Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-09


The Radical expenditures were nearly fire times
great a. the Democratic expenditures for the
5n eas ie6 she Radieais left BEHIND them
from year 70 year There are about $1,000 white
voters in South Carolina, and upon them falls
nearly the whole burden of taxation The saving
effected by the Democrats, on the accounts named,
the State This is what they gain by Democratic
rule in the expenditures for salaries, legislative
great as in Is72-7S, every white would, on the
average, be Sl2 out OF pocket, for he would have
on 99a 70 n PSy den Of h
curaey OF toe figures we have given cannot be de-
Result of the comparison between Radicalism in
1672-73 and Democracy in 1SS0-S1: A saving 10 the
white people of 81 0S 500, S12 for every white
voter in the State.
The extract published in the APPEAL last
Sunday morning from Senator Gsrland's let
ter, shows that the change has been equally
az great in Arkansas since the Democrats
secured control of the State government. The
Democrats OF Mississippi and Alabama have
secured for the people the same reform, re-
trenchment and relief. By honesty and
economy taxes and the burdens of the people
have been lightened. The same change has
been observed in North Carolina. When the
Radicals secured power the first thing the
Legislature did was to pass bill allowing its
members 81 per diem and mileage at the
rate of twenty cents per mile, though many
of its members had been amply satisfied, on
their late thester of usefulness, with So per
month and rations This body, pleased with
their new and lucrative employment, devoted
304 days of their time to the enactment OF
laws unsuited to the PROSTATE condition OF
the State, and received for their labors
the enormous amount of $430,95S 60.
Some of these laws were a robbery
of the peoples liber, ies-some of their
compensation was a robbery of The peoples
treasury. Next year, in 1870, the Democratic
party controlled the legislative department
of the government and then commenced
period of good government, marked by
wholesome legislation and financial economy.
The expenses OF that department were grad
ually reduced by each succeeding body, ill,
in 1881, it cost the State only $50, 259 26 for
the Democratic Legislature OF that year.
The records of the treasury show that the
average cost of each of the SIX Demo-
cratic Legislatures from 1870 10 1881, in
elusive, in mileage and per diem was
s116,S17 OF for two years, S314,141 so less
than the one Radical Legislature of
1S68-69. Under the economical rule
of the Democratic party, the Southern peo-
pie have been blessed with peace, law, order
and prosperity unsurpassed. The census
reports shows that our population is rapidly
growing, the appreciation in the value OF
property has increased, aud no section of the
enron Ii advancing IN wealth ana produc-
tions more rapidly. Such are the changes
which have been brought about in the South
through the wise administrations OF the
State governments by the Democratic party.
Aud the people are indignant at the eff
forts of a few chronic office seekers 10
produce a change. The figures and facts
show the difference between Democratic
and Republican rule in the South. The
man who votes for Chalmers in Missis-
sippi or Fuseell in Tennessee is casting a
vote in aid OF the restoration of Radical rule.
All who prefer the reign o. Radicalism 10
that of Democracy will vote for Independents
and boilers. With the triumph of Hawkins
in Tennessee and Chalmers in Mississippi,
the old battle fer home-rule and economy
will have to be fought over again, for with
the loss of Tennessee and the probability of
Mississippi, the carpetbsggers
and the plundereIs who once ruled and
ruined, would make desperate fight for the
power by which they once enriched them
selves. With the restorationto power OF the
Did Radical party, the prosperity of the
South would be eclipsed by total darkness
The only way 10 prevent such a calamity is
o stand by the Democracy, which is our
,nly ark of safety |