Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-11-07
rHE TRUE ISSUE IN THE NORTH

| hORATIO SEYMOUR recently addressed
the people Of Brooklyn, with his usual
power and eloquenee. Speaking Of the
Radical leaders, he said:
At first they told the Southern people
that If they would lay down their arms
and become again faithful to the Union,
/ they should be restored to all their rights
as citizens OF the Republic. LCheeTs
Then they went step further-they said
| the slaves should be emAneipated. The
Southern people did lay down their
/ arms; and after fighting with tenscity
and courage which we all must admire,
however deeply we may condemn the
attitude which they assumed. LCheers. ]
| repeat, we of the North then said,
" You must not only be obedient to the
laws Of the country, but you must also
| become obedient to your emancipated
slaves. We will disfranehise yOui and
more than that we will deprive you Of
every political right which you formerly
enjoyed as eitizens.p Thus they treated
| the best men Of the South-the men
most interested in restoring peace
the men who hsd q deeper interest
In bringing back peace to our
laEd--the men whose wives and
children and estates were there in the
South, and whom every motive Of affec
ton and interest, if they had any COM
mon sense at all would lead them TO try
and heal the wounds Of the unhappy
strife. ICheersl But sll these men
were disfranchised, deprived of political
rights-snd then the Republican party
took a step further. They said you
must now give the right Of suffrage to
the blacks and that has been substRn-
tally done. And now something more
is about to be done-for soon this ques-
tiOn OF cOnfiscation is TO be taken out of
our hands, and we are 10 hand over the
white men and the white women Of tlhe
South to a horde of untitled, untutored,
uneducated blacks-almost savsges-
saying to them, "Do what you please
with the white race" Cries of % no,
no."7 Now this you all know what will
be the result Of the disfranchisement
OF the whites, and Of giving suffrage to
the blacks in the South. will give the
black race the sole unlimited control Of
politics. They can make such laws
touching the government Of property,
touching domestic affairs as they zee fit.
And they will do it under the Influence
of whatever vile, vindictive men
may get among them and influence
their passions. [Applause.l Why, every
body knows that il must be SO. But the
Radicals not only propose to put the
white men of the South under the
blscks-that is not enough Another
thing is to be done. And mark il, l
warn you tonight that this thing is al
most done; and unless q voice goes out
from New York, you and l will be placed
under black rule AS well as the people of
the South. am nOEsnow saying what L
will not prove TO you in five minutes.
When there shall be sent up 70 Wash
ington the representatives from the ten
States which the Republicans say are
outside of tue Union, the men to be Sc
lected and sent there will be sent by ne
gro vOtes-fOr those States are to be
placed under the control Of the enfran-
chised blacks. There will be twenty
Senators from those States representing
three millions of blacks, white the four
millions of whites in the State of New
York have but two Senators. [Sensa-
ton. But that is not all Half the
population Of the country is found in
nine States. They are all, with one or
two exceptions, Northern States and
they are all States in which there are
very few blacks. Now, that ma
jOrity of white people have but
of negroes in those ten Southern
States have twenty Senators. CApplause.
No man can deny it. You know it was
said that these representatives sheuld be
admitted, not when they came to speak
for their people, but when they held
views in accordance with those OF the !
Republican party. You know now the |
South is at present organized; they are
living under a military dictatorship; the I
blacks are living under the rule of the /
Bureau; and there is no in I
telligent man but is aware that those |
blacks will be governed by the advice /
and counsel Of those agents Of the Bu-
reau not the agents of the people, but the !
agents of Congress and they will die |
tate to the blacks vine are to be put into !
office. do appeal to you, leaving out /
Of view all feelings of mercy to those |
men who are now sitting down in desc |
late homes, or mourning over the re- |
mains OF what were once happy |
hCmes, now reduced to cinders [
and ashes. I ask you if you /
are willing to hand over these white men /
who fought US ike men, who, however /
treasOnsble their attitudes, displayed the |
courage OF Americans. I appeal to you |
for the land that contains the bones OF I
Washington, the bones Of JacksOn-Wtli /
you hand over, bound hand and foot, |
these eight millions of the white pOpula- !
ton of the South to this untutored, almost /
savage race! [Cheers and applausel /
And will you do another thing? VIII
you sanction that this eight millions OF
whites, having lost their political rights, |
this three millions Of blacks shall possess /
the power and elect twenty Senators, |
while nine other States containing half /
the population Of the country shall have |
only eighteen? Twenty Senators, recOl- |
lect, who are to act in relation to inter |
ests deeply affecting you, my friends. !
This is to you home question! 1t will |
search you out, just as surely as the tax
searches you out; and would /
not have you neglect the question too
long ar too late.