Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-03

uIatiOn Becoming Democratic :
/ MOntvaIe Springs as % WaterinI
PIaee-Its GrOwfng Popularity.
Special Cor. Public Ledgerl
East Tennessee politics, heretofore
Heterogeneous mass of discord and un
certainty, have, in the past six months
been almost entirely revolutionized 4
new era has dawned and the people wei
come it as the sunlight of future peac'
and liberty to their divided section. Tn,
dominant party are more liberal in thei
tendencies, and spirit of good feeling
is springing up between the parties tina
will eventuate in great good. The mex
election will be carried by fair vote in
stead of fraud and violence as hereto
fore. / write these facts merely as {
matter of justice to the people of this
portion of the State. In former years
have written much concerning the blood
shed and terror existing in this section
and now | am only too happy to say that
such an order of things no longer ex
lists, and all can enjoy full privileges un-
der the law.
The "new departure movement, SC
opportsnely set in motion by the la.
mented Vallandigham before his deathi
is meeting with steadily increasing favor
at the hands Of the true Democrats and
Conservatives. They believe that the
amendments to the Constitution can
never be changed or altered, and wheth-
er right or wrong are willing to recog-
nize them as valid, and are turning their
eyes to new field-that of chekmating
any further encroachments on the Con-
stitution and the liberties of the people.
This can only be accomplished by a
Democratic victory, and the beneficial
effects of a future Democratic admins
tration. This must be secured at any
cost, or the country must be hopelessly
committed to Radicalism with all of its
corruptipg and degrading influences,
and constitutional liberty will exist only
as myth of the past The end is inf
nitely worthy the means, and every
feeling of a personal character, and
every distastefnl prejudice, should be
discarded and every effort of the
people thrown into the scale to win
ifpossible in the coming struggle. Even
the colored population, who have been so
ignorantly partisan, are beginning to
open their eyes to the true meaning of
the situation, and are arriving at the
sensible conclusion that having been
deceived so long by the Radicals they
will be deceived no longer, and are read
lily joining the ranks Of the new depar-
ture, and will vote the square Democrat
icticket in the next Presidential election.
This will give the East Tennessee Dem
ocrats chance to compete with the
Radical element, and it will not be sur
prising if they have good majority in
the coming contest. An immenee vote
will inevitably be polled and the struggle
will be hard one, and will be a contest
between liberty on the one hand and a
centralized despotsm on the other. The
Democracy Of this end of the State are
fully alive to the importance Of the occa-
sion, and will be equal to the emergency.
AS watering place these springs
cannot be excelled in the United States.
Saratoga, and possibly some Of the Viz
ginia springs, may have been more
gaiety and unbounded dissipation, more
charges, and more ways of ex-
tracing money from the visitors, but
none can excel Montvale in giving
health and tone to a broken down and
worn out constitution. Being medical
man by profession, ! am prepared to say
without hesitation that these waters, ae-
cordng to an elaborate analysis made
by Prof. Mitchell, contains highly valua-
Bile medicinal properties, adapted to the
cure of every class Of chronic and some
acute diseases, with the single excep-
ton of pulmonary consumption, after the
dispositions of tubercles has been de-
Such cases would not be bene-
fited here. The springs are growing in
and as the season advances
visitors continue to come in, and now
we have a gay and mirthful crowd, fine
music, 6rstclass fare, all kinds Of
and everything to make
our sojourn agreeable and pleasant
Moro anon VIsIToR.