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sry hut negro eociety. III: South never learnt ,nE-
!h,ng hea Ecw E1slahs; 1as II Ftsa ,a,, isnd :,
hi,kory haras EMO wooden nutIecs, h.sc neTes OBJ
tssned joosnosd among H., ana pesr1 viii. THESE
.isms .p:outs 70 he plaaNd a7oos rs b. tasse
tho ls.t cae os ihcra h.s left us-
The Memphis Post, Of Saturday last, says:
A large na:s Of testimony has ate.dy oeen
eltc'ed ny rte commission OF 1IQnH.: mofi
dnnn In u deial!s md going 70 she tna1 ns
of s,oss Sho were the Iassiersp1its IN the festul
crusade acAlu-t The blacks.
An ex-rcbcl officer says: ~
I Too, e.u tr<t,fy thar there WIS pren,ed1tated
Is sead, A. ssatcd Hs1 ente,i besaasa the polise
Irish. and few negro eoldiers-tarseo. onaehel.
edlY, by The iphu1nsn and osua! ueameat Q. lae
po,lco upon negroes. whencSer they haa taase 70
srTr.t one. /, mysli, have .etn gang q police
aErrtt negro tc1 toue 'rassa1 oferse and insseaa
Ell s qqMfg III Spea chm xh Sa '1s liz
eep:elese, md th~n tn1o" him upon cray ana
Most of ,be negroes killed we're quietly disposed:
They we're fred upon In yards, and even hotscs Of
fatEcns we're entered and negroes dragged oot ana
shoI down while begging fat ibei5 Ise*..1 saa an
and then rboot him IN the bseazt. ssatn. Snea
men during the lateas war. made good gueTllas-
not brave enoueh 10 20 the front, but tkulked IN
the bush to snoot friend OF foc& nnn then foo tne
corpse.
As another instance Of rebel humanity In
Memphis, 1t may be stated that while the
North Is actually feeding aud keeping from
starvation the destitute ex-rebe1s Of Alabama,
the city OF Memphis and the citizens Of Mem
phls have not expended single cent for that
purpose, but, instead, arc now undergoing
the pleasure Of paying the expenses Of re-
building colored school houses and Govern
mcnt property. destroyed by them for tho
purpose Of wrcsking yeogeaucs upon race
they can no longer enslare.
In addition to tho atovo proofs, Rev. ".
Chcatham, who has been engaged as teacher
in connection with the Fresdmen's Bureau,
at Memphis, for the last eighteen months, aud
who, with many other teachers, left the city
at Tie adriee Of General Sone,man, says:
Individual cases Of outrage and murder. hy day
ana by nseht. have been common IN The street@ o.
Memphis for months past, md the present cat.
break. though accidental IN It, inception. was
promptly cEEs=ized into kyeteNlatIc EHtd 9nan
The nesroe! and Rsdicais. The negroes wcre:shoi
down wE.rp,er seen, and we're fonced 10 return ID
,hcir old nss1rr>. OF choose thtmselye. 1na.seEi
amongst prominent rebel.+ In ordes TO obtain pro-
Tbs ses lcaaSrs der ~ d. eo rs:ee q
flremen, mott ef whom wers Irish Caihohe rebels
Tie police shot down negroes wherever they mei
1nem and ns n,easa @ & netes ntsa ias , ehseHs g g
i Gancs 10 houses Of rsncls in the city. The moi
aid not condne their efforts to negroes and negro:
menaced hem with eonhagrntion and death. q
Methodist churches belonging 10 thr Northtrn whit.
branch and not 10 the co1o.ed people vera burned
e 1,sh ao iii he
Republicans, 1snke~r, Metaod!ets, a1d bapusss .!
well 4. negroes. when Gen. Stonmans interference
Gu, the programme abort for the ptesent. Hat th'
Ultimate parpose oi euppresains tha freedom Q
spee md 81 The pres o. dtxin; ene @spao.ie,an, ,a
slavery be tn}nks viii be carried Into effect :. ,ooz
a SERIOUS POINT.
| It Is due to these Republicans who. Will
earnestly assenting to the doctrine that al
men should have the ballot, still refrain FROG
including it In their plan Of reconstruction
to say thnt they claim not without p1auslbil]
ty that, in effect, the colorcd people Of th
South will be more powerfully represented
the National Legislature by reducing Souther
representation to the basis Of the actual nun
ber Of white voters, than BY extending tn
suffrage to the whole colored people. Thu
by cutting down representation to the bas
Of actual voters, the Southern states los
| twenty-one representatives. Of the numbt
| they were ent,tlcd to under the three.lft1
rule, and their total is less BY th1rty-tW'
than it would be on the basis Of Il
total population. The loss Of thlrt
two pro,rebel Copperhcad members lsequiv
lent to gain oflthe same number Of Republ
can members, and rs question OF ga
or loss, therefore we have but 10 aseertal
whether If suffrage were extended to Il
coloted people, they aud the white Unionis
combined would elect the whole additions
: thi1ty-two members to which the Soul
: would become entitled by extending the ST
frago. In the present disordered state
sosiety, md With the amount OF teTor1s
, | THAT eon1d he brought to bear by the whit
towards the blacks In everything pertainii
to elections ne doubt II SO many Republic:
members would be gained, as are gain
relatively by limiting the Fepresentatio
| This argument however does not do aWl
with ths necessity Of the ballot at State al
, local elections which Ia fat more Important
, their welfare than the right to vote for Pre-
J DENTAL electors nnd members Of Congress
. However, We give the point for what 1t
| north.