Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-07
RAn1nAL RULE snuTH.

tive; public school systems, If set up at
all. have been used to fatten a set OF I'M
principled and incompetent parasites
rather than for the elevation Of the peo-
ple, white or black. The prosperous
States in the South are those under Dem
ocratic rule, as Tennessee, Georgia, Ar
kansas and Texas, where the people are
rapidly developing the of the
soil, educating their children, building
up manufactures and great commercial
interests and improving their condition
generally. In every State where Radi-
calism has had control corruption has
been the rule; the judiciary has been de-
graded and subverted to the base pur
poses Of pa~rtisanship; the ignorant
masses have been arrayed against the
owners of property; taxes have been
enormously increased aud the public
debt piled up ike Peliou on 0sston
mountain high; ofice.holders have been
imported from distant States and igno-
rant negroes, who cannot read or write,
put on the bench and in other places re
ouiring a high order Of talent aud train
iue. Under this rule the fields have
grown up in weeds, fences have rotted
down, houses fallen to pieces from want
OF repairs, the towns bear marks of de-
cay and grass grows in streets and thor
ouehfares n c active with business and
all the signs Of prosperity. Alabama
has but lately thrown off the Radical
yoke and will soon become an inviting
field for the emigrant and capitalist, the
farmer and the mechanic from
colder regions. North Carolina is
about TO start on the road OF
progress under Democratic rule.
Arkansas, in one short year, has recov-
Grad from a state Of turmoil and an.
arcbv. and to-day is one of the most
peaceable States in the Union, with
openings for every branch of industry
and enterprise. The Brooks and Clay
ton have passed out Of power and no
people are more hopeful Of better days
They have made magnificent crops, all
classes work well, capitalists are open
ing the coal, silver and lead mines and
building the railroads Of the State, and
in a few years it will be rich in all that
makes q people great, prosperous and
contented. Texas presents a still more
striking contrast between carpet-baG
rule and home rule. The people are
contented and happy, the rights OF alb
are protected, public schools flourish
emigrants are pouring in by the thous-
and, and the Lone Star State shines out
brightest in the galaxy of the Southern
States. We need not mention Tennessee
our own State, because she was one Of
the first to throw off the yoke Of the
party that stole our school fund and dis
franchised the ahite people for fifteen
years to keep themselves in power. The
Old Volunteer State has on admirable
school system, for the benefit OF whites
and blacks alike in separate schools.
There is not a single statute on our lew
books which attempts to deprive any1
citizen Of full apd equal rights before
the law. All classes attend to their own
business; we have no trouble, nc conflicts
of races or parties; they understand
each other, and have long since recov-
cred from senseless prejudices and i'm.
practicable ideas. But how is it across
the line ameng our Mississippi neigh
bors? Their State IS ruled by an ex-
Major General, Ben Butler son-in-law,
a carpet-bagger Of the first water, be-
cause he spends most Of the time in
Massachusetts, aud lets Davis, the negro
Lieutenant Governor, run the machine.
Nearly ell positions Of Importance under
the State government are filed by ne
groes or carpet,haggers. The graduates
of Oberlin, Ohio, have found fat pick
inps in Mississippi as we'll as in Louisi-
ans. The public school system Is a
fraud and a shame. The fund collected
ia mostly stolen or appropriated by petty
officers, and the colored children grow
nm in ignorance. The Republican pa
ners all fell unless sustained by State
patronage, because there is NOBODY to
read them. Negroes from various States
Aock there expecting to get Office or ind
money growing on the trees. White
emigrants and capitalists give the State
vide berth. The native white Repub-
licaps are despised alike by Democrats
and negroes. General Alcorn is a nota-
HE ;~llustration. He has not melted the
blacks to insurrection but be has played
on their duplicity for political purposes
A few weeks ago he was interviewed by
an Ayalanchian, and be then thought the
negro the most docile Of creatures.
Now he thinks differently. He has quar-
relied with q negro sheriff who opposed
him IN the Legislature for United States
senator, and the disturbance has stopped
contemplating in 3 whole county, aud
M neorIe. white and black, sleep with
srus n their hands. Bow he msD-
VA 20 enlist the white people
II. side is somsthinG not easily
understood here. Tho occasion has,