Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-02


( spokCn, and Fe must needs give the subject
I peintul ss il Is. 3 fair ald patient investga.i on
Let us then st once admit thst. Whatever nssJ
{ be the reality Of American slavery, our prscsn
I aeived nOtioEs Of Is have proved as ysf VERY fal
I ffom he uU.h Twas, indeed, almost ineTia-
I ols that i should be So A matter o. which We
esuia hsye no personal knowledge, and Of
/ Tlleas therefore, suT IDEAS must necessarily ba
J taken oniy At sscozd hand. csuId badly fsil :.
I be n 5rndeTst11d; While, IN this instance. rsis-
/ conception was undoubtedly aggravated bv the
I directly h0siie nssaIs Of The only scores f-ess
which even this second band information was
I derived. How serious this Inise1neaBticn has
} been, the eF6nta Of the last lsW yeas have. liz
/ some messuro, shows; and We shsii 10 well bs-
fore on ssriug farther into the Question 10 con-
sieeT briefly the nalHrs ana extent Of The error
thus proved ia The 0utses against Cur czlsuis-
ti7ns.
Ii there Tas, then, q point On which all
whether here OF 10 tho United States had cont
IDENTIFY rsekoued, it was on fke hostility Of the
slaves 10 their masters. How. indeed, could It
be O'hsrWissi Wos5 0ao iths Of the statements
currently reported Of lhsiE condition bat founded
upon ssutE, this hostility was s. inevitable a.
oppression aud cruel wrong eouid make it Yet
WHIST has the evoCt shO#nl The armies Of the
NaTta bEva mafched sud cauutsrn=rehed over
InsuT hundred miles Of So1tbsrn SOD; but the
negroes. instsad 'i welcoming ihsm, have, for
ihs most part fed 90 their approsuh. The br0e-
lamztion of freedom has been boldly reprinted
70 Southern newspapers, and ciTcjissed from
oiiie 20 bisck, and from black 20 HiIiis througH-
Ogt the CsHfsdeyzey, bat NOS a plantation has
risen is cain tRa h5on The p aussrs have fear
.esslY entrusted their dssEest interests 70 ths
say=5, whose veUgeancs they were supposed 30
srjectlv 70 dread Tire ueEFoes. thirsti17 to
wash out ia thfiF masters blood the memory OF
lLszr wrongs, have tillsd hs fields al5 watched
over hi8 BONE and tended his wil9 ard lisiie
ones, while he was isE away fighting egBi1st the
iielIs who were 10 set them irea.
Is I'll this ms ural-is it even crediblsg II
the relation cf master and slave n the SJu.harn
States were really as 10 hsvs dssugd e, is the
negro natBTe 50 sHgclc, nsy, 80 divine, 20 &C.
repay sEeh evil Wish Euch good We H0aid
gladly think 70, even as ths cost Of an eniCrcsd
tribute os sdmirRfi0n l1r q system thas could
ruriuge such q frame Of mind. Bat re know &c
IS NOS SO: that it is not our deduction, but Our
premises th5t have bseu at fsuit TIE position
Of the slave is not Sc we have pictured i5. Hsis
Est st,Ueg ing and down -tr5ddsn serf 7-Tistin-
under the lash Of 2 crUel task-HzstsT, sszetehins
cAziusd hands to Hezysn ia aeOaizad prayers
for delIvaTsHcs. E2thcT IS I'd q simple hearted
doc,ls, shseiioHsle child; impatient sf.sn. Ike
other children, Of ceuss-eint ard yss mere mn
psiiea5 q work; needing eci3szcs azd even
correction, and conscious cf izis Eaod capable,
no duEDt, Of bsiuE tTsils1 10 e higher and ns-'
bier iue but. t5E the present, at least bsst and
hapBiest, and, IN t1Bth, ueoss eoutsnted IS he is
EoT, IF thus mistaken ia orr estimate o.Fshe
slave, have we been niueh nearer the truth 10
our portrait Of bis master. Two errors have, in
deed gone hand in heud The hiisous cruelty
watch oppressed ths one must needs, As We
righiiy supposed, Fave ''dsm9ralzsd" the o.her
a huilY Is is87lssbiy ItEi an sad 8 coward. and
s1ch yv5 c0uhde15iF sUa reasonably expected the
southern cayzirys' 70 prove. On this point So
lssss, pdr misrepresentation nave been eEselusliv
clcs.ed sway; and, whatever may yet be our
Er0wfedge ef the Institution, ws have learned
EC-uct,s Of the zeal c1ayactsr O itz 1ue1g7fer7
( Nor Of thsirs alone We have no UukiLdiy feei-
iugs tGUGr1 she E5rth--lo wish 20 a1sRgsrate
/ her defects OF gl0ai over her d.f1caldes Far
tyom is. 10 is ia very sadness that we are CON
p-.ie5 60 point 5be m5rsl Of S0asasTn gsllzntrv
aud ehivalrous devotion by contrast with the
GoEdid mssnness, the uneiyiIizsd barbarily tie
bitter, blOOd-tbrsty Uuehrstianisy 0f tbs Abeli-
dOn party a the North. If the tree nay indeed
/ Be known by IFS truit-if the test Of results IN
character and conduct may, indeed be followed
/ as confidently a. it was applied, we have here q
lessen which, however soIely agsins5 ths grain.
