Year: 1872

the plantations in the interior, and you


find the evidences Of decay. Instead oi
\ Immigration you have emigration. Ev-
cry man appears to be eultivating the


soil as If he was trying TO take fr0m il


the last that it was able TO yield. He


looks not to the future. Why is it2 Be


cause you are a stranger TO the govern


ment. Yo1 want to have here peace,


safety for life, liberty and property. You
! cannot get this from eonstables nor sher-


ifs. You can only find peace when you


make friends again with the govern
ment. You must attach yourself TO the
1 new government.


THE RUMB1ING OF THE EXTINCT VOL
CANO.


He then used beautiful figure TO IL
lustrate the condition Of the South, by
saying that traveller came to a land
that was pictured to him as q sunny soil
flowing with milk and honey, but found


a mountain covered with the lava flood


Of recent eruptions. 1t was covered


over, it Is true, but it was with a stEnted


herbage and the ruin and devastation


was lily concealed. He, being naturally


astonished at the change, is told that the


storm and eruption is now all


over. He applies his ear in


silence and finds that the deep rum


bling Of the internal fires are still dis


tinct in the bowels of the earth. TAp-


plause.l That is the condition of the


South. The low unmistakable rumble of


the devastation is distinctly heard.


When you look about for a man to send


to place Of trust, you inquire into the
Confederate record. Applause. In
stead Of selecting men who are fitted
for position, fitted for the great trust you
are to repose in him, you look for Con-
fedeTate record. He said this was
wrong. Far be it from me to tear one
chaplet from the brow Of any man who
won honor and fame in the Confeder-
acy, but We have no war now. 1t is a
matter of business with us now, and
when we go into business we look for
men who are fit for business and we
don't care anything for Confederate
records. would not select q man for
any place in the country on account OF
anything that he done during the war


GRANT A BULLY BOY.


He then went into eulogy of Grant,
showing a great number of bad
things he did not do. He said
that Grant feels friendly toward the
Southern people. The government
has gone on favorably and well. The
country never was in such a condition
Of prosperity. The debt would be re-
duced by forty or fifty millions during
the coming year. The internal reve-
nue. was almost entirely abolished. 1t
was imposed now only on q few articles,
such as whisky, tobacco and some other
few things. 1t is the intention Of the
Republican party to remove the internal
revenue altogether from everything.
We have all the rights and privileges of
free men. We have no just complaints
to make. We have right to thank
God that it il as well with us rs it is,
laughter He then mentioned how
the Democratic party OF Mississippi
went to Grant to allow his broth, aim
law little Lewis Dent to be governor Of
Mississippi. There is one thing YOU
ought to respect Grant for. He said
''No; III not give my influence to have
him governor OF Mississippi" but the
chivalry of Mississippi, the Democrats,
concluded that they would try to elect
Dent governor Of Mississippi anyhow,
because he was brOther-in-laW Of Grant |
They failed. Laughter So much for
Grants nepOUism.


A WOODEN PRESIDENT.


The President has now less power
than ever he had in the whole history
of the nation. Congress attempted to |
impeach johnson and vindieatef its
power. The President to-day has not
the power to remove a man from office 4
who has been confirmed by the Senate |
The President stands trenched and /
hedged about by the power Of Congress. |
If you elect Horace Greeley be cannot |
remove a man in all the land. He 4
might suspend him for high crimes and |
misdemeanOrs, and all that, but he has /
not the power without the Senate tod
remove from or place a man in Office. |
The consequence of this state of things /
is that Horace would be there in the |
Presidential chair shaking hands across
the bloody chasm and nothing more. /
{ Laughter


Senator Alcorn then eulogised the |
course of Grant in reference to the Ala |
bama claims, and saved the country |
from a war which would have ruined /
the country. In the event of such a 1
war you would have no market for your !
cotton save in the North. The men up 1
there would have made fortunes, but |
you would be impoverished: you would |
have no market for your products.
Where, then, would your city of Mem
phis be? Are you going to risk your 1
prosperity by electing Horace Gree |
ley, who is the lifelong enemy |
of the English nation. He |
it was who stood at the back of Sumner |
when he enforced his consequential |
damages. Grant is a man of peace, and /
in his action in reference to the Alaba-
ma claims shows him to be a safe man
for the people. He (Alcorn) did not
care either for Grant or Greeley. He
talked for the good Of the people.


Senator Alcorn then concluded with
graceful bow, and retired, having spO-
ken two hours exactly. In five minutes
the lights were extinguished, and the
City Hall emptied of its human con-
tents.