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

The following paragraphs viii give
some inkling of the desirableness Of re-
| construction to the Radical leaders and
will perhaps, create c doubt whether
cur people, in Fastening TO accept the
terms dictated by the infamous enact
ments of Congress, are not helping their
enemies out Of q dilemma, from which
thev cannot e1trfoGte themselves, unless
ne are foolish enough to help them.
And we also sujoin an article on ne
gro suffrage In Washington, which pic
lures TO us the scenes that are to be ex-
hibited in all our towns and cities when
we shall have become reconstructed.
Is the privilege of crawling back into
the Union on our bellies worth the
pricef
We had only to fold u arms, to COM
nand the poisoned chalice to the lips Of
Radicalism. Instead of that, We are
about to secure them a long lease Of
power, to endorse as wise and patriotic,
all they have done, and to crown all
LQtlI lulhLllts Will 6uCNOSos
HOW THEY TALK.
The Quincy IN Herald says!
We learn, through a gentleman who
was recently in Washington, that Sena-
tor Fessenden, of Maine, recently made
the remark that unless the radical party
makes a speedy and satisfactory settle
ment of the question of restoring the
southern states to the union, it would
be swept from existence at the next
presidential election. Senator Morton,
Of Indiana, is said to have given utter
ance to the same opinion, a short time
since.
AN HONEST CONFESSION.
The Philadelphia North american, q
leading radical journal, in an article
upon the Connecticut election, says that
ait is a proof that the republican major
ity in congress has been pushing along
the car Of national progress a little too
fast for some sections of the party, and
that these people have got somewhat
bewildered with the rapidity and multi
plicity of the changes proposed or ae-
complished." It cOnfesses that a like
result would reveal itself now in the
middle states, but thinks that before the
fall elections "the public sentiment of
Tx toAANAI A ia NAAAAN up Will
congress and be prepared to sustain it.'
THE WORKINGS OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN
WASHINGTON.
The Washington Constitutional Union
says;
ain the first ward of the city of Wash
ington there have been registered 1900
colored men and 1923 white men. It is
estimated that about 200 white men will
vote with the negroes"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Express adds: e
"If ever there was an outrage un-
called for and u~uprovoked, inflicted
upon a decent @mmunity, IL is the me-
gro suffree bill for this district. The
bill requires all the voters to be regis
tered, and it Is really disgusting TO 90 to
the registering stations to see the crowd
of c~Oatless, shoeless, ignorant, dirty ne
groes, that are present by hundreds no
qualification whatever, except twenty
one years of age, no proof of residence
except their own simple declaration, |
and embracing among them the vags-
bonds, runaways and criminals from the
adjoining states. 1t is TO such apes, not
fully grown apes, that the white popula-
ton of this city and all their property
are handed over to be taxed and the
money spent at their discretion.
I'm every ward where the registry
has been completed, and is definitely
the blacks far outnumber the
whites, and at the next election can IN
doubtedly elect a negro mayor and the
two councils entirely Of negroes. 1t
would not have been so bad had there
been any qualification, even that of
reading and writing, as in Msssachu-
or a small property qualification,
as in New York. But the infection is
the more irritating when we reflect it
is done by the votes of representatives
from states that will not allow a
negro to vote at all within their
borders, and some who will not
even allow a negro TO lire within
territory. In a rather long discus
sion recently in the lower house of the
state of Ohio, it resolved, by a vote Of
two to one, to refuse the right Of suf-
20 the negro; and yet the mem
Ders Of that state, in both houses of
congress, sustained the infamous law
hat gives these ignorant creatures the
'ull control of the people and property
If Washington, But let US hope the
of deliverance will come, and that,
at no distant period. L is my firm
,elief that within five years the major
ty Of the thirty-ninth and fortleth con-
,ress will be regarded in the same man
Ter by the people Of the United States
IS were the members Of the Hartford
convention"