Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-24

The white men 10 regain their libsrtiee.
| The Acalanchc knows that the South
needs population and political power
bnt that, to obtain these, no man has yel
been so freak or insane as TO advocate
The introduction of one more negro
And yet, with all these stern facts stand
! ing out before it as beacon fires in night
of storm and distress, the Avalanche
has become the warm, earnest ally
of the Post in advocating negro suffrage
| If any one will consult the files of the
Avalanche for 1866, 81 and '68. he will
| find these arguments against this doc
tripe, ample to demolish all which the
editors can now say in its favor. l will
quote but one short extract, now before
me, found in the Aralanche of 1868:
"They 1.-THE Radicals) have converted
negroes into politicians, and thus con-
summsted the ruin they begun in 1866.
IL And now, in all candor and
kindness, we ask our citizens, our mer-
chants and mechanics, are they doing
justice to themselves, their friends, their
interests in patronizing papers that ad-
vocate this negro equality and supre-
macy, so destructive of all interests
which the South has ever fostered p Can
the Avalanche nop ask Memphis mer-
chants and mechanics" to patronize a
paper that advocates negro suffrage and
negro political equality? Surely, surely
it viii not dare do so. This suddenly
espoused doctrine of my friend is about
as wild and visionary as the latest
Yankee motion that the Southern and
Northern Generals who fought the battle
of Gettysburg will soon meet there, each
to tell where his command was posted on
each day of the fight; each to tell how
far he drove his immediate opponent, and
how stubbornly he resisted all efforts of
that opponent to force him back one
step; and each and all to prove
that there was no ground gained or
lost on that memorable field. Such
a conception is worthy only of Bos-
ton Peace Museum; and the Avalanche
may divine what interests Southern
Generals will take in it when it recalls
the Kisses and fierce hatred which Gen.
Blair inyokes upon his head when he
dared 10 mention such loved names as
Lee and Jackson at late army fes-
tival. Their response to be present at
Gettysburg will be like that which the |
Aualanches proposition of ENGRAVING
NEGRO suffrage" and equal political |
rights into oar new Constitution will re-
ceive from the people of Tennessee. 1t |
will be respectfully declined. 1t is not |
often that have differed from the Ara
lanche, during the past few years; for il |
had justly won the reputation of being |
among the ahlest defenders OF Southern
rights and Sca,hsrn Eonor. But, on this |
question, we part In Mississippi the |
ieople must accept that, OF have il en-.
forced BY ,ke JGyoast; and they take J
enc evil rather than both, Tennessee is
not In that stree; and it is time for the |
white men Of the State to speak out and |
take the high ground of honor on this |
question Of "negro suffrage and equal |
POLITICAL rights" protest against lt in |
the name of the white race. ! protest |
against it in the name of the great South |
srn men who moulded this Government,
and controlled It through 90 many years
of It's splendor and its brightest glory. |
| protest against it, because | believe,
with Jefferson, that "the two races can
not live together, as equals, under the
same Government" protest against it
because believe, with Douglas, that " this
Government vas made by white men, aud
should be administered by white men
only" / protest against it in the name
of the thousands of our Conservative |
friends in all the North, who are now
With toe white men Of the South on this
question. protest against it because it
will degrade rather than elevate the cleo
tive franchise, and prostitute that great
boon into q corrupt machine for the bar
gain and srle of the liberties Of white
men. / protest against it because it will |
enable the Radicals to disregard that i'm
mortal maxim of the immortal Jefferson
in appointments to Office: is he hon
est p us he capable p rs be faithful to
the Constitutionf' ! protest against it
because it is the Radical stepping stone
for the invasion of the wise maxim of
jackson that 'the patronage of the Fed
eral Government should never be brought
into conflict with the freedom Of cleo
tons" | protest against it in the name
vi tHt nilhucipuia NOufcbttOh VI ASpOi L
which said, in just words of living truth
and light, that 1.-THE ten millions Of
Americans Who live IN the South woald |
be unworthy citiEsns Of free country,
degenerate son of heroic ancestry. if |
they could accept with accomplishing
submissiveness the humiliation thus
sought to be imposed upon them" /
protest against negro suffrage and equal
political rights" as a ready preteyt for |
the FEDERAL Horern@enrs Interfering, as
in Arkanaas, whenever it may be deemed |
best to support the Vaccinations of such |
cut-throats as Clayton. Iprotest against |
it because, in the graphic language of
Mr.. Casserly, of California, "a race can |
survive anything but It's own dishonor |
brought upon il By its own consent"
Finally, protest against it in the name |
of the oppressed and hspless South |
Carolna--the hone OF Marion and Cal
houn-where the terrible eDormities OF
negro suffrage and negro political
equality" stand out in bold relief, as sig
mails Of distress aud ominous warnings
for ell time 10 come. JgsIqs.
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