Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-09-17

lie, the Tennessee isk's's'uso e"~
aid of certain carpet bageers, Brovn-
lows and scsllawsgs, the Radical party
has succeeded 10 produce an snount Of
vsgrancy and crime never before known
in the State. Robberies, murders, thei's
and rapes have become everyday occur
reuces al over the State, and the highways
swarm with outlaws who live by plumber
aud assassination. Az . consequence
aud in necessary self-defense, neighbor
with neighbor and citizen with citizen
he's had an understanding. plans Of
action have been agreed on, hasty
organizations formed, patrols and vis''
lance committees established, and per-
hsps a general concert Of action pro-
duced among the orderly and peaeeable
portions Of our people, which has come
to be denominsted Ku-Klux. and which
the Radical psrtisaus take pains TO
represent a. dangerous 10 the extreme.
But the fact Is and has been that there
is no organization BY ex-rebels OF Demo-
Gratis against the peace, but only in aid
of it, and to prevent crimes And 1t
Is also true that both the crimes and the
organizations which have been injurious
and dangerous to the quiet of society
have been the work of secret carpet
bsegers, who are here with John Browns
soul, msrchipg on and leading the more
desperate and vicious Of the negroes, who
prefer to labor, life Of idleress and
pluuder. The citizens, Democrats, rebels,
Ku Klux, and whatever is antagonistic
to Radicalism, have always been favora
BILE to good order; and so far from any mil
itary being required 10 the State on their
account, have been extraordinarily for
bearin z, even 10 an extent which has made
many in other States utter EXPLANATIONS
Of astonishment on observing the extent
Of their long suffering endurance. But now
that the carpet-bsg and scallawag tyrants
who govern and infest the State, have
gone to such an extent with their out
RACES, as 10 lead to reasonable question
whether tits possible even for the patience
Of Tennesseeans longer to endure it,
hey have passed q bill to arm their
partisans. The Governor proposes
70 be prepared for the great
and even the President
has been called on to send forces to Ten
nessee. The Radical government of
Tennessee, the Reconstructed, the i'm
proved, the perfected. the immaculate
higher law plan Of administration, which
vas to bring us blessings far In excess
If the old government, is unable to put
Town the rogues, rovers, pirates and rob-
,ers of its own household, and asks help
rom Washington That is all that is
necessary to the peace Of the State; and
hey call on the President to help them.
And when his forces get here, aud they go
o hunting for offenders, it will be found
o be all a myth. The Radical rogues
will hide, and there will be none to arrest
n punish except what will have found an
.sylum in Brownlow's militia. The re-
luest of Secretary Schofeld to General
Thomas, You will please report, with
,ut unnecessary delay, what force, in ad.
lition to that under your command, will
10 requisite to enable you to give all me-
essary aid to the civil authorities of
tennessee, to execute the laws, preserve
be peace, and protect the law-abiding
itizeus Of that State, is amusing. What
eply can General Thomas fairly make, |
fter all this fuss and buster, but that one
older or less will be sufficient, when the |
and legal sheriffs posses are
verywhere more than sufficient for all
onestly required purposes2
The party which cannot put down it's
WIN miscreants is in a miserable strait
nd a bad plight. 1t is now driven to
dvertise It's own ipbecility to lay the
torn which it has raised. And the eopn-
~ will know that when those are sub
ued whom Brownlow has turned out Of
be penitentiary, with others, their CO.
djutors. not man will be needed in
rms even to enforce the iniauitous laws
-hich disgrace the statute book and
rake this less q government of liberty
nd just law than the vilest despotism
'hich ever yet cursed a people. |
The danger to the State consists not
, the inability of the pesce-loving
itizens TO defend themselves, but in the
leans threatened TO be used for prevent
~ them from doing so. On the Cover
ora call it is reasonable to fear that the
orst of characters will rush into the
lilitis, and that they will be schooled
here for more mischief, and have an
dded license for crime. To say the
,as, Of il, the militia, which Is to be ex.
lusively composed of loyal men, so
allied, but all Radicals in fact, will be
artisan and full Of animosIties, and be
kelly to commit excuses, and will
equine the most rigid and exacting dis
ipline. &c depredations and crimes BY
hem are prevented Is this to &c ex-
ected, in the event Of the militia being
laced actually in the feldf And ifnot,
hat else is That the whole people Of
'ennessee are to be trsmpled down and
round Into the dust still more and more,
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