The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-06

Spoke as follows: The pleasing duty
has been assigned me tonight of in
Producing to this vast multitude the
Democratic nominee for Governor.
He has aroused the interest and en-
thusiasm Of the people wherever he
has gone. His home is amid the ma
iestic scenery Of the eastern portion of
our State, where the eagle builds his
eyrie on the Hottest crag, d is
playmate of the mountain storm !"
and his career has been like that war
rior bird, Onward and upward, true
10 the line" 1t is always a ples sure
to grett a champion battling for the
rights of the people. History, poetry
and song record the tiiumphs of the
warrior, even though the laurels that
adorn his brow are red with
the blood of bis countrymen;
yet how much grander the hero, how
much purar and hoiier and nobler are
the victories won in peaceful shug.
gle for the happiness and glory OF his
C untry.
This vast coucou,se assembled hera
tonight, and the unbouuded husi-
asm evinCed on all sides, has sn aspect
full Of import aud significance to the
thoughtful mind. 1t suggt 8 g that the
Democratic party will hencefor h keep
step to the music OF national progress,
it means a movement upon higher
plan; it means departure from dead
issues aud fossiliSsd craftsmanship
and the elevation of the country
to- q higher standard, nobler
manhood and purer civiliz'-
ton. 1t means a departure
from the practices and p~ecsdents
oil the past that are not worth presarv-
ing, and that its mission Is the sd.
vancement aud Improvement of the
whole country. And here permit me
to say that the improvement OF this
great inland sea, upon whose banks
we stand tonight, is of supreme i'm
portanGe to the people Of the Mssis.
sippi Valley. We should insist on
the opening up Of this great highway
to the seas that drains continent
this monarch stream that waters and
enriches the valleys of country more
extensive and far richer than tha'
famed historic land fertilzsd by the
waters of the Nile. This rich domain,
this vast storehouse of wealth, now
locked up aud overlooked by the
rivers of rail- the States in the Union,
now claims and is entitled to the protec'
ton OF the government, end should be
reclaimed aud made to blossom Ike a
garden II it required every surplus
III - ~ thl TraaaNrru n rnfnn thue
far We feel that we do not infringe
upon the constitution OF our fathers
The Democratic party has ever shown
itself peculiarly watchful IS t. its pre-
Starvation in It's pris inc purity aut
original glory. We feel that sacr {
instrument is the Glib altar in which
the liberties OF the people are ex
tended, and when 1t is aessu ted tho
whole country feels the snock, like
that which "siaried Israel when he
ark WAS lest"
And now, in conclusion | would say
to these d stinguished csndi
dstes for Governor, that you hay,
a family reputation 60 sustain anC
that you must not look to you
lsure's tonight, for at place within
the sound of my voice l heard frou
your worthy and ciilinguished fathe
ooe of the mot eloquent and mag
netic spa ecte5 70 when it YVES ever ny
good fortune to listen. He spoke 70
the "Coustl'u ion, the Union and th'
enforcement OF the law" jus betor,
that great internecine war, which die
"mul itud nous ssas incarnadlne.
And now, ladies and fellow citi
zens, let me introduce to you this DO.
from the mountains-the orator, tn
peoples champion, the next Governo