Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-28
COID COMFORT-THE NEW TICKET
IN SHELBY COUNTY.

The boilers are not wanting in cheek.
Their self-conceit is sublime. They are deter
mined TO brazeu public opinion, and the Ire
quenl rebufs of the people have benumbed
all the refined sensibilities OF their
natures. When the Hon. John V. Wright
visited East Tennessee as a champion OF the
boilers, his reception was cold enough TO
freeze Laplander. Nowhere did he have
respecta table crowd. At some OF his appoint
menis there was no one present but himself.
Instead Of crawling into an auger hole, or
retiring in some dark cave where ne could
hide his shame he assumed jaunty impu-
dence and continued TO address beggarly
amount of empty benches. And now Sena-
tor Jackson seems impervious to public
opinion as a brass statue. The Nashville
correspondent of the Courier-JouInaL says:
'fsenator Jackson met his appointment at
Springfield to-day, but his appoint
ment failed 10 meet him, and when
he got up to speak there was no one but
himself present, and hardly he. The sena-
tor thereupon remarked that, as that was
the smallest and most inconsistent crowd
ever assembled in town, he would waive his
few and forcible remarks till moro con-
venient season, and he said he would see
himself later" 1t requires cheek TO con-
tinue a canvass in the face OF such rebukes
from the people But the boilers can fur
nish a supply equal to the demand.
They see the weakness of their cause, the
folly of their course; they furthermore
see that it is too late for them to recede, and
they intend to keep pegging away as il to
show that they can die in defying public
opinion. The boilers see their fate staring
them in the face, and now that it is
inevitable, and hoping for nothing IN
the future. in their desperation they
peregrinate the State still warning upon the
men and the party they are powerless TO
harm. A cause must indeed be odious when
the people refuse to hear it discussed by one
of their United States senator's. The con-
temptuous neglect of Senator Jackson at
-G--s-.-e.Ilr->.a- Iu-I->As@a~5y Abe
people are opposed TO the boilers. Let the
true and reliable Democracy of Tennessee
take fresh heart from these tokens, and rally
around the regular party nominees. The
boilers have dwindled 10 small but des-
perate faction. There can be no doubt of
the election OF Bate. Although the prospects
are thus suspicious, it is the duty of Demo-
Gratis not TO be over-confdent. We must
expect new combinations on the day of the
election. The Democratic ticket for gov
ernor, for Congress and for the Legislature
will be voted for in this county, on the day |
of the election, just as 1t stands at the |
editorial head OF the APPEAL. But there |
will be fusion Of the opposition. The Re- |
pnblicans, the Workingmen and the boilers
are tying to fuse, and just before the elee- |
ton new ticket will be agreed upon. The |
Democrats Iaust be prepared for the change |
and to meet the coalition. This new conbi-
nation will strengthen The Democratic ticket, |
because bsrterIng and iTsding IN the mist
OF canvass always gives dissatisfaction.
The ticket for Congress and the Legislature
in this county makes success about as certain
as ANYTHING well can be in politics. 1t can
not be defeated The proposed fusion of the
opposition will add 10 its strength, because
hundreds of colored Low-tax Republicans
are voting the Republican ticket on account
of their fidelity TO the party. But any CO.
sIiiion with other organizations will release
them from party obligations, and they will
vote for the ticket that reflects their senti-
ments on the State debt question. Every
Democrat in Shelby county knows the ticket
that will be voted for on the day OF the cleo
ton aud understands his duty. While the
opposition is engaged in bartering and trad
ing and selling each other out, let Us stand
nv our ticket and il will triumph over tie |
combined opposition.