Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-21
as a sample of the general tone of the South
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Those high-credit, boiling Democrats of Ten
essee. who are leading an insurrecaonn agaihSt
| lowing but in so doing they viii destroy them
selves and give new lease OF power to the present
emf time stands no more chance 10 be governor Of
Tennessee than R. X. Garland has OF occupying
iey's disappointed schering and reckless ambi-
ton may defeat Isham g. Harris, but II Is by no
be returned 10 a seat which he did not esceciAlly
honor when he filed IL. The chances are that q
Republican will succeed Harris should the latter
be defeated. All these disastrous results will
come of this Democratic wrangling with not sin
gle benefit as an Offset
The Neos, published at Florence, Ala, says:
The late bolters' convention of Tennessee nomi-
mated DistrictA ttorney J. II. Russell of Columbia,
for governor He is man of excellent character
and has some reputation as LAWYER However;
he Is very little known in the State and has of
course chance of being elected. In fact, the So
called State-credit Democrats who put this un-
their candidate for If they had seen any prospect
OF success Ex-senator Bailey OF one OF the W:1ghts
would have been nominated. The sole object OF
the leaders of this movement is to advance the
private political interests OF these men, and in
Ger 70 accomplish this they are willing TO allow
the State government to remain In the hands of
the Republican party. There is considerable feel
ing between the factions, and leading Democrats
express the opinion that the boilers will not take
off enough votes to defeat General Bate. These
virtuous leaders who trying 70 defeat their
party charge the regular Democracy with repudia-
ton, and style themselves the state-credit Democ-
that in reality they are trying 10 collect less from
the people than will be paid if General Bate is
elected and settlement made upon the terms as
set forth in the platform upon which he stands.
Our Florence contemporary is right in the
opinion that Ex-senator Bailey or one of
the Wrights would have been nominated if
there had been any prospect Of success" But,
knowing that defeat was certain, Mr.. Fus-
sell, a good man, but credulous and unsus-
pecting gentleman, was selected as the cats
paw to be used for their unworthy purposes,
and after the election he will see how he has
been betrayed by those who used him as a
tool. The canvass for governor will in
crease in bitterness, and by the FIRST of No
vember it will be 30 patent that the contest
is between Bate and Hawkins that most
OF the boilers will desert RUSSELL and rally
to Hawkins; and, not wishing to incur the
odium of betraying their own candidate and
voting for a Republican, 10000 State
Democrats will claim TO have voted for
Russell, when the returns will show that he
did not receive, all told, but 1000 or 5000
votes. The boilers claim that 10000 or
10000 votes will be cast for their candidate.
Mr.. Fussell claims that it is high honor to
lead the Spartan band, whose battle cry is
honesty, against the repudiating Phalanx.
But after the election he will be left to solve |
the problem whether his small vote was the |
result of his own unpopularity or the treach- |
cry of his friends. The Columbia states
men thinks he has gathered satellites enough |
around him who, on the day of election,
will reflect the anticipated glories of his
Using sun. But he will discover that he
D as been left TO gather only thistles where he
expected roses TO grow, and that he has dis
counted bright-faeure for little notoriety
in hand