Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-14
CHALMERs'S INCONSISTENCY
To Secure n Seat I'm the House of Rep.
resenIatives He Opposes the Demo-
cratic Party which
m AIDE Him All II Is, and Goes over "a
the Republicans Who Kicked Him
Ont of the House.


Special Correspondence of the Appeal
New ALBANY, September 12-In this,
the eastern portion of the Second Congress
sional district immense crowds attend the
appointments for Joint discussion between
Colonel Manning, the Democratic candidate
for Congress, and General Chalmers, the In
dependent. At this place Saturday there
was a very large audience, composed almost
entirely of white men 1.-THE colored voters
taking very little interest in General Chal-
mers in this end of the district), and judg-
ing impsrtially from the applause given the
respective speakers, General Chalmers GER
tainly met with very little encouragement.
He invariably commences his speech with q
cut and dried allusion, ornamented with his
usual rhetorical extravaganza, to this dis
trict as the home of his youth, in which lie
buried the bones of his ancestry, Then con-
template his pitiable attitude, when his an
tsgonist turns upon him and draws the con-
trast between his position now and when he
was associated a few months ago with those
with whom he achieved all the laurels he
ever wore, both in peace and war. To crafty
his own personal feelings OF resentment to-
ward Colonel Lamar, and his own inordinate
ambition yielding to his passions, he em-
braces his inveterate foe, deserts the Demo
cratic party-aIl for what-that he may
strut another brief hour upon the political
stage. in every speech he made since the
Joint canvass commenced until Saturday he
would take occasion to charge that the Demo
cratic party in order to turn away a few col
ored voters from him were reiteratng the
Fort Pillow ISLANDERS, but when Colonel
Manning, in his reply, showed who had m ade
those accusations against him, and wha;
party il was who had always defended him,
both on the hastings and in the halls of Con-
gress and that he himself was licking the
hand tn at smote him, he no longer makes the
charge, and if we could hear him think, We
would doubtless hear some bitter impreca-
tions pronounced upon himself for his base
ingratitude.
Colonel Manning is conservative in his
| speech, thoroughly in accord with all legis
lation locking 10 the immediate wants of the
masses, while General Chalmers would sub
| ordinate all other great questions to the inn
| provement of the Mississippi river. III,
| would continue the present high tariff sys
| tenn, although he admits it is odious and IN,
| just to the great body of the people. HI
would support Keller for Speaker of ths
| House, in fact yield to everything else pro
| vided the Mississippi river may be improved
| and he can be elected 10 the Forty-eishtl
| Congress from this district. When Colone
| Manning, with his whitening iDvective an6
| invincible logic, held up before the peopl,
| General Chalmers past record, and showed
| that he had not only deserted his party bu
| his principles also, and that he was actuatee
| solely with view to further his own ambi
| ton, he "galled jade began to vince, anC
| in his desperation caught at the most absure
| aud ridiculous proposition to sustain himself
| General Chalmers will never be able to max,
| the people of Union county take up his per
| sonaI grievances and individual quarrels
| They are intelligent and watchful, and car
never be deluded by the sophistry of Genera
| Chalmers or any other Independent, who
| when he cannot get Office in the party will
| gather up the odds and ends of all othe
| parties in order to get it. This is the Dannel
Democratic county of the district, and viii
increase her usual msjority of 1000 10 $50.
| for the nominee in the coming election.