Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-04
~ Hon. samuel 5. Coz, reoenlly

my Hon. Samuel s. Cox, recently
made a speech in Buffalo, New York.
which is so full Of consolatory advice to
the defeated Radicals that we must give
them an opportunity to peruse few ex.
tracts. He tells them in the following OF
the use Of minorities. He says:
would especially congratulate you,
my unrepentant, truculent Radicals, that
you are marching on, with melancholy
music and furled flag, to take that place
so long and so honorably occupied by
the Democracy-tho position OF re-
spectacle minorityi Do not undervalue
the position In it You may earn the
plaudit Of Artemus Ward TO General
Washington: "He was useful Mr.. EN-
erson, the transcendentalist, said,a at Cam
bridge, this summer, that there was great
utility and hope in minority. The right
and exercise of criticism = the vir-
tue that disdains to follow pow.
err, to "fatten on its rottenness,
the Independent and aggressive dash, are
the attributes of an honorable and I'M
terrified minority. These may be yours
The hour cometh when our majority will
dictate political action be sure we will
not lesson your usefulness by following
your example. We will not ostracise
where we cannot answer. We will not
villipend where we cannot praise. We
will not imprison where we cannot agree.
We will not mob where we cannot argue.
We will not teach forbearance to the
South while forgetting it to our neigh
bors. We will try and be as Christian n
the future as in the past,
In one sense, it is quite pleasant to be
in minority. You not only escape re-
sponsibilties and troubles, but you es-
cape the cry of the vultures and the
jackals who follow the live lion till he
drops. You will find minority healthy
state. No party ever needed it more
/ hope you will prepare for its duties
better than you did for those OF the ma
jorty.
When he comes to Ohio, he CLOVIS with
howery rhetoric in the following terms
TO swamp forty thousand of the Re-
publican mejorities of last year; to gain
in nearly every county; to defeat the
black suffrage by thirty five thousand;
and to elect Democratic Legislature,
and unseat the President of the Senate,
Senator Wade, is rather astonishing
1t is said that in New Zealand there is a |
splendid flower, white as lily, which,
when its petals open to the sun, re-
sounds with the report of artillery in the
tropical forests. This was the way Ohio
efflorescedl Is she not white and radiant?
The thunder thereof, is it not the very
music of the spheres?
Yet it is sad 10 see even the fall come,
though it brings US the fruits. The
russell leaves, the gray morn, the fading
flowers, the voiceess birds, and the wind
moaning its requiem over the grave OF
summer, are a part of that Providential
order which regards as well the fall Of
little sparrow as of a great party. My
Radical friend, you have been used to
seeking the ways of Providence through
political events. Study them with
his election in view, and tell me if
am not right when say, "God
IS holding you over hell for some wise
purpose" He may not drop you. Per.
lsps | might, in my finite view of your
deserts. Whether be does or not, may
depend upon the quality of your panta.
oons. Ii they are shoddy, farewell If
be suspends you for time, to inhale the
incense and hear the applause ofthe pit,
t may be as q warning not to draw your
politics from hate and malice, which do
not come from above, but follow US in
be benignant teachings of good will to
III.