Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-06

-br,yvfnr The works OF art. the trlumphs OF sci
apce. and the fruits Of philosophy. The grea'
I shadow ihat for I'VE hundred years fell acros
the disc of the sun OF civilization and produces
an al but total eclipse thereof was projected oy
| The cid and ruthless hand Of the North OF Eu'
rope. Il was 10 the South o. Europe that let
ters were revived after the dark ages The
only thing for which Southern Europe coule
/ thank the North was the feudal system the an
Gent ss we'll as present basis Of nearly The en-
IRE system OF Iu~hsprudenoe touching the de-
scent and transmission Of real estate IN EuroP'
and American and even the stern code grew into
equity, and was shorn Of is tercen@s 10y ih'
subtle and plastic hand of Southern Europe
The flower Of civilization, both sacred and pro
Zane. seems 10 love a Southern soil II wither'
beneath The icy, polar influences ola Northern
slime Not even the genus OF Peter The Great
with all 1.-The fabulous wealth and power OF hA
descending rrars. could plant that lower sue
eessfuIv in Russia, whlleit hourished 10 periec'
rfo1 presenting the most beautiful colors
and emitting the sweetest fragrance even
unde~r the emasculatiug influences OF the Papa
chair. Not alone iu bellies Js,t-cs, In the glowing
I canvass Of Che Italian painters, and the breath
ing marble Of Italian scUlptors, but in the
.turdier works OF the mechanic arts the south
of Europe led the way in the glorious march
Of progress. Theland0 Of Dante, Petrarchr GALL
leo. AIheri, Machiavel1, the land sacred 70 the
holiest feelings and noblsst impulses OF the
heart was the land Of the South. But why this
eulogy upon a latitude cougeuisl with our
own-why this vldIous distinction Of climate:
simply 10 bid our friends beOf good cheer, and
Learn 20 labor and to watt
| II such . land the clouds that uowloVer upon
our house" must give place to sunshine.
We had conversation to-day with & gentle
man. formerly a colouslia the service Of the
United states but now IA extensive planter.
IN common with many good men in our midst,
he sees nothing but allure in our present labor
system. The negroes, he says, are idle and
vicious. viii steal everything they can lay their
hands on. are impatient OF control, and front
rro-k This is not al all surprising to southern
men. The negro. accustomed from his infancy
TO be led. 10 have his ideas OF things supplied
by another. and 70 have al his wants antlci-
pated. can but very poorly meet the demands
! Of q self supporting state OF freedom HIS
idea Of freedom means not only an exemption
/ from labor, from the performance Of any duty
IS a citizen, but an immunity from the conse-
quences Of crime. Day after day we hear OF
murders committed by the freedmen, OF
acts Of violence, rapine and arson
penetrated By the liberated slave, un-
iii we have almost ceased 70 wonder AT
the euormItv Of these acts From every side
we hear complaints Of violation Of contracts,
Sinking Of proper duties, and systematic iuso-
.enoe 70 whites. Decent. orderly conduct We
sometimes see. but We regret 10 say that cases
Of This desirable kin are the exceptions 10 the
general rule. a staggering, impudent, devil
--1r-44Ha air rHur~rrarTzar The large mass of
the negro population. We are not as.ouishsd
Al these Things on the contrary we see IN them
The legitimate effects OF a well known cause.
The negro is naturally peaceful, and had be-
come by the force Of the habit formed Ia his
state Of slavery, oheGisut 10 the law OF the
country where he lived. which law he believed
10 be the viii 81 his superior master, which VIII
be was accustomed 70 respect, What then Is
the cause OF his present IaWl5-sEess? Whence
comes his contempt OF every thing calculated
20 make him respectable, and vlE The esteem
of tle whiye52 VIC point 10 the negro camps
al over the country, and "a therein the prag
nant cause Of sill this isw.1ssness, of all thl.
crime. A sufHcient elucidsllon OF Jhis truth
may be found IN the fact that where there are
no "col5red soldiers the negroes are compare
lively free from the vices OF which we com
plain. We returned yesterday from q trip into
the country. We were only twenty miles west
Of Helena, ia the quiet ana pleasant, and pros
porous little town OF Trenton; but even at that
short distance from The colored garrison, we
found ia the e0lured population a different p-O-
pie. We found them free indeed, Tor "he IS q
resmsu whom the truth makes free. but not
ruined by freedom. We found them polite, or
derby, industrious and h7ppy. preserving
in their freedom many OF the virtues OF
-Aml -L H .
