Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-09
PUBLIC LEDGER.
THE NEW PARTY.

conscious meditation, our neighbor OF the
Avalanche has, at last, with his magic
lantern, discovered most beautiful
name for his new universal suffrage
party.
We always knew our contemporary to be
a romantic, voluptuous, dsshing pohtl'
clan, who delights in something unique
and startling To create sensation at
all times, and not to allow the public
curiosity to be disappointed, has evidently
been the desire Of our neigbbor for a
long while.
We had ran through the entire list Of
proper names and could only surmise as
TO which of the great number would be
adopted for the new organization being
started by the Avalanche and Nashville
Banner. The names Of Susie, Ann,
Marin, Marguerite, Matilda, Jane, with
a host of others, had passed in review be-
fore our mind, and conjecture, reader,
our disappointment when We found on
Yesterday that all these old family and
sringrecolleciions had been discard
ed and the unheard of name of Liberty
apuliei TO this neFly-born- We would like
10 kno< whether ms BOY or girl. "a The
nEne don exactly Indicate Will our
friead and eotemp5rary inform US for the
sake Of the ladies, great many OF
whom resd the LKDGKK7 We would re-
mark In this connection, also, that the
name is quite 5esuiiiui, and would ven
turs 70 say the infsnf looks muchly Ike
he, she or lis great progenilor IL Is, at
least, quite aconvenienrcognomen, sthis
shiity editor msy have the liberty OF
adopting ell or airy set Of principles that
NAV. ia Tie future, strike his fancy for
the time.
Bat what we shall most streuuously
obDct to at the beginning Of this new
existence, is that the Avalanche will
endeavor to create wrong impression
on the public mind, by terming the
Democratic Conservative member Of the
Legislative Liberals. The impotence
is great. and such could only be fund
in the Liberal party, for nickpamiug
people according TO ones desire.
This sheet has again begsn It's
waggery. but we presume no harm
will come of il, as every one understands
the editor is exceedingly fond of joke.
How does be know, for instance.
that our Representatives from Shelby
county would JOIN his party?
Have they indicated such a thing by
word or deed We would venture to
give our head for football if they did,
or 40 much as in the future be found en-
dorsing The negro in the most indirect
or remote manner We have the beat
assurance that two members to The Lower
Heuse Of Representatives, put down rs
Liberals in the AUaldnche, will not en-
dorse the Fifteenth Amendment or the
niger 10 any shape or form when pre-
pented before the Legislature. From -
political knowledge we have OF others we
will venture to say they would not afil-
late with party, call it by what name
you w1ald, that proposes TO make the
African the equal Of the white man II
our contemporary and his few partiz ans
propose to organize their party upon such
platform, we say to him that the LEDGER
and its aahcrents will meet him at Phil
ippi. The name Democratic Conservs-
rive will suit our friends under which 10
fight sgsin the great battle of freedom.
The party has just come out Of the
glorious victory Of carrying the State BY
a probable majority of-sixty thousand
votes over our Radical opponents Thi.
ia only the beginning of brilliant end
ing 10 connection with our brethren and
allies, rhe Northern Democracy, which
combined will, in few short years
sweep over this land like a mighty whirl
WIND. We sun enOulu felaiu iht "ore
Conservative. because it acts as a sslV'
10 the prejujices Of few Old-line Wing
who esuvot be made TO love the nam
of Democracy. although the principles
upon which the two parties differed havl
long since been settled, aad the psrtie
as then existing have themselves ceases
70 live. We have no feeling on Ties
matters ourselves. being too young
politician to have imbibed the bite
hatred and opposition that once eKiste'
between the wings and Democrats, botl
of which parties, as then, have ceased Il
act on the great political stage.
Ifonr contemporary Of the AralaHch
desires to 20 over to the sofi-shelI Seuiei
Republican Universal Suffrage Libera
party. We have no right TO object, bu, vii
assure him that al true SOathsFHsF'
throughout the State viii still continue Il
act With and be Conservative Democrats