Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-24

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me total vote for governor in leso was 240 20
9, ass Gen Bate can spare 81 900 votes 10 Bszs
Law and Mr.. Russell and be elected Win ease. a.
sscertain he strength of Mr Beasley and Mr.. Fus
sell b. cause they knew that the Only Pos 49,
source OF danger weS IN t me voS Of Gen Bate
According our August reports tneiI com ~
ant = o00 votes Only part Of The reports
for October have been received Ihey lnuIeate
TIsss changes .re sitfibu alb 70 the fact that all
Intelligent men realize, and all canolo men a.
knowedss that me &c y bs EeeoS1aed
atty Of preserving the organizanon o. 'ne parry
here. =. - o--,v,sntzs.-
tiou SO obvious that in the past without e1cgp
ton, men have rallied 70 tne non 1I.o a. md
Wilson Wright contests are instances winch GEM
onstrate this TO be true -. a.
pendent Candidates, and the arguments 50 forcl-
bly, urged in their support, many who would nave Az
otherwise given the most cheerful support, as tne
election drew near considered the importance OF
preserving the organization OF the party IN an en-
Gent form, and rallied 10 the nominee Indeed, IL
changes to the regular nominee as the canvass
II viii be remembered that even Mr.. johnson re-
ceived but 81 900 votes, and moments renecuon
viii convince every one VINO fs more mn
merous than those of MI russell ,..,.o..,
All men are agreed that the election is between
Gov Hawkins and Gen. Bate. A vote cast for MI
Beasley or Mr.. Russell is simply thrown away
GOV. HAwkin can be victorious not by what re ne
NAV win but by what Gen. Bate may lose. Inc
only hope of the Republicans is to reduce the
vote Of Gen. Bate; and Mr. Beasley and MI. Fus
sell are the 1nstrumentaltes through winch tney
hope to accomplish that design.
You who have heard the so-called discussion
between Hawkins. Beasley and Fussell, Will recaIl
how light and lovingly they tapped each otner
and with what unsnimity they have attempted 10
deal heavy blows at Gen. Bate
Let no man who opposes Hawkinism be deceived
The contest is between Hawkins ana Bate, ana
Democrats ana opponents Of A Ds W. =.
sensible patriots have but one course 10 pursue
To such pretended Democrats as IN their nes it
ing TO say Let them vote as they viii. They VINO
are TOO timid to desert and 100 treaeherous to be
true are too weak to do harm and too false TO be
retained and eventually wilr be buried under the
lava of popular indignation and Democratic rage
1t is hawkins or Bate. Which do you choose!
Let us not be deceived by the cries about the
.shonor'' of the State. Tennesseeans gave Ten.
nessee what honor she has; 1t is not theirs; and
with the same patriotism and sacrifice with which
they conferred it they VIII preserve II now. The
difficulty IN the Oy az ti
people required whereas they felt as otney Peopis
do-that Questions of honor and taxes, OF duty and
burdens are questions which tnev and not the
bondholders shall decide. And the pononoiders
ough not 10 be astonisned At nanlisss.uons OF re-
attempted to be intimidated by threats OF coercion
through Federal courts and ~ toEeiga esHy e9
seeans who repeat these threats, and who confess
that they would feel sense of shame were they to
This 10 not merely controversy over the pay
ment of greater or less per cen,. OF the debt 1t
Gratis of Tenness.e-the men who made her what
she is and gave her what she has-are not only the
and Intimate Judges of all questions affecting that
honor, themselves; that the political morality Of
Tennessee shall come from the hearts OF the people
and not ir m Wall street.
That threats of coercion and foreign wars are
insulting and as such shall be resented. That
Justice shall be done to the public creditors, but
that Tennessee like other free countries shall de-
termine what justice is, and administer it.
The legislators are the representatives of the
people aud not of bOndhOlders and RAILROADS.
