Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-14
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SUNDAY, 80: JANUARY IA, 1883
rHERETIKIsG STATESMAN.

Hung be the heavens IN black Inc Peo-
ple of Tennessee are sad. Another eagle is
to be smitten upon his cliff. A bright and
shining ligh. il TO be extinguished. At noon 4
tomorrow the sun will be blown out, the |
earth will quake like apyramid of Jelly, and |
awful comets will vbisk their big fiery tails !
xthwart the darkened heavens, for at that
dreadful hour Gov. Alvin Hawkins will be
delivering his valedictory as he fades away !
into private life. Astronomers tell rs that
when the Light Of distaai luminary is e.
tinguished, its radiance continues streaming
down TO us for many year,. This "bright
particular" star in the political armament
has been snufied out by the perversiiy Of
WICKED and ungratefal people, but it is
relief to know that the extinguished lu-
mnary leaves a posthunOus fame in tie
light which will 60 streaming down to peg
terity long after the original source has
znoldered into nothiugness, This reflection
should cause the people of Tennessee TO dry
their eyes. Hawkins has been governor for
two years. He would have been governor
Tor two years more, but he didn't get votes
from public life after the votes were counted
against him by large msjority. Surely
the tidal wave which sweeps such men out
Of Office cannot be Of heaIthful water, and
the sooner it ebbs the better for the republic.
II is sad to think that the official feet
OF Gov. Hawkins will no longer
pres Capitol Hill, that his official
smile will never irradiate from the
crimson corridors, and that he will never
again stand at the windows of his grimy den
and calmly look out upon the meanderiug
Cumberland river and the curling smoke
which seems TO hang like a pail of gloom in
mourning for the redsmptionless repydiators,
guilty OF the heiuous crime Of elecliug a fifty
cents repudistion governor over the immacu-
late champion of State "honah,n who pro-
posed reputation Of only forty cents on
the dollar. In retiring Tomorrow Hawkins
will no doubt hurl curses at the ornate pile
on Capitol Hill, and shed cstsracls of meta
phorical tears over the degenerscy Of the
times and the rapid and dangerous drift
of any more population than forty
cents on the dollar. An "embaltled
host" many years ago fired "the shot heard
around the world" as governor Of Tennes.
see, Hawkins has fred SO many shots that
il is difficult to tell which will reverberate
around the universe. His administration was
distinguished for its proclamalions calling
extra sessions of the Legislature and for
its nepotism. He regarded an extra ses.
aion If he Ta0ialatura h.
panscsa to cure all the evils that
Seset the Stale. The qusck doctor threw
all of his patients into FITS because he
was peculiarly gifted in curing fits. He
acted upon the theory that fits could be
cured BY the original ailment, as two diseases
could not exist in one body at the same
time. Hawkins had marvellous faith in ex-
ira sessions of the Legislature, and
even when the people made no CON-
plant he threw them into fits BY calling
a meeting of his clans. His proclamstions
converting an extra ses5ion Of the Legislature
were always exciting and exhilarating docu-
ments. The people of Tennessee were
aroused and thrilled as they read them-just
rs the British subjects are when the
motherly old queen annually appears, and
like parrot, recites her disconnected GEN.
fences eOnyoking Parliament. Tie extra
sessions were the lighthouses for the growth Of
corruption. They did much toward reviv-
ing the proAigacy and viIlsiny Of the recon.
struction era. Hawkins manifested de.
sire to partition out the Offices at
mis- disposal TO the Hawkins family. When
the sun begins to grow misty in the heavens,
amid the wreck Of matter and crush of
worlds the last man will find some one of
the Hawkins family seeking Office. But
thanks 10 the people OF Tennessee the pres
ent generation is to be free from the Hawk
inses. Tomorrow Extra" Alvin, while the
people are holding their nose, will pro.
nouuce his farewell address, and will forever
shake from his ample feet the dust of the
pomps and vanities of this wicked world
and return 10 the privacies of a life from
which he was upnaturally and unfortu
Daiely extracted. No odors OF sauctity will
perfume the name of Alvin Hawkins. He
is the accident OF day. His uuioyable
life is not redeemed By a single noble trait
ri -eharacter Heissnxustere man without
any personal magnetism whatever, who 10 axes
an enemy whenever he shakes 4 hand
strong, vigorous, and in the prime of Iusty
manhood, he fed the Stale when the life Of
sbe nation was imperiled. In war he was |
coward, in peace courageous tyrant, for SO
soon rs the rebels were disarmed he con- |
menced blackmailing, prosecuting and be.
deviling them. He disgraced the Supreme |
Court of the State by carrying his m aliguity |
on the bench, and decided a great question |
according to his party prejudice. His ca |
reer as governor has been a scandal and |
disgrace. He cared nothing for tsx.ridden |
people, and in his efforts to make them the |
slaves of the bondholders he debauched the
Legislature of the State. Extra sessions
were called 10 defiance OF the popular
protest Hawkins knew OF Folks irregu.
lariies, but he was using him to secure his |
own reelection. What cared he for the |
taxpaying people so long as the public |
funds were used to crafty his Lust for Office.
The election OF Hawkins was the greatest
calamity that ever beiell the people of Ten.
nessee, and his retirement 10 morrow. and
the Inauguration OF William 3. Bate will be
hailed with Joy. 10 Less than two montbs
the State debt will be finally and forever
settled without the expense of extra sessions
Of the Legislature, and Tennessee will take
new start in The race to greatness and pros.
perity.
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