Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-27
mAnnIna AND CHALmERs.

world as an enterprising, progressive busi
ness man.
MANNING AND CHALMERS.
We trust the people of the Second Missis'
sippi district, where the APPEAL targets
circulates, will pardon our frequent refer.
ence to the contest now going on between
the Hon. Van II. Manning and General
James r. Chalmers for seat in the Forty
eighth Congress. Mr.. Manning has made q
most capable, efficient and industrious repre-
sentative, and during his service in the
House has enjoyed the friendship and conf
dence of his Democratic associates, and
commanded the respect and admiration Of
the Republican members. Faithful and I'M
firing in his devotion to the interests of his
immediate constituents, M has labored with
unceasing diligence for the advancement Of
sound principles III the administration of the
government, and the promotion OF the happi-
ness and prosperity of the whole people and
every section of the Union. As represent
alive Democrat Mr.. Manning has made a
record of which any gentleman might well
be proud, for his escutcheon az Democrat
and member of Congress is absolutely with
out reproach. In appealing to his constitu-
ents for a reelection, he points to an un-
blemished career and life OF devotion to
the pure principles of Democracy as formu-
lated by Jefferson and Jackson, and we cam
not permit ourselves to doubt that this APP
peal will be answered by the ever welcome
response, swell done, thou good an6 faithful
- frir1 A
Democrat from principle, Er. Manning has
never faltered in his devotion to the party,
and wherever and whenever a bold heart
and slrong arm have been needed to uphold
the old flag, he has given his services with
out stint. Calm, courageous, honest,
watchful and eloquent, there has not
been a political battle in Missis-
sippi in the las, dozen years in which he has
not done yeoman service. When the CO.
horts of Rsdicalism were riotiug in unli-
sensed power, when the people of Mississippi |
were being ruthessly plundered and perse-
cuted, when rapine, spoliation and outrage |
were being perpetrated without let or him |
drance, and helpless and heart-broken peo-
pie were remorselessly trampled beneath the |
iron heel of Republican oppression and vio-
lence, the voice of Van II. Manning rang like
the clash of a clarion through the district,
calling upon the people to arise in their
might and scourge the robbers back TO the
slums, the jails and the penitentisries whence
they had emerged to play the role of states
men. Unawed by danger, unseduced by
the Establishments of power, he has gone
steadfsstly forward, pleading for the
right, denounciog the wrong, and ready at 1
all times to sacrifice ease, comfort, money,
and life itself, if need be, in defence of the
immutable principles of truth, liberty and
Justice. To suppose that man with such
record can be defeated by General Chalmers |
is a gross imputation upon the intelligence,
the patriotism and the virtue of the people,
black and white alike, of the Second con-
gressional district. General Chalmers stands
to-day the representative and champion of |
all that is lawless, reactionary and detesta-
bic. With the parrot cry of "a free election |
and fair count" and unmeaning denuncia-
ton Of what he is pleased toeall the "Bour-
bon Democracy" General Chalmers has {
thrown himself into the arms of the men {
who for years have denounced him as sthe
butcher of Fort Pillow" "ballot-box stuff
fer," "cow-itch statesman" and other en-
Tearing appellations, and new seeks to
destroy the people who have here
ofore honored him. Can folly and /
'ecklessness farther go?> General Chal-
ners is not fool. He is familiar with the t
listory of Mississippi from the close OF the
var TO the present day. He is familiar with i
he robber rule which extended from 1868 10
$40, and he knows how the people of his 1
tate we're plundered and oppressed. During l.
hat era OF pillage and spoliation about C
], 800 900 were wrung from the people an /
ually in the shape of State taxes. -Vass as 3
-as this sum, and ruinous as was the rate of
Ixation imposed upon helpless people, it f
id not suffice foA the purpossS of the f
lunderers. Treasur Gnts were ha~ked C
bout the country at about half their face a
alue, and after squandering the large sums Il
xtorted from an Impoverished people, each Fl
tssion of the Legislature left the peo- e
lie a legacy of from 100000 TO i,
100000 annually, in the shape of "
eating debt, which, when the Dem +,
Gratis came into power in 1876. il
mounted to some So, 5OO,OOOl Every branch "
the public service, legislative, judicial ::
nd executive, was corrupt and debauched. te
he public school funds were plundered and ca
he schools neglected. The treasury was pill Sc
ICED for the benefit of a gang of newspa- OF
er harpies, and the public money was de- al
oted to the enrichment of men whose sole | II
usiness was 10 revile and defame the peo- nj
lie. The rate OF taxation ran from Sc so TO
q the $1,000 up to SIS so, while county and til
Iunicipal taxes, manipulated by thieves, 81
almost to confscation. Beggary of
Jared the people in the face. Men looked tn
18th anguish into the faces Of wives and chill tn
rem doomed to poverty and want, until. Or
used TO the courage born of despair. thew of
'se in the majesty of their might and drove W,
Ieir plunderers and oppressors from the la
aces they had desecrated. Once more the | ce
sople became free, and with the advent tn
the Democratic party TO power, Mis.is- &C
ppi resumed her place in the galaxy of is
ates with "home rule" and honest, econom- ar
Il government. Under the benign rule of ! We
mocracy, law has been enforced, peace, in
Ter and quiet restored and maintained, ma
res have been reduced to 50 on the $1,000, VIC
tead ck' SIS, the public schools have of
N enlarged and increased, treasury war va
Its are at par, her treasury has abund- wa
means to meet every demand upon il, fac
the debt left by the thieves and carpet mo
ggers has been nearly extinguished. the Ga