Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-22

/ neither of them has sufficient following TO cart.
alike in seeking an alliance with one or the othe
of the two great parties now shaping and controll
frsnE ~ n sYowing their preferences The Demo
cratic boiler Goes not hesitate to say that he pre-
frs tue election Of Hawkins to Bate. while the Re
! nnblfcan hotter with equal frankness declare
Hawkins However. they differ in their methods
| than Gov Hawkins. He has always been
| good and true and brave and just to all men, Is
great light to the people, never blushes for the
honor Of mis- State, and Is always ana every
| ers without shame. but rather with pride, VOC
open tickets directly for him ana make every pal
| lot count one AS Hawkins, under the sanction
of his judicial oath, held the act DISTINGUISHING
| Confederate soldiers and those who tympatnizeo
b Wiz men neei5 iSe law in defiance of socety in
defiance of civilization and in defiance OF every
rignt sacred 10 the citizen and as mis- unsavory
fame as district Sttorney mas not been forgotten,
the boiling Democrats find themselves 0eset win
difficulties as they are gentlemen Of tehoer
Tennessee. they could not bring themselves up 70
the point OF directly voting for Hawkins notwlth-
Bate In this dilemma, what were they 10 do
The difficulties of the situation afforded an ample
high order. The boiling Democrats were equal
10 the emergency: In this critical 9uneture
IN their affairs they remember the Sold auAse
that half a loaf Is better than no bread, - and
at once proceeded TO put that amiable ana hlghiy
respectable young man, Mr. Russell, IN the neid
1t is true that In voting for him they throw one
half their ballots away. but the other hall go LOT
HAWKINS.
obvious TO everyone who contemplates this ar
rangement with equani a1ty. The boiling Demo
and it viii be seen by this simple device wnleh Is
no less an evidence Of genius because it Is simple,
that they at once gratfs their aesthetic taste ior
HAWKINS Now have heard invidious COMPARE
sons drawn. and som, people without taxi time
to reflect do not hesitate 70 say that the betting
Republicans more manly and more honest in
directly voting for Gen. Bsle than the boiling
Benocrat- in Indirectly voting for Hawkins. But
IL must be remembered in Justice to the latter
that circumstances surrounding the two factions
and the boiling Demo- rats would, in my jpdg-
nent, vote directly for Bate, while IL Is more than
o. tas e1islrs m psr de@ms would be
driven to the necessity OF placing some ngure-
head in the field foil to their consciences
while they gave him their ballots
Things are not always what they seem TO be- As
the boiling Democrats are all white men and toe
boiling Republicans are nearly all black men, the
casual observer might suppose that the former
fa.'tinn would struggle for the ascendancy Of the
white man, and tn. latter would struxgie for the
endan of the black man IN Tennessee. SUCH,
howe er, is not the case. AS most of the great
great Democratic party are white men. it follows
that these factions have got their colors mixed,
and while the eolung Democrats are WORKING In
frectly for Hawkins, at the head of the black
men, the boiling Republicans are working In
of the white men. There Is another striking sim
ilarity between the two factions. The boiling
Democrats, true to their conyi tons, would rather
than TO give up the ideas which they hold in COM
mon with Wall street respect to the state debt,
while the boiling Republicans would rather see
the r publican party defeated by Bate than give
up the convictions they have in common with the
people on the same subject. So conclude that
there is room for examination and fecrm ination
so far as the two factions are concerned. One
is just as true to Bate as the other is to Hawkins
and one stands by tho cause of the people just as
faithfully the other stands by the cause OF wall
its Convictions. can SPEAK for the boiling Re-
publicans who have allied themselves TO the for
tunes OF Gen: Bate They are with US on every
mn in lie hay are wit Ms fne
the protection of labor against the exactlons of
capital. They are with us for the most effective
mechanics ana workiDgman's lien law. They are
with for the most efficient system of free public
schools. They are with us for reasonable aud
just settlement Of the state debt as declared by
The June Convention They are with US In our
purpose to preserve iutact the Taxing District
equitable settlement Of the old city debt They
are with as for Gen Bate, and they are with us in
the election of United -tates senator. And be
1t known In all the sky-Blue region that Demo-
Gratis are fer them and with them on this platform
only ones whs have become tired of the methods
and policiesOf the Republican party As time
progresses. as ignorance is dispelled and preiu-
dices subSide, they begin 10 see at last that the
Democratic party is the party of the people, the
party OF the constitution. and the especial guar
When the news came FISHING over the
wires announcing victory for the Democ-
Intelligence was fiashed at the same e time ine
that many of the colored men in that State, turn
tariffs and exclusive prvileges turning their
backs on all the Dorseys, the Br1dys, the Goulis,
the Conklings and the CAmerons have cast their
fortunes with Democracy and contributed their
snare @ its triumph The intelligence comes
from New YorI. Pennsylvania, Indiana aud
Rhode Island that These men are at lsst breaking
asunder the cords that have for twenty years
bound them to the triumphant car of the Repub-
Hcan party and are asserting their independence
IL thought and &C ion. This colored vote, hereto
fore untaught, minimizing and without voition
OF its own, has been mighty power in the land,
sometimes working destruction alike to all the in
terests Of society. 1t holds the balance of power
ia more than one of the great Northern States.
Who knows but 1t may become the instrument in
the hands of the Almighy<sf restoring the reign
of The constitution, the ascendancy of the pc pie
and the administration of this government in
their intere>t What eventiul history have
these people had in this great republicI How
they have intermingled with and shaped cur des-
unyl What a problem have they presented
ana do now present alike TO the statesman and the
pl ilanthYopist There is thing least certain
that tnis advancement, moral and intellectual, is
q blessing to them and advantage TO II is
asatilyiRg to know that every evolution IN their
Z zistence has bsen for the better. for one am
Ing to assist in lifiing up their hands in eff
fort to reach higher plane of life and If should
be honOred with a seat in the General Assemb of
your State. would make it one of the chief OBJ
jects of my labors to shape legislation to
cure for them and for all the people of Tennessee
che most eife0tual means Of educating their chill
drsn.