Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-12

necessity for TINS, III they nfo wv k'"''''
wronged? Why counsel endurance
Radical government has nothing bu
blessings TO be endured Is anybody
aching for fight so much that they vii
bring 1t on for nothing but good govern
meut2 When there is so much uneasi'
ness and dissatisfaction us is reported, II
! Il reasonable to say there is no cause io'
Il, and no one to blame but the cemplai n
ing and suffering themselvesf Is moi
the presumption strong that the causes
of complaint should be removed before
the complaints themselves are suppress
ed by the strong hand2
II the Radical purposes here were
anything but diabolical, they would seek
the means of pacificatiou, by the eradi'
cation Of all injustice and oppression in
the FIRST instance. Beyond all question
they are working here in concert with
their Northern coadjutors, who desire
trouble. A gentleman who has been
travelling through the North assures the
editor of the Nashville Union and Dis
patch that to the Northern Radicals
"nothing would be so gratifying as to
learn that the Rebels had murdered
thousand negroes and Union men in
Tennessee" They think it would elect
Grant and continue them in power. And
they ars pleased with the idea of little
blood-spilling of negroes, when they
lose nothing by it, having long ago
pooketed the money for which they sold
them, and being oil safe as to that. They
have the strongest of motivesfor desiring
that we should get into trouble here.
And, as we will not break the peace, they
are determined to drive us to 1t, by
using Tennessee if they can, just as they
carried their point by using this State
as the pioneer in the reconstruction
business. With all our wrongs,
and all the foul Vaccinations
Of these enemies of mankind, there is
reason enough to counsel forbearance.
We have spies in our midst to report
every departure from the bleat of mere
lambs, and every individual quarrel and
outrage, though the great body of the
peaceable people have nothing to do with
such things. These irregularities, more
or less common to all communities, are
set down against us, charged to the ku-
Klux, and add every one to the cata-
logue Of Northern lying arguments.
How under such circumstances is any
people to escape from their toilsY
A close observation Of the Radical
naners here will show with what unbe-
coming greed they seize upon every act
committed by every lawless man, and
indeed by their own made outlawsH IN
order that they may herald it forth as
capital for the, use of their friends in the
North. Perhaps the editors of these
presses hare been sent here for that ce7y
purpose. In order to escape detriment
It would seem enough that we obeyed
the laws and had all turned lambs and
chickens. But they are determined if
possible that even this shall not do. We
fear they intend to tread on us until like
worms we shall tauirm whether we will
or no. Mr.. R. B. Rhett, of the Charles
ton Mercury, writes from New York as
follows:
In this connection word Of admoni-,
ton is greatly needed. 1t is important
for the Southern people &c understand
II ia essential that they should not forget
that their conduct at this time is of great
moment. The dsloyalty and rebellious
temper of the South is the Whole capital
Of the Radical party. Upon this they
rest their iustifcation'and their election.
Every act of turbulence, every adray,
shooting, collision, or riot, no matter
how produced, gives aid and comfort,
ammunition and weapons TO our adversa-
ries. Every wild speech or indiscreet ex-
preston that falls from the lips OF pnblici
man and is capable of being construed
into disafectioB or thought Of future
change. is held TO be reyoig tlonery and
traitorous, and charged to the aceohnt oil
the whole people 10 the press and on the
stump. These matters constitute the
entire campaign material of the Radi-
Gals. Their aim and hope is, to divert
public attention from the baleful effects
already caused by their maladministra-
hon and TO be further inflicted upon the
country, South and North to kindle
again the fickerirg embers OF the bitter
past, to arouse the distrust of the North
ern people, and to carry the election by
subordinstipg the liberties and interests
of the country to sectional feeling
against the South, Therefore, to Us
the absolute necessity of self control,
prudence, calculation and repression,
both in act and in utterauce.
No man should speak who is not
guarded against excitement and its fol-
lies. No man should, If possible, allow
himself to be carried away into violence.
The canvass should be active, earnest,
untiring; but it should be conducted with
as much peace, quiet and order as is
practicable The cause at the Moth is
more important than to carry any South
ern State. And, il these suggestions be
not needed, our people may find them
selves practically co operating with their
relentless enemies in fastening upon
themselves the degradation and ruin and
anarchy involved in Radical success.
the Militia and the Consequences.