Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-09

-LExISarON, Ky Feb. s. 1895.
One OF the numerous itineTant COM
mittees Of NJ peculiar Legislature held
a session In this city on Saturday. IT,
object is to investigate the "truth or
falsity'' OF the oracular givings-out OF
Gen. Fisk, at Cincinnati, on g regent oc-
easion. After reading the sayings Of the
General, IS in the CoBaaaerci1L the Leg
~islature passed the following, tiz.
AND WHEREAS, 1t is believed that
those statements have no foundation in
fact, and are calculated to place the peo-
pie Of Kentucky in a false light before
the country therefore,
BE Il Resotued, etc, That a committee
Of two from the House and one from the
Senate be appointed, whose duty il shall
be to proceed Immediately TO the CITY OF
Lexington, and ascertain the truth OF
falsity Of the statements alleged to have
been made by said Fisk, and report 70
this General Assembly.
Well, the 1" faisityi' OF the statement
was a. firmly established as Il Il possible
70 establish a negative, and the Commit
tee are swelling with a report to that ef-
feet. The nexG step in this novel legisla.
tive proceeding viii be looked for with
interest. What jurisdiction the assem-
bled wisdom will assume over the TO
maneing General, and what his punish
ment viii be, are matters for conjecture.
The General certainly stands in a most
unenviabie attitude, which no g0ucheries
of u stupid Legislature can make re-
spectacle. By his Own account, he came
into the State-in citizens clothes, mind
you-to ascertain its sentiment ON the
furniture question, and smooth down the
difficulties in the way Of the harmonious
establishment of the Bureau. He goes
through the State like a dose Of castor
oil-entering it on the Nashville Road
and coming out at Cincinnati, where he
INDUCES in anecdotes and incidents illus
trative of Kentucky sentiment, not one
Of which has the semblance of truth. II
the people Of Kentucky have a low esti-
mate of the character of the s~elf-consti-
tuted champions Of the negro race, let
not the fact b~echarged to prejudice alone.
Palmer, and Brisbin, and Fisk have, by
their acts, created this opinion, and
justify it in their every act.
The Kentucky contributor to the Gin
cinnati Gazette is still frOthing away al
the mouth about the resolutions adopted
by the Union members OftheL Legislature.
For a year or more this dOgmatieaI cor
respondent has been assuming TO sneak
for the Union party Of Kentucky through
the columns of the Gazette. He. in fact.
represents but a very small fraction OF
the Union sentiment Of this State. that
Of the original abolitionists, who had
their headquarters In Madison county.
and were under the leadership of John
G.. Fee. This small class Of radicals %
the entire negro. They would force the
negro into the front rank Of social and
political life, and shoulder him with re-
sponsibiities to which be is totally un-
used, and for which he is totally untitled.
They might with equal propriety insist
that the negro wear number five boots.
because the Constitution does not pro-
hibit it.
The real Union party Of Kentucky re-
gard the negro in pretty much the same
light that he is regarded by the Liberal
party in the Northern States-an inferior.
uncultivated and benighted race. whose
helpless condition calls for just and hui
name laws, for its government and pro-
lection. They do not regard negro sufE
rage as a question Of humanity to the
blacks, nor that affects their pros
perity and happiness. My own opinion
Is, that twenty years from now will be
early enough to agitate that question
II, by that time, the negro shall have
improved sufficiently to justify his as
sumption of the responsibility Of making
laws, who shall say him nav. We shall
see when ths time comes.
There is a very pretty quarrel brew
ing betweenthe returned confederate poll
ticians and conservatives, Of which [
hope TO give you some particulars in nv
next.