Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-21

would pass unnoticed. Bntlst n singh
one Of their own rasoally baud suffer a
the hands Of a Southern so.called rebel,
and the whole North rings with II, an'
the whole Radical brain is med II
useless 10 reason or remonstrate will
such men. They are utterly wishou
principle or heart, and their, hate i
malignant and unrelenting toward al
who oppose them, right or wrong.
Such now Is the condition Of things IL
Tennessee that General Thomas is up II
arms about it, though doubling his au'
ihority 70 act in the premises without "a
call from the Governor Of the State. II
is not little remarkable that the Gov
eruor should have made no call on him,
and that the Legislature should have
been silent on the subject, aud adjourned
in tho midst Of such a terrific impending
crisis2 General Thomas has sent a
budget to General Grant containing
some representations made to him by
some scary individuals in the State, and
says therein; MI
General Grant viii see by these state
ments, as Le doubtless has already
learned from ether sources, that the
enemies Of the present State govern
ment in Tennessee are organized for re-
s,stance 10 the laws, which resistance is
an outgrowih OF the rebellion, aud means
as well oppression and hostility to every
thing representing patriotism and devo-
ton TO the best interests OF the country,
although as yet it has not token the form
Of open resistance to the United States
Government As Tennessee is a fully
constructed State, / consider that the
State authorities should deal with and
suppress this organization Of lawless,
desperate men, aud i have not 10 the
present time, considered myself author
ICED 10 take active measures against
them. / shall be glad to receive any or
der or instructions you may see bit to
give in the premises
The proof of such terrific organiEa-
ton in Tennessee, thus furnished by
General Thomas, consists Of the state
ments Of two individuals, who mention
the alarming fact, that somewhere, one
drew revolver on another,
and that mounted men have been known
70 ride through the country crying muir
Ter Wonder if any Of our i've hundred
Who fred off guns and pistols here last
Monday night and screamed for Hun
er, we're among the number. One Z. ID.
lyons, agent of the quartermasters de;
says he can give information OF
! rebel organization known as the Ku-
,lux Khan, and that it is in full blast,
md negroes, with white men who chance |
o differ with them in politics, are sub
ected TO severe treatment, and in many |
.ases Union men are forced to leave"
ust as our Hunter has been driven off
he bench-into the navy yard, we sup
lose. One Bosom, who writes from the
tennessee House of Representatives,
avs; "a body of sixty mounted men
ash night passed my house, with cries OF
murder; and in her terror my wife came
ere ito Nashville to-day, fearing that
Iould return home and fall victim to
he threats of these men" What terri.
lie state of things, to be sure, What a
care for Bosom and his wife, and the
nan the revolver was drawn on. Ger
ainly, the whole army and navy Of the
J nited States should be forwarded at
nee.
General Thomas thinks this awful
tate of affairs is the outgrowth Of the re-
ellion. Does he mean the rebellion Of
congress, and that of Tennessee legisla-
ors and officers, against constitutional
berty2 Or does he mean the rebellion
f 1861, which has been suppressed,
bandoned and buried now these three
ears2 Does he not know that tyrannous
ule will necessarily produce disastisfac.
on, and that there is no obstacle to
God order bat the existence OF such a
ause? Who but natural born tyrant
'ould think of Furnishing q people for
occasioned by expressions
hitch are without endurance If there
anything to complain Of, it is that the |
eople should be ill governed. If there
anything to be astonished at, it is that
people should endure so much, and
nat, with so much cause for outbreak,
here should be so peaceful condition of
lings. Let the government put down
he thefts Of negroes, and the grimes on
ne highways, and the Astounding out
ages which have been encouraged by
.adical leaders. and we will answer for
that all "Kuklux KIans" (if such
hing exists at alp will cease at once
Int as it is, we have prodigious tenn
est in q teapot, and in the Bosom and
Iunters imaginations, which the Gov
rnor and Legislature could not see, and
hitch Gen. Thomas will hardly gain the
ame of Hannibal by suppressing.
When we have dispatches from day to
ay like the following this morning from
Nashville, and when such facts are daily
would it not be as we'll for
zen. Thomas to give them as much at
ention as he does 10 supposed organi-
atoms for suppressing such abominas
ions2
McAdam, convict recently pardoaed
ut Of the State prison, to which he had