Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-22
the Legislative CaudldaIes ~ Raleigh


Special Correspondence of the Appeal
BARTLETT, Tenn, October 21.-The can
didaies for the Legislature spoke at Raleigh
yesterday to large and appreciatiye audi
ence. Col. Patterson made a telling and
convincing speech, which was received with
the heartiest good will by his bearers, snow
ing that the candidates and the masses OF the
people are in perfect accord. He spoke elo-
auently of the circumstances which led 10
the nomination of the two colored canal-
dates, and in an earnes. and convincing ar
gument defended ths action OF the Dsmo-
cratic County Convention In making an
alliance with the colored men in sympathy
with Gen. Bate in order to defeat the Hawk
ms. Fussell combination. The following is
an extract from his speech on this subjsct. 1t
will be seen that he holds the boilers up in
their true colors:
COL. PA1TERsoN's SPEECH.
Itfs charged by the boilers and their organs in
this and other portions of the State that the Demo-
cratic party in this county has made an unnatural
are in sympathy with Gen. Bate Let us apply the
test of reason and common sense to this ubject
for this alliance. who the men are who make this
charge aad what is the motive which impeis them
Arc they prepared at this late day to before the
coun try in the attitude of denying the legal and
political rights OF these people? Do they insist that
before the law and al the baIlot-box9 Do they
tat e the position that there Is no room IN the
Democratic party Tor the colored totei, anu Liat
the OF that party are forever shut his
race? We apprehend that they will not dare
10 take such indefensible attitude be-
fore the country. It is now too late, at least
in shelby county, 10 take sneh position without
of all right thinking people. DR.. Porter, whose
Democracy AID whose fidelity to he rest int. ests
OF the people no man can doubt, while president
colored men on the police force of Memphis, with
the entire appreciation of the community. Sheriff
Athy a tried nd trusted Democrat. has not hest
tated TO appoint number OF coored deputies,
cretic governor and then elected oy the Demo-
cratic party has frequently empaneled colored
men on the grand and petit 1ur1es OF his court.
and in SO do ng he has never Skinned the luster OF
the judicial no 4ors he has so deservedly won. At
the last muaicipal election in Memphis there were
two colored men on one ticket and one on the
other Nearly all, if not quite ali, of the ser tie
men who now esthetically style themselves Sky-
Blue Democrats voted for Lymus Wallace. who is
probabiy the blacklist man IN the county. Some
of these Sky-Blu gentlemen even went so lar at
the pol TO insist that the class OF voters wno
the Audt1ilehs facetiously calls "Senagsmbians,
shonld vote their ticket because there was more
..nieRerp in Lymus Wallace than In both the
colored men on the other ticket SoW. IN view
of these facts so fresh il the memory OF ali OF u.s. IS
il not too late and little out of place for these
gentlemen to criticiZs the Democratic party Ior
placing two colored men on its ucketf But our
critics go further and charge that these colored
this reason the alliance is discreditable to the
Democracy. Now let US see what there IS in this
charge and to do il might be instru tive TO ran
parallel between the two boiling faction IN Ten
Vention which nominated Hawkins in April,
while HaWkins's Democratic friends oolted the
convention which nominated Eate in June Inc
Democratic boilers flew OF at tangent in the d.
rection of Wall street. while the Republican, bolt
ers few off tangent in the direction OF Eae peo-
pie. The two factions are alike in the TACT thst