Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-04
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saturday Evening. Dec. A. 1855
r.E a,nnYENTIOA.

At the hour OF this "rit'nE, wv
Convention has doubtless been caiiea 10
o,der. We cannot foresee with maine
nat;cal precision what will be DONE 0u.
from TIE character Of the delegates ana
the harmony which may be expected 10
prevail, It is reasonable to look Tor
sbor. session, dignifed proceedings ena
Democratic ticket that will be too tor
midable for the opposition to meet OF the
hsllot.box. We'do not court contest
especially, SIS the negro suffrage element
ia 60 weak, compared with the While Men $
marty. and victory over them would DC
nothing of which to boast. A con'in'
aeucv could hardly be imagined when
would gigeihe negro suffrage party ghost
of n chance. Believing ticket will De
mt forth that will rally the people from
she confines of Pinch tothe remotest
corners Of the county, we shsll abide re-
suits.
The new made friends Of negro suffrage
have Themselves only to thank that such
an ;saue is forced on the people Iney
have advocated the loaihsome doctrine
through their official organ day after day
and week after week, knowing that 1t was
odious to nine.tenths of the white people
in the country. Tie everlasting niger
was paraded daily and pointed to with
pride. More fuss was made over one
Ioysl freedman than ninety and nine dis
frapchised rebels. Niger was serycdu up
in every variety of style. Niger fat and
niger long and bony; niger plain and
bigger served up fancy; niger, Niger
nigger--siewed, fried and raw. straight,
crooked and hashei bat still 1t was
niger. Had that repulsve spec
tacle been entirely private. no one
outside could have complained, but
when the Avalanche boldly dictated to
the people that they should swallow
negro suffrage, because IL bad espoused
the csuse, and people were threatened
with spanking By the four thousand
colored voters 10 Shelby county. il they
didn't keep quiet, the people revoited
and resolved to accept the issue anc the
test. The Avalanche somehow got COM
mitted to the doctrine Of negro suffrage,
perhaps wisely for them, possibly IN an
unguarded hour while judgment was
taking an afternoon nap. They are vel
come to all the capital they can make
out of their singular and inconsistent pc
silion, but they have Iost thousands
of white friends for few colored ones.
This was their lookout They crossed
the Rabicon and vainly call to the people
TO follow them, but the people are choos-
iug other leaders, and nothing shert OF
+, the bayouet, which prevails only in
States out Of the Union. can force the
people into an Endorsement of negro suf-
ffsge.
The Avalanche, for some reason best
known to itself and friends. has concluded
not to hold that meeting tonight. Mon
day night is thought to be better time,
and.when Monday night comes another
posiponement may be made. We are Of
the opinion that no negro suffrage ticket
will be put forth. None but Radical
dare to run On such ticket. Barbour
Lewis, and Ell. Shaw, the negro,
might be induced 10 run if the party
wonld pay their expenses; but no good
Confederate soldier or Northern Dsmo-
crat from the other side, or old white citi-
zeu. could be hired to accept such q
nomination. The material is not 10 ex-
isteuce outside OF the remains Of the
Radical party. We will bear from the
Conveniion this afternoon and expect to
devote cur energies TO the support of the
ticket pat forth, from now until the day
of election. And if there is q negro
suffrage ticket pusin the field ii will be
all the mere lively. The supporters Of
that notorious war measure and uocon-
situiionsI enactment will have the
double opportunity of displaying iheir
own forces and Of finding on, how fAl
they are 10 the minority.
Resoiufions Of ThaBks.
JURY Rsox. MUNICIPAL COURT