The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-03

any OF his predecessors who occupied his d
high office. l would rather be
the propagator of JcliIersonisn
Democracy, the bold advocate of Free Trade,
than Mr.. Harrison in the Presidential chair
purchased by the lavish expenditure of
money ground from the poor man. And
four years hence we will see that the great
est OF our Presidents will not be forgotten
by the party which he lead. He will be
nominated to be President OF the United
States and he will win.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Here Mr.. Bolton Smith proposed toast TO
Abraham Lincoln, the martyred President.
He asked that each man who drank TO 1t do
it with all his heart.
Mr.. Collier further urged the drinking OF
the toast by saying GAS an ex-Confederate
soldier and speaking for the boys in gray,
who fought with me, | do most heartily drink
to Abraham Lincoln, great, good and hon
est man whom every Southern soldier adj
mired and reyered." And the toast was
heartily drunk.
HONESTY IN POLITICS.
To this Mr.. Malcolm Mcdowell responded
In about the following words: After modest
~ confessing that he knew little Of politics,
but that he knew the difference between
honesty and dishonesty, he had been con-
that virtue had its reward. The funda-
mental principles Of this Government was
conceived in honesty, and should be carried
out as they were constitutionally intended.
Universal suffrage prevails, and every citizen
who was entitled TO vote should not
be deprived of that privilege of exercising
his opinion at the polls, because II is by his
vote that the whole scheme of the Republic
Is maintained. The majority rules. Tho
locomotive is indeed free so long as II stays
upon the track, but when 1t is dorailed its
energies are useless. So with the 90, 600 900
sovereigns in our land. When you keep
them from exercising the express along tho
line they have the right TO follow, the power
OF the government is, TO that extent, inr--
paired.
THE NATURAL LAWS OF TRADE.
DIR. Thomas jefferson Crofford responded
| TO this lie said he was completely UMPIRE
pared TO handle the subject, as II was out Of
his line, but since he bore the name Of
| Thomas Jefferson he could not refuse TO say
something. Being q physician, he was
| convinced that laws as well as peo-
pie were doctored too much. There
was too much interference in the
natural laws OF commerce and in conse-
quence of the high tariff trade had been OBJ
structed and all foreign markets closed TO us.
IL is inhuman to NEEDLE with the commerce
OF the country. II cripples our productive
abilities and We feed upon our
] selves. IL centralizes power in the
Government and tends to rob the
States Of their natural rights TO compete with
foreign nations In the markets OF the world.
II produces "A species Of slavery equal TO that
OF prohibition and any sumptuny legisla-
ton. Trade should, as Mr.. Lamb has so
truly put il, be as free as the air
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES.
uuts IL L..
memory OF Robert L. Lee, which was drunk,
aud he proceeded:
Mr.. Chairmafhnd Gentlemen-T am quite
sure the time has come when the young
men OF the county need something more
| than the voice Of the casual oilloe-hunter
aud the Congressional Record TO advise them
Just what may be the true principles OF our
| Republican form OF Government IL Is not
| too much Ia say In praise of the Democratic
press that Il has been from the beginning the
faithful custodian OF the altar fire that
Thomas Jefferson lighted In this day
boy may grow TO manhood and pass through
| the successive stages Of the education that
the schools aud colleges provide, and yet up.
proach the ballot-box by. virtue Of his ma
jority with but the most vague ideas rs to
the difference between the gospel Of Jeflcr-
son and the creed Of Hamilton. Therefore we
may not wonder that the young voter Is 40
easily seduccd and that lac fail. No frequently
10 see aud appreciate the principle behind
the candidate. lie who first proposed the
convention OF Democratic clubs held In Bal
| timorc last summer Is 10 be credited with an
| inspiration, and the choice Of Gov Black, dy-
| Pennsylvania, for leader In the movement 20
organize the Democrats Of the county into
such clubs and societies as would carry
| forward the work OF education, was
| indeed fortunate. But the campaign Of 'SS
ended In the defeat Of the Democratic can
didate. That was all. The principle Of tar.
iif reform survived, aud now Gov. Black
asks that In every part 81 the nation the
example Of the Pennsylvania Democracy
shall be followed, 10 the end that Democratic
societies for the spread of Jciicrsonian doc
trinc shall be established In every city,
| town, village and hamlet Such societies
are needed In the South, II not for today,
surely for the future. With the develop
mont Of the South's mineral resources IL Il
more than ever necessary that We shall as
scrt the doctrine OF the frccst competition
In the widest market, as against the Ropub-
lican theory ONO competition In restricted
market, with labor to pay the penalty Of low
wages and industrial slavery, and with a
| class Of industrial princes 90 control the
price Of commodities by limiting the supply.
| We want our mines 10 be developed; We
want the spinner TO build his factory near
the cotton field; we want 10 hear In the land
4
/ the milestone aud the loom. But we do not
want our manufactures given over 10 vast
/ syndlratcs that shall set up In the South ~
| they have In Pcnnsylyania and New England
a system Of labor aud production that shall
| result only In restricted development and In
dustfal vassalagc-and all by virtue Of the
| high protective tariff. We want the govern
| mcnt restored Ia Jcfcrson's basls-a govern.
mcnt which shall be- more solicitious Tor the
/ welfare Of the Nngcworkcr than for the en-.
richmcnt Of the already rich. Therefore let
us Join In movement u reform that begins
| In Pennsylvania, where the protcctionists
have everything thcirown way. Let Us re-
/ sp0nd 10 the goicc that cries out In thatt
| Macedonia. Let us assist In the transmission
OF the Lamp Of jefferson. Let us assure tho
/ poor OF the North that the spirit Of Thomas
jefferson abidcs potcntly in the South, aud
that beyond MasOn's and Dixon's line lies In
truth the land Of promisc-the land Of tho
new industrial dispcnsation
There was q great deal Of enthusiasm
walked mp by the speeches, and when that
feature ~ the program had been concluded,
IL was then proposed a. establish the Demo.
cratic Society OF Memphis Tenn, aud tho
following cuunciation was signed by those
present.
TBE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY or MEMPHIS,
TENS.
We, the undersigned Democrats OF Mem
phls, Tenn, at meeting held on the "a
day Of April 1850. do establish the Demo-
cratic Society of Memphis. Tenn, to pro-
serve dcicud and advance the essential prin.
ciplos ~ free government as formulated by
Thomas Jefferson and illustrated by the
history Of the Democratic party.