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


0r pulled down the substantial house Dul
BE by their fathers only thirty years betor
OF with walls as solid as living rocks, WhiC
'e, was entirely adequate 70 hold the white
IL and replaced ID by a larger, One prom
ln nent reason was that it was not larl
tie enough to hold the servants also. The
at constructed in the new house three hun
SO dred commOdiOus sittings exclusively f
n. the blacks Last Sabbath, under brigl
ss and cheerful sun, these sittings We're o.
n cupied during public worship by precisel
T. three persons; and at the afternoon SCI
n vice, held in chapel-of-ease, primaril
is for the blacks, there was not one presen
TO Thus the North has prevented the SOut
he from doing its former work for the goo
/ Of the African, Consequently IL mus
- make its account to do il all itself.
e But while I assert this, would bea
l. my emphatic testimony against the false
n hood and injustice of the charge that th
e Southern people wish to cast or and rui
u the negro, in a spirit Of pique and reveng
If for his emancipation. That they regar
i this measure as neither just nor wise,
IS perfectly true. But they have promise
e TO acquiesce in it as a condition Of peace
r that promise they intend faithfully {
3 keep; andthey universally regard SLAYER,
2 as finally at an end There is nothin'
. more manifest than that the North, ami,
P the flame and heat Of all its auim0sities
c knows and feels that this people viii no
/ be the one to break It's new covenant
, hard rs its conditions are; and that thu
f freedom of the late slaves and the au
] thOrity which has dictated it are securei
from attack by US. And / boldly testify
that this magnanimous people has no
voluntarily withdrawn its humane in.
, terest from the blacks; that it earnestly
desires their prosperity; that il wishes e
give them employment and opportunity
ana TO cooperate in their maintenance
p as far as possible; that they do not cast
on the negroes, but it is the negroes who
cast them Off
Yes, the people Of the South are this
day extending to tens Of thousands OF
black families a generous sympathy in
the midst Of their own heavy losses and
deep poverty, which We challenge the
Christian world to surpass in its splen-
did philanthropy: in that we still
refuse to cast off those families, al
though, by reason Of the incumbrance Of
old persons, sick, and little children, their
present labor is worse than worthless 20
Us, and we know we shall receive no fl-
ture recOmpense in the labor of the chill
dre9 We are thus rearing gratis for other
meTa as independent of us in future as we
are of them. And this Is done often
times in spite Of a present TeqUital of in
science, misconception, ingraGtUde and
. a petty warfare OF thefts and injuries by
. Southern gentlemen and ladies, who, ap-
prOpriating thereto a part Of the avails of
their own personal lab8rs, undertaken TO
| procure subsistence 0rtheirOW children.
And this is done, not in few eXcep-
I tional eases, but in a multitude OF cases,
+ ia every neighbOrhOod of every county,
so that the numbers of destitute freed
men under which the able hands of your
Bureau now faint, are not a 1.-THE Of those
who are still maintained by the impOv-
erished people of the South. And this is
done simply because humanity makes Us
unwilling 10 thrust out those for whose
happiness we have so long been accus-
toned 70 care into the hardships Of their
new and Untried future. And unless you
can eNpecgthis delicate sentiment 10 ex-
hibit a permanence which would be al
most miraculous under the "wear and
tear Of our future poverty, l foFewarn
you that You must stand prepared for
tenfOld increase Of your present resp0n-
siJilities, when these families are COM
mitted 10 You. That tenf0ld burden you
must learn 70 bear successfully.
Having shown you the starting point
Of that career Of beneliiceuce to the Afri-
% God and history to advance, ! now
return to strengthen the already irresisti- 4
b.e argument of that obligation. If the
South, with all its disadvantages, has
done this m0dicum of good TO this poor
people, the North, their present guar I
dians, with their vast advantages, must
do far more. The South was the inferior /.
section 80 the North told Us in num- /
bers, in wealth, in progress, in intelli- /
Cence, in education, in religion. The /
South so the North says held the Afri- [
cans under an antiquated, unrighteOus /
and mi~chievOus relatiOn-that Of do |
mestic slavery. The North now has them I
on the new footing, which is, Of course, |
precisely the right one.
