Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-01
;iEMPHIS APPEAL
raE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.


In the midst of an engagement the wise
and prudent general never pauses to har-
angue his soldiers as to the justice Of their
cause. The only words he utters are to IN
cite his men to vigorous action and to charge
upon the foe. Initiating this example, we
shall engage in no elaborate argument this
morning to prove that the Democratic party
Is the only hope Of the country. This sub
iect has been exhausted. WoTk-active, en-
ergetic works the duty of Democrats. II
the Democrats of the country will perform
their duty-if the business men OF Memphis
will close their doors and give the day to la
Dor at the polls-a sweeping victory will be
achieved This is no occasion for the APPEAL
to argue the issues of the canvass and the
points which it has labored to impress upon
the public. The issue is between the Demo-
Gratis and the Radical party, which seeks res
toration to power under a new name. The
case has been summed up and submitted to
Jury of the people. To-day they will be
called upon at the polls to render their YER
dict. If they desire the restoration
of Radical rule, interlarded, seasoned
and sprinkled with communism,
let them vote for Kortrecht, Pierce, Turner,
and the party which has sought in this can
vass to carry the election by violence and in
timidation. and those incendiary appeals
which has made the name of the National
party synonymous with the commune. If the
people Of Shelby county would rid them
selves of Radicalism, and throttle the COM
tons by the violence of the mob, they will
turn out to-day and vote the Democratic
ticket, composed of men recognizing law and
order. No other argument Is needed to
prompt every good citizen to do his duty at
the polls to-day. No multiplication of words
can make that duty palmer, nor accomplish
for the peopls of Shelby county what they
alone can do for themelves. All that is neces-
sary is for every voter opposed to the Ma
tionals-made still more odious by an ANAL
gamation with Radicalsm-is to go to the
polls and vote against Kortrecht and Pierce,
who, in their hate of Democracy, would place
the people of Shelby county under the JOINT
rule of Radicaiism and the communists who
have driven J. ]. Rawlings from his own po-
litical meetings by personal violence, and
who, If successful in this canvass, will en-
deavor to carry future elections by all the in
strumentalites known to the communists
If law and order and the election of good
men are worth anything, they are surely
worth one days effort on the part of every
honest citizen. That is precisely what it
will cost, all that it will cost, and without
this days work, Radicalism and communism
will take possession of this county, and
Radical or a communist will be elected to
congress from this district in November. If
the good people of Shelby county, those who
defeated Radicalism four years ago by a ma
jority of over four thousand, and all who are
opposed to the use of brickbats in elections,
will do their duty to-day the APPEAL of to-
morrow morning will have the pleasure of
saying to them that Radicalism and COM
munism have been swept out of existence.