Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-07
GLORY ENOUGH /!

the party of fraud, prescription ana ME-
rule lies buried forty iathoms deep. We
have no words to express our JOY over
the result. 1t is the grandest victory
ever won in the county or in the State
of Tennessee. We send greetings to
Vicksburg. Memphis reaches out and
over the mountains to East Tennessee
to take the hand of Senator Brownlow
and his mountaineer friends to assure
him Of response to his civil rights let
ter. Memphis sends up shout OF deh-
snce and rebuke to the fanatics abroad
and place hunters at home who sought to
degrade the true manhood of her citizens
and the Yemanhood of her daughters.
Shelby county repudistes Barbour Lewis,
the BLACKBOARD Congressman, and his
two votes for the social rights 'niamy'
Let him and his sycophantic henchnAen
take heed at the rebuke, and let his col
ored dupes, though more sinned against
by their leaders than SHINING, know that
the intelligence and industry and pride
of the Caucasian race, SO basely struck
at are in the ascenSency and viii gov
ern Shelby county for all time to come
We answer back gun for gun the grand
salute from our sister city of Vicksburg,
and this is the answer to those in Con-
gress who misrepresent the South as
tamely submitting to the monstrous doc
trines of Summers legacy. All honor
70 the noble Irishmen, who had such ex-
traordinary influences to combat, but
who voted the white mans ticket,
even where they had to OPP
pose personal friends and country
men. They have done nobly and en-
deared themselves in the hearts Of all
true people Well done, Italians, who,
though having no representative on the
ticket, took out their naturalization pa
pers, closed their doors and worked all
day, placing themselves squarely on the
white mans platform. Well done for
our Jewish friends, who ignored the
claims of most popular and worthy
gentleman, Mr.. Gronauer, whose only
misstep in life was the acceptance Of
Radical nomination. They didsplendid
work, and showed themselves as shrewd
and successful in politics as they are
proverbially so in business. And hurrah
for the Germans, who polled their full
strength for the ticket and worked like
beavers at every ward and contributed
their full sharge to the glorious result
Well done for the merchants, who for
the first time in the history of Memphis
losed their doors for an election and
spent the day at the polls. Hurrah for
the young men, who turned themselves
loose and carried a 1000 votes. All praise
be accorded them for their fearlessness,
zeal and patriotism. All classes, uer-
chants. bankers, artiEans, laborers,
clerks, bookkeepers, tradesmen, meehsn-
les, contributed to the grand success.
It should also be remembered that four
or FIVE hundred colored men voted with
us and will be ostracised By some Of their
own race. Let this class be remembered,
protected and given employment.
We cannot at once realize
she magnitude and the effect
of such q victory. 1t increases all prop
erty values and investments twenty-five
Der cent. at once, and will not only keep
our enterprising citizens from moving
away, but will attract immigration and
capital from abroad 1t becomes us in
the hour Of victory to act with modera-
ton, and to determine that We viii stand
b together and reap the benefits of solid
success. The enemy is vanquished, but
not extinguished. Let US maintain for
the future an unbroken front