Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16

first. To the regret of all he was in
very bad voice. His fame had pre-
ceded him and the crowd was anxious
to hear the renowned old orator. He
announced that he could not speak
long, and his hearers gathered close
around the stand. He opened out
very deliberately on national issues,
making the arguments usually put
forth by Rreenback speakers. This
was all listened TO very attentively,
but it elected no applause. When be
came to the state debt question his
voice had so far failed that he could
not get off the happy speech OF yester-
day at COllierville. He however man
aged to give a very graphic and effect
i've description of the methods BY
which legislation was accomplished
soon after the war. He also gave an
entertaining and amusing account Of
the the sitting process remunerated
by Governor Marks, and of the late
democratic convention, which he says
went into great labor aud brought
forth twins. AS soon as the conven-
ton was over, he says the big twin
(Wright) took out down the north
western road on a boom. He was
accompanied by about seventy-fve
of the men who nominated him, and
at every station they would get out
and call on him for a speech, and he
always responded. The news was
then flashed back to Nashville that
the people were wild for Wright.
That boom, however, soon subsided
and we see the twins, Esau and Jacob,
contending over their birth-right.
Esau has found out that before the
people he has to deal with facts, and
that his Nashville boom has died out.
| find, said Colonel Edwards, that in
regard to the state debt Judge Haw
kins and Judge Wrightstand substan-
TALLY upon the same platform. He
elaborated this proposition at length
and went somewhat into a history
OF the state debt. The colonel is
thoroughly posted and makes a forci-
Bile argument on this question. In
conclusion he said that it had been
thrown out in a sneering way that he
was an East Tennesseean. He said
that he was proud Of his section, but
that he was in the broadcast sense q
Tennesseean and felt at home among
those who were personally strangers to
him in Fayette county. Upon this
idea he made very happy bit of a
speech, aud concluded amid hearty
applause.
Judge Wright was introduced in
very eloquent and glowing terms by Mr..
Stainback, as the true exponent Of de-
mocracy, and as the next democratic
governor of Tennessee. This was
greeted with slight applause, a few
voices shouting, "Hurrah for Will
son." The people had evidently come
to listen rather than to applaud. 1t
was an attentive crowd Of fifteen hun
dred people, which seldom up to this
stage had INDUCED in demonstration
of any kind. AS aconscientious jour
nalist, who would not Intentionally
misrepresent or do injustice to any
body, / am ready to say that Judge
Wright was in never better condition,
and made better speech to-day than
Yesterday. The line Of argument and
anecdote was much the same, but it
was followed with more confidence
and with less hesitanoy. He perhaps,
felt more at home aud near
or home than at Memphis
and Collierville, COvington and
other places already visited. The
speech was almost literally that Of
yesterday in matter, but much better
in manner. The only incident to vary
the monotoDy was oolloquy with a
very old man, Baptist preacher,
named Oulp, who wanted the Judge to
speak louder so that he could hear.
The Judge asked him if he lived here
when Cannon and Polk and a long line
of we'll known names were candidates
for governor. i'Yes / did" answered
the old gentleman. HThen did you
ever hear it charged that there was
any fraud in the legislation or acts ol
governors by which bonds were is.
suedPn II did hot,' was the reply,
and three or four voices said ''hurrah'
and some one shouted "hurTah for
Peter Culpn s'Is that Peter Culp2'
said the Judge, Il have beard of him
before, but the venerable old preach
er did not cay whether he had ever
heard Of the Judge or not, and the
ssoaking proceeded. Presently
he back end Of the plat
form fell down and created a
little confusion. No one was hurt,
The Judge imploFsd the crowd to lis
ten to him and proceeded. He was
occasionally applauded by small per
centage of the crowd, especially when
he got of one of his current jokes,
These number about one dozen in all
and usually take very well. DE was
on the defensive much Of the time,
and made it a particular point To
allude to some alleged reports that be
did not pay his own debts. lie said
he had given up all he had twice since
the war, had never taken the bank
rupt law, and was yet a very poor
man moi even owning any real estate
and, as he said yesterday at Collier,
Vile, not owning a thousand dollars
worth Of personal property. ThI'
point he presented in a very conyinc'
| Ing light, and his statement seemed tC
be- generally accepted. He closed BY
saving that any man who circulated q
report that he had ever done a dis
honest or dishonorable act in his life
was a liar aud coward, or words t
that effect. The judges appeal fol
sympathy fell rather hat, q
no charges affecting his personal
character have been made by any
public speaker or paper OF note IN TIM
canvass. ESQ, he did not specify tht
fact, but merely contented himself viii
Smelling the woods generally at Ions
range. However, he made the bss
he could out Of his case, aud on ciosinl
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