Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-20
ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH.


ONCE MORE TO THE BREACH.
The Democracy of Tennessee, hush
from the field Of victory, will again IN a
few DAYS unfurl its banner to enter a
deadly contest with the enemy wearing
the mask of universal suffrage. Inc
men of this time.honored organizatioo
will not be deferred by the coarse below
ing of the Liberal organs from trans
fixing every man who shall desert her
ranks and be found with the enemy. we
want no compromise with our antagonist
and shall make life and death struggle
for the supremacy of Democratic prlnci-
nlss over those of the Radical party. The
man who has once belonged to the Dem
ocratic party, and is now found to be 10
tho raoks of the Universal Suffrage party,
let him die the death of desertsF. we
want no utilization with such. and would
not sit down in convention with them.
The day is not far distant when we
will be called upon to nominate eand'-
dates for the offices to be filed, both city
and State, and it must be understood that
the true blaze Democracy will not asso-
ciate in party movements with
man who are for Universal Suf-
rage. Let the contest come, and
that speedily, for the people stand
ready with ballots to vote down the negro
and assign him the place best suited Ter
his capacity to Gil. Since the Liberal
Universal Suffrage organ of this city bas
seen ct to uDsheath its sword. we will
draw ours, and place ourselves directly
face TO face with it The Avalanche is
no Iesger the friend of the Southerner,
but is herdiDg with its enemies. 1t is the
organ OF the County Commissioners and
of Gov. Senter. 1t is regarded as full
convert to Republicanism. The white
men OF this section are now and
will continue to cease reading it. This
newspaper declares that it is no longer
an exponent Of Democratic principles.
The Pest claims to have converted 1t
from the old paths Of truth and Demo-
cratic honesty to Republiesnism and uni
Tsssi suffrage THE Ssss! c: ss::: has
thought fit, heretofore, to write "smail-
pox" over the doors of certain Republi.
cans who differed with it in politics.
But in administering 10 the diseased
patient, il seems to have caught like
malady. No man must expect to etthe
votes of the true men of this country
Who shall array himself upon our
antagonists platform. There will be
ticket Of Democrats nominated and
placed in the field by the men Of that
party, and not one Of the nominees will
be in favor Of Universal Suffrage. The
only two parties now in existence are the
Democratic and the Black Republican.
The individual who does not belong to
the one is certainly member Of the
other. and when the last and winding up
contest shall come, must elect to stand
with one or the other. The Democratic
party, thank heaven, ia full OF life and
yigor-ready to put down its enemies
1t is the only party that truly represents
the institutions OF the country, and 10
favor Of the Government as it was.
II not prevented by the hand Of Provi-
dence, we will again establish the re-
public upon the old rock Of the
Constitution and popular liberty. We
ask for nothing but right, and will not
compromise with wrong. He that is not
for the Democratic platform is against it,
and must be counted the enemy Of the
white man in this country.
Universal Suffrage means woman suf-
frage, negro suffrage, and baby suffrage.
Would aHy intelligent man presume upon
the want of intelligence Of the masses to
force the country to accept the negro as
an equal; if so, the day is at hand when
such men will find out their great mis-
take.
The people Of the South we're educated
to believe the negro was an inferior ani-
nal to the white man. and they must be
first metamorphosed before they can be
converted to the doctrine of Universal
Suffrage. The Government must be
established upon democratic principles
il its future is prosperous and glorious.