ploy5rs, and found the most cordial relations
existing between the raossl found them mutually
satisfied with the new relations Of things, and
mutually beneficial % each other. There were
no complaints Of l1Ieness aud-c-tme: 10 viola
don OF contracts; no disgustiugIy false accuse
lions against respectable citizens, before mill
tary tribunals; no crowds OF idle vEgabouds,
eating The bread OF crime aud looking 10 tie
military authorities Tor CylujeuGuca and sup
port. In a word, there was no camp for them
to gather Indictment for vice from. Is there
nothing IN these facts-Iacts which can be coz
roboraud by every respectable citizen OF the
districts? DO they not mean everything: We
call the attention Of the negro wOrshipping /
Radicals to these iaCts5 We respectfully suggest
them TO the Select COMMITTEES on Freedmen iu
Congress, as a source whence that dark body
may receive useful and truthful light DO not
these fscJs sustain The assertion 50 often made
In these letters, that the civil authorities, the
people, are the proper, the only, the legal and
the competent power to meet all the necessities
u the new negro question, The incorporate,
and iuiberaL, in Congress, may thcJrfss
ls much as they please on this subject, but we
present yacs, and one fact IS worth q thousand
theories. II the negro Is better ana happier
1trGy from the nuXigus influences cf c0lored
why apprezs the country with military
organizations o. this sorte Gen. Grant, whose
wisdom and Hberality in this behalf are highly
'ommeudable, recommends ia his report 10 the
President, the neIt thing 70 the removal OF the
soIored troops from the South. Gen. Grant
poke from the record, and spoke truly and
Whist do Mckee and Kelly, stevens,
sumner, ct ID 0mne gsEus In Congress, know
the workings Of the new system oflaJor
q the SOUTH NotniugI They speak
& their hatred Of the south, OF their
partisan bias dictates, Ths country
rosns beneath q military oppression.
The negroes, TO use a strong but not elegant
,hrase, are literally going to the devil, and in
tead Of our n~ational legislators generously.
wisely and maEuanimopsly endeavoring, By
wholesome counsel and j~udlcioUs legislation, 10
ten the downward tendency ofthings, t0rem.
dy the increasing evil Of our day, they are do
ng everything thai a mean "a Little ana e ma
spirit can dictate, 70 aggravate the
ursse which their pernicious school OF politics ,
las brought upon the people ofthe South. TIE ,
'orthern press, TOO, with a few noble cxcep- .
Ions, yield 70 the dehauching influences Of the 4
our, and ia order that 'the rascal counters r
lay be p0cketod, we behold the DEGRADING =
OF vigorous a able peers pandering Z
D the unholy god Of radIcalism. Oh! when :
III the real spirit OF the people OF the North =
manifest itself in the population or the red re- n
u5ucsu.sm oltHelr present political Issdel-e :
here are tsg brave men who fought against us r
.r four years, 81 havlDg marched as soldiers
I'd Jared as soldiers, know how 20 appreciate
vho met them as Eoiliers? Let them rise
their might and reiuststs the genius OF
meIican Liberty, who hss been oustsd IRON
sr shrine by the usurplng bastard Of Radical Il
"a. Let them restore The Constitution andthe
American doctrine Of The rights Of he =
Qpis 50h STATE and N0UoaaL tbs rights incul- 7
by Webster aud ~bequeathed by Washing 4
o, and put down thls modern "Barebone Par @
lment," whose acts are al once a violation Of .,
II magma charta had an insult 10 the intsui- !,
nee Of the American people. u
resent disasters on our southern and T.
sstern rivers throw a gloom over our people. a
10 eAuLlhLuM OF NlN ALtLE4 Ia the ATEenEaE Q ~
er on Houdsy last, with the terrible loss OF ~
ana property WIS but fresh III our minds I
zen We were called upon 70 listen 10 another ~
ny Of wholesaIe destruction Of human life in II
blowing up Of the Missouri, the particulars @
last, we gathered from the columns Of o.,
3 AFFEAL Scarcely q week passes without n
ne tsrrlble record OF steamboat disaster being 'I
Iced upon hIsi scarcely p dag that We DO not OF
some victim OF the careless negligence, or Isl
.ane lec1lessnes-lo use no harsber language p.
sJeamb0almen What l to become Of the ),
er trade II these thlHEs are permittedg Can 20
Congress, now that that respectable body oil
1Qing heg~cc-A0rse, pass an act securing 20 m
cry citizen the right % travel on public con Il,
'anceawltheu iho right" Of being blown TO
'Ins IN the air, or sent as iood 70 catfish in the VA
Ter? We tnlakit would much better become fu'
se grave and reverend seniors" 70 pas a To
leu4 las regulating the SPEED OF Etssmboafx "a
the conduct of sJeamb5atmen. and The
CSC, ofs,eaH1Joat better makers. than u spepd- "a
the nations Time d money In shallow at all
ipts 20 make tLe black man white and the an
lie man black But naia Hsas. psaiss aataus. ~
/ 0E Congress is bad IN heart and III head.
ne old FrIauEe NJ Tina MErWrE Aarra uFrt