Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-04
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CeloBel Z. Q g. Lausr, who asg reesnsIv
on . visit &c lis Engsh fYisRds, was entertained
az ono CT tEgsa Agricultural dlrnsgs At which
| the neb.emsE who best Fspressus that interest
snd the better order Of farmers JziRgls in con.
yiVial Intercourse, and ffnn whom enla1ate
| thoss real English oPisiohs thas best express
! the sense ol the country in its conservative
vlsWs. MT. Lamar wag invited - BsTtEks OF
the festivities Et TIE snEual dinner Of the ebert
sey AgricutuTa society on ne I6th Of November
at which Mr. Lindsay presided. On M L.,
Ds sr's Eesish being proposed, he addressed she
meeting in = speech in which full iustics yas
done to the easss Of he s0uth. with q f7lfasd
distinct uadeEstendiag eftke diversity ofosinion
that existed between Bis hearers and Li1self ss
30 seDe sf the institutions to which he referred
he asserted IN the fsee Of Inst CEN psny, AID ba-
fore the Terla thst the statements wAiah hss
sesa made against the South were caIamiuous
and untrue, aad tAAt the white Fhes in tie
South had besa lhs guardians, the protectors.
the beEefsct0Ts CT the black mar; that they had
elevated him IN the scale eff rational oxigteacs.
shat ihey lsd Chrstisnizsd him 20 ststo te
whiek 30 las never boioro attained Ha only
desired EuglishmeH to listen, net ts opinions
Eer misTepT sentationg, bat 70 facts. WRen tie
ArseJiesn continent Ws9 discovered and eeeu.
pisd- By tbs E1reBssR race is como INTO coatsek
with two Esvsge races. Ons was tho I6ble n
dian Tsee The aRcisnt eegupisrs Of Tire co1ti7szs,
and ths higRest type OF savage rnanhesd; the
olbey Ises was one brought there, net by agency
OF the SeHsharn people, bul by agencies which
he would not tsen diseuss-it was the African
rice, which al philosophers snd hiatgTiazs pro-
nogneod TO be the lowest tyre Of Rstural msn.
1t was r rEcs without God, without 1AHoral
ideas-sannibsls not sttsiaiHg even to the eivi-
lizstisn ef the agl-aE Hear, end laggh.
What had been the histery Of the two races he
described
TIE Indian Tscs-ihs nahle race incapable Of
dome1iie life, Of anything bus its wild end
noI2sdic existeEse, lad been driven back TO
Continually narrowing circles, with constantly
di4iulshiBg Reans CT subsistence, and were II
Danger Of complete extinction before the aa-
gsRcing wave Of civilization. Bat the other
race, tie negro With eli its f0ulness and bsrssr-
ity, being naturally a ssTvils race, had bseoms
d0meEfestcd, and in sP5te Of the insitudon CT
slavery, if hey pleased, but stiIl with slavery
hsd riser higher and higher is the rational SCALE
uHtil nov it furnished heroes and teroinc8 lor
modern rs@ances, thcnaa for modorn songs,
had eTsn beeE invited bY some stalesnen with
in tho charmed circle of social and political
squsIity. Hear hear An Institution that
las dons so much for that race must be consid-
cred carefully. he might be told that having
brought up to the pciai Of civilization, the South
owed Il ta ChIists8dsm to emsncipAls shsm
Hes-. ! In saswer be would refe- to tho opin-
ions CT British statesmen, British trsvolaTs and
philosophers, who we're guiscd in opinion that
She emancipation of that race at this tims, aRd
especially ia the manner proposed BY The r1leEs
Of the North, Woa<d bs q curse to bosh races.
Hear
But he could safely say that so many sad Sc
great were ths beoGs which The SoHih had 81
realy conferred on the negro race, that tho world
had amslc guarantees lhst if the tirno should
ever eeEse fer them 70 believe that liberty wouid
ha boca and Ect = curse, tHen tAs Seuth Wsula
DO prepared 10 ccEisr that boon UpoH tn m
rCheers And be might ada, if that time
should svag ecnS they woRld Do cspsbls Of a.
ssrting their own claims, AID tho whites could
net If they would wiihhcl4 the beon. Hear
hear. Misrepresentation hsd bess eonBtanLly
made to the English people up9s the sabjecs,
and il. had bsea ssid that il the S0Hth be negro
was treated oniy as property, sud was deprived
of all the rights Of human beings. This he pro
ueEneed false The laws Of every Southern
State in short, regarded the negro as = man
thew aroand him the guarantees Of personal
security and lsgai protection, and allowed hin
as mach personal liberty ss he is capable Of en-
ioginy IL his present intellectual and moral cen
aitien They awarded the penalty Of dsath fol
tie murder Of slave, and imprisonment Ia tho
peniisntiary was tho punishment foz nRimi1g
Hear.