Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-20

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strong antsgonisn thought would
come up and help celebrate the battle Of
Bennington. / remembered that the
people OF New Hampshire Vermont Aa6
south Carolina met side by SIDE IN The
battlefield and in convention to frame
the constitution, but slavery led 10 DIS
tracing consequences. New England
was The cradle Of liberty the citadel Of
liberty, while the South had interest in
the p%erpetualion Of slavery. That Ques-
ton is settled today. New Eagland
ideas prevail in the South, so that all the
people OF the South are as free SIS you
are, and that guilt which separated US is
closed, end / hope the time has arrived
when We shall no longer feel that there
is any North or South, but that We have
one country which is inseparable.
Loud cheers
His embarrassment at being a
native of the South and until re-
Gently a Democrat seems to require
an apology every time he appears
before a New England crowd. He
seems ashamed Of his antecedentS,
aud to justify the conclusion that
he was one of the best whipped men
that ever came out of the Conied-
crate army alive. New England,
he says, was the cradle of liberty,
but the South had slavery; there
for the inference lies that he came
from a section which had not been
a cradle Of liberty. 1t is historical
fact that slavery originally existed
in all the New England States
except one and it was only put away
when it became Improbable. Then
the negroes were sent South and
sold. Mr.. Key says that New Eng
land ideas now prevail in the South.
He compliments his new political
associates at the expense Of the rec
ord of his whole life and of the
people Of his own section. New
England is strongly Republican,
with the exception of a single
State. The South is not, but, on
the contrary, every Southern State
except Florida is in the hands of
the Democratic party. New Eng
land is the seat and birthplace OF
all the isms, free-love societies and
social nominations that curse the
land. These have not taken root
at the South and we hope never
will. There is much to admire in
the people end the peculiar institu-
tions, habits and ideas Of the better
classes in New England, but these
could certainly be pointed out by
one who passes for a representative
Southerner without running down
his own people and humiliating
himself. Mr.. Key made a bid fol
the position he holds long before
receiving the appointment, and now
that he has an important place HI
seems to hold on to the coat tail 0
the Republican party with grin
desperation. He will find in til,
end that neither party has any u,
for him. 1t is in exceeding bal
taste in him to allude upon ever.
available opportunity to the errinl
brethren of the South, especial
when coupled with laudation o
people already full of prejudice
against the South. 1t is quite IN
called for, and while evincing
want of dignity and ~self-respecI
!, can create no admiration even j
the hearts of the bitterest Radical
: Key has given himself away; he
a cheap convert and weak brothe.