Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-10

Has- The Jacobin undertaking to " Or
ganize hell" in Tennessee has been so
successfully carried out that even the
leading Jacobin newspaper concern IN
this city is constrained to say that,
Between the wide exclusion OF the
whites and the universal enfrsnehise-
ment Of the blacks, Tennessee is a po-
IitieaI Paudemonium." II is foreseen.
moreover, that this wretched state of
things cannot long endure; that the
inevitable result of policy that denies
to any considerable body of intelligent
white citizens the right Of participation
in the affairs Of government will be the
overthrow OF the party which pursues
that policy. Aud, accordingly, the
warning is given 10 the Tennessee ia
cobins that "Tbey must liberhlize the
elective franchise, and place i en- the
basis Of justice and fairness, else they
must eventually 20 to the wall = Chi
cago TINES >Et Nss
The sensible and educated Radicals Of
the North, looking coolly on the work of
their Southern coadjutors, see plainly the
consequence of submitting the affairs Of
state 10 incompetent and venal hands.
They are alarmed for the result, and
beeia to demonstrate and caution the
children of the devil here, who busy
themselves hinging about frebrands, ar
rows and death. Even the "headquar-
tiers in the saddle" Gen. Pope,is alarmed,
and begins to demonstrate and essay to
guide the storm be has helped to raise,
hut cannot stay. Thus beseechingly
does he write, on the 10Th of November,
to his subordinate, Gen. Swayne, in re-
latiou to the Alabama menagerie:
MY DEAR GENERAL: / write you I'M
officially as | do not wish to reply TO
vour kilograms relating to the compen-
sation of the members Of the Convention
I hone you will suggest to the members
of the Convention that if the newspaper
accounts are true, the amount OF com.
pensation they propose seems to me las
indeed it does to everybody ] have heard
speak ofit) excessive, and If adopted
very bad effect will be produced upon
the friends of the Convention The
Convention should fix the lowest posi-
Bile compensation for its members,
barely enough to pay actual expenses:
connot tell you what an unpleasant i'm
pression has been created by the news
paper reports on the subject.
| hone on every account thatlthe Con.
yention will finish its work and adjourn
at an early day. If they knew how their
proceedings are watched alike by friend
and enemy, and how much of their future
depends upon their prompt and reason
able action, IL seems to me that useless
discussions should be avoided, and fair
and satisfactory result reached in the
shortest possible time. Every day they
remain in session after the goth Of this
month will be used as reproach against
them, and will tend to discourage the
friends Of reconstruction everywhere.
hone you will do what you can to
urge these or similar views upon those
who have influence.
/ hold it of the greatest importance
that the constitution be made as soon as
possible. / speak not more for the in-
terests Of Alabama than for the interests
of the political party, upon whose reten-
ton of power for several years to come
the success Of reconstruction depends
Truly, your friend, JOIN PORE.
General Pope is evidently mortified
and ashamed of the whole thing The
result Of the Alabama Convention is so
absurd and contemplate that it is ex-
tremely questionable whether it will ever
be recognized and allowed to take effect
BY Congress and the department com.
mander. The work Of a convention
which rests on a military order can for
tunately be as easily set aside as esiab-
lished by it; and We hope to see deeeney
and common sense prevail at last il
will ultimately be all the better that the
Radicals have had rope enough.