Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-16
POLlTICAL.
a Republican Committeeman Resigns.

MEMPHIS, July 81 was made a men,
| Der of the executive committee of the Re
| publican party without authority or my con-
sent, and as ! cannot support the whole ticket
| as made by the committee, and do not ap-
| prove of the manner the party is making its
canvass, | have resigned my membership on
| said committee. AARON STEVENSON,
| OF the First Ward.
Democratic Rally in the Tenth Ward.
| The Democratic Conservative rally in the
| tenth ward, at Cullgan' S corner, was a de-
cided success. A large proportion of the very
| large audience composed OF colored
voters. A more attentive, orderly and we'll
conducted meeting has not been neld in the
city drrirlg this canvass. Excellent, peril
nent and telling speeches were made by
Messrs. u. w. Miller, Josiah Patterson,
George Winchester, J. E. r. Ray, Robert
w. Gordon. The enthusiasm was ma,bed
and general. A l0oker-on would be thorough
ly convinced that the colored people will gen.
orally vote the Democratic ticket.
LATER.-Ihe II .eting which was carried
on so harmonlously up to late hour, broke
up in i row, which resulted In two negroes
being severely cut and stabbed. Five col
ored men went up to the stand and asked
permission to speak. The chairman of the
meeting was about to introduce one of them
when several other colored men came up and
a row ensued, during which a negro named
Diggs stabbed negro named Houston IN the
left shoulder. The latter at once drew knife
and stabbed Diggs In the left arm, shoulder,
thigh, and side, Inflicting dangerous wounds.
1t is believed that the row was premeditated
for the purpose Of breaking up the meeting.
Judge OrviIse Xarger DemOlishes a
Nationalist.
CAPLEvILLE, Tenn, July 15.-Quite a
crowd assembled here to- day for the purpose
of hearing Colonel J. l.. Harris expound the
Il ~, - Mo-, ~ hn
cratic party had secured the services of
Colonel Orvllle Yerger, OF your city, and pro-
posed a division of time, which was readily
agreed to. Colonel Harris began his speech
by stating that he wished to call the attention
OF his neighDors to a re port that was abroad
In regard to himself, viz: that he, as man,
was failure. The report was false, and he
could satisfy them of that fact. If they had
thoughtlessly aided in It's propagation he was
sure they would make haste to correct it.
He thereupon took up his history and run 1t
through, ''e'en from his boyhood days"
Beginning poor boy, by his own unalded In
dustry and native energy, he obtained
a collegiate educat on, and had the
impudence to study law. He began his po-
hteal course as a Douglass Democrat, went
into the Confederate army as private, rose
to be colonel of his regiment. and returned to
his home without money. he then gave his
history since the a lecturer, Il school
tedcner, as d Iarmer, as gang plOW, hdrTls,
ETC., finally reaching the conclusion that he |
was In every sense of the word a grand sue
cess in all of these different av3catIons. The |
colonel, In h's political argument, was inter- |
esting, sometimes brilliant, always Eighty |
and erratic. He charged that the policy OF |
the Democratic and Republican parties had |
been to further enrich the rich and impover- |
lsh the poor. They had voted away the lands |
and money of the people to corporations. |
The laborer and farmer must conf ne and |
Join the Nationalist, and all would be love- |
ly; money would be plentiful and the land |
would flow with milk and honey. The colonel |
seemed to forget that the Democratic party
had not shaped legislation since
the war; that they had all along opposed the
measures that he denounced with such
bitterness. Colonel Harris was followed by
Judge Yerger, who made strong and tell
ing speech. He compared the two tickets
and demonstrated conclusively that the So
called National ticket was simply comblna-
ton to defeat the Democracy. made up of the
odds and ends of both political parties and
was certain TO be defeated. He called upon
he party to stand by their colors; this was no
lime for divisions. The judges speech was
we'll received and had very happy effect,
frequently elIciting rounds OF applause from
ali present He showed concluslvely that the
)nly hope for US was in the ranks OF the De-
nocracy The judge spoke for an hour, COM
1leteiy demolishing his opponent. We hope
o see him here again during the campaign.
The Nationalist are ust t'cO strong In this
district, and there is no probability OF their
lumber increasing.