Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-07
desporadoes, and wo be to them when

'Garret ana punish MIN MOI pit VI
II. Will the law punish any OF these
negroes2 Not at all. II the law is in
adequate, or IL proper punishment is
withheld, we must protect ourselves in
the most expeditions manner, and teach
those prowling murderers that there is
danger ahead. When will wonders cease Z
The cars are daily crowded with dele.
gates on their way to New York. l
think this State will simply acquiesce in
the selection of the North, but all
through Middle Tennessee President
johnson is preferred to all others.
Unanimiiy in all their acts is now the
watchword.
The Ku.Kluxes are reported to be
seventeen hundred and seventy-six
strong in Rutherford county, and are
represented as having taken out many
men and upset their wheel houses.
have never been able to find any Of them
yet, but have seen several parties who
say they have friends who say they have
seen them.
Several substantial brick buildings are
being erected in Murfreesboro, trade is
very good, and all are in good spirits.
Many are contemplating having a rail-
road running from Gallatin to this point,
passing through rich section of country.
TRIsrnAM sHANDY.
suKLByyrlLE, TENNESSEE. June. 2s. 1868.
DEAR LEDGER: Could the grave give
up it's dead, could hell send up its wit
nesses of the lost and damned, could the
watery deep add its teeming millions,
could the pcnitentiaries of the world and
all the thieves and murderers of earth
swell the number, all could not surpass
the leaders of the Radical party OF Bed
ford county, Tennessee, that now dis
| grace the name of an American citizen
Being the sworn enemies of brother,
father and friend, they are boldly the
pretended but false protecting cham
pions of the negro race. They incite
negro riots and negro insurrections
they advocate negro supremacy, negro
equality, boldly contending that the ig-
norant negro has more right to vote
than the intelligent white man.
God knows, friend LEDGER, | hate
white Radical, all law abiding citizens
hate them, and all females and gentle
men look upon them with scorn and con-
tempt. Look at one of them in the eye
if you please, and see his head fall with
hang. dog countenance. But sir, the
murky clouds of despair will soon begin
| to give way, and the cloudless glories o.
Democratic sun will shed its effulgen
rays upon our devoted heads Then
will somebody else's supple knee bow
then will somebody else beg fol mercy
and / can now see many of them hunt
ing soft place to fall upon.
This bedford county, is the home o.
that notorious negrs-worshiping Jeems
whose surn ame is Mullens, who was
elected by the negroes and their associate
Radicals, to go to Washington, over thu
gifted and eloquent Edmund Cooper
At the last election in this county, th'
Democracy were only about two hundred
behind, being gain Of seven hundred
since the previous election, and the in
telligent citizens of Shelbyville conf
IDENTIFY claim the county for the next elec
ton.
The people here aud elsewhere in Mid
die Tennessee are wide awake, and IN
tend to take hold of the bull by the horn
and Eight with two-edged sword, havinl
been kicked and insulted until forbear
snce has ceased to be g virtue.
This county can boast of several rap
scallions who had important Fedora
commands during the war, having NOR
brass than brains and. who knew mor'
about fine horses than they did abou
rebel soldiers.
This is the county. where regular feo
eral troops murdered, in cold blood, Capt
Mitchell, John Bivens, Silas Bivens ant
many others. This is the home OF tn
notorious (big fee) Wisener, who is re
ported as having charged fee whe
services we're not rendered. 1t is tn
home of the posthiimous, impudent an
impertinent Roane, an infdel and ne
gro defender, who Sc brain, exercised i
a proper channel might be of much us
to his fellow men. 1t is the home OF tn
once dreaded Colonel Gilbreath (Go
save the mark), concerning whose com
mand Thereby hangs tale,
whom the negroes elected 10 the Legisls
ture to represent their forty acres, an
every time he gets drunk thinks be wi
get it. 1t is the home of more infamous
brazen-faced, impudept, loud d-mouihet
blear-eyed, ,-booger-headed, God-forsaker
hell-deserving. negro-loying, pig-tailet
whopper jawed Radicals than any count
of its size in any Southern State.
TRIsrRAM SHANDY.
EegrophiEsd Tennessee.
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