Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-02
The Interview.

| wen, NoioDel, L understand that you
| nave finished your canvass in the country?''
| Not entirely. The candidates for the Legisla
| ture are to speak at one other appointment out
now visited and spoken at almost every locality il
the country, and have tried to make the canvas
! well, what do you think Of the situation?"
| That is difficult question to answer. Shelb!
county politics are always uncertain and it is diff
| feult TO say what may be the result Of the cleo
ton. am perfectly satisfied that large Majority
of the voters desire the election of our ticket The
most dangerous feature in the canvass, in my
ludgSent, is the very prevalent opinion that the
| ticket will be elected. This is q period of buzz
ness activity, both in he city and in the country
Inc demands OF consumers engage The attention
| of our merchants, while the gathering of an un-
ually large crop engages the attention OF the
farmers. What l fear is that the people do not
out AT the polls on the day of election. and that
the ticket may be defeated not for want of inter
est in the issues involved, but from oyerconfi-
dence in the result. If the people can be made to
reahze that their entire strength at the polls is
required 70 win, their success is assured"
what kind OF audiences have the candidates
had in the country?'
mot large, but very representative. When the
appointments were properly and efectually ad YER
tised, we had good crowds. have never seen the
people so near one way OF thinking. or so much
gratifying fact, our audiences were almost invara-
bly, composed of both eolored and white men, and
the co!ored men everywhere gave us marked and
What do you think is the extent of the disaf-
bluesf'' O W O-''''' pay ~ '-'
81 have been absent from the city In the country
anything like an accurate opinion as to the extent
of the disafection here in the city, but am as
to the country a Sky-blue is almost unknown
There are few, learn in the Second District in
the neghborhoOd Of kerr9lle, but If there are any
in the other portions of the county they have es-
capped my notice. OF course 1 may be mistaken
viii not get fifty votes outside OF Memphis. The
lew Democrats who are disposed to let the sixty
and-six settlement stand know that the Sky-blues
have no chance of election and they prefer the
election OF our ticket to that representedby Eaton
What effect will the temperance question haye
On the election?'
'But very little. There are few, and very few,
who have been led astray by the temperance
clamor Those who stop to think see that the tenn
perance plaHk in the RUSSELL platform was trans
parent sham Intended 10 mislead unsuspecting
people, who had found that great good had re-
suited in some localities from the four-mie law
how we stood in reference TO. the four mile-Iaw
aud while there was nothing in platform on the
subject, we all at once agree that would put at
rest the issue rendered in the russell PLATFORM by
declaring openly and 10 all the world that we were
against a bill introduced for that purpose 1t has
become obvious, even to the most obtuse, that this
question has been obtruded in the canvass not in
the interest of temperance, but to defeat Gen. Bate
and Bates candidates for the Legislature. l
Nh venture Renu 70 say that there are two
who are hostile to the four mile law.
Legislature in this county has not even the re-
hottest chance of an election, and that the race
lies between the ticket headed by that noblest of
our citizens, Dr. Porter, sud the ticket headed by
that distinguished Southern Democrat T. X
Eaton Eaton and Casselis have never been ones
toned in regard to temperance. four-mile law, or
anything else, by our Sky-bue friends. Thinking
people everywhere see that this temperance,ques-
lion is dodge-a mere political trick-and they
are not going to be msled by it,
well, what is your opinion now in regard to the
cOlOr-lne, and what do you think will be the re-
suit of the coalition with the Low-tax Repub-
'This to me il the most encouraging feature of
the canvass We are going to gets very consider
thn a M AMI Iphfa 1n1a r.Nf
colOred citizens This question has been to me one
Of fruitful study during the canvass. have been
surprised oa the one hand to find so many intelli-
gent, thoughtful cOlored men, and on the other
so many who seem to be surrounded by an
Wherever we have met int ligent colored men
they have given us the closest attention, and am
will remain impressed with what they have heard.
Nothing could have been more fortunate for our
cause than to have met the High-tax Republicans
on the stump. Oh one occasion met Carter Har-
ris, the most Intelligent man they have, and am
was simply an appeal to the Old, time prejudiee.
and he did not pretend to discuss questions peril
nent to tine issues involved. The truth is that
their canvass is simply an effort to smother out
progressive ideas and hold the cOloTed man bound
hana ana 1901 10 Ide party by appeal
that the alliance with those coIored men will not
only result in the success of ticket but 1t Will
result in much good in the future"
In what question do the intelligent colored
people seem to take the most INTEREST,"?
public school system. They are thoroughly alive
to this question. and. in my Judgment. it is by
long odds the question in which all the people of
Tennessee should take the most interest 1t is
paramount to the public debt or any other issue.
Intelligent colored men realize the fact that edu
cation is the only means by which their race can
be elevated to full recognition of the high duties
of citizenship and white men are becoming more
and more convinced every day that the elevation
of the colored man in the scale of virtue and in
teiligence is great coed demanded alike by the
highest interest of both parties"
Do you think, Colonel, that the white men will
scr Itch the colored men on the tickets'
n n m fror fha
alliance with these men has met not only with |
very general, but very hearty approval Thought. |
full men tell me every day that this should have
voted for very generally. In the Ninth District |
we had an audiencs of about seventy five white |
men and about 129 colored men. At the con- |
clusion of my speech prominent citizen re- |
quested me to take vote and see how many |
white men there were in the house who would |
vote for the entire ticket, including the two col
pred men. The result was that every white man |
in the house pledged himself by standing up to |
found man here and there who will scratch the |
two colored men, but they will be very rare.
Price is to help to elect Eaton and CasseIls, there
will be little Of it done. have found that our
with US, and believe that our people will keep
faith with them"
what do you think of the prospects of Young?'
81 think he will keep up with the ticket. 1t
seems to be everywhere conceded that Col Young
and faithful representative. Judge Smith is con-
iessedly man of great purity of character and |
personal worth. whatever his political sins may |
be, and there may be few votes given for him on /
personal considerations that he would not other
wise get. A few days since prominent citizen in
the country said to me that he had very high re-
gard for Judge Smith, and personally would prefer
TO vote for him. But he said that his ability and
protesting the political creed he did,
made him the more dangerous, as it would enable |
MIN 20 exercise greater intiuen2e in Congress
han man OF less maFk, and he said he intended
Young In my opinion, Col. Young in this county |
viii share the fate OF the balance of the ticket"