Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-25

And have no doubt but that those OF you
who we're present. o. InaV soa oeSasi u nave en-
q cavured 10 portray transpireC, re-
N 5mber as disi9stly 9s ooqSd d9l
when seated in the foreground of his long line
OF affeclionate attendants, VINO mad InOdesby
seated themselves ia his rear--hoW co CON-
placeprly ana with what oioos ar ne loluSG .S
ms little hands across the frout OF MS Portly
per. on, and how complacenty he smiled up
on his sdmiring friends Alas! poor par s rSout
I knew him well; ne vas a fe4IoW OF minute
lest; out the scepter o. poItlcel power has
been wrested from his grasp by MS muuEoGs
recruits: they have laid him in MS hJue
political bed. There I leave MIN TO J est untI
fhe tuture historian shall record MS virtues,
But who have we in his piace-hls successor
in c namRnG Of tie RepuDlcen coIoILS MHLC-- liz
ne ~ long sud 50 successfully led? Ihe new
Republican leader and my present OPpOneAt
It's before you upon the stage, in tho person
comely presence, some forty or more years
Of aga, aud stan 1lng som sstipLLss
Ike SIX feet tive inches Wlt4Out W,ItiO,IS
6ud als DRsS, RsSs s,TaSiz the fancy Of FFedeIick
the Gre i or jhe fret Napoleon at ms ahce'
and they would have at once PronOuRCeo
blTn as having bfe en- designed by Laturs tor d
grenadisr OF the guard, and lorlhNiJa con
scrpted him into their mllltary serve. c. {dIs n
pal.tIcal hi tory and marvellous conversion
10 the ReDu biican faith Is 50 peculiar anu
striking and Illustrated in so ps and iorclo oIea
manner-the mutations OF American poITIcs
that propose to lay brief outline OF IL De
fore my hearers this evening. learn nom a
short autobiOgraphlcal SIX etch whloh ne pun
Iished a few days since in the memphis A.
PEAL that tie age of tWenty-ons years,
which he attaiu ed on the - uay o! lo0o'
found him practicing lawyer In the city o,
Little Rock, In the StSte Of Arkansas, aSo
tDat two years afterwald ne was ldentlne0
with the political party WhIch slpPoLLe1i
Breckenridge and Lane TOR President anu
Vice President of the United states A p4rly
whose clearly defined aLd openly exp essea
platform OF principles was 10 MAINTAIN
Slavery In the nton, II IL conIu, out ous VI ~,
when the storIn-cloud of civil war spTean over
our political Skies auC wEich, nnaLy OufsI-
in , hooded the whole iano VIII - @ Sno "a
told evils which have since aIhlcIe9 Us, anu anu
In. ugh myoppOnent Willingly alueo Ia pIIbg
ind these evils upon others, he was lofIuhIIe ~
euougu to escape most OF them nlLnSel. he
further informs the world, lu the history
which he has published OF MS az Jeceuentsi
that soon after he and his co-Wofkets IA tIie
same Cause had succeeded in firing the soulh-
ern heart, pre- CT pitating the cotton STATES lnGo
a re eeolUtion, and organizing a separate gov
eminent, he received frem the nahds oI = elYI-
soT Davis the appointment Of Confederate DIS
| trict-attoTney for the eastern dlstrlcJ OF AT
| kansas Ii would not perhaps De very VIo-
| lent presumption 10 eonclooe Ihss - tLis IIs
! zeal of the recipient OF the hlSh honOi
/ in the advocacy and support Of the neWIy-
/ createl government; and, indeed, d,l learn from
/ sources Of information other than the gentle.
| mans autobiography, that TINS hypoIneS2lIs -
! the true one, that he was the SI feTcy ( hot-
spur o. the young Confederate chlEalty VI
| srkaDsas, and entered readily into Ihe sStee-
/ menf 10 XII and eat his ten Yankees before
| breakfast, though 1t is but just 10 say ms aP-
| petite for that kind of prOVender dld not re-
! mann SO vigorous tor a very long time: II Is
| fu, thsr related, however, Ihat Whhe ms SP;,
| petite for eating Yankees became s%oineM % i ta,
| impaired alter ne h al shifted the odor OF Jhal
| dish for q little while, yet IL was WnelIeu 70
| sharper edge and more ferocious desire 10 ue'
| YOUR the unfortunate Union men OF Arkan
| sos IUbC were not possessed Of the caDn1bSl.
