Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-01

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The RADICAL MAYoRAL SLATE-In
two months the municipal election will
be held Eight aldermen and all the
other officers are to be chosen. The
result Of the August contest has inspired
the Radicals with the belief that they
will easily walk over the course, leaving
competition far behind. To swell their
vote in August, negroes were imported
from the neighboring States, and, having
black skins, found no difficulty in obtain
ing registration certificates from our
amiabe commissioner. In fact, the
certificates were never seen in hundreds
of instances by their possessors until
taken from envelopes at the polls. Per-
jury, designed to crush conservatism,
was regarded as no crime. The men who
brought it about were too deeply stepped
in infamy of every kind to stop at mere
false swearing. They were leeches, who
could live only by sucking the public
blood. How the sustenance was to be
procured was a matter of little conse-
quence, so the results turned up all right.
This is the history Of August, and his
tory is constantly repeating ITSELF Re-
garding the final result as foregone
conclusion, the Radical managers are
bending every energy to manipulating
for the nominating convention, believing
a nomination equivalent to gu election.
DR.. Shaw and little DR.. Beecher have
been in the field for some time. Beech
er's talents are employed in assuring the
negroes that he is humble as Uriah
Heep, and really unworthy to black their
shoes; he finds little difficulty in
making the point clear Though pos
sessing considerable strength at first, the
darkies are becoming disguised with his
humility. They think that, like HUI
guet," in the play, "he bows too low"
Dr. Shaw is doubtless the fairest man in
his party in Memphis. He is under
stood as candidate, but is not of the
class ready to crawl in the dust and lick
darkey paws for votes He is as much
above as Beecher is below the mark, and
his chances before the black and tan
tribunal are scarcely as good as they
were six weeks ago. He will command
considerable strength, however. Alder.
man Wickersham still looks with long
ing eye toward the Mayorally, but is not
considered in the race. Mr., T. A. Ham.
ilton, although elected to the Legislature,
is anxious to be Mayor He has ex-
pressed himself as I" in the hands of the
people"-blacks, of course, as they com
prise "the people " in the eyes of Radi-
cal politicians-and nothing would please
him better than the nomination. But
lately new and formidable aspirant for
the Mayoralty has arisen in little Smith,
late of Hardeman, who, by the favor of
Cuhy, disgrsces the seat in the Senate
belonging to this district. He is hot on
the track, and having been shrewd enough
to strike the medium by placing himself
exactly on the negro levsl-not above,
like Shaw, or below, like Beecher-he
looms up as tower o. strength. He
will call on darky one day, but requires
Cufy to return the call. Like young
Sparkler in Little Dorrit," he allows no
"bigodd nonsense Thus beautifully,
gracefully and sweetly does this great
man preserve his dignity; and not being
constantly with darkies, Culfy is not par
ticularly disgraced by the association.
Smith is the "big Injun," the upper
dog in the fight" the light Of the African
soul, the apple of Cuffy's eye, and other
asprants may as well stand back. The
Gineral will walk into the nomination as
easily as his old regiment used 10 walk
into smokehouses and hen roosts.