The South was their OppressOr; the 1
North is their generous hberatOr. The I
South was hagridden in all its energies /
for good 50 we were instructed by the /
" barbarism Of slavery the North con- /
taius the most civilized, enlightened and |
efficient people on earth. Now, if yOu /
do not surpass our poor performance for |
the negro with this mighty contrast ia /
your favor, how mighty viii be the just .
reprObatiou which viii be visited upon
YOU by the common sentiment of man /
kind and by the Lord Of Hosts? If YOU |
do not surpass our deeds as far as your /
can yon stand at His bar, even beside Us |
~inneTs2 he has taught Us that '' O man .
Is accepted according to that which he |
hath, aud not according TO that which be /
hath uOt.n To this righteous rule we /
intend 10 hold you, as our successors in /
the guardianship Of the negro.
If there are any who endeavOr 70 lUll 1
your energies in this work, by SAYING that /
the negro, being nov. a free man, must /
take care of himself like other people /
that he should be thrown on his own re- I
sources, and that, if he does not provide /
for his own wcil-being, he should be left |
to suffer, 1 beseech you, in the behalf Of I
humanity, Of Justice and Of your own /
good name, not TO hesrken to them. / 1
ask YOU solemny, whether the freedmen |
have an " even start - in the race for sub /
siStence with the other labOring men of |
the nation, marked as they are by differ /
euce of race and color, Obstructed by !
stubborn prejudice, ana disqualified as 1
YOU hold for the responsibilities Of self
support, to some extent, by the evil |
effects of their recent bondage upon their /
character? Is it fair, or right VI merci- /
ful to compel him 10 enter the stadium, |
and leave him % this fierce competition (
under these grave disadvantages . Again, l
no peaSant-y under the sun was ever re- Z
selves when connected with the soil by
no tenure of any form. Under our sys-
tenn our slaves had the most permanent |
and beneficial form Of tenancy; for their
masters lands were bound to them 10y
law for furnishing them homes, Oecupa- 1
tiJns and subsistence during the whole
continuance Of the masters tenure. But
you have ended all this, and consigned
four millions of people to condition Of
h0mclessuesS! VIII the North thus
make gipseys of them, and then hold
them responsible for the ruin which Is in
evitab!e from such a condition
But there is another argument equally
weighty. BY adopting the unfeeling poll
icy of throwing the negro upon bis own
resources, to sink or swim as he may, YOU
run too great a risk of verifying the most
biting reproaches and objections Of your
enemies They, in case of his failure,
viii argue thus: That the great ques-
ton in debate between the defenders Of
slavery and the advocates of emaucipa-
ton was whether the negro was capable
of self-Control; that the former, who pro-
fessed 10 be more intimately acquainted
with his character, denied that he was
capable Of il, and solemnly warned YOU
Of the danger Of his ruin, if he was in
trusted with his own direction, i'm this
country, and that YOU, in insisting on
the experiment in spite Of this warning,
assumed the whole responsibility. Sir, if
the freedmen should perchance fail TO
swim successfully, that argument would
be too damaging 10 you and your people.
You cannot afford to venture upon this
risk. You are compelled by the interests
Of your own consistency ard gOOd name,
to take efieCtuai care that the negro shall
swim; and that better than before. In
the name Of justice, 1 demonstrate against
your throwing him OFF in his present
state, by the ineXecrable fact that he was
translated into il, neither by Us, nor by
himself, but by you alone; for out Of that
fact proceeds an obligation upon you, to
make your experiment successful, which
viii cleave to YOU even 10 the judgment
day. And out Of that fast proceeds
this farther Obligation: that seeing
vou have persisted Of your own free
will in making this experiment
0f ihs liberation, you and your
people are bound TO bestovg .s.nvthing or
, eng, and to do everything, except
] sin to insure that il shall be, as compared
with hi- previous condition, a blessing to
him. For, if you were not willing TO do
al this, were You not bound TO let him
alone? When the shipmaster urges
Fa.1.lassfarl Ea am larlr "a his shin and