Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-24

their memories be execrated by all the
ages that areto come. An eternity Of
torture could not adequately punish
them.
The Northern people idly dreamed
that they could ruin and impoverish the
South, and make the negroes the mas
ters Of the white race, and supplant the
laws by ~bayonets, and themselves still
thrive and prosper. o delusion as mise
rable as the project was impiousl Al
ready the waves Of our calamity have
reached and overiowed their borders.
Their manufacturers are decayins, the
building Of ships is at an end, the South
ern markets have become worthless 70
their merchants, and tens Of thousands
Of men and women are out Of employ
ment, destitute and miserable. They
already look down into the great abyss
Of ruin that yawns before them, and to
which they are being driven by a resist
less blind Fate; and they do not find
compensation for coming ruin in con-
templating that which they have
wrought in the South, and the hideous
| s~pectaeles offered them by the obscene
assemblages Of whites and negroes that
shock and shame humanity in the pros
trate provinces sereeching, bowling and
jabbering like African apes over the mis-
! cradle work OF reconstruction. As usual
it is found that revenge dees not pay
and that wrongs react, and with the re-
bound crush the doors Of them.
The desperate condition Of orr own
people cannot be exaggerated. Without
means and without credit, they are al
most without heart or hope. The Jack.
son Clarion says;
The season has closed. The unfortu-
nate planter, discouraged twelve months
ago, is thoroughly disguised aud
/ dishsartened now. Then he who
had succeeded in securing such num-
/ Der Of labOrers as somewhat approx
mated 70 the extent OF his landed pos
| sessions was considered fortunate. Now,
he IS considered most lucky, vino did not
succeed in procuring hands. The former
! lAE III AllcA An1AAAENsf ANGA MS ~
| ment, his time and labor, and wOrse than
/ all, his credit. The latter, TO say the
| east. hes "held his OWL" which, in q
desperate stsCggle, is a great point
gained; and also has tie benefit Of the
bitter experience Of Others. Gotten Is
| selling at scarcely One-hslf the price il
| compsnded last year, while the cost Of
raising il, tho tax considered, is conside-
| rsbly greater. The whole tale is told
when We repeat what Was remarked to
Us the other day by q merchant OF
twenty-five years experience, that be
had furnished thirty thousand dollars
worth OF supplies to the most solvent
and reliable men in the country, as ad-
| vsnces on their crops, and that he was
| convinced be would not collect exceeding
ten per cent Of tie SmOunt.
The end must he the almost total absn-
Comment Of the cultivation Of cotton,
and to leave the miserable negro to his
fate. Our planters will have to abandon
the idea Of winning fortunes, and be con,
tent and thankful if they can earn the
means Of living. The plantations On the
/ tanks Of our great rivers will become
deserts, ana be worthless. The negro
| must work or starve or emigrate. Oul
young men must cesse to flock into the
cities, In the kcpe Of living without Ia,
bour; brOsdclOths and silks must dis
appear. Thrift and economy must take
the place Of extravaganza and the
| South must begin to produce what It's
people eat or there is in store for Us all
a depth Of ruin AID poverty such a ma
tions never survive.