Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-31

o ( Mayor Of Fredericksburg before the
var The Convention meets early in
December"
In Arkansas, although there has been
no complaint Of unfAirness in Tegisistrs-
ton, or Of inequality in arranging the
districts for representation in the Conven~
ton, a sufficient number Of Conservative
white men will vote for q Convention,
with the negroes and Radicals whites, to
call that body We have some faint
hope that in it the Radicals msy not have
= msjority but it is quite certain thstit
will adopt all the constitutional provi-
sions that Radicslism demands. The
nenpIe man vote down the abortion so
produced, or adoptit and elect Conserva-
i've legislators and officers under it. Ar
kansas is the only State Of all the ten
in which there is any prospect Of eman-
cipation from Radical oppression.
In Texas, where the white population
stands double that of the negroes, the
" registration officers have given TIE
State to the negroesb By ten thousand ma
iorltv. Gov. THBOCKMORTON throws
some light on the mode by which this re-
suit was worked out:
az. By delay in appointing boards Of
registration in many counties where, II
APPOINTED. the work had not commenced
As late As a month since.
"2 By selecting none as registers Blu
those Of one political party, and they as
4 general rule, Of the most violent IA
prejudiced Of their party.
"3. BY appointing negroes on the
Board Of Registrars who are VIGOROUSLY
incompetent, when respectable aud IN
telligent white men could have been OBJ
tanned without trouble, who bad been
through the war, and yet loyal 70 the
Government.
"a By the exclusion OF sections OF
cemeteries, Of ductiOneeTs, p0ltce jurors
and clerks OF elections, mem
6erS Of police, under-wsrdens OF WORK
houses, school directors, etc, from regis
tratlon-not TO mention JerTymsni over-
scsrs Of the roads, foreigners By CirtA
who attained their majority in America,
but had no naturalization papers, and
many other classes not excluded by law
but excluded by the registrars"
The National Bnteligenoer may well
exclaim:
We appeal to men Of all parties: when
wes there ever such an oppression re-
corded in history as to pat millions Of
men and UOHlen under the rule ma
mastery Of their former sldUes aud this
by means Of fraud and bayOnets? If the
object were to i'll the hearts Of these peO-
pie with a deep and burning sense OF
wrong TO make them regard the Union
as lie cause of their degradation, Oppres-
sion, beggary, and ruin, We could under
it an. It would then have q logic
and q purpose. 1.-THE OLDEST were to goRd
the white population, and to incite the
blacks to such Outrages as would provoke
a servile war, this policy Of ~recODstruc-
ton would need no XplanatiOn. Are these
the objects Of it all? Is there any man
so base rs to avOw such Objects2 Andi
not. il there be moderate Republican,"
who sssUre Us that they have no such
ends in view, then we ask is there any
mar who will undertake 70 say that all
this hideOus farce Of reconstruction Z"
does not directly involve such results?
The reply Of the Radical leaders to all
this, and to the disguised fresmen Of Ohio,
Is. We have secured the vote Of the
Southern States. They will come to Us
with twenty Radical Senators and an
undivided Radical representation for the
House Of Representatives. Their new
Constitutions will have disfFsBchised all
the rebels, and made electors Of the ne
groes, and opened to these all the ave-
nues to office; and you cannot help
yourselves, vote against negro suffrage as
YOU may. We have the House of Rep
r~esentatives until the 5th Of March, 1858,
aud the Senate until the 9TH Of March,
1870, 10 matter how you vote or whom
you elect and what we shall have done
by March next, you will have no Con-
stitutionsl power to undo"
Meanwhile, the Negro nature is dis
playing Itself everywhere the Loyal
Leagues are everywhere producing fruit
In Richmond, q negro " Committee Of
Vigilance" notifies respectable gentle
men who have the misfortune not to be
black, to leave the city, because they
dared TO oppose the Radical ticket. In
Lynchburg, a negro who dRres to vste
against that ticket, is hunted, like q hare
upon the hills, for life. In Savannah, a
mur0erOus riot is only prevented by the
military, and that infamous journal, the
New York TRIBUNE, thinks it 3 small
affair, and jabbers about Fort Pillow and
the Memphis riot. In Baltimore, q
negro military company, sc the orders
by its Captain fires upon the citizens, and
murders them and in Mobile, negro
policemen drag aged white ladies down
stairs by the feet, and hale them before
negro Magistrates, 70 be committed to
Jail among felUus.
The L~ynchbuTg Erginidn, always a
sedate aud moderate Journal, alter re.
counting the riOtcus conduct Of the
negroes IN that city, says:
The intolerance manifested by the ne
groes here yesterday towards one Of
their OWL color who had the nsnliness
70 vote " the white mans Ticket rs he
called It, shows the effect Of the teaching
they have received from their Radical
tutors. Ali the savsgeTy OF their natur
was aroused. They hunted and bounded
their intended victim through the streets,
and beset him, until, like = stag at bay,
he turned upon his tormentors aud gave
them a taste OF his metal. They still
threaten to Kill him, and bis life is really
IN jeopardy. Aud this is the sort OF free
dom We are to have under Radical rule
and negro suffrage! Well did Mr.. Doc
little say that the Radical Congress had
A" organized hell ia the South"
We may add further upon this subject,
that many cOlOTed men would have
voted the Conservative ticket il they had
not been IN mortal terror Of the tyranny
imposed upon them by Loyal Leagues.
Il has been reserved for the Radical party
TO ulustrsts-not the freedom, but the
tyranny Of the ballot. But the lines are
drawn now, and every white man who
supports this vile party will be loathed
and summed Is IL NE we're smitten with
leprOsy.
Upon this beginning Of the end in
Virginia, the National Intelligence, thus
comments;
Such is " reconstruction" in Virginia
"A black carnival of license, ushered in
by fraud, violence, and meditsted muir
der, until things have now come 70 such
a pass, hat in the capital # the State
which gave Us Washington, Jefferson,
and Madison, the cry OF those democrat
lied biRcksi Is not merely for the property
Of the whites, and the blood Of those OF
their own race who vote Independently,
out for that, also, Of the Northern resi-
dent who refuses TO endorse their Jsco-
bin projects. Against these last HunBi-
cult gives the sign, and the faithful pack
echo the cry, s. Killed the Id Yam
kee kill him shoot him % and the
words were at once followed by an effort
Of the mob 10 accomplish their murder
Gus purpose.
We shall have somewhat further to
say upon this subject, to morrow.
Hadfcat hscOnsfFucli0n.
EX-G0v. jenkins, OF Georgia, has ap-
Piled 10 the President and Gen. Grant 10
have an order issued 70 Gen. Pope for the
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