Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-24
A cTuTENr C0NTRAsT.

them, as the growth and development OF
Memphis may require the extension of
these very convenient thoroughfares.
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
The Exeter Hal philanthropists Of
England have had their W way with
the black man in Jamaica for about one
generation. They have given him Bibles
and ball0ts-have had him investedswith
what, in the cant phrase of the day, is
called manhood suffrage They have
located missionaries beside him, andhave
had free use of every means and appii-
ance that they chose To employ for his
moral culture and intellectual elevation.
What is the rcsUlte The b-arbar0us and
savage outbreak, f0olishly undertaken,
with the idea Of killing or driving or an.
the whites and so possessing the Island,
for no other cause than that they were
required 70 pay d5str tq1rs.
That Is one picture. That is what
fanatical Ab0liti0nism and pharisainal
Puri,anism has done fer the negro iu ia
m1ica.
Vow look at this picture -Four millions
Of black people in the South were held in
what was dcn0miuatod slavery" OF.
these, there was a large, q very large
number 1r Sons church members, while
the remainder were, for the most part.
docle, orderly, w-slI-behavei people,
Even in the midst Of q civil war, they
remained quiet, peaceful. orderly, law
abiding, with as few infractious Of law
as is general in thcsame number ofother
populations. With every opportunity
and temptation 20 do 81. they made 10
risings against the whitcz eltaerf for muir
der orpllaEe, but laboredo on parienAvand
faithfully 10 support the families with
whom they were identified. These same
people have been set free suddenly.
without preparation or warning that
henceforth they must provide FOX them
selves. They have, as 1t were, been
turned out Of their homes, and cast out
upon the world, to be swindled by sdarpers
and pretended friends. They have suf-
fered, and are suffering, from the want I
Of that prudent foresight and ~selfdeuiaI
which only comes with training and OK
perience. Accustomed always TO have
some one % think and provide for them,
they have now, In their new con-
dition, 20 think and provide for
themselves. Ev~il-disposed persons
have endeavcred to instil into their
mindsthat their former masters and mis-
tresses were their Opprcssors and are their
enemies. And yet, though the hardships
Of their position have sunk into death
one-fourth 81 their number, these four
millions Of black people in the south
have made no Instruction, have risen
Ia resistance sgaiEst nolaw, have i~uauq7l- f,
no s~aturnalia Of murder. piIare ]
md rapiBe, as have done the Puritan
luTtTred black people Of Jamaica, for no
Jther IA than that they were required
work and pay their taxes. :
Which has exerted the happiest infu-
nee on the moral character of the black
nsn,-which has really best educated ,
lin 20 be q responsible moral beinZ-the -
nuf5ine, cantiug, puritanical negro 81
Of the Abolition school, or the
.5outhron, that these hypocrites delight !.
o SANDER 10 the world as q s~emi-barbar-
.us monster Of cruelty? Which has
sen, practically and truly, the best friend q
4 the black man O.
II in q generation the freed slave, q
nder the teachings and dealingsoft these
elf-constituted special guardians Of tie 7
.egro, is converted into o lazy. IMPROVE
ent demon, every intelligent black man
this country, who has the welfare Of u
is race az heart, should pray dcyoutIy
lat they may be delivered from the
1rse Of al such friendship. Left TO
the honest, faithful, polite
nd industrious negro, who has =,
TO make for himself .
nd his children an enduring good .
haracter, viii find among the people !,
7ith whom he was reared, bis best and
ruest friends. 1t is from the knowledge 4,
Z this truth, perceived and recognized
e with the unerrinE intuitions Of chill
reu, and r. the moral home training
hey haverece-vedr that we haven5where an
D the South among LhC freed men such a nd
Sic set Of missrsauts ~ the free men of q,
am2ica.
The contrast is certainly very striking i'm
ne, and would teach fanaucism a useful d.
sson, il il were capable Of learning one. Cl
cd
~ There seems 10 be some mizappre- b.