Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-21

sound like the babble of man labouriDg
under mania a pOtu.
SUMNER AND HIS NEGRO PEERS.
We have always felt ourselves unequal
to the task Of characterizing, in terms
sufficiently expressive, the miscresncy
Of the men and the legislation that have
invested the negro race, without discrim-
nation, with the fatal right of suffrage.
We had, indeed, not thought the Eng
fish language copious enough for the
purpose: butt E. BELL, the well-knOwn
correspondent Of the Metropolitan Re-
cord, has convinced US Of u error. His
style, il is true, is more declamatory
| than a-rgumentatiye, more fOrcib.e than
classical; but the men and measures are
unworthy Of any more polished weapon
| than denunciation and invective. If
others are used, it is because the assail-
ant respects himself, and for that OBJ
serves the courtesies Of discussion. He
says, addressing SUMNER:
You hope to welcome niggers to seats
ia the senate, do you Good for you,
| old R~ddIe-patet I hope il, too EX-
| frames sometimes meet" as Ia the case
| Of A dog with his csUdal continuation in
| bis mouth; and we're an instance Of it
now, sure. Pm the head-Dart Of the an
imal, you're the-Othsr extreme"
/ We've got together at last. Hslle-helle-
luyer Ultra "secesh" and ultra free
| niyqerite united IN the bonds Of a com
/ mon hope. I've hoped your hope for
two long years. 1 hope 1t now far much.
lier than you ever did; hope it all over
Ky very hat-lining crawls with the
eager anticipation my boot-legs run
over with the mellitiUoTs hope. l hope
It at the rate OF Gn acre 70 the square
! inch, a ton to the penny weight hope II
with 3 hope strong a the aroma OF q
dog-day session Of your august body
il the coming Niger mil
lIauniuu. For thirty long years
you've labored and hoWled, grunted
counterfeit groans, shed hogshsads Of
onion Juice tesrs, misrePresepted, ranted,
lied and taken l]aTrupings Ike DOG, TO
make yourself equal TO 3 Niger and l.
for one, admiring your perseverance and
ingenuity, wish to see your aTduous et-
forts crowned with full success. ! want
10 see the fruition OF your endeayOrs out
strip YOUR own widest expectations.
Where YOU have desired a little Niger, /
want 10 see get q full grown, cologne
scented gorilla. Where you have wished
8 thin VeneeTing Of negro equality spread
over society In the "rsbel districts" l
pray GOO 70 OFeTWhelm, su~ffOcste,
smother u whole accUrsei section I'M
der q vast, dense, impenetraOie, fesE-
ing fog from q million exploded stink
pCts of negro supremacy. Where you
hone 70 clasp hands with a few niger
brother senators, l hope tOsee senate and
house Of representatives packed from
floor to lofty dome with the Vilest,
fOulest, stiDkingest, tsilless OUrRng-
outangs that ever smacked their greasy
iipa over a roasted missionary, or boiled
a baby 50 the hOrrid csuldron Of VoudOO-
ism. l hope yet 20 see q devii-wOTship-
ping lump Of iampblack aud ivory presi-
dent OF the duonddm republic. Hope to
see you compelled to throw open our
New England parlOrs, with their stolen
carpets and pianos, their stolen curtains,
pictures and sofas, to kinkey-hesded,
skunk-Emelling majOT-gsnegals, dis Uni
ted Ststes army. Hope 70 see your leg
islatures. pulpits and brOthels filled with
niggers. your states governed by niggers,
your wives nursing your nig2ersr your
daughters married 20 Diggers. And when
year last lie is told, your last false tear let
fall, your last hypocriticsl prayer is snif-
fed, and your last philsBthropic deYiltry
is done, hope 10 see your negrophilous
soul caught away to the Niger elysium
by ~tsr-cOlored angels.
