Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-07
GREAT DISCOVERY.

We had been taught to believe there
was TO be resurrection of all things at
the last day when Gabriel should sound
his horn. which, until then, will remain
auiescent. 1t may be the time has ar
rived, and that the old gentleman is pre-
pairing to blow, since We are assured by
the editors of the Appeal and certain
candidate for Governor that bodies long
since dead are being revived, and are
shaking off the dust of years preparatory
10 visiting this world of living beings
IL that be true, and it should come TO
pass as first prognosticated by these
.worthies, then the honor Of arising should
Justly be given to them. Until the spec
trum. however, proves itself to be what
has been charged as the embodiment Of
the old Wing party, then these gentlemen
must rest under the ban of being false
prophets. 1t is impossible, according TO
our views, to ever again revive the Wing
party, and neither do We believe that tits
the desire TO do so with great many
The issues in controversy between this
and the Democratic party have long since
been settled and disposed OF. Before
the war. the name Wing had been
discarded and the party scattered to
the four winds. There can be little
reason to assume that peculiar causes
will now operate to bring to life the de-
funct theories Of the past, the dust of
which can scarcely be found. And we
are surprised that intelligent gentlemen
should, with their Imagination, conjure
M the ghost of time-honored remains
that ask only to remain at rest in the
grave of forgotten issues. If third
party is talked of, be assured that
il is not the Wing party, but
a cousin-german to Radicalism. If
men become dissatisfied with the Dem
oeratie party they must 60 with the OPP
position, which is known as the negro
Radical party, There is no halfway
stopping place where rest and peace may
be obtained between the contending
hosts Of the two great parties, and to APP
proach the dark hole of Radcalism must
be Intended with fatal consequences to
those discontinued and ambitions spirits
who cannot rest satisfied within the
camp of true Democracy IL an attempt
is made in this State TO organize what
may be called third party we should
not be fooled by it, for it is nothing more
than the hydra-headed Radical party
which seeks to ingratiate itself in the
hearts of the people in every possible
shape. We have in this county had some
experience with the misnomer, which at
times is heralded as the Peoples party
and, again, as the Independent Liberal
party. but withal is nothing more than
the Radical party. The bray Of the
beast is familiar TO our ears, although he
may put on the skin Of the lion. And
to confound it with the grand old Wing
party is an insult TO the patriotic men
who once felt proud to follow the banner
borne BY the noble Clay and renowned
Webster. A large number of these
former pariisans yet live and have
become identified with the Democratic
party, and would scout the idea that they
now mediate treachery to their last ale
glance. The senior editor of the Appeal
was once himself follower Of the
fortunes of the Wing party, and later, Of
the Dark Lantern Order. He may
speak authoritatively on this matter,
and inform the public whether such a
thing is contemplated as is charged by
the candidate for Governor and the new
acquisition to that sheet. We antici-
pate a prompt denial from him, as his
position on the Appeal demands it.
Il is more than likely that these sensa-
iional gentlemen have tied this tin rat
lie 10 their coat tails in order to create
a temporary excitement that must soon
be forgotten. As TO this, however, the
senior editor can give us full satisfae-
ton in his next issue.