Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-23
Respectfully, etc. ,,,,,, .,

rsignedl IT. YANCY."
But all things considered, the people oi
the South are doing better than many
suppose, or / had reason to expect.
Ifit were not for the good people there
we could not get along at ali, Tor their
| sympathy and assistance has been OF the
most incalculable value to US all along.
The press of the South is the worst
! enemy we have 10 contend with. II is
in the SAME old hands that wrote up the
: rebellion, and how can it be expected
I that they would do anything generous
| toward the freedmen?
From the sensible, working people
! alone we expect and find cooperation,
! for they see that the labor Of that class Is
1 Indispensable, and they eudeavor to fail
| in with the new order Of things, and try
! 10 make the hest Of It for themselves and
I all concerned.
The opponents Of the Bureau are sorest
about the education Of the negro, and
am constantly hearing the most bitter
opposition to it expressed.
IN Frankfort the other day, wealthy
lady sat at the same table with me at
the hotel, and overhearing my remarks
on the subject, asked who / was. She
then remarked that l was a negro man,
aud should go 10 the kitchen and eat
with the niggers, and then she got up
and left the room with flourish and air
that was pitiful.
But, my friends, there is no serious
cause for encouragement. This is your
year for the hardest struggle, and have
no doubt from the history Of your past
that you viii prove fully equal 10 il. The
people of Ohio, hope, viii sustain your
uoble enterprise, and enable the negroes
90 get 9 fair chance, for that Is, really, all
that is required.
look at their conduct for the past four
years. Those that the rebels did not
take into the army 10 work for them,
stayed athome and supported the women
and children of their masters, fighting
60 rivet their chains the tighter. They
did not cut a single throat, yet ! have
fully three thousand letters asking me to
save the country from negro OinsUrrection. |
We owe these sad ones q great duty, |
and it must be performed; they stood
like q wall of living fire between Us and |
destruction. We can't forget this, and
they have faith that we will not.
Now, my friends, | do not want any
body to thins that l tell bad stories I !
desire simply to place, as fairly as I can, |
both sides before your minds, and think |
that I have shown that notwithstanding |
the South is Just out Of the fire and the |
blood OF war, she is doing all that we can |
expect.
In Missouri, q Missouri rebel General /
gave up his sword 10 me; rs received it. /
] asked him kindly, what be was going 4
ID do when he was whipped, meaning Of /
course the South, he replied that that 4
could never he. Well suppose, said I |
Oh, then said he we viii "bushwhack "
r0u to all eternity,
That same General is reconstructed"
sud is doing business in New Orleans !
and writes 10 me regularly for letters Of
Introduction to business men. Does that
0ok Ike keeping his bloody promise?
And now, my friends, in conclusion let
ne again encourage you TO 90 on in your
good work, for success viii crown your
noble efforts, and all pOsterity bless your
ldmes.
When Gen Fisk concluded, tie meet
ng was dismissed by the President, and
he members departed with new resolves
or the coming year Of the existence
# the Western Freedmen's Aid Com
Mission.