Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-13
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the DemOcratic Party.

10 dictate terms. Inc power exists in
that body to.dictate those terms it is sc,
for the next two years, and when
they place themselves squarely and
broadly upon that platform, l for one, do
not propose 20 go to the supreme court
or anywhere else for the purpose
of disputing that power; but in
good faith / will accept the terms,
humiliating as they may be, and
openly, fairly, and squarely urge their
adoption before people. LGreat app
plause. AS I have said to you, these
terms are hamiliating, and, in many
respects, ungenerous and unjust, but
when congress exercise their power in
spite Of the president of tie United
States, and without regard to the consti-
tuition, which has in vain been held up
10 them for the last eighteen months,
1 see no other course for US 10 adopt as a
matter Of interest than to yield. ] hap
pen to be one of that class OF persons
that are disfrsnchised now, henceforth
and forever. With reference 10 the dis
~franchising clause, l think it was an un-
fortunate one. According TO an esti-
mate made in the region Of country IN
which I reside, it appears that with
In the limits OF Anderson district alone
about eighteen hundred persons would
be excluded from the privilege Of voting.
I presume that this rule viii APP
ply to the entire state of South Carolina:
Very many Of these persons excluded
enjoy the esteem, respect and confidence
of their fellow-citizens. Many of them
indeed, are, in my humble judgment, re-
auired in the formation OF our state gov
eminent. And the absenee'Of these gen
tlemen in your convention, when It as
sembles for the purpose Of preparing a
constitution, will be q source not only OF
regret to the people, but a misfortune to
the state. ! would, therefore, say TO
every man in South Carolina, who has
not been DISTINGUISHED, that ss soon as
the proper order has been issued, he
should proceed to register his name n
prepare to go to the polls TO vote Tor the
best man that can be selected to form a
constitution under which We ana
our posterity can live. l believe
that congress made a mistake, ana
they will realize it, when they extend
suffrage to the colored a As some OF
these remarks are likely to 60 in print, /
would here take occasion TO say 2 or
two things which l desire 10 go upon the
record. When the emissary m here
from the state of New York, Massachu-
sets or Ohio, and says to the black man,
" We are your friends we are going to
take care Of you vote with US these
white people cannot be trusted ~ l want
our cOlored men 10 say TO these emissa-
ries, to the Massachusetts men, that IN
south Carolina, under this law, it mat
tiers not by whom Ii was passed, every
eolOred man, twenty-One years OF age,
is entitled to the ballot, n that he
would not be allowed to vote in Massa-
ehusetts unless he could read and write.
say to the emissary of Ohio who comes
here for the purpose Of giving advice IS
to how you shall vote, go back to
Ohio and enlighten tue heather
there, before you come here, be
cause no black man there is en-
titled to vote. Within the last three
weeks, New Jersey, Ohio, and Michi-
gan have resolved that the black man
shall not vote under any circumstances
whatever. l know there is an appre-
hension widespread in the north and
west that after the reconstruction of the
southern states, we shall fall into tAe
arms of u old allies and associates, the
old democratic party. l say to you
gentlemen, however, that / would give
a o such pledges. We have accounts to
settle with that party, gentlemen, be-
fore I, at least, viii consent TO affiliate
with it. GOOD, good, and applause.
Many of you well remember that when
the war first commenced, great hopes
and expectatiOns were held out by our
friends in the north and west, that there
would be no war, and that If lt com
menced it would be north Of Mas0n's
and DixOn's line, and not in the
south. You know, sir, turning 70
Gen. Sickles,l that faith was pledged
and | will now state that II that faith
had been properly carried out, there Is
no probability that any state but South
Carolina would have seeded from the
federal union. Again, during the PEN
dency of the constitutional amendment,
every northern newspaper, and almost
every democrat In the country, urged
upon the south to reject its provisions.
Il was rejected. A few weeks only
elapsed. and vet we find that on the
passage of this Sherman bill, u demo-
cratic friends, acting in conjunction with
old Thad. Stevens, were instrumental in
incorporating on that bill its most odiOus
features. 1t went back to the senate,
was finally adopted, and every one OF
the democratic newspapers all over the
Eorth, so far as l am informed, have
come out and urged the southern people
10 accept the bill. / say 10 you, there
fore, that 10 my judgment il is time for
Us Oseek new friends and q new alliance.
FALsEHOOO EXPOSED.
A short time ago, when the reconstruc-
ton measures, so-called, were before
congress, the revolutionary demagogues
therein literally howled forth denuncis-
tions Of the alleged wide-sweeping crime
in the south. No northern msu could
live there. That there was no ground
for the statements is seen by such arti-
cles as the following, from the New York
Tribune:
All our advices from the south indicate.
the prevalence Of a very general desire
to invite and encourage immigration
and settlement. AmYeRr or so ago, there
were reservations hid conditions stipu-
lated-some Preferred Germans, or at
least Europeans others were willing TO
receive even Yankees, If they would
offensive politics and "isms -
but now the general cry is, "Come AMI
buy our lands make homes and set TO
work among Us if you live honestly
and sOberiy, we will make you wei
Almost every n realizes that
free labor requires and rewards 3 far
ienser population THAI thOs- states have
yet habitat qusdrUpie their pres
INT numbers could find 2 generous, as
iured subsistence on their soil. The fol-
overture, just unanimously passed
~ both houses Of the Virginia legjsla-
Ure, presages a systematic effort To
settlers rom the North to rebuild
he waste places of the &" old dominion: /
Rcsolued, That we hereby invite i'm
migration, embracing all classes of men,
rom all countries, to Virginia, 10 settle
Ter surplus lands and engage in all great
Industrial pursuits.
Resolved, That We earnestly recon-
mend the citizens OF Virginia 70 hold pri-
nary meetings ia their respective coun-
inviting immigration within their
limits, and TO appoint a principal agent
q each, through whom communication
nay be held respecting lard offered for
ale.
Resolred, That Gen. Daniel Ruggles
T fredericksburg, is hereby recon-
as a gentleman well qualified to
induce immigration 10 the state, and
With whom communication by county
gents is respectfully requested.
We hope soon to hear that a general
flee has been opened at Richmond or
lsewhere, at which information may be
.ad OF every tract of land for sale Ia the
tate, its character, capacities, etc
states will doubtless follow.
l.
STARVATION CAsE-rHE TuVR-
TH-FiFTH A OF ABSTINENCE.
rom the Dayton 20 Journal, 9Th INST
The case OF Mr.. 3. NJ. Brown. IN
'hich we referred a few days since. at
-acts a good deal of attention here. A
lumber Of persons have called To see
lr. B., and conversed with him. He ia :
lad TO see company, and though re- :
uced to skin and boses, shows no abate. ,
in the strength of his voice, nor OF !
,n 6dence in the ~faithfuIness of his !