Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-08
From the Round Table.
ECESBIART PUBLICATIONS.

ECEEDEARE PUBLICATIONS.
There is, indeed, a gloomy prospect
before Us, and We may well dGsDair II the
moral sentiment Of our people viii tol-
crate the publication IN our periodicals.
81 such articles as that entitled "A
EreedmEl's story commenced n the
February number CT the atlantic
8Cuthlg.n The authentic history Of the
lives OF ineerdiaries, highwaymen, and
pirates. or the EUt0htographies and diving
confessions OF murderers, have not here
uJ-1re figured in TIE class Of literature
which The moral and more intelligent
portion Of our reading people have de-
lighted 70 patrOuize. This story is intro
CUce5 by a regular contributor Of the
magazine, and published professedly to
slCw The fitness Of the negro 10 exercise
tie elective franchise; and If the story
u Lls negro be true, there are few white
men in the country that excel him in
hardened vlll2lny. Yet this contributor
holds him up a. q model man. and bv
his IntimauOns we are 10 conclude that
should The merited halter be melted out
70 this instrument Of the devil the writer
viii place him on his saints calendar
second only 10 John Brown.
Tins negro 4 his youth pining for free
dom, fearful OF being sold away could
not psck his bundle and leave. but wan
TONY provoked q quarrel with his master
and hurt him badly, that he might have
al ZcU 10 run away. He went TO
Pennsylvania, lived q lawless life, IN
which be gloried In crimes no less than
MURDER; converted a publican 10 aboli-
uonism by setting fire TO his barn in the
night and watching il burn; he also set
fire 10 the house OF another Penusylva-
nisn In the night and saw Il burn 'fbesu-
ufuuy,n while be with his companions
waited and watched % shoot the owner
BY the light OF the flames when they
should drive him out. SO far has this
HFreednan's Story progressed. For
The sake of our country, for the sake Of
the poor and suffering negro, and for
Christianityis sake, let Us have no more
oft. These incidents, which the con-
tri5ut0r 70 the AHontic Monthly encour-
sges this man 10 relate 90 boastfuIly,
happened before the war; let ne hope
that the acts OF such q hend under the
harbsrous license Of war may never be
made public.
L s. { terrible wrong 20 the negro 10
hold up so depraved q being as a worthy
and wGll-deerving model representative
o. the African race, and 70 publish such
q story o~pprOvingiy 10 e magazine that
lJ-ls me position that the AuIutfc does.
lie tendency Is 70 encourage the lawlezs
IN their lawlessness, and, as in this case,
70 Undue them with the notion that they
are instruments IN the hands Of Pr0yl-
tence for The working U Of their own
desires sLd passions. Il also tends 10 in
crease The Prejudice which exists against
the negro race, encourages the shiftless I
sud eVil-mlnded % engage 10 riotous pro- I
ceedings, and thus subjects them 10 the 4
risk Of becoming the victims Of popular /
vengeance, thai is not apt % discriminate
between the good snd the bad. The ~
l4-ts' Aonthy has been the professed
champion Of the negro's cause, and il Is I
certainly irs duty 70 aid the great num-
.el 10 lSrOes hat are striving 70 inn
,leT condition, aud not 70 uiblish
ana prs--s % who, n his tale be true, /
you'd nave been hung Tor his crimes 10
=. F1--4n ri the 5tatsof Massachusetts, I
LL2 they nesn committed within the ju- {
-s1-cLou Of any Of It's courts.