| nke propeusiiies OF The average Hte.eaCeI d an y
| YANKEE hater OF that day, W no foIgoI 10 90 OF 0L
| 10 the wars himself, but had paIiiotc VIII
! Ino1sss 10 LET other pa ople do his hghusg iol
! hi4 How many of this class lie gfounu VI
| in the leg al mill which lie set going IN LlLIl'
! Rock 5000 after his appointment 10 tne VLlc ~ y
of distTicr-attorney, how many writs Of Sc
| ouestration he flied for the seizure OF Iue p oP
| elty OF alien enemies, they DelnS tnese sA!u'
| Yankees he wanted to eat; a ID now many ia
| dictments he procured against people Tor uls
| LOYALTY TO the Confederaoy, ana now man.
he prosecuted for loving Lhe odo a I,roy ne
| 70 auSN er when his times comes 20 auaIes
| YOU. And he may also inform YOU pei inap
| Whether or not d late Distinguished SoNeFhO
| of arkansas (Hon. Elisha BaXter) was not on
| OF the victims Of lis yea IN prosecuting t tnos
who remained loyal 10 the Fedel9I govern
| nsent after the secession OF ms SIatS, an
whether or not that gentleman was hnaii
saved fron the extreme penalty o1 tae law .
the interference OF the GLen cnlel eAsC CuIlNe M
tbe stale, who felt it his duty TO restrain som!
what the newly lodged public prose cI'or.
tnese aIg not ,Tnsd Ta.d pt t,,ssER
repsls in his siatemeot the intimano
| mi he never deserted the ConteueFate arm.
| though he admits that he heId ms con4lot; ;
~ ~ 9i1 Inc civil service OF the COufederal
| Government until the dark hours ol Iuo " e
, | came on, when ne resigned ana IeIuIT leu ~ ~
| SfGa the military lines OF the tedefdA ioIcS
| r. military casuist may determine the 81
nlacsnce of this action ana give 70 ~ ~ tCS Pr Pr
ar name and meaning. But 10 lusIilc&IlOn I
s | The crime of rebelilng agalhsI pls soN g. e.
/, | ment and plunging the country ILIO a W.
@ tue dangers Of which he was pIuusil' p,i t enot5 G
t TO avoid, he pleads me sJt4LltS "io % - u
| ,-fg which
n | n ,,-,11 evil COers AS he was an acIlNe pbItl
a | inaut in what he now denounces as q i ctiih l
Y and was of surhclent age anu aS
ls ! ouIrements 10 discharge eInclehuS, sS ~
lF | claims he did, the important uuViSs ~ VI ~ ~
Al fadeTate states distrIcta-ttorney 1or me-
a; than three years. 5etermins dins0 " whether
n not this defense VIII aVeA III mIt
a, If he was 50 much a boy al tWeI' ven
,3 | three wears of a=e as not 10 know the con
m | 0DenceS of his actions, and so Ignorant OF
fy | IiIicsl matters as not to be acquSinteG "
r | the principles OF tAe party 10 WHICH ne
ne ! i0nced and so wanting IN forecast a. @ @noG
Is | les IFS tendencies, then may De paIuoLoO
Ia | tb.uk, for suggesting thab even now ne ~ ~
I'd | not be the safest RolIcai couI.sTIGi % Ii oS
af assisted iu making was over, the muse ol
" | tory next records that he WSts Iounu IL u
ed ci.y of memphis nllI8 tS ave ihonsapd doll
1T Ter aonunn undei a Democratic mayor 8
or councjl and this comfortable nest ne y
Is | fiDIed to iepose for ptrlod OF EeaIIy y
.s, -aarS No man ever suspecung the ortholC
y Sf his Democratic faith. Though the coio
To- | DeopIe who he now processes 10 iosS 80 III ~
en- | 1ere in our midst during All the M
We Nsers he has lived in the city
ri Memphis, and though tney We're
cb | thar time struggling for polllcal IecoSnAGi
CIV | and 10 build mp the RepubIlcan parry,
Ire | iorv fails to chronicle the TACT that ne {
in | raised his voice in their oehaII, OF Was :
a seen in a Republican meeting or eohEe,l % 7.,i
I'd Iii q very recent date, when he was sci
ri Wi the mania for cong eSSlOnal nOnCIs
nee the delusion that he could sHpPlanG Pi uie -, ~
nc favor and confidence OF IN 70 Ala he
ITs- d.s,Tict TheO, and not until Jhen, uIo , NC
s-d | come a sudden convert TO the 1altn OF Tue
-aI | nublican party; and entering us rams
m5 | raw recruit he depOsed It's former !eauets,
i,l re | aStzed the baton OF q leader without {
ing | pas.ing through the peflou o. pIoLattlGgt u :
ex which both in party and couIch; GIJ ~ "a ~
vic ! new converts is usually JssJeu. DE CIe y
err | nf nature The birth of every animal 10
in / ceded by a period OF gestation' uuiIns W, ".
