Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-19
DEMOCRATIC GAINS.

This an off year with the Radicals
North and South. The usual means
smnloved to FIRE the Northern heart and
carry the fall elections has proved q dis
sstrous failure The country begins to
hllv realize that the South has been
nsrsistsutlv slandered, when, in fact, the
white people, as mass, are as law abid'
ing and quiet as the same number OF
nsople possibly could be under similar
circumstances. The taxpayers ana the
laboring classes of the North and West
fullv understand that the South is
their great market, and that it cannot
IA kent in political subjugation without
seriously affecting their prosperity. 1t
is this, in large degree, that has pro-
drced the reaction at the North. The
roeket nerve has begun to finch, and it
has an intimate connection with the
heart At the same time the people
have lost confidence in the Re-
pubEcan party. 1t has sought
to perpetuate its power without
reforming abuses or forgetting any of the
dead issues of the war. The cry OF
hard times is heard all over the land, and
the party that was so proiuse with prom
ises two years ago is held responsible for
an inter failure. Thousands of men,
women and children are out of employ
meut at all the great manufacturing
oenters and in the principal cities; cap
;talists are timid and over cautious, the
working classes are gloomy and despord
emit the farmers receive but little ioI
their productions and all classes feel the
burdens of heavy taxation. Under such
state of affairs it is not strange that
the Radicals should attempt to divert
attention from the real issues by manu-
featuring another rebellion, thus hoping
N seeure new lease of power. But the
neople see through this arrant deception,
and in the face of few real and
Thousands Of manufactured outrages
the Democrats have made decided
gains everywhere. Thus, in Indiana they
have gained 5 Congressman; in Iowa, /;
Nor h Carolina, 2; Ohio, 6; West Vir'
ginia. 2; total, l6. The House of Rep
reseutatiyes is composed of 292 mem
bers The Democrats have now about
90 members. A gain Of 81 will give
them the majority. But l6 are already
gained SO that only Al more are re
onired Let US see where they may
come from. Alabama, in spite OF Hays
a Company's outrages and the presence
of Federal bayonets, will probably show
a gain of A; Arkansas, A. California, z
Connecticut, 2; Delaware, / Florida,
Georgia, 2; Illinois, 4; Maryland, z
Massachusetts,, / Minnesota, | Missouri
I. New Hampshire, /; New Jersey, 2
New York. 8; Pennsylvania, 81 South
Carolina, /; Tennessee .; Virginia )
Wisconsin, 3; total, SO. Add to the Il
already gained and this makes SO
which would leave the Demo
Gratis majority of &c. Elections vii
be held in these States for Congress
men on the Sd Of November, and th'
above named gains are certainly within
the range of probabilities. A gain o
Is in the States Of Delaware, Arkansas
Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee is I
foregone conclusion, and If this is all !
would make the next House stand: Re
Dublicans, III; Democrats, I'LL aud a
least destroys the OdiOus twothirds ma
iority, under which so much tyranny ha
been exercised since the war. The It'd
has set in against the dominant party
and there is no telling where it will stop
The people cannot be deceived and mil
lea much longer. They have take
matters in their own hands. The end