Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-02
THE IRREGULARITIES OF THE Az
AyANCHE.


Our waggish friend of the Ardtanche'
whose peculiarities have made him quite
notorious, published on yesterday one OF
his home.manufactured articles. when
read. the exclamation naturally follows;
What flummery If, for something bet
ter to do, one should think of angling In
the muddy, sluggish waters OF western
bayou. thinking, perchanee, to hook
noble trout, but instead his bate is swat
lowed down by an old male eel
which. being brought to the surface
de6es all human handling, the angler
then experiences the same sensation
nroduced that we feel when, with lew
slices presented from the record ofthe 40
alauehe. its editor is set TO wiggling and
twisting in the most grotesque manner
Tn an article of last Saturday our object
was merely to call our neighbours atten'
ton to the fact that the Conservative
Democratic ticket was not as he claimed
IL to be. the Senter universal suffrage
ticket; and he at once replies in lengthy
article, from which the public is made 10
infer that his intention 10 to write our
biography in the columns Of bis Black
Republican sheet, The main question he
entirely jumps, aud flies into the SUBJECT
of Imperialism with a vim that would
show he was angered because OF our
claims TO a dukedom under the new
Teqinae which in his own imagination ne
has assigned US. We would suggest to
this editor not to conjure mp such horrible
bobgobIins in thinking ofthe coming En-
pire; it only serves to disturb his own
republican dreams, when the Southern
public 10 fully aware of the ruins that lie
around us of a once great republic, and
the utter hopelessness of rebuilding the
old temple of our liberties out OF such
material as has proven already unit Tor
the purpose. r-
The present hour demands of every
true son of Tennessee to do all to selze
the opportunity for restoring temporary
order and protection until some more
permanent and durable form Of govern
ment may be established that shall for
generations to come prove blessing to
our American people. That is why we
now act with the Conservst;ve-Demo-
cratic party, which our contemporary has
most shamefully deserted. How, says
our ring, stresked and striped friend,
"can you (we) be Democrat and still
be in favor Of Imperialism ?" Well, to
allay our neightor's feverish anxiety on
that point, and for his own special
benefit, we will call ourselves Con-
servative- Democratic Imperialist. We
would advise the editor of the avalanche
10 use his bottle of heartshorR-carried
about his person since joining the negro
party-after reading this, for fear he may
set to rigging anew. He will evidently
think q single individual could hardly
live and do well believing all this
at once. But to explain, 10 a word
almost: The words Conservative-Democ-
rscy, as defined by the committee of
gentlemen in this county who organized
the party soon after the war, was intended
to mean opposition to the tyrsu nical rule
of the Radical party in ell Of its oppres-
sive measures intended to control and
humiliate the people Of the South. II
now means opposition to Radicalism,
which party we shall kick against to the
day of our death. Imperialism will be
the last and great achievement by which
q quietus will be given this Calledonian
beast that is now rsvsging on the fairesi
portions Of the American Continent. i
will be the establishment Of q new ordei
ofthings, under which old prejudices aut
hatred between the sections will be forgot
ten, and = glorious era Of prosperity vii
dawn upon our land. We trust in Coo
that it may come. aud that, too, speedily
The editor Of The AUalaHehs, in q ct o
liberality, assigns Us the position o
Duke, with a real eorOnet, under th'
coming Empire, sud pretends that b
and his friends are content to wear WOO
hats. As Mr.. Lincoln would say, thu
reminds Us Of q little sneedote. A
certain mas, living near village tow
not far from here, noted for biz
great stupidity. was seen on on,