The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-10


with the end OF his nose bit off, with
bali OF an ear gone and knot on the
side OF bis head as big as a turnip, his
clothing in threads. and when asked
by an anxious passer by what wes the
matter, he said with yawn: 81 went
in to see the. editor and he was in"
The Republican Senate found Grover
Cleveland in. Let ne turn another
leaf and hide it. / cannot proceed
further in the examination OF this
psrty as party Of constitutional gov
eminent. We have had enough.
LET US OPEN ANOTHER CHATTER.
Let us see II 1t i, the party Of honest
government. This party dared no
longer TO control the srmy TO perpetu-
ate itself in power. 1t now began
to fortify self behind the Treasury.
1t appropriated $400 600, 900 10 build
navy for the protection OF our 5000
miles OF sea coast. II gave US no navy
but the celebrated Tallspooss. One
OF tbs cardinal principles OF this party
Of honest government was the preeel-
walton of the public domain for actual
settlers. 1t gave away the peoples
heritage to railroads, non-!es dents,
aliens and corp. raiions mo lana
than would cover all the farms be-
tween the two seas While it dec AIRED
that a public Office was a public trust,
it pros'ituted every Office in this gov
eminent TO political purposes. II
erected guillotiue in every depart
ment, and every officer, clerk, watch
man and laborer knew that unless he
obeyed tho demands Cf this parry Of
honest government and paid 20 per
cent. OF mis- salary for the corruption
fund his head would roll from the
guillotinp.
1t changed its military tactics, and
instea I'D OF frightening away citizens
from the polls with the soldiers it
frightened the soldiers to the polls t.
vote the r publican ticket with toe
Pension Office. This g eat national
bensyolenc5 wss turned into a ma
chine for manufacturing Republican
votes. Soldiers win had Loot their
legs and arms aud health in the SER
vice of their county were intimidated
and threatened by Special Examiners
of the Pension Office under direction
Of the Commiss' ouer OF Pensions him
self. Medical Examining Boards were
establiJhed without number aud we're
converted into party organizations,
and the applicants fIr pensions and
the pensioners themselves were given
to understand that the Lou1ty OF the
government depended more upon
their politics than upon the degree
and nature OF their wounds
Fellow citizens, what corruption
what deb ,uchery! The gallant Black
exposed 1t and held 1t up to public
gszP. Though his arms had been
paralyzed by Confedsiats lead, he
could not escaps the curses aud
slsnders OF the party whose villainy
he dared to bring to light.
We promised you, fellow citizeus,
that we would open the books when
we got into power. We have opened
the books. The Republicans say there
was ooly 2 Gems missing aud that
they have sfterward found that, and
the books balanced, and the govern
ment and the Republican party were
square. But let Us see how they
balanced the books. Under q resolu
ton Of the Democratic Hou OF Rep
reseutatives passed January 2S h,
which was called up again July 9th
by the Hon. Benton McMillin, OF
Tonne ssc, Just previous. to the al
journment OF TIE first Sci sion OF tie
Foyty-nin,h Gong es', the acting
Secretary OF the Treasury trans
mitted executive document No 1858, in
which it Ia shown officially that the
balance now due the government
on account OF defslcations a1d dir
bursements and coll ctiuns since 1861
is $l2,S93,476 4S. This does not in.
clude the oveihauling OF the Sixth
Auditors office, which examiner the
accounts OF over half OF the tfIict RS
of the government. 1t does not in
clnde the robbery OF d rley sni Brady
and the star route thieves. II does
not include the navy ring, where the
Robson sang paid mere for the re-
pair OF old th ps than they originally
cost and had no ships left.
Fellow C tiz ms, this Is Ia wonde full
balance. Over Sl2,000.000 OF the peo-
ple's money stolen, almost double the
amount that Tenness would get I'M
de: the proposed Blair bill. The way
in which the Republican party bal
ancsd with the government minds me
Of the mapner in whica Mark Twaiu's
neiShbor balanced accounts with him.
MsIk Twain loaned his neighbor
$500. His neighbor got ino / ouble
and was going to leave the neiphb d.
ho:d. Mark sympathized with his
reighb r in his financial troubles and
told him he would knock off 500 o.!
the debt Tho ntiShb,r Iepied
"Well, Mr.. Twain, never allow any
man to exceed Ipe in liberAlity, TO /
will knock off the other 800 and we
will call the books balanced"
Now, fellow citz ms, we have taken
peep at the Republican national
government, let us take peep at this
party of constitutional and honest
governlusnt in Tennessee. They held
the power in this State for few short
fleeting ycare, aud the souvenir which
they left us to remember them by was
bogus State debt of $4,000, 900, an
empty treasury and every dollar Of our
school fund gone a1d the lease sys.
tenn. Here is another chapter blotohed
and blurred with shame. Let US turn
another leaf and hide 1t.
This grand old party Of constitu-
tional government and honest govern
ment proc aims itself the party Of pro.
lection Of labor. Our government wa,
made for the protection OF labor as
well as for thu p election OF all our in
dustries end interests. Especially are
we in favor Of the protection Of laboy
from the burdens of over taxation,
Let us see if the grand cd party hse
protected labor. It has butt wall
higher tnan the Chinese wall around
this government, the great protectivs
tariff wal. 1t has struck blow at
the fund lmental principle of COM
merce, which is that Won cannot sell
urlees you buy. AS a logical conse-
quence our flag ha almost disappeared
from the hisn sea-. The grand old
party of Constitutional government, of
honest government and OF protscti IN
to labor, in the language OF the Chi
caRo platform, dtspi Q the freed m Of
trade amopg tue States, despite of our
population by the foremost races Of
men and an annual immigration of the
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