The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-10
Q H 4 RI E TON.
THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 10, 1865.
THE NE1IPHIS MOTS.

The Momphis Appeal. in referring TO the
late melancholy riots in that CITY, warns the
public that they have no political Significance
whatever in o sectional point Of view. 1t
states that they were of t6at character, pro.
odsely, which might have taken. place, under
like circumstances, in auy. Northern city, and
(which have taken phase, marked tby even
tsgreater atrooities, in several Northern cities,
with less of aggravatisn to be pleaded in
their exten1ation. '+Tbey are lsrnentable,
most lameutable and discreditable;" says the
Appeal, "to the fair fame of our city; but
they are incidents of that fallible human ma
ture from whose excesses neither bho dwellers
in Northern or Southern climes are exempt
We expect the saints of Boston, who wit
messed the burning of the Convent at Charles
town, and the driving forth of a1number of
defenceless ayomen. whose lives were devoted
to piety and charity, ,te-comprehend this, and
vindioate Memphis accordingly, nor shall
we. excuse Philadelphia, which .aferetime in
sdulged herself in negro mobbiugse and burn
0ngs, in throwing stones at us as being more
sSnrighteous shan herself.
"Whoever shall connect rebels with these
cad events, aRd so draw from thena an argu-
ment against their fitness to be entrusted with
the management of their own local affairs, or
asoert that the negro race is not safe under
their protection, will simply lie. Should
such representations come from prstended
eye-witnesses, they will lie willfuHy and
knowingly. We put this ON record, once for
all, applicable to iall whom it may concern
IF any proof were wanting OF tho correctness
of this assertion, it may be found in the fact
that the latest victim of those brutalities--the
colored servant killed at the .Gayoso House
on Thursday night-was faithful follower
and friend Of his late master through the en-.
tire war, and was fayorite in the Oonfeder-
ate Army. There is not 0 returned Confad-
crate soldier here to whom he was known-
and he was very generally known and
esteemed-1uho would not have projected his
life at the risk of his own. He was engaged
in taking care of the hats and canes of the
attendants on the Benevolent Party for the
benefit of maiaaed ConfederaIss, and at the
time of his untinaely murder had in his per-
sonai keeping several pistols put in his
charge by Confederates, who were in the
ballroom. Going out to call hack for O.
Confederate, he was fred upon and killed, 10
has not yet been discovered by whom-but
certainly not ~ any one in sympathy with
the occasion upon which he was an attendant.
Further proof Of what we have asserted
may be found in the fact that the returned
Confederate soldiers, while rigidly abst,inisg
from participation in these disturbances, hold
themselves, as is we'll known here, in readi-
ness to promptly obey any requisition that
may be made upon them by the military au-
thorities Of the United States and the city
government, to assist in maintaining public
order' Coming back to their homes impov-
erished, and scrupulously respecting their
paroles, they desire peace, quiet, and good
order, to the end that by patient industry,
they may retrieve their ruined fortunes
They know what subordination to good gov.
ernment is, acd value 1t. They are not the
enemies Of the negro, but in his proper