Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-03
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We are opposed to making any man 4
! candidate simply on account of his birth
place Candidates for Office should be sus-
tanned because Of their capacity, their integ-
rity and their purity of character. mans
nationality, whether he be German, Irish or
American, is no evidence of, his fitness for
office or OF his honesty. Intellect and virtue
are Of no particular cline. So, too, of re-
ligion. The religious tenets OF candidate
for public position are Of about as much i'm
portance as the length and texture OF his
hair or the color OF his eyes. The only cor
rect standard Of qualification for Office IL
that prescribed by Thomas Jefferson. "Ts he
honest? Is he capable?" were the questions
of the author of the Declaration OF indie
pendence. The principle embodied in
them is as necessary to-day as when he first
uttered them, and it is to be regretted that
| here in Memphis candidates are placed upon
the narrow and unworthy platform OF
| nationality. American nationality is
the need OF the hour. Our coun-
try can never become great and prosper
| Gus until our people assimilate and live, not
as separat nationalilies, but in perfect &C
| cord az Americans. The supporters Of the
Shaw ticket expect a solid German vote be-
cause Scheibler, a German, is candidate
for police and fire commissioner. The friends
of the Citizens ticket urge the election Of
their candidates upon the higher and more
patriotic ground of honesty and capability.
But they can appeal to the support OF
nationelities with more force than the sup
porters Of the Shaw ticket, for Charles
Kney a candidate on the Citizens ticket,
is the equal of Scheibler in all relations,
whether as citizen or representative OF the
Germans of Memphis. 1t is well known
that Shaw cherishes an inveterate hatred for
the Irish, and it is not surprising that there
is not the name Of single Irishmau on his
ticket. But in forming the Citizens ticket
equal and exact justice was meted out
to the Irish, for Michael Gavin and
Michael Burke, two representatives OF the
Irish race, were selected. In organizing the
Shaw ticket the Germans were cOncihated,
but the Irish we're insulted, as 1t was given
out that "no Irish need apply" Upon
the Irish-born citizens of Memphis the duty
have insulted them by ignoring their race
while conciliating the Germans, that they
cannot outrage with impunity the feelings Of
those upon whose votes they must depend for
success. Every Irishman in Memphis should
rebuke this discrimination against their race
by casting a solid vote for Michael Burke
and Michael Gavin. The opposition boasts
that it has two negroes and German on its
ticket, but the friends of the Citizens ticket
have much more to be proud OF, for they
have placed upon their ticket Charles Kney,
good German citizen, and two representa-
tive Irishmen, certainly the equal of the two
negroes. Things have certainly come to q
pretty pass in Memphis when bitter reviler
of Irish-Americans and relentless hster of
their country and creed can undertake to
ostracise and insult the Irish people by a
contemptuous neglect of them, while
truculently pandering to other races. When
the stones of the city OF Louisville were
Redeemed by the blood of honest Irishmen
murdered for the crime of being Irishmen
and Catholics, and while the smoke of their
burning dwellings was still ascending to
heaven, like an appeal to avenging justice,
the APPEAL denounced the crime and la
bored for civil and religious liberty; and if
the Irish people are worthy of the battle
fought for their civil and religious liberty,
worthy of their historic renown, they will
join the APPEAL on Thursday next in elect
ing Burke and Gavin, the worthy represen-
tatives of proud race.