The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-22
verify, then played spirited selection,

Nciiyi 'h.h Pi"sON oi'''i.SN oN'NN'i |
after which
T. l.. LANIRR
introduced Gov. Taylor to the audience.
lie said that one-hali the babies in the
county were named after Bob Taylor and
the other half were mad because they were
not.
GOV. TAyLoR's SPEECH.
Ladies' and Gentlemen and Felow-Cit-
liens of the Good County OF Humphreys
1t is with unusual pleasure that appear
before YOU today at this, the opening OF
the political campaign of 1888. | come to
you with a message OF peace and good
will. | come 10 talk to you about old
fashioned Democracy and its glorious
principles. In these latter days the world
is turned topsy-turvy with so-called new
departures and new doctrines and new
ideas in every line Of thought and in every
department OF human affairs. Turn where
YOU will YOU are confronted with
some crank loaded to the muzzle
with some new theory which he
thrusts under your startled nose. These
cranks dissent from every established
principle and accepted belief in science,
religion, sociology and politics, and are
the seli-appointcd missionaries TO change
and revolutionizo the world. The disci,.
pies Of Darwin bore you vOlubly and
dogmaticaly with the theory Of evolution.
They would discrcdit the sublime story OF
the creation. They would blot out the
beautiful picture Of paradise and our first
prugenitors, and teach the doctrine that
our race was evolved from the monkey.
But Democracy sticks 10 the genesis oil
Moses and adhcrcs only TO
THE OLD DEMOCRATIC WAY
Of evolution. The followers OF ingersoll-
ism teach that there is no immortal prin-
ciple in man, no life beyond the grave,
no Christ, and that the Bible il Il myth or
an idle tale. Thank God, there is no
such blasphemy in the Democratic prin-
ciplos We stand ON that grand old book
Of books, squnre-toed and fiat footed, as
upon the eternal rock OF truth, against
which the powers Of hell cannot prevail
We stand upon II as the only true founda-
ton OF solid and understandable
Democratic government The rcd-hand.
! ed anarchist would shatter and
overthrow the government with n single
! explosion OF his dynamite bomb. lie
would set off his dcvilish engine Of death
under the very folds OF our flag. But,
spirit of Democracy in the land 10 hang
him by the neck until he is dead. We
reaiirm the time-honorcd Democratic doc
trinc that hemp Is indispensable 10 good
government There has grown up in our
midst strange and dangerous religion,
known M Mormonism. This Mormon
party Processes to believe that the greatest
protection TO American industry is the
Al. L.N
marries the ripcr he becomes for glory.
| But, icllow.citizens, l believe ! am iai
enough beyond the reach OF my wife today
to safely reailirm the old Democratic
doctrine that one wife il sufficient Ia ripcn
one man for glory. This is conlldcntially.
| There il another element in American pol
itics which seeks TO clothc the government
! in pctiicoats. They would invest woman
with that which God had given 10 man
alone. They would violate the order OF
nature fixed in the beginning by natures
| God. They would abolish the peace aud
sanctity Of the ilresidc aud the family
circle, and disrobc woman Of that
which makes her the ever blessed minister
and guide OF mans life and destiny. They
would tear from her beautiful character
that delicate veil and subdued and Sc
between man and angel, and the only
adorable thing this side Of heaven. They
would dcmolish the citadel OF the nation
strength. They would destroy the sane
tuarv of the nations domestic holiness.
| MAY God save the country from woman
suffrage. lnthc language oi Mrs Parting
ton. Good lands think the pool
women suffer enough in this world al
ready"
TnE PARTY oP CONSERVATISM.
Fellow citizens, the Democratic party !
the only great party Of conservatism, SCUM,
doctrines aud politics, yet II Is Away
abreast the times in point Of progress.
does not foster the hcrcsics and isms G
the age. II ia not blown about by ever
wind Of doctrine or swcrvcd 10y the vii
and baseless theories Of screw loosc aud on
idcacd cranks. Its principles rest upC
D indcstructiblc and immutablo truths.
c mission Ia the preservation and pcrpctu
= ton Of free government by and lot n IN
:. and independent nation through
"a times. IL Is the ark of freedom
covenant; the grand old ship Of libcr
W bearing the God.giyon heritage OF millio
vet Ia bc. While every other party III
Z. has been launched upon the turbulent !
n. IT American politics has foundcrcd u
y gone down in wreck and ruin,
sun mas wEArnERED rnE STORMS
no aud met the defeats aud victories Of
:. years. The last great party which ~
!, her battle and hlockaded her from pow
" for two decades has boon her most pow
~ ful foe. That foe was the Republic
III marty. Having been intrustcd by the u
n. ple with full and absolute cont
n. ni tho government, this great
publican party, cntnnchcd and FORTH
iiscli behind the national treasury,
~ hind the public patronage, behind !
10 tsan legislation, behind the pcnsi
or department and the military power.
A. s1uandcrrd the public lands In donnii
-, aud subsidies to the extent of 10000,
acres, representing an ARIA greater than
original thirteen States II the Union
appropriated money enough 10 hull
a. navy greater than that Ut England,
NO the result Ut this vast expenditure was
m, dark aud irowning Tallapoosa, vii
sank beneath the waters In II
nv and carried with ID the boots
,.ou brccchcs Of tho Secretary OF the Va
~ Underline prctcnsc OF protecting our he
'ho indudstrics and our home labor Il per-
uatcd AN enormous war tariff IN tim,
Nc peace. aud thereby built up and enc,
VII aged the most Stupcndous monopolics,
,,ri pomtions and combinations oi capital ,
lN, known In the history Of this world. I
'nu Il went In its reckless management Of
ol' government, playing with the fortunes
~, happiness ui the people M the eve
nls PLAYS with the feather o. the wolf with
'hu lamb. hut at length came
let. rur YTAE ~ yicroEY,
m anil oi the jubilee, that thrice glor
I.ps Year of our Iofl 1881 which marks