The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-02

leaders had been restored to political
power. In this connection, he asked, who
was Lucius Quincius Curtius Lamar?
lie never was suspected OF being lawyer.
[Laughtcrl. His bittorcst enemy never
accused him of that. lie never had been
admitted 10 the bar OF the supreme court,
on whose bench he had been ap.
pointed. lie never had tried reported
case in any tribunal, State or national,
for thirty years. II was an open secret
that the President at one timo pcrcmpto.
rily refused TO appoint him. lie asked
what necessity there had been for the
President TO atiront the loyal sentiment of
the country by placing on the bench OF the
supreme court n man who was not Il lawyer
and never had been, and who had called
Abraham Lincoln bulloon. Why, of all
men in the south, did Il select him and
force him on Il reluctant President and q
| reluctant pcoplc2 lt was beCau1e Mr..
Lamar was the nearest and dearest friend
and representative OF Jefferson Davis.
There was no other explanation OF il. II
that was not true, then his nomination
was farce and II hurlcsquc, without ox-
cuse and without explanation.
Mr.. ingalls, then referred to n speech
made in the House OF Representatives. in
1879 by Mr.. Blackburn, declaring IL TO be
the purpose and intention of the Demo
cratic party 10 keep ON until IL wiped out
| from the statute book the last vcstigo OF
war legislation. lie said that within the
next few years the supreme court would
| be entirely reconstructed. Two OF the
associate Justices were already past the rc.
| firing age and II that tribunal was 10 pass
hereafter on the war legislation, all know
what the result would be. There could bo
no question about IL. lie passed on 10 the
speech Of Henry X. Jackson at Macon,
Ga, in tho presence OF Jefferson
Davis, speech which had the effect
(he said OF defeating the Democratic party
| of Ohio by an immense majority. lts in
ilucnco was so palpablc that Judge Thur.
man denounced Jackson m an old tramp
and and old fool, aud Gen. Gordon, Of
Gcrgia, Immediately set out for Cincinnati
in his special ear 10 try 10 counioract II,
aud in order 10 show that there was no
| bloody Chasm between the north and
south and that n thoroughly lmtcrna feel
ing prevailed, when he met Gen. Morgan,
OF Ohio, on n public platform he kissed
him in the mouth, ~ reported in the pa
pcrs at that time, and entering his special
car went back to Georgia. Laughter
Passing on 10 the question ol elections
in the south, hc said that the Republican
party would have no right 10 complain II
the south were kent solid by fair means.
| But the Democratic party there had been
playing thcpolitical game with loaded dice,
had had held held stacked ISs cards S, Eycd ' with T 4
"cold deck, had a revolver In It's boot aud
bowie knife down the back OF its neck
There were, every day, wrongs inflicted
on thousands aud hundreds OF thousands
OF men In the southern States, which II
inflicted 10y q foreign power ON single
| American citizen, even the least oi one oi
these, my little ones, there would be u
declaration Oi war within ninety DAYS D.
even with the present Secretary oi State In
office. Loud lnughicrl They had an
illustration Of what WAS going tn take
place la November next hy What had Just
taken place IN Louisiana lQuiot laughter
ON the Democratic sidr.l lie quoted
sentence from MIR. Voorhees, speech 4
/ the effect that tle only wonder a6out tha
Louisiana election that the voto v's ~
unanimous and hUiffd that Il was non
than unanimous Toe Dumorritio parN
in the south have learned the art not onl,
Of making elections unanimous but o
making them moro than unanimous II
had learned the nrt OF returning n largpl
Democratic majority than the registered
vote. lie wondered himself at H. modcr.
alton IN returning only u majority Of 5000
In Louisiana but IL had been going up
since the scnllorirom Indiana had spoken,
and was now 5000. What il would
amount TO before the dog days nobody
could tell. lie read lcttcn and statements
from Republican surccs detailing acts oI
outrage aud cheating at the Louisiana
election, and declared his belief that nii
returns would have shown Yarmouth
elected by n majority OF 5000 or 1900:
In closing Mr.. Ingalls, said. In the cen,
turtles that are 10 come he saw the vision
OF united, prosperous and happy America,
n vast, homogeneous domain ~ irccmcn,
ruler. Of the continent from the Polar ga
90 the gulf, from the Atlantic 10 the Ia.
cihc, enjoying the franchises Of liberty and
pcrpciuaiing the arts Of peace Tho people
should remember lac said. on each rccur.
ring dny when they celebrate those who
had dicl that this county held iu H. fruit.
iul and tender breast no moro priceless
treasure than the cunlccmtcd duapi those
who had died In order that this should bc
government Oi laws aud not oi mon, and
lihcrty and constitutional government
might not perish forever from the face oi
the earth
As Mr. INGALLS, AT down Me- Blackburn
asked him 10 give IN the record the full
aud correct extract from his tlillckburn'sl y
speech. 10 Which ho had rcicuCd, aud Mr.
Ingalls, promised Ia do 20.
Mr.. Voorhees, arose and In slow, meas
urcd, resonant tones, remarked that tho
speech which the Senate had Just
listened to recalled 10 his mind the fable
Of the mountain In labor. Two houui had
passed away after the blac Of trumpcls
bad brought large audience 10 the Sen.
ate. And what had lhoy heard and what
had they gecn2 A poor small mouse
creeping of Ills alluslon last "Wednesday
10 the SENATOR from Kansas had been
merely incidental why should ho lail
that scnaior2 Men mls,ook themselves,
and the senator from Kansas did 10 more
than any ono hc know. That senator had
not been alive, politically since the 9TH oi
March lisl, when the senator from Ken
tucky lBlackburn) disposed Of him.
lflAughtcr, aud n yell Of approval
ifom one of the gnllcr,s.l llo had
been walking the streets and posing be-.
f1ro the world like IN old friend of his
In indianapolis in bad health, who had
said 10 him that be had been dead year,
and WIS only walking around Ia save lu-
neral expenses. Tie only criticism Of his
tNoorhccsD speech which ho had seen In
the press wn that b. had ralyanizcd n
corpse. lie di-claimgd any purpose OF
that kind. lie had made no attack upon
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