Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-02


mAHONIzING THE SOUTH.
Guiteau Arthur Is a candidate for the
presidency in 1884, and he il using the pat
ronage of the government to purchase The
vote OF the solid South. The boilers are
working in bis interest in Tennessee. The
success Of Malone in Virginia has brought
TO the surface feeble imitaiors in nearly all
the Southern States, who expect to purchase
power with government patronage and Hub
bells corruption fund. In North Carolina
the negroes and the old party veterans stand
by the Republican psrty pure and uuadul,
ferated; butsthe Mshones have organized q
new party, which has been dubbed the Lib
erals. But the stsunch old Republicans re-
fuse 10 desert the party banner. General
CliDgham, Colonel Dockery and Judge Rus.
sell are the leaders of the Liberal move
ment, and it seems they have adopted
The tactics OF Hawkins aud the Ten
nessee boilers. All these Liberal lead
ers spoke at Asheville last Saturday,
and when asked to divide time with Senator
Vance refused TO do so unless he would come
into the debate on their own terms. In other
NOIQs, lucy 6-t INC oaA4o AOt NhSC thdA
The boilers and the Republicans bsited for
Bate. But Vance was too shrewd to enter
into discussion of one hour, with three on
the same side against him occupying three
hours, and like Bate he announced that he
would address the people on his own terms,
and he retired to the grove near the build
ing and, again like Bate, he took the crowd
We hay fnn If of =
Vance's great speech, and regret that We
have not the room for its publication in the
APPEAL, as it is appropriate to the canvass
in nearly all the Southern States. Senator
Vance WAS list ned TO by an enthusiastic
gathering of intelligent people, firmly re-
solved 10 maintain the supremacy of the
party whose honest and efficient admin
given peace and prosperity to the State.
He contrasted the two parties and showed
that the Republicans had destroyed the
States credit in 1893, had failed to build 3
mile of railroad in the State, though they
had millions in their hands; had refused to
educate the children OF the State, though
large sums of money had been raised for the
DuTpOScS III ldCt, tney udu StOicu EtA O,OOO Vi
the educational fund by investing it in
worthless special tax bonds; had refused to
provide asyIums for the colored people-ip
short, the Radicals had bankr upted and
almost ruined the State. The people had
condemned them at the bsllot-bex, time and
again. But they had changed their names
and put on a new dress. Tney called them
7 l.. l. :, 10 fI,at
the latter were simply wolves in Sleeps
clothing, the same old enemy we've been
fighting SO long. Did we have grievances to
complain Of? Ii 50, why go over to the
Radicals to correct them? Why leave
the party that had done 80 much for the
State, the party that had relieved our eastern
brethren of negro rule and built great rail-
road for the west, and was now building one
jor the central portion of the STATE? The
party that had reduced the taxes and stopped
the stealing, that had educated the white and
negro children and provided asylums for the
unfortunate of all colors? He discussed the
tariff with great clesrness. he favored tax
for revenue with incidental protection, and
not protection with incidental revenue. He
DTOVeu lHdl DlSu IcuuCcb INC revenue
by keeping foreign goods from coming to the
country. He showed how the present tariff
builds up the rich and pulls down the poor.
The speech of Governor Vance is as signiE-
cant as the sound of the fire-bell at night. Ii
the boilers succeed in Republicanizing Ten
nessee; if Chalmers Mahonizes Mississippi and
II all the Southern States should again be
placed under negro rule led by csrpetbag-
gers, high taxes, robbery and lawlessness
will follow just as naturally IS impure
waters flow from polluted fountain. A
new era has dawned upon the Southern
States. The energies of our people are
nerved to fresh exertions. This change has
been brought about by the wisdom, economy,
retrenchment and reform which the Demo
cralshave observed since their advent to pow
er. Then, why change? Why remove from
office the party that has given peace and
prosperity to the South, and restore to power
the party whose rule was signalizsd by rob-
bsry and a reign of terror. A wise people
always act upon the safe axiom: "Let
we'll enough alone," and never make a change
without substantial reasons. No such rea-
sons can be urged now. If Chslmers sue
ceeds in Mahonizing Mississippi, will be
give the people better lave, better judges
and more peace, tranquility and prosperity
to the people2 Does any public interest in
Mississippi, or any Southern State, call for a
change? The Southern people are baskiug
in quietude and prosperity unprecedented,
.nd it is criminal to depress them with the
possibility of change, by which they have
everything to lose and nothing to gain. Sus-
pense as to the result, when danger is i'm
pending, is paralyziDg TO the energies of the
people Cspitsl is like the sensitive plant,
which at the slightest touch contracts and
hides itself. The effort to trsnsfer the South
eru States back to the control Of the robbers
will cause a sudden halt in the on
ward march OF the people. Every
man lives by his business. From il
he supports his family and tducates his
children. How can his business be promoted
by q revolution which restores Radicalism TO
power? What wo lld the people of Tennes-
see gain by substituting Bill Stokes in the
United States Senate for Governor Harris?
Is Mississippito be revolutionized for the sole
purpose of appessing Chslmers's lust for Of
flee, and to crafty his hatred of Lamar?
The South should be oontented with Demo
cratic rule, aud Southern men are doing
gross Injustice to themselves, their families
and society by casting their votes or commit
ting any act calculated to produce change,
or to impede the general prosperity since the
Southern States have been ruled by the
Democratic party.