Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-11

1t is too early in the canvass to form any
estimate of the majority by which Genera
Bate will be elected governor. But there
seems TO be no doubt among well-informed
politicians as to the certainty OF his election.
"E. c. NJ" the intelligent Nashville CORE
spondent of the Courier-Journai, says:
Colonel George Darden, of this city thorough
State credit, High-tsx Democrat, yet withal a
staunch supporter of the majority nominee, Gen
erai Bate, says that If the Balledoaks nominate,
that Wilson (the Iow-tax bOlter) got in 1850. The
vote of that year stood:
Hawkins (Republican) .......- 102 600
Wright Irregular Democratic nominee) -. 70 1871
Wilson Qow-tax Democratic bolter) 57,424
II Colonel Darden is right and he is unusually
well posted having studied the question closely,
the the xe efd Wifi frs s ssEsdEt there are two
Bate Irregular Democrat ..-.-..I 80
Bolter toeIaby virtuous ......... 1914
Total 28g, 58l
Bates majority over Hawk -. Ii sos
This estimate gives the irregular nominee one
third the Wilson vote-Which Colonel Dardeu says
he VIII not getrand Is6li more than Alfred
says any bolter can get this year. for h doesn't
believe he will be able to poll 250O Democratic
ballots" We loyal Democrats wish to deal fairly
with our misguided friends, so we give them
timely warning.
Tits said that, so far as the colored vote is con-
cerned, General Bate get more of this element
than any Democrat in the State. They know MIN
TO be grounded on the faith, but they esteem him
also as kind-hearted, ehiyalrous gentleman a
tho rough national patriot who, both in his public
and private relation, will ACCORD them every civil
and political night the Constitution with all its
amendments, guarantees them.
After a careful survey of the field We do
not hesitate to express the opinion that the
boiling candidate for governor will not poll
10000 votes 1t is safe to say that 1000
votes will not be cast for him in West Ten
nessee. 1t is stated that there were not
twenty present who sympathized with the
boilers county convention held in this city
on Saturday last; and If a candidate should
be nominated in the convention which meets
at Nashville to-day, it is predicted by those
who understand public sentiment in this
county that the nominee will not receive over
100 votes in the entire county of Shelby.
The signers to the call for a mass meeting TO
select delegates constituted the chief strength
OF the boilers in this county. The rural dis
tricts are solid for Bate, and the
boilers will have but little follow
ing outside of Memphis. The boilers
will poll 5000 or COCO votes in Montgom-
cry, Davidson and Maury more than they
will in all the other counties in the State put
together. Two years ago the people sympa
thised with the boilers, and if there had not
been presidential election impending, the
vote of Wilson would have been equal TO that
cast for Wright, and if it had been an
Dounced that either Hawkins or Wright
would have favored a settlement OF the State
debt at one-hundred- and three, including the
coupon infamy, Wilson would have been
elected governor. The present boiling move
ment is not inspired by the people, and they
will pronounce against it in tones of thunder
in November next. They have made up their
minds TO pay fifty cents ION the dol
lar of the State debt, and any settlement |
at higher rate will be as unreal and uns ub |
stantial as the funding bill. There is a |
possibility of the reelection of Hawkins, |
but it is utterly impossible to elect Legis- |
lature that will sustain the sixty -and-six
settlement, as the people have no confidence
in the methods by which this act was passed,
and the history of the past ten years plainly
demonstrates that they intend to settle the
State debt on their own terms. They indi-
Gated these terms in the last Democratic
State convention, which spurnipg the schemes
Of the railroad bosses and rejecting the
views of the popular masses, enunciated
platform which proposes to settle the State
1ebt on the only terms that will be satisfac-
Tory, lasting and final.