Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-03
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MISSISSIPPI

Deliveranee has come at last, ana
glorious old Mississippi is free. Oar
hearts leap for joy. The day dawneth,
peace and prosperity are returning and
the good news is heralded all over the
land. Good men Of all parties will re-
joice at this happy result. The people
of Mississippi have endured all, hoped
all. They have won a victory not only
over a bad set OF men in power, but
over themselves. Their patience and
courage are worthy of all praise. Seldom
or never have a people borne themselves
with such GOODNESS through as great
trials aud troubles. The night was long
and dark, aud hope had well nigh died
out in the breast of every patriot. Many
of the best people were ready to leave
the State ia despair, never to return.
High taxes had ruined them, and grim
want stood at the door Of many q
once afluent and CHEEKY home. Rea'
son aud good order had full sway
Yesterday. The blacks as we'll as
the whites voted for the public
veal. The people arose in their might
and asserted that they would be freemen
in fact as well as in name. They have
suffered more from misrule than any
other people in the South, and the sense
of relief will be in the same ratio. The
State is carried in behalf Of good, honest
local s~elfcontrol. The two races will
alike enjoy the full i%ruition of this great
change. The pledges made by the
whites will not be Cancelled in the hour
of triumph. The negroes who voted TO
dethroue corruption will be protected, it
need be, to the utmost extremity. Those
60 blind to party behest as to vote Tor
the further ruin of the taxpayers will be
looked upon more in pity and contempt
than anger. The %victors a and
will be as moderate in the hour Of their
greatest success as gallant at any
time during the long struggle. They
have a great work still before them.
Having elected nearly or quite all the
congressman aud a working majority in
both houses Of the Legislature, they will
need to act with the utmost caution and
fairness in the starting on foot the many
essential reforms. The Augean stable
is rank and fetid with the accrued
proofs of monstrous crimes against the
people. Let them not be vengeful, but
as prudent and just in the use Of power
as they we're resolnte in endurance.
They have State debts to pay, must re-
dnce salaries aud taxes, protect the weak
against the strong, and much else is to do
incident to the entire change 10 their az
fairs. New men Will come Ia place and
power. The State viii require tue tai
ents and advice OF her ablest sons. One
of the last, but not least, Mississippi
is about to fall into line with
her sister States ia the great march Of
progress. The sbackles are falling from
her limbs, and millions Of hearts rejoice.
The warm blood Of energy and prosperity
will soon course through every vein and
the released captive stand forth in all
her beauty, strength and harmony Of ac-
ton. This is a victory 10 behalf Of law
and order and safety Of person and
property. A revolution has been wrought
and not a blow struck or one drop Of
blood shed.