Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-01

IS these is a just government. II you
want to see whether g government is just
or not, don't look to see whether il sus-
tains the integrity and pomp OF men
high in power, but look how il protects
the weak and the humble. II it protects
them, il Is a glorious democratic govern
ment, and will stand In favor with God
and with all just men.
1t is q sufficient answer to all this
b~alderdash, dc deserves no better name
to say that if good for anything it goes
to this length,-that an inferior and
ignorant race, utterly un~educated, with.
out q single intelligent idea as TO the
meaning of the Constitution, if it ont.
numbers the superior race in 8 country
has a right to govern it that If they were
Of the very lowest race Of human beings
the savages Of Van Dieman's Land who
have hardly a language, and are in intel
lect but q little above the gorilla; if they
were Digger Indians, or Esquimsux, OF
New Zealand savages, their Ignorance
and barbarity would be no reason al
all why the whole race should not be
allowed to vote, and to govern white
men by the mere despotism Of numbers,
A nan must have very little respect for
the understanding of his audience, to
teach such a doctrine, yer in Ohio
where radicalism is run mad. It is not 9
question whether a man Of the govern.
ing white race, one Of the race that
made the government, ought, be-
cause uneducated, to be denied
the right to vote. Such a discrim-
ination would be inpracticRble, if it
were just. The question is a very differ
ent one. It is whether this intelligent,
educated superior white race shall confer
the right to vote on nearly half million
Of African negroes, all, with few excep-
tons, utterly ignorant Of everything that
= voter ought to know, and in six States,
in which, under the laws that Mr.. WADE
helped to enact, there will be a majority,
in some Of those States two to one, OF
such votes. 1t is a little too much to be
expected to argue against a proposition
like that. If any thing in the world is
settled, it is that a republican govern
ment, to be st all permanent, must be
based on the intelligence, information
and independence Of the electors. To
attempt to base one on ignorance, intel
lectual inferiority and servility is such 8
folly as was never before attempted in
the world, and would in a single year
make a despotism indispensable.
But it is getting to be the fashion now
to pretend To believe that the negro is,
by nature, the intellectual equal Of the
white man, and only needs education to
enable him to establish that equality.
Mr.. WADE says:
As to the intelligence Of those men, do
you know that all Over the southern
states, now, the cOlOred population are
organizing themselves into schools, and
labOTing more for their advancement in
learning and literature than any other
people in the country I have travelled
through? There you will find every
colOTed man with q book in his hand
learning TO read the old learning the
young, and the young learning the old (;
both putting their heads together, and
educating themselves. Don't you know
that" l tell you il is true. Ask any
man connected with the educational de-
pRrtment Of the freedmen's bureau and
see what marvellous stories they will tell
of the sacrifices these men are making
for the sake Of educating themselves,
and let me announce to you that unless
the poor white trash, as they are called
in those regions, shall hurry up aud put
themselves in a course Of training better
than they have ever done yet, instead Of
the negroes being the ignorant class as
they have been represented, il will be
the men Of our color who will deserve
that name, because those poor whites
don't seem to be ~actUated by that spirit
of improvement which actuates the
blacks.
The negro is essentially initiative, and
is therefore fond Of the novelty of learn
ing to read and write. OF course he is
not without some capacity. The Hindoo
and Chinese are fond of learning also;
but that does not prove that they are
fitted for self-gOvernment, like the white
man. The negroes are not all Of one
grade either. They are descended from
natives of different parts Of Africa, some
of q much higher type than others.
There are similar differences among the
Indians. The Diggers are very far be-
low the Flstheads and ,Nsvahos in in
~telligence. So the Wichitas are below
the Comanches. Some Of the African
tribes much more resemble the Caucasian
race than others, in the conformation Of
the head, the size Of the brain, and other
characteristics. There are immense diff
ferences in their languages, and differ
quite as great in their intelligence.
the acts Of Congress there are
thousands Of negro voters who are OF the
very lowest and least intellectual tribes
Of their race, governed not by reason,
but by their instincts, brutal, beastly, Of
a mere animal type, and unfit even for
B qualified freedom. There never was
such q farce played of in the sight Of the
world, as that Of educating the young Of
by far the larger portion Of the race,
that Of bringing up droves OF such
creatures to the polls TO vOte.
Mr.. WADE proceeded TO consider other
matters, and made the following reckless
and INSCRIPTIONS assertions:
l tell you, my friends, we are making
history very fast. The man who has
been identified on the part Of the gov
eminent with the great struggle Of the
past few years in this country, and has
side by side with the republican
party, has a proud record. This nation
has made a~dvancements beyond what
any nation has eveT made before. We
looked to by all the struggling
millions Of Europe, and We know that in
the war through which We have just
passed the despOJisms Of Europe looked
on with great interest. Every ~aristocrat
and despOt in Europe was in harmony
with Nallandigham, Thurman & Co. |
They were fearful that through our sue
cess the people Of Europe would be
embOldened 70 throw of the yoke Of
despOtism. What were those a~ristOcrats
doing all that time? The ~Confedeeacy
was sending emissaries 20 enlist these
despOtisms in their behalf, and TO invoke
their assistance in OverthrOwing this
LA EA aAAANANu AANA' =" a. NNANAEANa WHO ]
TO France, and Mason, who went
to England. They were backed by aris-
tOcrats everywhere, and were trying 10
get support 10 aid them in revolution
Izing the glorious government in which
live. Can disgrace go further? Can
plunge himself into deeper degrade
ton than when he invOkes 8 despOtism
abroad to come in and aid him in over
throwing the glorious principles Of gov
eminent we have inherited from our
AYE, Mr.. WADE and his cOadjutors
making history" and such history
Is no public men ever before made in
his world. The party that establishes
military despOtisms over white men, and
negro States, is earning for itself
An immortality Of infamy. EVERY
and despot in Europe Mr..
WADE says, was on the side Of the Con-
'ederate States. The folly Of such a
'alsehOOd is incredible. Did Russia, Tur-
Key and Austria sympathize with the
Russia was all the time the
iTm ally Of the United States. The
sultan lamented the death Of LINCOLN
a single government in EuroDe re-
the Confederate States al.
by the well settled practice ~,
for fifty years, they were emit.
led to recognition when they had main