Hear my creed I believe that the
flthiest old EambO or Dinah that ever
stuuk IN q cotton field is inComparsbly
better than any stiff starcked Eag Flow
erite that ever whined ~lugubriously oyer !
the sins Of his neighbOrs and sneaEingly I
gloried in his own: better than any en-
Iightened and pious descendant OF the
&" Pilgrim Father" that ever droned q
psalm through his sauetihed snOut or
robbed a blind widows aeurOost. l be-
lieve that the ~foulest, old, oDs-5yed, /
broken-backed, ~scab-covered bag that
ever hid her lepTous lOathsOmeness IN
der q vermiD-sWarming sheep-skin, amid
the deserts OF AshRntea or Dahomey,
would be 8 far more respectable Hgran-
neyn than niuety-nine hundredths Of
New Englsnd generals, governors and
congressman. / beliUVs that the black
est, most degraded two-iegged beast
that ever rOamed the "Lybian sands "
" HI lis uEAA VI olt-NT AAAG ~ LIE b"A ]
lice, would be q gentleman and a chris
tisn compared with Butler, Banks or
Stevens. And believe that the most
hideOus, %shriveled, 8naggle.tOothed, mis-.
cradle, old charcoal caTficature OF fem
unity, that was ever thrown by her az
fectionste Offspring to the hyenas and
the jackss on the banks Of the Niger, /
would be a nice old lady compared with
the polished, 0ratoTical Sumner him
Roll on your a" reconstruction " muck
cart, Hold your bacchanalian orgies
amid the crumbling ruins OF the repub-
licl Mock at the des0lation Of the south. 1
Chuckle over her humiliation. Press TO
her lips the very drevs Of degradation,
But ali we'll hoist you with your own
puliikins yet, and make the laugh come I
0ut st the other end Of your trumpet.
Trot up your REORGANIZATION jsssack
team! Send ont your lying, skulking
smissaries, your eE shOe-eObbling Viii
sons, your eX chuFch-buFning Keileys, I
your ex b~ible-bRngiug, eK gOspel-sn0rt-
inE Hunnicutts and COnways, into every
dark hole and corner OF the conquered
tenitorea,' 70 drum up recruits Tor your
grand crusade Egainst liberty, right and
reason. Assign eEcl v|illainous actor
bis part in the great DRAMA Ct " freedoms
downfall" Pour out your Wsrthlsss
shinplasters, Ike water through q run (
tured dam, or whisky down a congress.
siOusl testOtaLeT's outlet, 10 lubricate
the wheels Of our political dsmDAtioa. |
loot your loudest rams nOfas 20 sum
mon the yelping packs Of &" convention |
hounds together. Tumble down the
walls Of constitutional Jericho. and
spare none but the Rshabs Of all Won Hnd
within. "On with the dance Vi There's
not q decent man ia all the Eve psshawI-
not q man with one drop on nura
white blood IN his veins or one snarF oTI
generous FIRE ia his soul, Whocan 81 regis
ter - and vote at all, that Will not ne a
heaven-eDjOined duty, vote a~gsInst
everything you do; that will not shgut
in larynx-splitting tones, "No c~oaren-
ton, y and prOnouncean emphatic " nayu
to every proposal you have made, will
make, or can make. Nine-teDths Of the
real people OF the south are, as they
should be, intensely, unutterRbly, tO-the-
death-stiyely opposed to you aud all
your damnabie projects! But what OF
IL? TrRmple them down. Clap
tice. Punch out the eyes Of
necency. Gallop your ~sOot-colored dra-
o roughshOd over those wills and
opinions which were once the law OF the
nation. Stop the throat Of " Voz
PoDulin with a corr cob. Silence the
disloyal majority. CRUST ont the oppo.
siUon. Away with the traitorst II the
niRQeFs, homemade radicals, imported
YANKEES, bayonets, satrsps and terror
lam. all combined, can't out vote them.
another sitting Of the Tump. Tinker
sWsv TIL you get things 10 suit you.
Amend, patch, cobble, declare and re-
TIL there's no chance for another