Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-03

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A BULL RUN FOR THE DEMOCRACY
We are free to say that the election
of yesterday did not go as we expected
Or wished, and it would scracely be in
teresting, pleasant or profitable just
now to try to tell how it was done ol
to explain it away. Its enough, and
bad enough, to know that we are bad
ly beaten all along the line In the
first place it is quite evident that
Garfield is elected president by such q
decisive majority that the national
democratic party will not recover from
the blow for years, if ever. The party
was much nearer the White house in
1876 than it is now or is likely to be
four or eight years hence. Grants
administration, coupled with hard
times and general discomfort, was
very near the downfall of the
republican party, but the quiet
though tame administration of Hayes,
and the return Of general prosperity,
has satisfied a great majority Of the
people of the north and west that no
change is necessary. With them it is
more a matter of dollars and cents
than Of sentiment, The tariff question
was made to cut quite a figure, and
through the indiscreet expressions OF
Wade Hampton and others the
solid south" was turned to better ac-
count than the republicans had any
reason to expect. The election hav-
ing been carried, they will have no
further use for the bloody shirt for
four years. We will hear 10 more
about the ku klux and southern out.
RACES until another general election.
In the second place, the democrats
have probably lost both houses Of
congress, or will as soon as
few senatorial terms expire.
This will give the republican party a
new lease of power and undisputed
control Of every department and force
of the national government. In the
third place, we have lost the governor
in all probability, possibly our mem
Der of congress, and almost certainly
the entire democratic Legislative ticket
in Shelby county. One fact stands out
and will be remembered in the his
tory Of this unfortunate canvass
The democrats of Shelby county did
not work. The Wilson men had nc
organization, and the regulars, as
they claimed to be, run every thing
their own way. But the Wright mer
eyinced no animation and failed tC
stir up the slightest enthusiasm. Il
Is safe to say that leading business mer
refused to shut up their houses and
that hundreds, perhaps fifteen hun
dred democrats failed to go to the
polls. If Casey Young is defeated thC
business men and democrats can claim
the honor. Nobody worked at thu
polls Even the colored voters seemed
to take less interest than usual
though in some wards tbel
repeated very freely without the
slightest opposition. Yet
good many failed to vote even one
time. This is the situation, and we
are not even permitted to enjoy thu
l7oor comfort of saying that it nigh
have been worse. However, we car
say that the seasons will run about al
usual, that cotton receipts and price
are not likely to fall off, that those whC
work can make fair living, that tn,
merchants who were so busy yester-
day, will continue to sell cheap fol
ash or on short time, that ladies viii
= new bonuets and winter cloRks
,Lo. Santa Claus will remember al
Sood % ,hildren on Christmas eve auc
:c,, aS. wa enonqh we will have som,
fine sloi. hing this winter, that tn
custom h ouse here and Wash
ipqton's MOI. ,u9ent viii he hnishe,
about the sam, tfn2e; that crops will
grow, people get maft.,ed that bat ousi
ness will go on at the same' oiu s'anu
as usual, and that the l. EDaES Iterm
invariably in advanee), CA be hal a
So per annum for the daily, o. 81 10
the weekly. Dob work and book
binding respectfully solicited a'u'
promptly executed.) This is con-
ISOLATION that we have to fall back
upon. The country is still safe, after
fashion. A long tenure of office is
said to make men and parties corrupt,
1t seems thst the democratic party is
not likely TO become corrupted soon
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A Queer Trade.