That they shall be faithful to their constituents
and obedient to instructions, and that they shall
execute the will of the people they represents that
when the people are pet ayea ana Gen Dy nd
the Ubiquitous work which the lobby may have
procured shall be undone. ~ q
hat hypocrisy and treachery in politics shall
be dlscountenanced; aud that there shall be no
peace and repose until these principles cease TO be
can rule with Its scandals. its corruption, It's
force bills its burglary of desks its extra sessions
a D.mocrat and no alf-strain shall represent the
people of Tennessee in the United States Senate,
AMI finally, that the vexed que ton of the State
debt shall be settled and permanently put at rest.
before it shall disrupt the Democratic party in
Tennessee.
our dis ensions concerning the State debt af-
forded the Re ublicans the opportunity for sue,
the growing spirit of harmony among Democrats
they sought to defeat 1t aud TO perpetuate the
cuiated that some Democrats would tamely sub
mi, that some would approve, and that others
ToHld gF mt Ieses %HY mace
For years Lemocrsts had disagreed as TO the
amount e be rad Wien ready to haTm6fiz re
prolong tn party division by presenting settle
ment, - not oaly objectionable in amount but exc
ceedingly Offensive by reason o: the methods by
which it was acc mplished- In this they were not
deceived. The Democrats; with great un n.
YET in fn bo oad was
Convention
man yielded the opinion he had before main
tained-not one But every man, realizing the
peril of the time. So bordinated that opinion to
the aggregated judgment OF the Democrats OF Ten
nessee.
They compromised-to save the party and the
country; TO remove the question from politics; TO
MAKE a rev snd The ' f5tre viii
vindicate the wisdom and justice of The act
To the sixty three-iour.hv ,and-six act no
Gus is the peace which shall be purchased at such
price Democracy has poin ed out the way II
Is easy and clear. Let settlement by the people
be made. The question is then at rest. Nothing
will remain to disturb US. The lobby will be re-
licanism expelled justice done, and the conf
dence of the people in the institutions OF their
country once more restored.
The sixty-three-fourf ive-and-six maneuvre is
no settlement. The original bonds themselves,
yigor and vitality, as viii those proposed to be
issued under the sixty-three-four fve-and-six
Violation Of contracts, and The fxity Of the So
called settlement seem to forget that In 1879 they
Jealous in the endeavOr to subs 1tute the
proposed fty-and four settlement for that of 1873
If 1t could be done then, why can 1t not be
done now? funding bond is of no more obligs-
ton than an original one and can be dealt with
in the same way by the State.
The Russell Executive Committee in a late ad-
dress contend that in five the sixty threefOur
fve-and-eight bonds can and should be refunded
in four per cents. In so doing they concede not
only that the rate of interest which these bonds
are to bear Is exorblta tart, but also that the
so-called settlement will have to be overhauled
and the debt placed upon another basis, in few
T.
the argument that TINS lnree ano-slx
ought not to be disturbed?
The state debt is not the cause, but the occa-
Republicans aspire TO the control of Tennessee.
They have seized upon. tie debt question as
handle to secure it, There is a variety of opin
ions among those whose political opinions are
anti Republican in this State; and while on this
account they may wrsngls among themselye,;
be permanent Republican gain, ali differences
will be laid aside to combine against the common
foe.
: Anti Republicans. whatever may be their pref
ences for Mr.. RUSSELL or MI Beasley, Will rally to
pies were wani they are to be found in Col
Edwards and Gen. Hood.
The election in Ohio iustifies the expectation
not only of State but national Republican
success Shall this expectation be destroyed by
deserions? From whom do the followers of Mr..
Beasey and Mr.. Russell receive the most d .tering
Encouragement? From the Republicans, who,
yanquished in Ohio. strive 70 retrieve their losses
sieniicance of the present struggle, but fortu--
nately they are few Shall representatives. be
faithful? Shall the people be spit upon and their
instructions despIsed?
Democracy and Greenbaekism, and High-taxism,
and Low-tsxisn, and snti-Republicanism in all its
shapes, are mere garments when disbarred of these
principles. II -
cheap at any price. Men may talk of settlement
and repose, but let there be no peace until II IS
established that the people irefgn. We shall be
surprised beyond exPressior.as defeat. But Il 1t
comes let the struggle be renewed again and again
When Mr.. Wilkes was denied his seat in Psrlia-
ment, Englishmen accepfed it as an issue between
them and Parianaent for the preservation of their
rights. They promptly elected him again. He
was refused Again they elected him. He was
still refused his seat Nothing daunted they re-
turned him again, and the fourth time he was re-
fused. fifth time did they elect him. BE was
admitted, snd the victory WAS complete. There
arc Anslo-Saxons in tennessee ~
JOHN ]. VEkTREES, Chairman.
JOHN T. HILLsMAN, Secreeary
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