Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-23

nor deaf. 1t sees and hears WnaI Is going
| on in the South, the rascalities Ofregistrs-
ton, the fraudulent arrangement Of dis
tricts so as 70 secure negro msjoritiesi
but it does not regard these scoundrel-
isms worth 'Ioathing.' Nor does itlOathe
the revolutionary villAinies and ineendi-
arism Of those who are its allies.
On the 18th Of October there Wa a
Radical Convention held in Richmond,
Va, composed Of about $500 ne
negroes and nine white men. HUNNI-
CUTr, the TrTJme's most efficient and
most u~nprincipled ally, UNDERWOOD, an
Irishman named MORRIssY, and two
negroes were the nominees for the Z" Con-
l sttutionsl Convention f" from Richmond.
Each candidate was called on to speak
and the following synopsis Of their ma
lignant ~utterances is furnished by s cor
respondent Of the New York Herald:
Hunnicutt led of, and gavethe follow
I ing as the amendments he should seek to
have incorporated in the Constitution OF
the State First, he was in favor of uni
versal msnhOOd suffrage regardless OF
caste, Glass or color. OF 8 free school
| system, the money to build up and per-
petUate which was to be raised by a tax
alton Of the real and personal property
Of every man in the State. If rebels
don't choose to send their children to
them along with negro children, be viii
say 10 them, "YOu shall pay for free
schools" Second, he would disfran-
chise first every rebel editor in the
D Lnaa- $500. IL Id E.AHaA WEa
people with the war and kept it going
for yesrs after il should have stopped,
and because, since the close Of
the war, they have kept the State
out Of the Union and prevented re-
construction. They had led the people
Astray and the sOODer they were gotten
rid OF the better. Third, the rebel
preachers should also be disfrauchised il
they would not stop making political
speeches and cOufine themselves to their
closets and desks. They should be rem
dered harmless by being disfTanchised.
In regard 10 rebels, he would enfranchise
all who accepted the situation in good
faitB and vote the Republican ticket. He
would ~disfranchise all rich merchants
who made money by blOckRde-Fuuning
during the war and eXtOrted from the
families OF soldiers. He would disfran- I
chiss all who had bombprOOf positions,
p~OstOfiice clerks, OveTssers and many
who were ready TO tell where 3 poor
fellow was hiding from the cOnscript
officers could be found. He would en-
franchise all farmers who were forced to
furnish supplies 10 the Confederate army. /
He would d~isfrsnchise Office-holders and
all persons Of influence who stood up for
the rebellion. He said there are thirty
thousand in the State who ought to be
DISTINGUISHED, and should be, If he could
carry il in the Convention. He would
eDfrRnchise men, like LOngstreet, who
had so spoken and written that they
could not 20 back b the rebels. He
would adhere to the principle he pro-
claimed until the people Of the State
repeuted ia ssckclOth aud ashes for their
sins.
Morrissy followed Hunnicutt and ia
all he had said, but went further.
He would d~isfranchise forever every for
who had renOunced his allegiance
TO the United States and assisted the
rebellion.
Louis Lindsay said he would vote to
strike the word white F" out Of the Con-
stitutiOn, and give negroes perfect equal
Witk white men in al respects; at all
events, in railroad cars, churches, and
they might choose to assert il.
de declared himself the representative
Jf the United States in the Convention.
Joe Cox, the other negro candidate,
Endorsed Hunnicutt's speech, and
said, with Underwood and Hunnicutt at
his back he Wss not afraid Of the devil.
A Radical orator announced a. one prin-
of the party the abolition Of the
,spitstiOn tax, and raising the entire
revenue from taxes on property. Such
Is the Radical programme, and II they
the Convention, the Constitution
viii b. framed in accordance with it.
The Tribune is mistaken. 1t has not
.abOured for peace. II has labOured for
ascension, disturbance, anarchy, Oppres- /
a war OF races, bloOdshed and the
ruin and desolation Of the South. !
Il cares for nothing but the success Of its :
party, and the gift Of suffrage to the ne /
yroes as 3 means 10 secure that success.
Whether the result is 10 be peace or civil $
war, it does not care. IL GOnfesses that :
negro suffrage its faction is lost. !
L say again In the same number {
If our party and its nominal antago- (
list shall stand substantially on The !
Isme platform in the next Presidential !
struggle, We foresee that the result will .
ls much like that Of the Scott canvass In !
So, and are quite resigned 20 the dis :
lensatiOn. Personally, W. have an :
,asier time, with far less anxiety aud !
rOu0le, when Our party is out Of power. =
Then we are not bored to death With i'm },
1~Ortunities to write Office begging letters
% the President, the Secretary Of the :
Treasury, the Collector Of the Port, etc, :
,tc. When public money is stolen, las I
it is and will be- we can pitch :
ntO the powers that be for putting :
hieves into Office, or keeping them in .
IN easier task than 70 defend them. So, :
whenever both parties get substantially :
the same platform, we know that 2,
.urs will 90 under, and we contemplate y
hat result with serene philosophy. e
And yet the Tribune shameiessly stig- II
natizss it as viHaiHy to endeavor to save 5
he men and women Of the race and v
lood Of It's editors, from tue horrors Of 1
egro rule, its unuttersbls degradation, !,
ON the LIST insults and the
irest outrages that = lieen- 3
Gus bsrbarism can inniot; from q fate !,
only q hellish aneor imminent ID
,uld inhict upon them, such as burns IN e
he bosoms Of STEVENS and WADE; and I
consent to which, as the men IF the p,
outh are by mingled threats and esiole- v
/, sought to be induced to do, would be Il
fall like that Archangel, whom Mil
IN makes to cry -
D, foul descent that, who erst commended =
ith Gods 10 sit the highest, am now con
strand "
10 a beast, and miK'd with bestial slime, Nj
us essence 10 tncaruate aud lmbrute. -
lat 20 the height OF Deity sspired" q
1t stigmstizes 3 rational dread Of the y
nsequences Of entrusting the negro by
with political power, and giving
the absolute mastery over the white %
in six or eight States, as hypocrisy. 81,
impotence is absolutely sublime. tn
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