkUD.

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hoilior. and The scum is rising to the
surface. Casey Young is still sbse-t.
and there is much rivalry as to who
shall strids to Washington in his cnn-
gas .ionsl boots. We see that the ire
irresistible Barbour Lewis is sgsin 8 can
didste for congress. Two yea ago
Casey Young sent him TO grass, but ne
returns to the just smiling. Randolph,
Judge Henry q. Smith and KOrtrecht
ale said to lie opposed to Lewis, and to
have congressional aspirations them
selves. Eaton, and Patterson, and Gar
retf, and General Smith, and the office
holding ring are opposed to Lewis.
They know how odit u, dishone and
INSCRIPTIONS he is; and they further
know that he was one OF the most
worthless members ever lent to con"
grees seldC m in his seat, only OCCASION
ally answering 20 the call OF the roll.
and that it is Impossible and not desir-
able to elect him to congress. Bot while
they are st home lazily fighting
mosquitoes, Tanning and SWEET
ering in the shade, Barbour Lewis Is
travelling over the district, and like q
weIl-behsvsd war horse is cavcrting
ab )ut upon his bench legs with his ket
tie dun in front, and he will msrch
into the convention with the nomina-
ton 10 his pocket. The enemies of Lew
il, collectively ard individually, are
worth nothirg in politics. They are
naughty, exclusive, and never muddy
their boots ia an effort to defeat an OBJ
jectlon&bIe nomination. On the con-
trRry, men like Lewis constitute pic
turesque element in cur politics He can
accommodate himself to any emergen-
cy. He can weep or laugh as the
occasion requires. At pubic meeting
where einpsrs do most congregate,
oaths are rolled under his tongue as a
sweet M ash, vulgarity exndes from
every pore, and he delights the redemp-
tionless scaIegrscas that surround him
with biaspheDy. Bat place him in one
OF those colCred churches which he des-
ecrates with his political harapgues, and
he looks pious-talks piety like one
inspired. The snout Of the elephant can
pick up anything, from pin to pine
tree, ard Lewis's tongue is equally as
convenient, lor it can discuss, condemn
and iDdorse anything which the occa-
sion requires. When he is with the
ignoSan. groundlings he can heartily
adapt him self to their vulgar tastes,
snd when with the educated he is Pc
dantic pedsgcgue. When accidentally
found in the society Of decent, educated
people. ne is always p driotic. His spOs-
tropao 10 the stars and Stripes is elo-
quent, and he can throw crowd into
conyusions by his love f,r that dear Ca
gle, which, he will tell you, Gwells above
the clouds higher than the iightning's
glare, and the thunder's hCme; and
which, in struggling with the winds,
outrides the storm. Tne prospects are
that such convenient politician, so IL
du:trious and unscTupulous will triumph
over he genIry anxious 10 secure his
defeat but too Icy to work for that pur-
pose. Ell Straw pretends to be candi-
date for congress, but 5zgscioUs Repub-
Iicsns have no faith in him. They be-
lieve he is 8 tool IN the hands OF Lswis,
and will sell out to him SO soon as
the emergency arises. If Ed Shaw
is really in earnest, and de-
sires nomination, we cannot see how
it can be refused him. His race has
given the Republican party in this dis
trict all its strei 9Th. Every Radical in |
Office in the counties Of Fayette, Shelby
and Hardeman owes mis- election to the
colored vote, and il the negro is denied
Office, be viii turn upon the iDgrstts
who have so long used him rs a newer
of wood and drawer Of water. The Re-
pub leans in this distric. are greatly
and it will be difficult TO
thsir family feud. II Barbour |
Lewis should receive the nomination, |
he will have the opposition of nearly |
every white Republican in the district, |
and many negroes, who claim some Of |
the spells for their long slavery to The |
white carpetbaggers. Shaw is unpopu-
lar witA=S% own race, who prefer any,
body to defeat him. Henry @. Smith
and CEaslss KorHecht are old citi-
zens, decent Republican,, and for this
very reason they will share the fate
Of Brstow, the iayOrite Of the reform
r iubl!csns. This is enough to prevent
their nomination. But the Democracy
OF this district must not expect to Ie-
elect Casey Young through the divisions
Oh the Radicals. Whoever their stand.
ard-oearer may be his party will, with
some exceptions, rally to his support,
and the Democracy will have the same
Zoe 10 contend with which thew have
fought fer so many years. 1t is the dutv
therefore, Of the Democracy, without
rt gard TO tie question who will he r.
profitable RAdiesl candidate, to use svo,n
n cans to const lidate its power az a unit
IS the only means Of svoiding defe.t !