Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-22
LETTER ON ARkArsAs AFFAIRs.

DALTOhs ia Aprii - lco4.
EDITORS APPEAL: According to promise I Bow
proceed sketch few thoughts upon the question OF
slavery IN Arkansas which institution the Abolition
State lvsntion pretended abolish their cOnstifu.
ton There has arisen In the State two parties there
the slavery question, and also the division is
opening breed among the frseso srs Of the State of
TENNESSEE ols party calling themselves the
tives IN sbolshng slavery In their constitution con-
tended that the loyal slave should be paid $500
each for their slaves and that the government should
be responsible for this to every Union WHO
should be deprived Of the service Of slave The ohsr
party Is known he radicals who contend that their
owners should not be Paid snyhns whatever for their
slaves and that owners OfsaVss rsmunersted for
thsir slaves then every who has lost horse mule,
hog or property burned by sithsr begsrent should be
| paid its full value
Unconditional Union" meetings are being dragged
| together By few demSgOguss and the substance Of
their deliberations the negro. The conservatives
want pay for their negroes and think their only chance
realize anything for thsm Is through the governments
though they are opposed abolition In aay shape,
that If they do not gst $500 each per slave, they viii
s be stolen and thus they viii receive nothing for them
They for saving all they can, aad prefer that to
nothing The raicAls take the ground that the negro
Is Of right and should be free and that proper.
ana oNloE huouAu A9t oe feuluhefhAeu
Many Of the Yankees asitadag In Arkansas and
Tennessee the right Of the negro to his entire liberty,
and that sftsr I've years as naturalization that be
should be entitled the fun privileges of voting sitting
q, juryuaan and be educated In the same schools with
the whitea This doctrine Is too steep for Southern
raised men 10 endorse or countenSnce in the
least
The conservative party spPears 20 be the most nu-
msrous and carry the State back into the Union
as to the electoral Abe Lincoln doubt
the sgents Of the Federal Government will pledge The
people that they shall be paid for slaves In the mean
time, the military authorities stealing and pressing
thousands Of the young healthy male negroes into the
army which they consider clear gain, rather total
loss 70 his Almost every fertilization contains
from one to two regiments OF negroes commanded BY
white-skiBnsd oficerE Notwithstanding the cen
stuton sbOliShes slavery, the citizens appear to man
Hest uHessness about it being enforced sEd their
slave property fOrciby extracted from their plantations
The citizens not removing their slaves from the
State aud the inference that they apPrehend dan
ger from the enforcement Of the Abolition decree.
In many instances the negroes who have been with
the Yankees have returned to their mssters and desired
to remain slaves in preferences enjoying free dom will
the Yankees The novelty Of being dressed up blue
uniform dsklss the fancy Of the negro soldier bat VII
they smell powder and The dead the battle -fsld
they generally ready TO lay aside their fine clothes
and retlrs 10 private Life. Not long since squad Of
twenty-five negroes sent from Helena TO steal some
horses and pick up Ersggng Confederate soldiers 10 he
country. They upon some Confederate cavalry and
eli the negroes killed save one. and that Afri
cans back large paper pinned which was IN
scr ID send another negro scout" He returned
70 Helena to relate the sad IA of his cultured bred
rsn but nc more negro scouts have appeared unlsE
oaeered with Yankees This has given the unblsaehe'
soldIery perfect horror Of war.