Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-10

Office Of my country. the candidate, however
illustrious and successful he may be. must pre-
sent sore other n.le ahhh laure, a apwegeI
feld' SsHsnrv Car. ~ ~ w 'N~ 80 : : y
Inviting the Butchery Of the Blacks.
The deyilish, hellish spirit of the party
now dominant in Congress was especially
made manifest last week. A movement
to arm the Southern negroes was intro.
duced. There is reason TO believe it will
be yet enforced, and if il is. the record
will be made of the stupendous and ter
rible fact that the professed friends OF
the blacks were the authors Of their utter
determination. yl1o1s d It |
In the name of God and humanity, we
ask these white men in Congress to pause
in their mad career. They know not
what they do. They not only invite the
inevitable extermination of every negro
North as well as South, but they invite a
war between whites; between the white
supporters of the blacks and the white
classes, who are determined that negro
political equality shall not be forced
upon them. This war once commenced
will make the most horrid picture that
the world ever looked upon. The war
| between the blacks and the whites OF the
South the Northern white men would
never allow to be q protracted one. All
| the bitterest passions of the human heart
would break out. Negro extermiuation
here would take place, and if the negro 8
political friends here entered into the
conflict, as they would to an extent, it
would produce shocking and brutal
conflict between the Northern white
classes, over which the angels of heaven
could well weep. The party in Congress
now forcing q second war upon this
great nation, we say again had better
cease their atrocious preliminaries.
The chaos they are Inviting doss not
warrant the application of the term rev
olution." This conflict they are striving
to bring about cannot be dignifed by any
such name. II is simply black and
horrid pandemonium, at which the world
willJshudder, to even a greater degree
than it did over the butcheries Of San
Domingo, for there will be gallons Of
blood split here where there were drops
seilt there. The conflict involves one
hundred times the number Of human
lives, and will not only show white blood
pitted against black, but also against
white, 1t will be the most horrible con-
Hict while it lasts that ever ragged; but of
its results there is no more doubt than
there is that God reigns. The negro will
be exterminated, and with him thousands
of valuable white lives mistakenly sup
porting bad cause.
This is a white mans government. If
we have to 20 through another bloody
war, which, may Heavea forefend, in
order to support his holy sentiment, so
be it, We say to the supporters of Grant
and Colfax. that the moment they vote to
arm the negroes of the South, that mo
ment do thew declare war against the
Democracy of the country; that moment
do thew saw 10 the negro, butcher every
white man. woman and child that you
consider TO belong to the party which
refuses you the right to the ballot. box"
The "slayes" of 1860 were angels com
pared TO the debauched, degraded, de-
moralized black human beings, you pro-
nose IN arm NJ. .dav. Yop. the followers
of Grant and Colfax. have converted the
honest. faithful creatures who are now
prowling yagabonds ali over the South.
You have made them the miserable crea.
tures thew are. and now Won propose to
nut arms in their hands. that they may
massacre indiscriminaielv white men.
women and children. Again we warn
vow. leaders of the Grant and Colfax
Marty that If won do NOT at once aban-
don he idea of d;stribat;on Of arms 10
the black, of the Soutb. Won will. in less
than one short wear ali of Won, moi only
in the Sontb, bnt in the Nortb. call upon
the rocks and the hills to cover and shield
Won from tba wrath of an offended neo-
nIa. and he terrible catastronbe which
viii overwbslm von Won will have in
sanelv worked 70 br;ng abont Sion now.
srs Won have como zoo far. The vener,
ebIs Royd.n ~ Nor,b CaroI;na said in
shs Honse last wset wben the Startling
nronos;t;on was mads.
"Great GodI We cannot afford 10 fight
escb other Kaen avsv vonrsrmsl DO
no,b;ng 70 ;rr;,a,s on, nsonIe bpt Az
avsry,b;rg in yonr nower - essnage and
basl,b ayc;temsnt there We wsnt no
email warn ,hs Honsa ,ba, n arms
srs sent there we viii he rn;nsa we
canno, live there If We need snvtbinq