Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-19
RADICAL FRANKS.
Are the Republican Nominees Repre-.
sentative Men OF that Party, or
Only SHk-Stscking Place.
Hunters?
EDITORS ApPRAL-In a spirit Of fair.

EDITORS APPEAL-In spirit OF fair
ness Republican wishes, in the columns of
your paper, to say 8 few words to those of
your readers who belong to the same great pc
ItJical party he does, in reference TO the per.
sonael Of the gentlemen who compose the Re
publican ticket, and also to discuss the con-
vention which nominated Mr. Randolph, aud
which hatched the legislative ticket
viii you give him a hearing
1t win be remembered Judge Lewis received
He YVES nominated. Mr.. Randolph, General
smith, q. s. Garrett. Colonel Eaton, Mr. KCrt-
recht, Ed Shaw and the entire Federal ring
charged that these forty-nine delegates had
been selected and corrupted, and packed by
Judge Lewis, and declared on that accoun,
they would not vote for him. These state.
mehts were made both pu bliciy and privately,
and Cca1se OF them Judge Lewis was com
PEELED to withdraw, Notwithstanding he was
the choice Of nine out OF every ten Republic
cans In the district. The community al /. rye
were impressed with the idea that a conyo1-
ton 80 corrupt and easily packed was unfit
TO make nomination. A few Republicans
understood the cry. The Federal office-holde1s
had fallen out with Judge Lewis. His election
or candidacy meant q new deal all round
equal chance under Hayess administration.
But Lewis withdraws, and the convention but
SO recently corrupt and packed, is assembled
in hot haste, and Mr. Randolph nominated
for congress. This is eminentIy satisfactory
to the ring, and means their retention in Of
fee, and with them now the convention is
The exponent Of the Republican party. What
rule of arithmetic is used to de monstrate that
forty mine corrupt vagabonds (so-called)
when they voted for Lewis are honest repre-
sentative Republicans when they vote for
Randolph? There is a cat under this meal
tub with claws 10 scratch everybody except
the ring. The star chamber proceed
ings are almost too absurd for
discussion. Hamilton and Thompson are the
only representative Republicans nominated;
the rest Of the ticket have no sympathy in
common with the poor people, white or color
ed and with the exception of Etheridge, are for
high taxation; believe in property qualifca-
ton for the voter; favor the dog law; oppose
the mechanics lien law; favor paying State
debt, principal and interest, according 70 the
letter of the bonds, and have always Deen too
respectable 70 intermingle with the msSs6 of
the party. No objection Is interposed to the
personal character of any of these gentlemen
They are Objectionable for their views, and
because not a score of men nominated them,
in adRrk-lantern meeting. There is not among
them a Union soldier, yet there are thousands
in the county and these gentlemen, too, were
physically aDle to have borne arms in
that glorious cause. Doing so would
have shown their devotion to it. There
but there are true and tried Republicans OF
that clsss in our county. Neither an irish
man nor German-in fact, no foreigner is on
the ticket. 1t is Quits representative OF the
American Alliance, composed, as 1t is OF old
knownOthinls and slaven6 lders. The COM
mitCee did manage to put on one colored man
one for seven Thousand colored voters, ana
seven for one Thousand white voters. But IL
is a splendid ticket of ambitious statesmen,
and in that respect quite -epresen tatlve. The
enough to prefer ticket nominated by an
old fashioned convention. in which every
voter hss a voice. If this Federal ring mean
good faith 10 the voters, let their executive
mmittse call a mess convention at the
OPeranOuse, and then IL can be easily sscer-
tained who are The choice OF the Republicans
OF this county for the legislature ana for con-
THE BOY IN BLUE.