Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-05
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MEMPHIS, TENN, August so, 1882.
To the Republican Voters of Shelby County
Al a meeting of the Republican Executive
Committee of Shelby county, held on Thurs.
day, August IL, 1882, the following resolution
was adopted, to-wit:
Resolved, That a Msss:Conyention of the
| Republican party of Shelby county be held
| at the Exposition building, in the city of
Memphis, on Thursday, September 7, 1882,
at 10 O'Clock am, for the purpose of nomi-
| mating candidates for the Legislature, 10 be
supported at the county election; also 10
elect thirty-nine delegates TO represent Shelby
county in the Republican Congressional Con-
Vention to be held at Somerville for the
Tenth district, on September IA, 1882, and to
transact such other business as shall come
before The convention.
In publishing the foregoing call for a Re-
publican Convention we must direct FOUR
attention to the call of the fraudulent, self
constituted, boiling Federal ring committee,
signed by Carter Harris, chairman, and NJ.
l.. Williamson, secretary, for a convention
at the Exposition building on the 9th of
/ September, 1882, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the District Convention TO be
held at Somerville on September 14tb, and
also to q hand-bill issued by said committee
August %, 1882. Said call Is an insult TO ererg
intelligent, thinking Republican in the county. II
shows on its face that the people are to have no
roice IN the convention. 10 does not dRou them TO
come and represent Themselves. u requires them
10 send delegates, buR does not aHotu the people to
appoint them. By resolution their otcp chairman
IS directed to designate the men to appoint the
delegates. 1t will be seen from this call that
the recent High-tax, Federal ring, boiling
faction of the Republican party, notwith-
standing their defeat in the late election, are
determined TO continue their opposition to
the Republican cause in the interest of the
Democratic party. After their recent CO.
operation with the Democrats and for Dem
ocratic success, they openly boasted that
their victory was in securing our defeat, and
that if they do not succeed in the November
election, they will at least see that we are
defeated.
Be not deceived by their call headed "Re-
publican County Convention" and the reci-
tai, @At a meeting of the Republican COM
mittee," for they are now so frenzied and
desperate that they will do almost anything
to defeat Us and contribute to the election Of
Democratic congressman, Democratic mem
bers of the Legislature, 4 Democratic gov
ernor and 8 Democratic United States Sena-
tor.
This fraudulent committee represents the
Federal ring and their few slavish followers,
who bolted from the Shelby County Repub-
lican convention on the Sd of April last, and
the parties who, In 1868, broke
up the State Republican conven-
ton at Nashville because they could not con-
troll it in the interest of D. G. Senter, one of
their Democratic allies, and turned the State
over to he Democrats. 1t represents the
parties who in 1868 bolted from the regular
congressional convention held at the Opera
in Memphis, and went to the United
Esrshals Office, and there set up for ]