Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-20

gave the right of franchise to tho negro.
Frank p. Blair, in his letter of acceptance,
said that IT was the first duty to repeal the
constitutional amendments. He (the speaker
had charged Tilden with all sorts of crimes,
Of being peri urer, a swtndler, an enemy TO
He next spoke OF Rutherford B. Hayes; his
service in the war, his successful races for
congress against Pendleton and Thurman,
the former of whom ts now dtsgrRced, and
also how he defeated Bill Allen and drove
him into private life. Then again he was
nominated by the Republicans at Cincinnati
without having sent paid agents there TO buy
up N sn, as Tilden did at st Louis. Governor
Foote closed his remarks by reading portion
OF Hayes's letter OF acceptance, promising to
protect the white and colored people
alike OF the south and wipe out
all differences between the sections
OF the country, etc, a sound currency, the
and economical government. This he fol-
lowed with eulogy upon the character of
Mr.. JAMEs'S REJoINDER.
Mr.. James then read as follows from Web
ster, this time including all the words from
the one ending at country" and as follows:
''I am certainly of the opinion, then, that gold
and silver, at rates fixed by congress, consti-
tute the legal standard Of values in this cOun-
try, and that neither congress nor any state
has authority to establish any other standard
or to dtsplace this" He next said the Demo-
Gratis had not said that "the constitutional
amendments were revolutionary, unconStitu-
tional ana void" but that only the "recOn-
struetton" amendment was unconstitutional.
He showed that the Republicans had refused
to test the reconstruction act, }" and thereby
ad9itted Its sunconstitutionality. They passed
thaf bill over Andy Johnson's veto. How
muen did Governor Foote know of Prestden-
tal questiOns2 He talked about Harris, Bate,
JEFF Davis, and Tilden's record. The people
heard of all these charges against Tllden and
yet elected Tilden by a ms jOrity OF over fifty
thousand. No body except man Just es'
capped from lunatic asylum, or from a Poltu-
cal machIne-shOp, does believe these charges.
Roscoe ConkliDg is as good Republican as
Governor Foote, and he says T1lden is not
guilty of the charges, Governor Foote-
What about the fUnding-bilI?I l voted
for the funding-bill, and under
similar circumstances would do it again; my
people favored it and high taxes. never go
BACK on my people, nor on my record. lCheers
candidate for governor four years ago, voted
for the Iunding bill; SO did Maynard, who
telegraphed TO Hobbs; so did BrOWnlOw and
the Knoxville Chronicle. The Republicans
want to appropriate the constitution as part
of their platform, and would appropriate the
ten commandments except two. Governor
Foote'S elatiOn about the Indiana election re.
minded him of the man who got religion.
He was jumping about shouting glory, but
got into humble bees nest and the insects
stung him in the rear. He kept up the shout
ing, but the expression of his face changed,
and some one said: whats the matter, 1
thought you had glory in your sOul?" 81
have got glory in my soul, but hell in my
breeches." fLaughterl Mr., James closed his
rejoinder by urging the people to vote for
TiIden and Hendricks, who are governors Of
two of the largest States in the Union.