Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-09

MlltL lntf may De dispersed. 1t Is our
wish to spread q board ample enough for
ali the old APPEAL family, and around
which old ASSOCIATES and friends NAV
meet and commune with each other,
however widely separated by mere geo
graphical distance.
THE DEszINY or THE NEGRO.
The most ~stupendous problem that hiss
pressed upon the people Of this Republic,
Is now In process Of s0lution-we mean
the fate of the four million Of blacks who
have been freed and turned out into the
world 10 provide for themselves, just a
we " pale faces" have had 10 do from
the birth Of time. They are Gods crea-
tures, Just as weare, and a tremendous
responsibility attaches to us, a a nation
Audas a people, Tor wEatm may be the .ulti-
mate result Of Cur dealings with them.
II must never be forgotten-lnd it is not
forgotten by the humane and kindly
hearted people Of the South, whose
sympathies are with and for him,
unless when chilled and repealed BY gross
iagrGuuude and fragrant auimosity on his
psrt-thst the negro Is in no wise respon-
side Tor the new career that has been
imposed upon him. He has been the
pupQer-may il not prove in the end the
viclm-5f a huge and -scsndalous family
quarrel of the white race. Upon Us and
upon our children restz the responsibility
ofseudi1g lin cut 20 play part 10 which,
unpr0up-ed he did not aspire. The role
has been thrust upon him, and although
in the m,iE Of the clash of arms. and
with the wild lUr-ah Of mad, inscnsate,
cruel passion drowning the "stil, small
voice Of reason that was whispering in
our ears, we may not have appreciated
its magnitude. the time Is coming on
ap1ce when we must contemplate and
meet IT. UEses up in our national path
WAY as q chastity spectre, and glares
upou Us
On oUr first page we reproduce g letter
addressed by SIR. ROBERT l. DABNEY, of
Virginia, to Gen. Howard, the head Of
the TEeejmau's Bureau. in which the
weight and bearings of this responsibility
axe SET forth with O I-ucidness Of thought
and p~Llozophic moderation Of senti-
meu-. that must challenge attention % a
subject that h. unacceptable.
ORR SOUTHERN vExE-LAND.
Iumay not Zoe, and we presume it is
not generally known abroad, that there
IS q belt Of country in the South peculi-
aElv wen adapted 70 the growth and cul-
ture Of The vine, and the making of
wines Cf superior excellence. This belt
Of country embraces q portion Of West
Tennessee, but is mainly to be found in
North Mississippi, extending eastward
from DeS1ta and Pamela counties through
the state into Alabama. Georgia and
South Carolina. Originally, this belt Of
country ia Mississippi was thickIy matted
with a tangled maze of Wild vines; and
detached experiments made since the
country has been settled up and subjected
% the uses Of King Gotten, demon
strate that it Is even better adapted to the
growth OF the w.ne-grodueiug vines. than
10 the silky staple. IL Is the Niue-Land
Of tie ~uGth,-peThap- Of the eastern
half of the North American Continent;
and now that tie system of labor which
subjected it 20 the growth Of cotton In
large plantations, has been broken up,
why should it not revert 10 the Uses for
which il has been so bounufuly fitted by
kindly Nature. and be converted into
The homes Of thousands Of v~iEe-dressers
The destruction Of African slavery
may yet while very bad for the poor
negro, who hergef0rth, Is no better pro
vided for than the poor white man. lead
70 results more than comparative to
those who own the soil, and vastly bene-
hc-5l 10 the whole country. # where the .
negro Piled the hoe in the cultivation
Of Injection plant, theskiued vine grower
from the Rhine and the Rhone should
be introduced % dress his vineyards, and
tend his orehards-5f luscious fruits, and
resr bis fat f0cks, until the country
should TEEN with q dense population Of
intelligent and skilled lab0re-s-with
troops Of happy and laughing children
gathering in the vintage-and wine.
good honest pure, exbileratiuE. healthy
wine, be 30 abundautly produced, as 70
make IL within the reach Of all should
we regret the disappearance Of the big
plantations should We not find, in the
products Of this change Of population q
greater amount Of real wealth, and a
solder strength, in q sectional point Of
view, than under the old regime? VII
lagos hamlets, and the church-going
bell would rise up 40 intervals Of only
a few miles, all over this Vine Land, and
give 10 It's sunny slopes and meaudering
valleys a pic~rJresqueness and beauty
u~negUsled even in the old world.
Why should this picture Of the imagi-
nation not be made a reality. and that,
TOO, nor, within U own day and gener-
alton? If we are not 70 suhside into a
semi-barbarous apathy, these wasted
fields must be put into cultivation, the
country must be occupied We Of the
South are no longer Interested N or re- .
sponsihe for supplying the world with :
cotton, because by the course Of
red-hsnded war, and under the provi- Z
1ence Of God weare nolougerresponsible A.,
Tor the support and maintenance Of four s
Of black people who could lie I
sas.sr supported and maintained by the !
yrUvTh Of cotton than by any other pro- Z
II under the new state Of things {
he black mar VIII plant vineyards, grow !
run trees, and the Hke-lwe know he viii +
,ot return TO the constant drudging labor 7
Necessary 70 produce the cotton crops of f
,asJ times lit swell. But if he viii not, e
hen this favored land must be "held, !,
ossessedand occupied" by a race and a a
who viii develop its capabilities, {;
nd fully bring out its resources 7,