Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-29

This is land Of slaves. Formerly oil
this continent there were nearly foul
millions of an inferior race called slaves
but who we're happy in the highest sta
ton of life they we're qualified to fill
Now there are nearly as many called
freedmen, who are slaves TO ignorance
and vice, and will be slaves to capita
or crime. And II is over these slaves tc
the carpet-baggers, who have only
changed owners, aud over these South
ern States Frustrated, ill-governed and
ruined that the chief Radical organ OF
Missouri, the st. Louis Democrat, exults
and prophesies as follows:
"You can never reconstruct the
Union" said the Democrats in 1865. The
Republican party has tried it You
never mean to reconstruct the Union,
said the Democrats when the reconstruc.
ton bill was passed. The admission Of
seven Of the ten revolted States, within
a year from the passage of the bill, is the
best proof that could be given, both Of the
sincerity Of the Republican party and of
the wisdom and practical good sense OF
its measures.
Seven States without a slave or a serfl
Seven States ruled by loyal men and
equal laws. Seven States in which the
grand teachings of the Declaration OF
independence have found practical rsali-
cation. These are indeed glorious proofs
of the wonderful change wrought by the
Republican party. When the war began,
these States were wasting away under
slave labor. They will soon begin, under
the impetus of freedom, to develop the
resources so long locked up and idle.
When the war closed, private murder
followed wholesale slaughter, and rebels
wreaked thsir revenge upon the Union
men. while the shrewdest states
men questioned whether loyal States
could ever be built of such
material, and dreaded every day the out
break of war of races. To day seven
loyal States came forward from the RUNS
of the war, rebels accept the situation
and by thousands vote the Republican
ticket, and the war of races vanishes with
the prospect of rebel mastery. No man
fapcies that the blacks will begin strife,
for they have used what power has been
given them already with such moderation
and caution as to excite the surprise and
qualification of their friends. Nor does
any one fancy that the rebels will begin
the fight, when the majority of the peo.
pie in each State, with all the power Of
the local governments, and with the
United States to aid, if necessary,
stand ready to put down insurrec-
ton. There will be no war, while the
rights of all men are protected. There
will be no war while just governments
enable every citizen to prosecute with
hopefulness his chosen pursuits. To-
dustry will thrive, and the people of the
State will contend with each other, not
with arms, but in honest rivalry, TO re-
pair the ravages of war, and restore the
prosperity and enterprise which rebel
lion FRUSTRATED. To every citizen, in.
deed, there comes vision of a future
brighter THAI his State has ever seen,
and of prosperity greater than could
ever have been realized under the old
system. In these bright hopes all citizens
have an equal share, and they will gladly
accept from the new governments that
protection and civil order which will en-
able them To realize their authorizations