Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-12
aEhPNIS APPEAL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1s. 1883
THE TWINS HEARD FROM.

THE TWINS HEARD FKOn.
There s loving couple of congressm'
from Tennessee who seem 10 hunt together.
They are "a inseparable as were the Siamese
twins. We allude TO those towering states
men, Houk and Moore. They seem TO think
alike and to talk alike whenever they turn
he calcium ligh: of their able minds on po-
liticsl questions. II you tickle Houk, Moore
laughs, and if you prick Moore, Houk will
bleed. II is hard to tell one from toiher.
A cynic has said that in marriage man and
wife are one, but that it will take time 10
tell which is the one, and it is equally as dif-
fcult 10 tell which is the one between Moore
and Houk, when both sTe 80 great. Inter-
view one and you have the sable" opinions
OF the other. In discussing the villsiny OF
Polk, Moore says: Language is utterly I'M
able to express my contempt and indignation
for the whole Bourbon reputation policy OF
the Democracy in Tennessee as Just now
logically eliminated in the disgraceful and
scandslous conduct of Marsh Polk. 1t is a
fl g. quel TO the acts OF the unpriucipled
party which has been using all the low arts
of the lowest demagogues to cheat the cred
itors of Tennessee, and in the effort TO do
which they have 30 successfully cheated
themselves" There, nowl The Democracy
Of Tennessee has incurred the contempt and
Indignation" Of William r. Moore. That set
ties it, Can't our member OF Congress be iu-
duced to lift the pressure? The party of
Jefferson and Jackson has weathered many
storms, but after long and perilous voyage
it is TO be swept out OF existence by the
contempt and indignation" of Billy Moore.
Can't our irate member OF Congress be
induced TO releut? BY the ties of affinity
and consequently, and in the name Of
the civilization of the nineteenth CEN
fury, we conjure, adjure, beg and implore
this good man 10 subducf, prune and
pare his Contempt" and if it makes no dit
ference TO him, we would like for him TO
mollify, economic and retrench his extraya.
CANT indignation" for if the old Demo-
cratic ship should be wrecked on these two
frowning rocks, Democrats will either get
drowned or catch cold. Loaded down with
reporter interviewed Congressman Ho1k,
who repeated the utterances OF his
colleague as follows: 81 think it ft Sc
quel to the teachings of the Democratic
party under the tutorship of the Bate cam
paign leaders and the Savages, aud yet Mr..
Polk protested to be wholly disconnected
with them. The logical result OF dishonest
political teachings is 10 demoralizs individu-
ais, and while Polk had professed 10 belong
10 the State-credit wing OF the Democracy,
so-called, he had fully aligned himself with
the repudiators by refusing to pay the inter-
est on these bonds before his peeulations
were discovered" The impudeuce OF these
two blatherskites is sublime. Polk was one
of the champions of State ''honah." Like
Moore and Houk, he advocated a reputation
held his hands up in holy horror at the
idea OF anybody being greater re-
pudiator than themselves. Polk had him
self interviewed, aud in his zeal 10 protect
State "honah" he announced his readiness
10 support Hawkins to defeat Bate. No
soiled dove was ever more voluble in pratt
ing Of her purity than was Marsh T. Polk in
his palaver about his honesty. While his
pockets were crammed with money stolen
from the people he was twaddling about the
infamy OF reputation. And now Houk and
Moore have the audacity to charge that
Folks villainy was the "logical culmina-
tion," the eft sequel 10 the teachings Of the
Democratic party" Polk was thief at the
time he aided in the passage of the one-hun-
dred-and-three iniquity, and how could his
cratic teachings? He commenced his pecu-
lstions while training with Hawkins, Butler
and the par excellence Stste-credit champions,
aud he was 4 defaulter before he
knew the Democrats would organize
againet either the one-hundred- and three
or the sixty and six bills. The State-credit
champions are responsible for the loss which
the taxpaying people have sustained by
Folks knavery. The efforts made by men
who afterward supported Bate for governor
10 investigate Folks account and to increase
his bond, we're defeated by Roderick Ran
dom Butler aided by Polk and his friends,
who stole from the clerks desk the bill in
troduced TO prevent TIE very calamity which
has been brought upon the State by Butler
aud other peculiar champions Of State
"honah." Duncan B. Cooper, another
blatant champion of State credit, is partieeps
crlminis with Polk, for, while his immac-
ulate purity forced him to bolt the repudiat-
ing, dishonest Democratic convention which
nominated Bate, he was the willing
receiver OF stolen goods by con-
stantly using money which he knew
was stolen from the people. This great
outrage upon the people is illogical Sc
quence" of the bribery and corruptions
which secured the passage of the one
hundred. and.three infamy, and which
has made the capital of the State
a public stencil since the Inauguration
Of Alvin Hawkins as governor. These
vampires seemed to think that the people
had no rights which they were bound to re-
spect. Under pretense of protecting State
"honah" they were ready to impose the
heaviest burdens upon the people. But it
turns out the "honah" they wanted to pro-
tect was the enrichment of themselves by
robbing the people. The great Democratic
party of Tennessee which elected Bate gov
ernor is not responsible for Folks conduct,
for he was its bitter assailant in the late
canvass. This responsibility rests upon
such State-credit champions as Cooper,
Butler and Gov. Hawkins, who knew of the
defalcatiou last spring and summer, but in
their esgerness to retain power they did not
care how much the people were taxed to
maintain plethoric treasury, or how the
money was squsndered after it had been col