Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-29
THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

The State canvass Opeus to-uoy ~
Jonesboro, East Tennessee. Judge Por-
ter. the Democratic and Conservative
nominee for Governor, will meet the oily
tongued Horace Maynard, the high tariff
man, who has represented New England
from Tennessee for nearly a quarter OF
century. Maynard can have no hopes OF
election, nor can be deceive the people
BY his specious appeals Two years ago
he talked so kindly and hypocritically to
the ex. Codiederates and the Southern
people generally that many ofthem voted
for him. His bad faith was displayed
when he voted for the Infamous
civil rights bill. And when the Chatts-
noogs convention, which represented
only the worst elements of thirty-nine
counties, adopted two sided, uncertain
platform, intended to evade the main
issue, be came forward and declared his
unalterable adherence to the civil rights
bill. With unblushing efrontery be
pretended to believe that the bill would
not require mixed schools. This he
knew to be false, aud be presumed either
upon the ignorance or stupidity of his
supporters to sustain him. AS far as he
is concerned the canvass is hopeless
enc. he is simply looking ahead to the
Vice Presidency in 1876. Judge Por-
ter will nail him to the wall until
he will become indeed an object of COM
misseration with his party. His claims
to martyrdom viii be well established
long before he makes his final bow at
Memphis. He will be weak enough by
that time, aud even Barbour Lewis will
not be able to help hold up his hands.
Barbour, by the way, will be another
martyr, and few smaller martyrs will
be found clinging to his side. There
will be and can be but two tickets-one
the straight-out Democratic and Com
sentative; the other, either Radical to
the bone or appealing to that side
for votes and sympathy. Any indie
pendent movement will be as nothing
without it afiliates with the civil rights
party. 1t remains to be seen how many
people can be misled and induced to
Join in a movement intended to nulhly
the success at the August elections.
Precious few, perhaps and these led by
few artful dodgers who foment strife
and have no fixed purpose but to dis
organize what has been built up at such
great labor and cost. The Maynard
Barbour Lewis party cannot carry the
State, the district or Shelby county.
They will look to the ranks
of the Conservative masses in
vain for allies. A few tricksters and
soreheads may be induced to go that way
but they will be few at the polls and ut
terly out of view after the election on
the third of November. The people
cannot be deceived by those who say the
civil rights business has played out. Its
edherents have not played out, and when
Congress meets bold effort will be made
to pass the bill ct once. It is the great
political issue Of the day, which no party
can ignore. If the bill passes, as it
probably will, it will devolve upon
our Legislature to take action
at once upon our present school
system, and either repeal or modify it as
the public feeling and welfare may re-
quire. The Radicals Of this county will
never support candidates for the Legis-
lature who are not in favor Of the civil
rights bill, mixed schools and all,
unless they do it for the purpose
of dividing and ultimately defeating
the white Conservative party. When
this is clearly understood, as it will be al
the proper time, very few who voted the
Bartlett ticket" viii! go over to the
Radical party. We have the utmost
confidence in the integrity and sound
common sense of the masses, and be
Heve that the disorgaDizers, such as
attempted to thwart the Bartlett move
ment, will retire permanently to the
shades of seclusion on and after the next
election.
BEs BUTLER demands to be seat bsel