Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-28

thee peculiar peoIle.o The southern people
are peculiar people they possess "peeu-
lisT Institution"
It seems o be the intention OF God to make
the slaveholding States, az be did the Jews,
type and pattern for the imitation OF the
world They arc to demonsttate TIE great
idea, which Is in the slavery question, and con-
vert the nations to It. The question Is, can
they accomplish this object eheaper, sooner,
and better, BY themselves, than they can N the
| Union, where tkeir time Is consumed and their
attention distracted by eeaseiess agitation2
1he answer Il apparent. It becomes you then
TO secede As soon as possible. Keep IN mind
the Union hereafter, which l have spoken OF.
The harder and LONGER two elastic bodies are
pressed together, the further they will rebound
from each other. The longer and heTeer tive
men fight, the more difficult viii Il be to recon-
cile them. The longer these hostile sections
are kept together, the further viii they 90 from
Teach ether in their reaction and the more DIFF
fieaIt win it be to bring them back again.
Two opposite forces, two enemies, two oppos-
ing powers had batteT be separated as soon as
possible We have often seen two men quar-
reling, taken apart by their friends. In
short time, these same men would meet, shake
hands over the difficulty, and become friendly
again.
The first great result produced by the seces-
ern men their dependence on slave labor.
awe cannot appreciate home until We leave
it.D This will set the northern people to re-
fiecting, and this is all we want. They will
soon be redeemed, regenerated and disen-
thrailed.1 This appeal Is made directly to
their interests, and such an appeal is always
irresistible. As soon as it begins to exert an
inauence, then is the time for Us to ssnd our
missionaries The North would quickly be
] kaA faal hnk al lah
will yet cultivate northern soil. This Is i'm
possible now, for white labor is cheaper. The
nature Of the crops in the Northern States is
such, that only about five months Of labor in
the year is required to make them. The
0help' can be hired for about ten dollars per
month. At the end Of the five monlhs be is
discharged, whereas, the negro would have to
be supported during the remaining seven
months on what he had made In the preceding
five Suppose the negro could be engaged
proftRblY during the seven months, wouldn't
his labor be cheaper? Could he not be en-
ploVsd in grinding the corn into meal, manu-
featuring the wheat into -four, making bar
rels, shoes, ste.2 This work could be done in
the winter time, under shelter, and by fire.
The negro can cultivate the soil as well as the
white man. His increase is worth to his
owner FIVE per cent. a year. His labor is paid
for by his vlcsuals and clothes, whereas you
are Obliged to pay TIE white man this, and
something extra. There are many questions
arising under this subject. What is the white
laborer TO do? Where is be to 20, etc?
haven't time to answer these. They are ab-
struse, but do not Consider them incapable Of
solution. You say the North once owned
slaves and found them improbable. Remem
| Der that we see reactions all around US.
shall saw a word in regard to labor. Labor is
the great means Of developing and eiVilizing
man. All labor is elevating and ennobling.
| OF course some sorts are more so than otherss
We might represent labor as a straight line,
divided up into great humber Of degrees.
The negro begins at the commencement OF
the line, and does all the labor up TO certain
point say twenty degrees. The white man then
standing as 1t were, on the shoulders OF the
negro-having the negro for q pedestal, in
other words-ef course can rise twenty de-
grees higher in the scale Of being than be pos
sibly could if be were to begin at the com
mencement Of the line, where the negro did.
The negro will not work unless be is made to
DO so-Witness Jamaica. Now it seems to me
clear that, il the white man viii COMPEL the
negro to work, be thereby elevates the negro
from bis savage wildness (al labor is emo
blng), and, BY the same act, be elevates him
self, because, as | have said, be has the negro
labor for pedestal. Negro labor is a great
lever fer ciVilizing the world. ! wish had
time to say a word especially to our working
classes. But tell you, nv friends, there is
no ''irFepressible confict' between your labor
and slave labor. On the contrary, slave labor
is your great friend and ally. Itisthe interest
Of capital to press you down as low as uossi-
bic; and, it you abolish the negroes, you will
have to take their places Now you stand up,
proud Of you rights, and conscious Of your
strength. You eau laugh at capital, and say
unto its "grinding" power, "So far shalt thou
come, and no farther" l need not remind
you, Tennesseeans, that you have a grain and
stock country. The Southern States afford
you a market; cut loose from them and you
have none. The North not only fails to afford
you one, butt even competes successfully with
you in the South Go with the South, and YOU
''monoPolze'' the market; 90 with the North,
and you die. have not time to speak Of the
great advantages Of your geographical posi-
tion, ald the vast resources at your command
for manufacturing purposes. You could be-
come the great manufacturing power Of the
South, and have at your door the finest market
in the world. Citizens Of Memphis, look out
and behold what your destiny might be.
AS have called for a reconsideration Of the
question, now propose that it be announced
In every county OF the State, that on some day,
say the seventh Of March next, an election be
held throughout the State for a convention.
OF course only those votes given for conYen-
vention will be counted for it. All those who
vote "no convention" ;" and ali those who do net
vote all, will be counted against it. As all the
voters in the State are known, this plan viii
allow all those who do not wish to take part
in the election the privilege Of staying at home;
and at the same time we can obtain a correct
estimate Of the sentiment Of the people. II
majority Of the voters vote for convention
(haVing specified the time for holding IT'D, then
the delegates may be nomina ed, and after
ward voted for. am Of the opinion that your
governor and legislature have simply nothing
at all to do with calling this convention. Your
Constitution never vested them with the pow
er, for it never took into consideration the
arising Of such contingency; and even If it
had, you can at any time resume it-"the
power is in the peOpleo have suggested the
seventeenth Of March as a suitable day for
taking the vote This may be too soon. Be
sure 10 wait until the futility and utter inabll-
itv Of the "peace congress" have been demon,
stated; it defeated you before.
And now, secessionist, let me urge you, to
respect the conservatism Of your Union friends.
They are as loyal to the South and as patriot
ic as you. The only difference is they are
less quick to "snHf tyranny in the tainted
breeze" Do not repel them; the world is gov
erned by attraction. Your wrongs are one,
7our remedy the same. Northern fanatics for
long time have violated the laws with impu-
nitY, but their "doom is sealed, (" their fate is
fxsd.D
nWhen Heavens revenge Is slow,
Jove bat prepares to strike the hereer blow.
see the God aireAiy from the pole,
Bare his red and bid the thunder rsll.
see the eternal all his fury shed,
And shake bis agis Ger their guilty head
Remember the words Of a "deathless hero -
"DoN'T GIVE Up THE SHIP" Don't give 1t
up, though its "mssts should be in splinters,"
and its eishrouds should be on fire." Don't
give it up, though the storm should howl, and
the biIlows wildly roll. It will yet "ride the
waters like thing Of life, !" calm and peace
fal sky o'erhead, tranquil sea beneath.
KRA.
MEMPHIS, March 2lst, 1860.