Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-03

| ,,oLi., snpreneiy for the good Of the common
| wealth, Thus far have assumed that prediction
OF nv interiocuters OF disaster are wen Founded
| n-sbeasjou The issues are too grave, the conse
auencss too serious, for present disappoint ments
1 arca in me ill-advised and fatal action. The Re
nI,bIfoans viii reflect, and in the reflection. b.
lho,-fno what viii become of the Democratic sue
80 Vii tuTn aside the disaster by prompting I,
matted and yisos action Therefore accept Tn,
nomination, and await the result of the canvas
! without perturbation
MR.. FoLGER
11e Then announces that he is in full accord viii
the res0iutiODs of the Convention. of civil ser
vice he says. There Is no reason why the Inino
ofIio.s of the government thOUld be given 10 rela
ty or friends for depend or objects OF sym pa
inv III thCse who hold positions of influence near
Herewith. There is no reason why the privilege
should not be sought BY merit on equal terms
move some obstacles in the way of some revision
OF rules already adopted TO render them less
scholastic and more practical"
JUDGE FoLGER
instances that "A the Treasury Department n,
desert alone as is shown by the records OF sery-
ice and the evidence Of heads Of bureaus and no
one has been taken from without and put
in place within Ovsr the heads of those in gov
eminent employ. save III few confidential posi-
tons The judge pronOuuces for the right
of municipalities to direct their own aIairs: that
and local self government. and for economy in the
expeTdiflIres Of public moneys The Judge ADDS.
There can be no que ton that the artificial
waterways of the State should be preserved They
are the means OF competition with other
bidders OF carrying the trade of the country and
must be Kept up; therefore, NOT in the hands OF
private persons or corporations which are apt to
act chiefly for their own benefit, but in The
hands OF the people. where they can be
managed 70. the public interest, TO prevent to
protect and 10 abate the rig0r of private action
The tendency OF business nowadays is 10 the ny
gfegatiOn of capital. and - its in REFRESHING
individual weaken ea-lerprises. It is well
therefore, that the State with its aRgre-
gated power. should retain and mafatain
the means SO pOtelt AZ the canals, of regulating
the carrying trade through the statgsO that fndi
yiduals of slender means may enter into coupeti-
ton with those OF greater power to enforce as far
may be- equal and reaSons BILE facilities of car
Rage.
JUDGE FOLGER
II. closing his letter saws; 81 believe that NV
principles OF action viii be commended to good
tense. l stand upon them and on them alone,
Is the reason why l am before the people OF the
state as n candidate for the chief magistrate II
hey opposed; If my public life of twenty years
md over gives cause to believe that /
will honestly keep on in their furtberanee,
do confidently expect that disappointments will
lot lead TO the abandonment of political ties and
hat united and harmonious action will bring
bout result that will keep the State of New
FORK in accord with the majority of her sister
tates on the great questions of national policy.
ME-. HEPBURN
eclines the nomination for Congressat-large in a
eter to that effect, account of dissatisfaction
n the party.