re il acq quires enough OF strength anu NltaiC i ~
ths ~ 1T for the life into which IL Is 10 De Q
WIN | and every fowl and reptile passes GnIou ~
the | season of incubation before Cne hheli IA W
a. ! Int,v are inc, 0ssd is broken by Lielf exp
far | iUc- bodies, and they came IOrLn as -
,ing | thTrgs But the Republican parry, W : :
cir rnaled nv natural or artificial laws eah1 y
irr ont The pains and protractec agony ~ ~, pa ~
- 80, bring forth in single houri Iuil- q
Inoo Tnen1bsr Of It's family, ready armed anu m g (,
fbe nel for the political arena. NicOueInu
thS hewiidered by the alegJry Cf thS new
W u ToHIIihich me Savior sought to illustrate
nd tsnets and teacnlngs OF the christ-a an IeLl
Won | md in his practical reasoning was unao I
an
Mo | en- 4 sVatn enter his mothers WOMB ~
Td1yJ | norm again. but this stalWa-t scion ol u
aftie ! cratic parenJage passed through IHe Pc
Cnad | a new birth and came out a bePuD-lS ~
nv Ttsfure age and approved pattern; II5
1trSs | 1Tbicb sIaote saul of TRrSds win pLhul
tricG | Monday. as he iourneyed to Damascus
49, - 1Io' TooTe marvellous phenomenon ina
!, - o-,L-E Tsion al my competitor from the
80. / DnTnocrocy into sanity meIn-ef OF u
80 I n1nIfcan church, and though ne nad per
,,,tv ri Spnubiicans and stoned their pro phe
- Il | has never become one OF tue most eaIhe q
and | Jealous of their members. But nLs ~
ltoan new bfrth was 50 strange ana uoeA APeSSSe' -
3tI~S | tbe mother VINO bore MIN IS nan al
ttceI oyUu rtr child the father VINO DeSdV u
auca haunted with The suspicion INIT 1ne % Il u
that hi was polluted by uniaWIuI lhIelt :
tIoId and suspects tue legitimacy oI LIS PIC.
rTOng offspring, while his older oIelheL ~ u - n
- - SIri win enyiOuS eyes as presuIl
-, = under in the family circle. HIS tran
- al | TOM an eX-ConfedeTate states uleIILct
!. 10 | -, and ex-DcInOcraJlc city oanssIoT
arnId | Renu bIican aspiTant for congress- hSs
Tsefs | rartd in its progress, so unusual n us :
by and so contrary 70 NC nc Teacbings n
,,s,riee scTerce assures the advance OF DON LLAe
{ - | I,.Ser animals from one stage 10 anOJhe
tIrdg | MS nolitlcal grade and sex Is yeL qu
5 tt41,PPIyred i'm the greatest doubt. II Wou
80 90 the political doctors as mu
~ ~, &c 1Inrgvel this knotty mystery as
7 - S,1,,,a ~ Our med cal savsns only q ieM
I,hta 90 IN determine whether one OF MS ~
5.ised f9rencas Th onpsOn) was man OF q J, Y
',1-i-e1 no IenOye any uncertainty upon uhis
,T,,snf I T,Tonosition, propose to-nlSHI 70 5 oi5>
nbiing board OF experts, comPoSsa o. u ~