Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-13
From the New Orleans Crescent.
A MOpEL REPoRT


some of the Northern papers speak of
the report of Mr.. Carl Shurz, late a gen.
eral in the United States service, as
cable, calm, dispassiOnate and logical
This gentleman was sent to the South
soon after the closeof the war to inYes-
tigate the condition of the Southern
States, and especially, We believe, the
| condition of that anomalous class of
people called 9 freedmen" He received
his official Instructions from the Govern
ment at Washington, but the instrue-
tons on which he seem 10 have acted
were, doubtless, issued by the faction OF
which Senator Sumner and Representa-
tive Stevens are the leaders and Con-
gressiOnal Representatives. 1t was neces-
a for the purposes OF that faction TO
prove, if possible, that the world had
all along been mistaken as to the respec-
five characteristics of the two races in
habiting the Southern States; TO show
that the whites are an Ignorant, blood
thirsty, cowardly, vlndictiye, treacher-
ous set of wretches, deserving Of repres-
sion, not to say determination, and that
the negroes are a brave, intelligent, mag
unanimous, and especially 'loyaP' race,
eminently worthy of elevation TO the
position Of a governing class. In other
words, a great necessity was TO
prove that the negro is simply a white
man with an accidentally black skim
and that the white man is a sort of
accidental Caucasian with an essentially
black heart. II was to be shown also,
that the Southern people, meaning the
Southern whites, are still engaged IN
impossibleo onspi esagainstthe Union,
and incOnceivable projects 70 revive and
re~-establlsh the institution of slavery;
that the ignorant, barbarous vindictive
Anglo SaEons Of the South are dOmi-
neering in a highly rep%rehensible and
s~auguinary manner, over the intelli-
gent and cultivated Philippians, thereby
sadly interfering with that desirable al
lance between radicals and negroes, on
which the perpetuatiOn of radical power
is supposed to depend.
Nobody could have discharged this diff
fcult duty with more zeal and ability
than Mr.. Carl ShurZ. In the calmest
and most dispassionate manner he de-
mOnstrates that the Southerners are IN
shriven, mTepentent wretches, OF whom
it were the basest sort of llattery to say
that they were Williams, and in a very
able style he proves that the negroes are
just the people to convert into radical
%suflragans and office holders.
liz HALHrA4iAA AbiAN vi 9DAAiitl AIT NAAb
transoendent absurdity Of Stevens are
admirable enough in their way-but
there is something surprisingly amazing
in Mr.. Carl ShUrZ's ability to prove what
is contrary to reason and TO demonstrate
what has no existence. II has been said
that he must have remarkably keen OPP
tics "who sees what is not to be seen"
But Mr.. Carl ShurZ exceeds even that
degree Of visual acumen. He sees not
only what Is not to be seen-but what
never was seen, and, in the nature of
things, never can be seen. To prove
that black il white, has, from very re-
mote age. been considered a conclusive
test of logical and dialectical skill. We
do not know that any one ever succeeded
in the attempt until Mr.. Carl Shurz pro-
duced that extraordinary repOTtin which
he shows 50 conclusively that negroes
are, in reality white men.
But 1t is not only In power OF reasoning
that this " calm and dispassionate gem
tleman exhibits his ability. In vig0r of
imagination and exuberance of fancy he
excels even Baron Munchausen. The
romances and poems of Anne Radcliffe
and Jonna Bailly were tame and spirit-
less in comparison with the matchless
productions Of this Incompatible gentle
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that reminds US Of Murillo. He fairly
luxuriates in death and reyels In murder.
Until we read his report we never con-
ceived the amount of villainy by which
we were surrounded. We did,
begin to have serious mis-
when We read the ac-
count given by the Chicago gentleman
of the hundred and f%orty-nine negro
c0Tpses, all with their threats slit, and
ears shOrn, which We're counted
floating quietly down the Alabama river;
but we o learn from Mr.. Carl SEIZURE
that the existence of the freedman in the
South is a perpetual flight from a blazing
and an Uplifted knife. He did not
these things himself, it is true but
he was told of them, which for his prac-
teal purposes amounts to precisely the
same thing. The testimony, he tells us,
is conclusive-which is another proof OF |
bis eminent logical ability. Hence, this
% calm and dispassionate' gentleman
comes 10 the conclusion that negroes
ought to be allowed to v~ote-indeed. !
ought TO be forced to vote else they
stand in imminentdange Of-being made
10 work.
One can scarcely fail to admire the
great superiority which Mr.. Carl ShurZ
exhibits owe Gen. Grant. The Lieuten-
nt-General was incompetent 10 see any
IF those extraordinary things which pre-
sented themselves TO the constructive
of the eX~-Brigadier. The more
Iity for the Lieutenant-G General. He
It'd not do his duty by Sumner and
Stevens, and he deserves very
of the country in conse-
luence. He found the Southern
peaceable, and ardently DESTROYS of
'esuming their relations with the Fede-
al Government He found them very
much inclined % do justice 10 the ne
T0es, 10 treat them well, to olothe and
eed them, to pay them, even to educate
hem. But az this is in direct opposition
0 the radical gospel, according to Carl
Of course the Lieutenant-Gene-
ais testimony incOntinently eliminated,
4 order that the vastly more credible
estimOny Of the ex-Brigadier may re-
Give its full weight.