Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-12

electors are determined that next
November their will shall prevail
that the government shall return to
its old and honored principles; and
that, after 20 long years under radical
republican thraldom, the people will
once more be free TO enjoy their rights
as guaranteed by the constitution.
Under the banner Of Hancock, the
great soldier in war, and the able
statesman in peace, we will march to
victory, and plant our democratic
banners upon the grave of the party
that gave birth to such malcontents
as are now objects Of contempt in
their own republican, ranks. Nomat-
ter how partisan he may be, no honest
republican can vote for a man so faint
ed as the Chicago nominee; and es-
pecially when he is pitted against such
a man as General Hancock, whose
public and private record is as free
from alloy as the purest gold. A man
upon whose official banner is indeli-
bly, inscribed the legend that he al
ways has upheld and ever will up
hold: "The right o! trial by jury; the
habeas corpus; the liberty of the
press; the freedom of speech; the nat
ural rights of persons and the protec-
ton of properly" In the presence of
these distinguished traits as contrast
ed with the record of the Chicago
nominee, party ties are sundered, and
the honest republican will rejoice that
the chair once held by the father OF
bis country will soon be in possession
of one as pure as the Hancock who
signed the Declaration of American
Independence-that grand protest
against tyranny and dishonesty, the
result of which was the establishing of
a nation as glorious as reposes under
Gods bright sun. The Hancock of
to-day, like his illustrious namesake
of the past, is the champion of right
against wrong, Of honesty against
thievery, and Of honor against knavery.
Under this banner all true lovers of
the country will rally, and win a glo-
rious victory, hal will forever bury
deep down into oblivion any sectional
or political animosities that may now
divide the people.
Sacrificed at the stake. burned to a
cinder, was the immortal John Huss,
the Bohemian free-thinker, in the
year 14l5, in the city of Constance,
July 6. He became a martyr to big
otry, because he arraigned the ortho-
dox religion of his day for its tyranny
and ignorance. The occasion was re-
membered on Tuesday by the Bohe-
mians Of this city, who admired their
illustrious countryman's advocacy of
freedom of speech and thought"
A boomerang exploit is promised by
W. McClintock. of West Union, Iowa,
for the republican states that may
contemplate changing the manner Of
choosing their. presidential electors.
He contends, 10 the Chicago Times,
that the fourteenth amendment to the
federal constitution declares that the
act of appointment" Of electors by a
Legislature" would be a virtual dis
reimbursement of all the electors in
the state. Consequently such action
OF a legislature would be unconstitu-
tional, as the fourteenth amendment
explicitly expresses that mo male
twenty.one years of age, and a citizen
OF the United States, shall be denied
the right to vote for presidential cleo
tors, unless by reason of treason, ETC.,
and in which latter ease the basis Of
representation shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number of such
male citizens shall bear to the whole
number of male citizens twenty. one
years Of age in such state" Evidently
here is a question for the best legal
minds to debate. 1t is generally con.
ceded that amendments to laws take
precedence to those hal are in force
previously, even though such may not
be explicitly specified in said amend.
ment. Let Judge Horrigan look into
the matter.
Sister Martha, Of the Chicago Good
Shepherds, is no more. She has gone
to join the angelic throng. She was
sixty-eight years old. She was much
beloved by those who knew her best.
Her loss will be much felt by the Or
der of which she was a bright orna-
ment.
Revised census returns gives Chi.
cago proper over SOP, 800 population,
an increase Of nearly seventy per cent.
during the last decade.
Clarence Davis, the notorious bipa.
mist, will recreate in the Illinois pen.
itentiary for five years, and pay-if he
ean-one thousand dollars fne, Just
for his little amusement with SO many
guileless damsels.
Pam Chandra, of Lucknow, East
Indies, a preacher Of the Methodist
school, is leeturing in Chicago. He
attracts much attention when he ap.
pears in lull street costume, which
comprises a garment resembling 9
night shirt and-nothing more.
A startling freak Of nature was
bought to light in Chicago the Other
day. The daughter of Mr.. Hitchcock
a we'll known resident, was, for some
time, being treated for a tumor tina
had been growing on her thigh since
childhood. Upon it being cut open.
the surgeon was astonished to fine
that, what was thought be a tumor
was nothing less than afully developed
human skull, jaws we'll shaped, teetl
perfect, and a good coat Of hair on
the head. The discovery is the sen.
sation of the hour.
NAYR