Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-25
TOMORROW.
80 70 th me Dcmocrsfic Ticket.

, ING us for some time and feathering theil
nests while the "disloyal" dodge hello
good will be cast into outer darkness
and there will be great wailing and
crashing of teeth; and Barbour Lewis
will be crying for his picaninnies; and
Beaumont viii be weeping for the lost
police; and T. s, Ayres will be deploring
the wrath that has Gomez and Charming
Richards will be gritting his teeth in des-
pair; and the rest of the small boys will
be cursing their uulucky stars and the
whole Radical party. But we must re-
member that tornado has swept over
us; that all our good old ways have been
turned topsy-turvy by set of loyalists :
whose patriotism has been nothing but a
love ofplunder; that sharpers and sharks
and the worst sort of humanity have been
crowded on us and placed into power
against our will; and that it now becomes
us to steadily, calmly and dispassionately
walk up to the polls with a firm determi-
nation to cast such ballots as will forever
doom Radicalism in this quarter to the
deepest oblivion.
Be up, then, tomorrow, and at your
post early, every Democrat in Shelby
county. Let every vote come out, that
our success may be overwhelming, and
that those who are standing in by-ways
and bayous as Independent candidates
may see in what light the people look
at them. The election of good men for
the judiciary of this county is of great
Importance to every interest in ito
every rich man as well as poor man-to
every selfish man as well as patriot-for
if the Radicals succeed all honest men
will be mixed up in the ruin which will
inevitably follow-all benevolent men
turned head over heels into a lake of
misery--all patriotic men doomed to an
noyancc worse than the plaques of Egypt
or the seven years itch. The reputation
of the Bluff and the protection of its peo-
Pile from imposition and tyranny are at
stake, and the whole ticket, and nothing
but the ticket nominated by the County
Convention, should be elected by hand
some majority And twill be so elected
if every true man in the community
comes out with his vote.
This is no time for lodging, for stand
ing back, for remaining indecisive. The
golden opportunity for hurting Radical
ism out of power is presented to us, and
he who fails to act with the honest
masses fails to perform his duty as
good citizen and good neighbor. The
Democracy of Shelby have presented an
unexceptionable ticket--a ticket that
contains list of names that will reflect
honor upon us-men in whose hands the
interests of the poorest as well as the
richest in our community will be safe
men who will exercise justice on the
Bench and at the Bar-men who will
show no favor las has heretofore been
too often shown to wealthy people over
working people-men who will consider
the welfare of all and act for all, without |
political prejudice, without religious ami
mostly. and without sectional bias.
There are strong Influences and mean
fellows at work against us; there are
chaps who cannot exist except upon the
sweat of the negro; there are beings who
will stoop to any kind Of trick to getinto
some easy office; and all these will com
bine to defeat, if they possibly can, the
Democratic nominees But this can be
guarded against by every honest man
exerting himself to bring out the full
vote Of the people, by every truepan
going early to the polls and seeing that
his neighbor goes with him; by Impress
ing upon all the necessity of not tagging
behind, but voting the straight out-and-
out Democratic ticket. Remember there
are no oaths. no vouchers, nothing but
required brewery one TO cast
his vote for the nominees of the Demo
cratic party of Shelby county.
The Radicals are making great boasts
Of how they can control the negroes, but
they IRE likely to be mistaken in their
we cannot clearly see
that the poor colored people owe the
white Radicals anything but the deepest
scorn. What employment has Hudson,
or Charming Richards, or T. S. Ayres, or
Eldridge, or Hanson, or Mulvihill ever
given black MANI None "a all On
the contrary Hudson, as Judge Of the
Criminal Court. has been the bitterest
enemy the negroes every had in this
quarter He has shown them no MERCY.
He hung Louis Owens when he knew the
poor fellow was lunatic, and in defiance
II Recommendation 20 mercy by
Democratic iqyi and all the chaps seek
ng the negro vote would treat negroes
a the same way if they bad On eppor-
unity.
We have no fear OF success We have
good men on our ticket, an advantage
which the adverse party lack Is there
any Intelligent citizen among US who will
not vote tor Robert ]. Morgan for First
for Edwin n Yerger for
second Chancellor, for Carrick W. Heis-
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