Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-06
IN THEIR LAST AGONY.

IN AA41A1 AEASA 80
The RepublicAa committee Of this
county issued an address in circalardorc
on the eve of the election, but with charac-
teristic modesty withheld the names Of
all the members except the Chairman,
W. J. Smith 1t might be Interesting TO
the voters which some men carry in
their pockets TO know the rest of the
names, but we have no list at present.
The address starts out by giving each
candidate on the civil rights ticket
certificate Of character. After calling
each one by name in a little biogrsphi-
cal sketch it says: The duties Of their |
several offices viii be discharged faith
fully and well. which is true, as the |
gentlemen on the Bartlett ticket viii fill |
the places alluded to. Again: Not |
cent OF public money will disappear /
through their hands" The word Of the |
committee is sufficient on that point.
The public viii not require any further |
vouchers. The fairness Of the document
is brought out in an attack on the Know
Nothing Democracy, witch can
deceive no fnte..ngent foreigner,
as the democratic party killed
Observation-Disclosures twenty yearssgo when
90 1t was live issue, and P. NJ. Winters,
one of the Radical leaders to-day, has
twice been supported for Office by these
same Know.Nothing Democrats he seeks
to defeat. The whole documents brim-
full of spiteful and unsustained assertions
as regards the white people Of Shelby
county, and is specially vengeful toward
the press. Yes, these fellows in the
dark that keep their ranks closed up by
appeals to prejudice and ignorance,
dread free and fearless press as the
devil hates holy water. Its exposures
have gosded,many Radical peculator to
desperation, and its power today is
greater than ever before. They say that
not a Republican is named among the
Judges Of election, knowing at the same
time thaeMr. /. NJ. Hill, and other res
pectable gentlemen who belong to the
National Republican party, could not be
induced to serve, although urged by
Democrats to do so. They denounce the
organization ,of white companies, but
have nothing to say Of the compact col
ored organizations aud Loyal League
of Shelbylthat have existed for years
and that last spring paraded the street
With muskets in their hands and CON
mitted such excuses at the cemetery
where they had everything their ewl
war, that the white people becam
seriously alarmed. Just here we vii
saw that the quie, but earnest organize
ton Of few white companies has had
most saluiary effect, and is a guarantee
that peace and good order will prevail
and that no class viii be permitted t
override the law and run rough sho
over another class. And they speak abou
Enumeration being turned back as if in
migration ever has or ever will flow int
= section where he colored race is in Ii
ascsndaucy, except immigrants who ar
seeking Office. such as could De name
yery readily. It abounds with spiri
os great bitterness and misrepresenta
tiou and wibds up - follows:
Ia every man who loves tins country
% whom justice and freedom and pea,e
ard liberation are dear, rally a. 70
uolis and defeat every representative 2
- party that would array 20 deadi
tsfrs1 oss cisss 81 citizens againf
srofEsf.
Al ais Eypocfideal, seIfrightsou
80 esnss fsz ihs yery men Tbo