1t weUid III bseous Us any longer to neglect.
Yet, while thus CONSTRAINED 70 svoW or con
viCdsn that the slavery OF the South iH very far
from the unmiEed evil Of our early ureiudic-s
les us not be supposed to hold il mp to adrnira-
ton as by any means an uHmixed good. Vsry
far Otherwise. AT the best Is IS bat thing ts be
tolerated IS the lesser evil f0r awhile, and even
''tkR5, there g in it npch-vory Tucch-lhat re-
quires prompt am=n1ment Taay are poizts
bUt too well known 70 as sI THE operation Of
flnzilies, the Stern Dgobibition Of education Of
any biud the invslidiiy Of the marriage tie, the
itw that subjects the child 20 the ecadisn Of the
mother, with ali the manifold evils that fol5yg in
its usiE-He Oas CsR deny thas ih5ss are fsglts
which cry loudly i0T q remedy. Our eTror has
been, not in considering them as faults, but in
coEfeunGing them TOO elosely with the system
itself, with which they have Ia truth ns necssss-
~ csnnecion. Nor Is this al: experience
proves that We havs erred yet more dangerously
II giving 30 these incidental defects : prom
iEssee 60 which practically they ara n0s entitled
As cur acquaintance with the train extends,
we kucwraoJa of the rssl condition Of ths slave
| in these respects, and 6nd wbst th8 analogy Of
our own customs might hsve esriisr taught us
10 expect from a kiDdred race. We sec laws
harsh and crEci, IS IN toe many respects thew
undoubtedly are, rendered comparatively mild
snd harmless BY the higher laws of publie opil-
ion We see especially the enactmeuts against
education. necsssitAted by the reckless sgltatior
of Northern A5Olit3ni5ss, ia prsotics Sc saner-
ally 6isrsEagdad tbst Tho SGatbsrn ehrrch can
besas Of no less than halt million negro. com
rnunicauts. We soc tbst, though legally. ig-
nored, the marriage tie is ss e rule practically
held sacred; and that to sspsEsts families, or
even, without some good and pressing reason. 70
sen bis slaves a. al, is Tor Ito plsnisr q signs
and a repToscb. ARd most Of al, we fnd. Eba.
mes. Ct al We should have done well and chsr-
lsa5iy 10 pre-supp05s, that whatever these evils
lasy be, we are uCt alone IN or recognition Of
them that with the si4ve0guers thenzeiuzs
-hes8 questions are matters OF deep and wide
spread snZieiy aud thss among their lesders at
.ae-s there IS a very ge1e5al desire TO aitigsfs
aud remove ths evils which they, no less than
we feel as 8 TopEoaeb to thsr institutions and 10
themselves.
In this respect, too, we are apt 70 i1dF dFe some
Whag oyeT-hsrshiy of The South We muss not
too promptly seiz9 on every doubtful Ward In
times Ike these, Is Is tho hottes spirits thatrus
e the front, and much is said thsg can bsvs ~
claim 90 10 ragsrded as q geReral uttersrea .sr3
that N calmsr moments the speakers ths7D5slJs.-
WGald certainly modify, aud probably Tss-eas
Much. too, must he allowed &c men who. bv bit.
teI sud unjust reFr0sch, may have been ia Ia
loo5i with 100 favorable au eye upon tbs veYv
faults and weaknesses of tie cause ther- 49,, N
Tending against sReh cruel odds. But wit5 si,o
upper classes 81 least. such man-srs sHs ar-s,,-
ton, not the rule. We hrmy bsls7s thss tfa
slaVe-0WneTs Of Tho South. es they are uaioubs-
ediy the parties most deeply interested in rsrss-
dying tbs defects aud amending taa srrsr- of
shsir Institutions, 50 are they, above an olbs-s
NEST truly anxious 50 70 do
What, ihen, is our duty ss ffeensn ard q,
{ EncIishmen in he face Of the Tremendous o.
ton7 Z is surely pain. If we really esol. r.,
welfare aud happiness OF the negro. If yTs e,,--,
suspect that the mes On whom his fats 5e,s'.'5-
aye not wholly the selfish mons.e5s a. -,
doeuasa them; above all, if yve resizs az, -.
sioa, and 5ish'ly measure our own powe- 80 -
or own Independence for good alike sn5 - e
s'i.s respect, We shall net 6nd t afi nil !, =
our Say we shall know then thas re,i;, =
benefit the slave re must vyo-l- vv;s5 - 9
not sszinss hin; that hsrd tbouybss - 80
@oE9s aTe poWeriess % shake tbe r7ssfsr5. -
omn'2otsnt to eeneh is till il bsoosas ;,5se -