Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-05

tor, and there has a determined pur-
pose taken hold upon the people to
unseat Hawkins, the disfranchiser,
and rescue The State. 1t looks now
like the Democracy will carry the
State by its usual majority of forty
thousand.
THERE are very lew Boilers or their
Republican allies that have the assur-
ance to claim that Captain Russell
stands ghost ola chance to be elected.
What, then, is the object of running
him at all? There can be but one
practical answer To draw off enough
Democratic votes to elect Hawkins
again and at the same time a Legisla-
ture that would make another appre,
priation and levy taxes to carry out
the 6O-3-6 act.-[Memphis LEDGER
Very few Of the low tax faction who
bolted in 1880, or their Republican
allies, claimed that Frank Wilson
stood a ghost Of a chance to be elected.
What, then, was the object Of running
him at all? There can be but one
practical answer: To draw off enough
Democratic votes to elect Hawkins
and at the same time a Legislature
which would muddle over the debt
question and leave it open for the
future uses Of the worst lot of dema-
gogues that ever cursed a well-mean-
ing people. Thus do we turn against
the Regulators and Readjusters theil
own weapons. Having usurped, through
the co%wardice and treachery of the
late Democratic committee, the ma.
chinery of the party, they ought tC
have sense enough to be content and
be still. Their impudence in assum-
ing the tone of the lecturer and bosl
utterly gives them Way.--[Chattanoo
ga Times, I'd.
The nigh takers constantly justify
their late little bolt by the one mad,
in 1880, which they then denounced
as communism and political treason
Now, we do not think there was any
treason either time. Memo Of the same
political party and way Of thinking
happened to differ SO widely that they
could not act together. Each faction
claimed 10 be the Democratic
party. The high takers controlled
the machine and a small majority
Of the votes. They denounced the
low tax wing in the most bitter and
incorporate language. They saiG
things that were impolite, unjust and
unfair. They betrayed the fact thai
they we're but human clay after all
and some Of them exceedingly common
clay at hat. Now we, the low takers
conservatives, halt breeds, and So
men, happen to be runningthe machine
and have such a majority that tht
election Of our nominee for Governor
is almost a certainty. We have
chance of uccess. They absolutel,
have none, and do not pretend to hayI
any higher aim in view than 10 cleo
Hawkins, simply because they werI
showed under and outvoted in tn
joint convention. If such red eyed
superserviceable and admittedly abb
papers, as the Times desire to turf
weapons against the inventors anC
owners, letthem get up and Ieproduc
their own editorials on party discip
line, on agitators, boilers, communists
ETC., that appeared from day to day il
1880. The Boilers of 1882 are jus
two years behind those o f'SO, wit
this difference Those of 80 insiste
upon following a Democratic prect
dent and giving the people a chanc
to pass upon any settlement mad
They bolted to the people and [
the majority. The Boilers {
1872 bOlted from the people, an
demanded that an act passed i
the face Of popular indignation shoul
be recognized as a final and irr,
pealable settlement. They boltC
against the people into a kind OF q no
where no recruit will ever show b
head, A little more forbearance an
courtesy and common business sem
would have averted much of tn
trouble. But we are in for it now an
propose to fight it out. The fact TIL
the sky blue pot is slipping around
the rea to borrow some SCOT used an
thrown away by the onterri6ed, pr,
testing Democratic kettle Of 1888
shows that it has very little thund,
or ammunition to 60 upon. 1t is &c.
tainly the weakest political effort ev,
known in the South, hardly exceptir
the candidacy of good old Broth,
Edwards, who rallied three thousan
Greenback votes. Why, even BeasIt
will beat Fusselll