The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-20
BYHALIl, MISSISSIPPI.
DIR. LYLES, ANSWERING AN AP
PEAL CORRESPONDENT,
Strikes at Congressman ]. b. Nor.
gan In a Very Foolish way-His
Version Of the Byhalia speech.
To the Editor, Of the Arpsal .

To the Editors OF the Appeal:
BYHALIA. Mrs, October l9.-I
notice Gin your issue of the llth in
slant an article purportipg to give the
language OF Judge ]. B. Morgan in a
speech at Ssna,obis, Mss, which re.
fleets severely upon the chsract n Of
the gentlemen who substantiated the
report of certain speech delivers d by
the said Morgan in this place, and
published in the ArdlGnche Of Septem.
Der 9Th, by DR.. L. M. Hight. Being
one Of the number to whom judge
Morgan's remarks apply, ask space
to notice the same.
Before reply ng to the language said
to have been used by him, will sub
NIT the following facts TO- the con-
sideration of the public: Judge Nor
gan made speech at this place on the
23d of August. A special tain from
Holly Springs brought fifty or sixty of
as highly honored and respected cit
zens as are 10 be found in
the State, lead by Can't. James
T. Faut, charm an Of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee OF the
county. Our own citizens wfrs out in
force, among whom were Sta g Seca
tor 7. NJ. Kemp, editor OF the Byhalia
Journal, a leading Democratic paper,
aud warm personal friend OF Judge
Morgan; NJ. d. Herring. associate ed
i'or of the Journal: w. +. Fntrell,
bred Irgram, John Owings, julie
Gwin, the Hon, J. II Tucker, the
Hon. :. w. Mullins, J. II Horton and
a number OF other gentlemen, none OF
whom would misrspresent Judge
Morgan, nor suffer it to be done ny
others. This speech was reported in
the Av0idnche by Dr.. r. NJ. Hight
(under the cognomen OF "M8rcelus",
tie former editor Of the Byhelia Jour
nal, upder whose management effect
ual work wss done in the interest OF
Morgan and again't Chalmers two
years ago. Morgan replied to the
came through the same PIP r, totally
denying the language imuuted to
him, saying that he not only did not use
such lauPuage, but had used no word
or words irom which such infer, noes
could b. drawn, and further de-
nouuctd the req ort as a falseho d.
In Juice 10 DR.. L. M. Hight, thsse
gentlemen, includipg mysali, who
heard his speech, certified that in sub.
stance DIR. Hight had reported the
speech correctly. An effort was ms de
by Morgln's friends to vindcate him,
notably among whom Mr.. G)cdbar,
OF your city, brother-inlaw Of Judge
Morgan, VITO wrote to some of tina
above mentioned gentlemen, and also
to merchants of this place, with whom
Re lad the moot intimate social and
business relations, to have our stats.
ment contradicled. These efforts all |
FILLED, and truth aud justice tri.
umphed. These gentlemen would not |
stu,tify themselves by uttering false.
hoods 10 cover the blunder5 of Judge |
Morgan. Three Democratic newspa
pers ara published in this cou ty, in
the Journal OF this place, ed.
tied by veteran Democrats OF Es large
bIain rs can be found in the State,
the editors Of two OF these papers be-
ing present and heard Nor.
gsn's speech. Neither Of them
have denied the language accredIt= d
TO Morgan, nor has any other of the
large audience done 80. They are all |
psrt onslly acquainted with the char
aCter OF tbs gentlemen who inGo SD
Hght'5 statements, and it is little
that papers out ofthe c. unity.
who know nothing OF the character of
these gentlemen, should be 30 ready
to receive the isolated statements of
Morgan in his own defense. If
Nights report Of Morgan's speech had
not been true, can any intelligent man
believe that all The efforts that have
been made to have them contrgdicted
by the leading cit zans OF this county
could have 80 gnally tailed? II
Fl gifts statement had not been true,
be could no. have gotten one Of the
gentlemen whom he did get to have
signed cel tiiCates to that effect, for
every one Of them vo cd for J. = Nor
gan two years ago, and against j. r.
except j. O. Moore, who
was lot at that time citizen Of our
should not have deemed it iucum-
bent to have taken part in the Hight
Morgan controversy, but for the fol-
owing language found in the APPEAL
Of the above date from a correspond
,nt from Senatobla: "The Hight cir
,ular WAS denounced as an infamous
iaIsehood, gotten up by the scallawag
supporters of Chalmers Ia mad eff
ort to atone for the color line rcular
If Chalmers" II the above language
was u.ed by Morgan in his speech at
Senatobis, rs TT flecting the character
md purpose Of the gentlemen who
signed lights certificates, he know
ngly and williully falsified the ruth.
ly, RI. LYLEs, MD.