Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-03

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The New York Herald Of tue 9th Sep
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TENDER, says;
The negro supremacy views Of on
gress will be carried into practical effect
in the state of Louisiana to-day. From
early dawn this morning until dusk to.
morrow evening, eighty-three thousand
semi-savages will go to the polls, led by
u~npriDcipled white men, and by sheer
force Of numbers sweep from power the
wealth and intelligence Of the state. The
thirty-fve or forty thousand whites who
have been permitted TO register, viii, we
are told, content themselves with simply
depositing their votes against a con
ventiOn," thus protesting against the ex-
ecution of 3 political doctrine they had
no power TO avert, and the success Of
which they feel assured will entail ire
parable injury upon themselves and their
posterity.
The call for a convention having thus
been carried by the negro hordes, let as
see Of what material the convention
itself will he composed. MOI . promi-
nent LOuislsnian will be there; not a
mau Of standing In the community.
The republican nominees, who will GER
tAinly be elected, stand as foul negroes
70 three white men-fOur illiteTate, semi
barbarous negroes 70 three white adven-
turers. This, then, will be the compost
ton Of the convention called to frame
a constitution for the state that gave q
Taylor for president Of the United States.
Is not this entire thing utterly revolting2
Can we Of the north paistably swallow
80 gigantic a fraud upon right and
30 beastly q c~srlcsture upon human
libertyS Forty five or fifty negroes as
sembling in convention 70 dO-what2 10
..-f.~-,T - a.. -nargnr 90 whfuh
they are most ludicrously ignorant. And
who are their assistants? A handful OF
white men, whose very course In con-
senting to such an afiliation stamps their
characters as being thoroughly worthless.
There is one instinct which cannot be
eradicsted from the mind OF q white man,
and that is, the sucoor and supremacy Of
bis race above all others. Prejudice
against color is but the natural instinct
Of the superior against contamination,
and, try what theorists may, the barriers
which caste lin that sense) has erected,
can never be broken through successfully.
The present farce 10 Louisiana will be
successful for awhile, but the signs OF
the times too plainly indicate that the
hour is approaching when it and ali
other kindred dOgmss will be swept
away in the torrent Of public indigna-
ton. We cannot stand quietly by and
witness the debasement of our own race
in Louisiana. California, Connecticut
and Maine have already rebuked the
effort st negro supremacy before its
practical effects have been seen. And
we tell the radicals of these United
States that their cheers of Joy at the sue
cess of their dOgmRs Ia Louisiana this
day will be answered back by the people
Of the loyal north, in October u No
vember next, In such tones Of indigns-
ton and disgust as will inform the world
whether our recent war was fought for
the preservation of the nnion, or for the
exsltstion Of the negro snd the eRslGve-
ment OF men Of our own color.
No man can now be in any Northern
city many days, without plainly seeing
that the reaction Of which the Herald
speaks hiss begun. You will everywhere
meet men who have been stesdfsst Re-
publicans until recently, but who viii
tell you that they cannot stand Negro
Suffrage and Negro Supremacy and Pu-
ritan insolence. Thousands Of them will
vote against Radicalism but many
more thousands will not vote at all, be-
cause they will not actively assist to re-
establish the Democratic paI in power.
Many Of those who we're ono Wing
leaders, and became Republicans in con-
sequence Of the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, are weary Of the venom
and v~indictiYeness Of STEVENS, the
antics of SUMMER, the blackguardism of
WADE, aud Of the hideOus fruits Of the
political m-iscegenators Of the Puritan
and negro. Bot they know that il the
Democratic psrty regains power, they
must retire 10 the shades OF private life,
and Lose all influence and consideration.
What is essential is an alliance between
the Conservative men once Wings, and
those who adhere to the Democratic
creed, upon + oOmmon platform. We
want a Constitutional Republican party.
Republican-because u National Gov
eminent is not 3 Democracy, but Re-
public, in which the will Of the people Is
the law, tDbeR as~oertGi7sed IA accordance
Nth the Constitution. Constitutional
because the present contest ia between
the Constitution itself and revolutionary
Radicalism which regards the Constitu-
ton as obsolete.