The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-21
NIP. SWEM SIRLMS IN LIES

MIR. SVEN SIVIMS IN LIES.
Mr. Jim SVEN, inventor Of the SVEN Automatic
Switch, has Just returned from tour through the
Solid South, and was at the City Hall todny, and
RECALLED the politicians with narration Of some Of
his experiences and observations there. 1.-THE talk
about carrying single Southern State Is all bosh,
said lac. virginia may DC made very close, pro.
ydod the Republicans hold together. hut there
are more rebels In the South today than there were
In 1850, or at the closc OF the war Talk about the
waving Of the bloody shirt In the North, II isn't
n circumstance to the noise being made In the
South about the Lost Cause You should SEQ
some Of the Southern newspaper They are the
best campaign documents that could possibly DO
circulated In the North. sawan editorial In TnK
MENrlIrs ArPKAL when was In that city, which,
after rldculing Harrison aud Morton and every.
thing Northern, winds up with these words:
Suppose they do elect Harrison aud Morton, how
are they going to seat thcm2'
The same spirit IL shown In the uttcmnccs Of
all the southern papers
~ visited the Rebel cemetery near Nashville,
which Il the only Rebel cemetery that Is kept
green. In this cemetery there are placafds which
announce that II is not desired that any Alien
foot shall tread the paths along which are located
the graves Of these brave soldiers"
MIR Sven predicts, IN case Cleveland Is reflect.
fNr NNui Nptn HNNhiN VI NunkTtaA VIII WfNnlt
Democratic within the next two years, aud that
the surplus will be very readily reduced In tho
payment of Rebel claims. IIo says this is general.
" expected throughout tho south. -Dmur EucR'
ing Tmics.
II is surprising that a Newspaper as in
tolligcntly edited as The Dnwr Ercning
Times would give space TO such silly
twaddle IA this, but II IL even more sur
prising that a man who has the ability
aud address 10 represent the manufacture
ers ola great invention, should DO 80 ut
tcrly wanting in truthfulness IN the bare
faced ialsehood he tells in regard TO what
he read in TnE APPEAL proves Mr.
Sven, II he travelled through tho South,
never heard a word about tho Lost
Cause" unless no attended ono Of
the annual meetings held by the sur
yiving soldiers OF the Confederate armies.
But these arc not political gatherings, and
have nosigniacnnce beyond the comcrade-
ship they inspire and serve to maintain.
Tho Confederate soldiers arc proud Of their
heroes and their hcroisn, aud are proud
Of the history they made, history in
which there is no trace Of shame, but
ono that Is illumined by every glory that
our rnco anywhere can boast Of. This
history il all that Is left 10 the people Of
the South Of tho most memorable period
Ia their history aud they cherish Il, And
40 should the people OF tho North. And
thcy win when wicked and obtrusivc liars
like MIR Jim SVEN cease from troubling
aud ycxing the public car. The South
does not obtfudc its "lost cause" II Is
too sacred, too near tho hearts Of
men and women to be pushed into the
political arena as an aid 10 prick the
conscicnccs of voters and spur them TO
their duty. Il is not a common topic, M
SVEN ASSURES Tho Drrcr Tmo, nor 10
the people Of tho South yapor over IL.
Neither do they ndiculc everything
Northern. Nor does TuK ArrEAL or any OF
the southern journals. This paper never
used the words attributed 10 II by SVEN.
II mover had or expressed belief that II
elected Harrison and Morton would lie
hndcrcd by any one from taking their
places ~ President and vicc-rrsidcnt Of
the United States, any moro than II
doubted In 1884 that Cleveland aud
Hendricks would BE- prevented from
taking the seats TO which they
were elected Swcm made the scn-
tcncc hc attributes 10 TE ArrEAl
ont IT his own head. II Il his invention,
not ours lilo IA equally liar In what be
aays about the "llcbcl' cemetery at Nash.
willie. There Is no such cemetery At ~
near our State Capital, or anywhere else
on the -oil Of the State that was the thea.
tor II war Tor four years, aud was
drcnchcd with iraicrnal blood. There
can, therefore. be no such placards In cN-
istcncc o. Swcm, In the above, gave III,
Dmpr Tmd tho wording o. This whole
interview Il a tissue u ialsohoods. We 10
not know tina, SVEN Is worthy tho notice
We givc him In this denial, but We believe
1hf nppr EruiHJ Tm1 10 be, aud II IL
In the hope Of ~ making the om1ldr that
We hac been At tho pains To answer SVEN
aud hold him mp To mcried rcprobation ~
either an idle anil silly minded liar. Who
when of duty loves N hear himself talk,
or one who II the victim OF his imagina.
ton, especially when his priudiccs have
loose rein.
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