Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-10
FORNEY'S SUMMING UP.
The Veteran Journalist, on the
Night Of Tuesday, November
?. Tells What Did Ii.
Forney's Prosross.l

The telegraph has just finished the
fate of General Hancock, and the
same streets that rang with deliriOus
cheers over his peerless valor at Get
tysburg on the morning of the 4th Of
July, 1863, the same hearts that
throbbed with gratitude over the OPP
Fortune arrival which saved Philadel-
phia from fire and spoil, now ring and
throb with delirious and migrate joy
over his defeat for president Of the
United States by a man denounced by
his own party as yenal and corrupt.
What a comment on the vOx populi
yox Dell As | recall my own part in
this last drama with pride unspeak
able, regretting only that | could do
no more-I would tomorrow repeat
with gratitude 70 a great soldier
feel that the men who have done this
thing will o feel the Christening
rod Of their own colscienees. An act
more cruel, causeless and shameless
was never p~erpetFated. Men calling
themselves better than others have
wrought a work OF hate without paral-
lei. The over-virtuous of great com
munities have struck hands with the
most vicious classes to spread the in
lection Of a new settiOnalism among a
forgiven people, and as they see whom
they have lifted up over Hancock,
they turn from the contrast with
shame.
But lei the past go. Let the dead
past burythe dead. We now face the
empire, and there is but one great
force to meet it-the democratic party.
Garfield only fills the gap for Grant
write this name with a new feeling.
that Of prOfoundest regret that one |
loved so well should sink so low. First
the defender of the forgiven south,
then its defamer. First eager to honor
Hancock for his virtues, then to hound
him as an enemy. And this is the man
who now wants TO play the part Of
king hereafter, How, in the face Of
all these loud shouts over the defeat
! CT Hancock, | think of the scene on
the blasted heath where Macbeth
meets the weird sisters
First WHITEHALL hail, Macbeth ;
hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.
Second WHITEHALL hail, Macbeth;
hail to thee, Thane Of Cawdor.
Third WHITEHALL hail. Macbeth
thou shalt be king hereafter
First the general of our armies, then
president, and king hereafter. How
wonderful the resemblances! And
mark what Macbeth said of his dream
OF ambition to his wife In his letter
describing his interview
"They met me in the day ofsuccess,
and | have learned by the perfectest
report that they have more in them
than mortal knowledge. When /
burned in desire to question them
further, they made themselves air,
into which they vanished. While l
stood wrapt in the wonder Of it, came
missiles from the king, who hailed
me 'Thane Of Cawdor, by which title
before these weird sisters saluted me,
and referred me to the coming in Of
time with Hail King thou shalt be-
This have | thought good to deliver
thee, my dearest partner Of greatness,
that thou mightest not lose the dues
Of rejoicing, by being ignorant Of what
greatness is promised thee. Lay it 10
thy heart, and farewell"
Why not, gentlemen? The path
Of empire is as plainly reached by the
present triumph Of money over patri-
Otism, Of terror over truth, as if il
were lighted by a new planet. The
means and the covenants are all pat
ent to one end. An army Of ohce
holders are organized, backed BY a
battery Of bauks-these the forces to
fight, and Garfield the instrument 10
leadsto the throne in 1884. That is
the plot. 1t is bold. 1t is clear.
Are you ready for it2
Over four million of democrats
voted for General Hancock to-day;
they answer! Ready, aye ready! There
should be no dependency or any de-
lay. They have a thousand interests
to preserve their ranks, local dutios
and local candidates, aud now to these
they add the imperative call to active
and constant work against the clearly
defined conspiracies Of empire. A
perpetual guard Of ofice-holders, AT
exhaustless treasury, public and
private, 8 suborped press and a greai
community Of reluctant slaves, at the
polls, mean empire and nothing else
| am only one Of the millions who
voted for Hancock to-day, and what
can do to aid in this great work il
ready. The democratic party hold
the fort Of the future. Its reserve il
the refuge Of all brave men pledged t.
hostility to this new reign Of capital
It's tremendous resources will prove
the rescue Of the republic from ire
mendous perils. There is need neces
sarily for instant organization. Ii
this hour, when the republicans arr
{ exulting over a purchased victory, lie
the democracy Of the whole nation SCI
their houses in order for the grea.
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