Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
OUR WEsTERN NosEaAY.


mound of brainless skulls have we-but
\ we forbear to comment We abstain
from passion, we ignore wrath. Lei
facts speak for themselves. They are
the only true orators. They exaggerate
nothing, and are swerved never by ma
lice. They are nature, and nature is
never at fault. They are the true com
mentators, because they are honest and
WELD logic never yet assailed, or if as
sailed, never yet overturned. But to the
point, and the point is disgusting enough.
Public journals cannot ignore it, though
it outrage principles of right, law, morals
and propriety. The Appeals Little
Rock dispatch, in its issue of this morn
ing, has the following:
The following persons are to be seen
urging their claims with Senators and
Representatives Judge Tonley, an old
resident of the State, Radical, and the
confidential adviser of the Governor;
Chief Justice Mcclure, over whose head
hangs an impeachment-the amiable
Judge who dispenses justice armed with
huge navy revolver; Judge Warwick,
formerly Justice of the Peace, petit
Jogging lawyer of small caliber; ex-Chief
Justice Wiltshire, who was advised to re-
sign his seat upon the bench with the
assurance that a Senatorship should be
his reward and Senator White, col
ored gentleman, whose claims are based
upon the right that his race should have
a representative of their own color in
the United States Senate always, and as
Revels retires, he appeals to the patriot
ism Of the Radicals.
Now, is this not lovely, beautiful, a
perfect flower garden2 We answer, in
the language of the old maid who is
courted for the first and last time-yes.
Not an ordinary, cold, calculating yes,
but one that rings, resounds, and is not
to be misunderstood. Still we shall net
comment. We do not wish the readers
of the PUBLIC LEDGER to know of any
thing wrong, or to be brought into con-
tact with anything disgusting. But they
must not remain ignorant. 1t is for
this reason that we bring to their notice
this affair at the Rock. Is it not a sort
Of political nosegay, gushing with odors
and warm with soul? Say, is it not the
simplest thing in the world for few men,
supported by bayonets, to domlneer
over, plumber and kill great unarmed
communities Is it not the easiest
thing in the world for ignorance, crime
and stencil to rise above your Wanted
virtue, your adored intelligence and
your spotless integrity, Our fathers
were old fools, when they proclaimed as
the basis of all legitimate government
the intelligence and the virtue of the
people. Washington, Hamilton, Madi-
son, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and
others who proclaimed the principles Of
good government, and Webster, Clay,
Calhoun, Marshall and others who ex-
pounded them, sleep in dishonored
graves, if Clayton, Holden and Butler
be the true guides of liberty. Let no
man, however deeply stepped in power
and plumber, and however much Of i'll
gotten patronage he may WELD, suppose
that his revel is to last. He is treading
upon peril He is on the thin crust Of a
crater. We have, in America, peculiar
ideas of liberty. The Radical party can
not burn them nor wash them out Of the
minds Of the people They we're edu.
Gated into the belief that one class oil
men have no right to plumber another
class, nor to reduce the white race to a
sort of servitude to the negro. And
hence it is that the political nosegay al
Little Rock does not smell sweet in Their
nostrils The crust of the crater will
break with little more weight, and nose
gay, plumber, perfdy and all, will &C
down into The pillows of lava that roll
and thunder below.
There's battle in yon hammock black.
There's thunder in yOn cloud"
| But we will not comment. We do MOI
mean TO comment Let facts comment
on themselves. Let differences draw
themselves, and when the people rise
against tyrants, there is no need to TAKE
care Of consequences. They will TAXI
care of themselves. o, no, we have NJ
comment to make.