Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-12

mEPHIsrOPHELEs.
There is 8 deveIish scofflng malice II
the following article, that sufficiently in
dlcates its paternity.
The undisguised contempt which
I expresses for those Southern men wh'
/" display their 'chlvalry and sagacity
I by engaging in rivalry for the smiles
= OF Sambo,' concerns us, as but one
symptom of the feeling that is sure tC
become general In the North, much
more than the glee with which this ma
E. lignsnt detester of republieanism sntiei-
=. pates the entrance of the negro into the
= halls Of Congress. Electioneering with
the populaee, and the stump-haranguing
Of candidates have been the curse Of the
i, South and West, and the chief cause OF
}, the late war and its terrible eonse-
1 quences, OF which we as yet see only the
L beginning. But the world has never
yet seen anything equal to the disgust
ing scene that the South will prebent,
when the business of electioneering With
! and haranguing the negroes has been
fairly inaugurated, Of drenchiBg them
with liquor, deceiving them by lies,
buying their votes with money, and
winning them by appeals to their worst
passions and most beastly impulses.
What craftsmanship will then consist of,
may well be imagined. The country
will be one great lunatie asylum; and
the only consolation viii be that such
Carnival of Unreason and Republicanism
in Masquerade must necessarily be
short-lived, and end in the Empire Of
single will. +
From the New York Herald
THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION DOWN
soUTH-THE NEW AGE OF NEGRO WoB-
SHIPPING.
Lord, we know what we are, but
know not what we may be-" says the
unhappy Ophelisy and how forcibly is
this solemn fact impressed upon US when
we look at the vieissitudes and transfor-
nations in our party politics and politi-
clans Of the last half dozen years. 1t
seems as if it were but yesterday that
we had a decision from the supreme
court of the United States affirming
that "the negro, under the constitution,
has no rights which q white man is
bound to respect" But where stands
Sambo now? On the French tripod Of
" liberty, equality and fraternity" he
has become the Hindoo Brahma OF
American politics. To the disgust Of
Wendell Phillips even the old line
democracy and the late higher caste Of
southern ehivslry are down in the dirt
muttering their prayers and promises to
| the almighty nigger.n Truly, in this |
political revolution, as in the Niagara
Falls and the big cedars of California, |
fat women and living skeletons, and va
rious other things, America beats the |
world.
Under "the union as it was" Gen. |
| Wade Hampton, with the addition of a |
/ thousand negro slaves, absolutely his, /
was the duke of Devonshire OF South 4
| Carolina. His favorite and hospitsble |
country seat at Columbia was that of a I
principality in its luxurious appoint |
ments, accessories and surroundings. /
His dependents and his slaves, his cot |
| ten fields, vineyards, flower gardens, /
stables and granaTies were those Of
/ prince. Fallen from his high estate -
what is he now? We will let him an
/ swer for himself as he spoke at Colum-
bia the other day, in his fraternizing
speech to the sympathetic blacks for
their political fusion with their late
white masters. No personal motives,
he contended, could influence him in
this appeal {" for" said he, 4" 1 atn no
longer a citizen of the United States or
of South Carolina. The bill which gives
the right of suffrage to you (his eman-
cipated slaves) disfranchises me. have
net even a home here for my home
and the homes Of all who love my name
have been laid in ashes. L have no po
litical rights. / have nothing to bind
me to this ruined land but the memo
ries Of the past, the affections / cherish
for its people and the graves of my
kindred" How cold and pointless, COM
pared with this warm and. living pic
ture, is the figure Of Marius brOoding
over the ruins of Carthage.
But our point in this case is the negro
vote of the south. 1t is southern po
litical balance of power; it covers the
popular majority in South Carolina, the
Importance Of which to the ruling white
class is thoroughly grasped by Hampton.
Like wise man he accepts the issues of
the war and bows to the terms Of con-
gress. He appeals to the blacks, lately
his slaves, as his political superiors, to
try the political experiment of har-
moniEing with their late white masters
before they go over into the political
service of strangers. There is in this
appeal degree Of chivalry and political
sagacity far higher than anything else
in the line of chivalry Of which South
Carolina can justly boast. The broad
fact that the two races in the south must
henceforth harmonic on a political
basis 10 avoid bloody conflict of races
is the ground covered by Wade Hsmp-
ton. But the northern radicals, and
even the old northern Bourbon democ-
racy, are in the field for this southern
negro balance of power. What, then, is
most likely to follow from this rivalry
for the smiles OF Sambo?
Rlack though it may be, we have to
look this thing in the face. You cannot
give " the southern eOlored gentleman y
tse ballot and still expect to keep him
out Of office. Where he has the major
ity in the matter of color he must be
bought off or the white man must stand
bsck when the time comes. From the
political necessities Of this party or that
party, therefore, it will be no matter for
surprise if we have In the next congress
from the south FIVE, ten or fifteen or
twenty members of the house, and
scattering shot or two in the shape of a
" dark Completed" senator. Colored
gentlemen for foreign missions, the cab
met aud the White house will then be in
order. When James Buchanan was our
minister NJ 1fOHuout vi OuE OECzslOH dt
a court reception he was asked what he
thought of the ambassador from Hayti,
a strapping African, gorgeous In gold
lace, at bis elbow: "I think said
old Buck" quizzing the glittering
negro; al think that that fellow
would fetch fifteen hundred dollars in
New Orleans Upon that platform " the
favorite son of Pennsylvania ioh,
Moses !! in 1856 was elected president
by the southern white balance Of power.
But now, slavery out Of the way, the
contest is for the southern black balance
of power, and unless the radicals in the
north prove their professions by their
acts they will lose it, Notwithstanding
the southern machinery in the hands of
Secretary Stanton. Frederick Douglass,
| the Rev. Mr.. Smith or Box Brown, as
representative blacks Of the north, must
be advanced to equal suffrage and a d.
vision Of the spoils, or Sambo and Pom
pey in the south will follow the southern
banner Of Wade Hampton, Gov. Brown,
Longstreet and Lee. The logical pro-
gramme from negro suffrage in the south
must be carried out by the republicans
/ in the north, or the party will be broken
| 10 pieces. Thus there is fair prospect I
that the radical Wade Hampton, Of
| South Carolina, on his southern plat
/ form, will yet be more than a match for !
/ the radicals of Massachusetts,