Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-17

TENNESSEE Is rapidly improving IN
every way that is desirable. The
Kuklux Klans are thing Of the
past. Mobs are never heard OF, ex-
cept under provocations that would
apt to create them anywhere else.
Homicides are on the decrease.
There is not one pistol carried now
where ten years ago there we're i've.
Good order prevails throughout the
State. The law abiding classes are
overwhelmingly in the majority. Our
Judges everywhere are following the
example Of Judge Horrigan, OF Mem.
phis, and Judges Young and Rose, OF
East Tennessee. In few Vars more |
we will be the model State OF the
South.
What we want is not to make Ten
nessee as good as any State in the
North or West; what we want is to
make it the best State in theU Union. We
want to see the State filed with thriv.
! lug farmers, profitable manufactures:
wealthy mines, good schools, well
patronized churches, and happy,
moral, progressive, industrious, well
educated and harmonious people. And
to accomplish this result we shall ever
strive Knoxville Chronicle, 10.
We heartily indorse what our able
aud influential contemporary says
about the State Of affairs in Tennessee,
and as the editor Of the Chronicle
has the ear and the confidence
Of his party at the North,
as we'll as in Tennessee,
we hope be will persist in and EN-
phasize such statements for the COM
mon good even when we are on the
eve of an election and party feeling
runs high and hot. We should all
stand together shoulder to shoulder in
all endeavors to promote the welfare Of
the State. We all have our party
preferences and affiliations, but
it is a fact well known
to all men of candor and common
sense that the temporary success OF
one party or the other does not always
insure an era of general prosperity
and happiness. The country has sur
; vived and prospered in some degree,
even under Republican rule, though
we in Tennessee have had very little
Of it. Under Democratic administers
ton times would be some better at
lest, half the people or more
are willing to try it, and
only waiting the earliest opportunity tC
, make a change. And there is nc
, Republican, unless an Office holder
who will go so faI as to say that The
L country cannot get along harmoni
ously and prosperously under Dem
ocratic President. One great use o
party is to watch the Othe
party and force it to b,
on its good behavior. They
are indispensable agencies under an!
!" form Of government, and especial!
under that frequently chosen by tn
people. The Democratic party ha
done much to check and reform tn
: Republican party, but from GU
standpoint will never entirely succeed
- until it gets into power Then tn
Republicans will begin to be some us
0, as vigilant, wide awake critics, cage
10 to detect and point GU
blunders. Democratic blunderS an
: want Of hearty co operation hav
done more to perpetuate Republica
% rule than anything else. But all TIL
aside. The material interests, tn
development of resources and tn
g. practical views of life outside OF an
~ above the aspirations of mere Office
- seekers who would accept place at tn
hands of any party are beginning
4 receive more consideration than eve
" before in the history Of the oountI
and the people are finding out thI
N, they get along and spell nation vii
~ a big IN" or little IN" Occordir
20t to taste without producing any qrei
shock and without violating any gree
law of nature or principle Of govern
roo ment, party or no party.