Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-17

viii not believe that the negroes "
vote in favour Of rebels against the
I, loyal benefaetors. 1t says:
Col. Fitch, who addressed the gre
I meeting held in Savannah last wee
a patronized the negroes, ana teid the
ito suspect those whites who tell "
that YOU are their equals.n This kind
eleetioneering begins with bullying al
contempt; it will end in abjeet syc
= phaney. James Simms, who spoke (
!. The colored men, politely informed u
. whites represented by Col. FIteh I'M
:. they knew nothing Of his race. IN
colored men would vote only ior trle
and true union men, and he wished
"distfnetly understood that they woul
. not elect a rebel mayor nor hsVe an
!, more brutal policemen. They Woui
] elect white and colered men to offices.
L 1t is evident that the negroes viii not o
: easily convinced that their enemies ar
in the north that the republican p2yt.
is not to be trusted. In North CaroA1i
the whites propose to cali anotaeF con
. vention, 70 which coiOred delegates Wi
] lie invited. 1t viii call the new part
union y in opposition TO the republican
s party organized at Raleigh, but tn
name viii have new meaning. A cor
"the leading eolored men of the state
some OF whom have great ability arr
devoted to republican principles ant
will thoroughly stump every county IL
their defense.n Thus far we have seeI
. little encouragement for the men who
hope to form an anti-repuo!ican, anti
northern coloTed party in the southi the
freedmen have shown themselves
shrewder politicians than their masters
and may be trusted to take care of theil
own interests.
/ We believe that the Tribune is right
and that elsewhere, as well as in Ten
nessee, the negroes will vote the loyal
ticket, at least ten to one. Therefore il
is that we will have no part or lot in any
coalition with the negroes,-thereforer
and for other reasons also. We regret
thus to differ with the only party to
which the country could look with any
hope, from the depths of its despair. We
know that he who so dissents from the
action Of his party, is likely to become
powerless, and even to draw upon him
self the anger OF those who think, not
very unreas0nably, that he ought, in
/ Difference to them, 10 yield his own
opinion: but we will not, for all that,
/ consent to approve, even by silence, that
which in our heart we disapprove, and
f which our sober Judgment tells us, also,
/ is uuwise aud will be unavailing, and
not even reward humiliation with the
I poor remuneration Of success.
There is a difference, nevertheless, be-
tween Tennessee and the Provinces that
are to be reconstructed. In this State,
the law OF the State, which was compe-
tent to do so, has given the negroes the
right to vote. That needs no ratitica-
ton by us, nor are We asked to ratify it
or consent to It. It is therefore per-
fectly legitimate for the Conservatives
to seek to control or divide that vote.
the faction that mis-rules Tennessee
has been unwiss enough to disqualify
the negro to hold Office and sit on juries
with white men. It is fair for the Con-
serEatives to svaii themselves Of this
blunder; and undoubtedly we have no
right to impugn their taste or motives
in using the only means that are likely
to attain their object. We OILY protest
that va, for one, do not unite in it,
The Eew York Herald says, in
Enthusiastically misunderstanding and
malicious article:
The late masters Of the negroes have
sense enough to see that the interests of
the two races are inseparably interwO-
ven, that restoration and the consequent
prosperity OF the south will be 6. benefit
to both, and that szol1sion from pGliu-
cal privileges, from representation in
congress, would be followed by injury to
both Besides, as q general thing, there
is g kindly feeling on the part Of the
whites for the weaker and less cultivated
blacks. Generally, too, the negroes are
conscious Of this and look up with conf
dence for advice and guidance from their
late masters. This is evident from the
addresses Of the more intelligent to the
rest. Tle speeches delivered by some Of
them lately, and their lcndggt, 9s de-
scrlbed by our correspondents, show this
20 be the case We see, also, that there
is a determination on the part Of both
races to cultivate these kindly, friendly
and c0nfding relations.
Now, this is a sad state Of things, de
sersi1g particular notice, and which was
certainly nos expected by the old radical
aboiiti0nists of the norIh. These radi-
Gals had erroueOusly supposed the ne
groes hated the white master race, ard
would take the earliest opportunity TO
turn against them. The teachings Of
the war, in which the negroes voluntarily
fought side by side with their masters,
did not eradicate this error. The radi-
Gals have been expecting since the war
closed and the slaves were emancipated,
that these people you'd vote and act in
opposition TO their old masters. 4hey
begin TO see their mistake, however, and
are in a terrible state Of anxiety about
' the consequences. No tide Of northern
e,aigratiou, however great, nor any
amount af radical speechmaking and
presching, can turn the political current
In which the blacks and the whites of
Tie south sre united and combined for
scti0u. They both see thfir interests are
the same. and irrevecabiy liked in the
same section Of country.
We cannot yet see fully where this
surpris.-,s political and social revolution
viii end. IT viii certainly produce an
extraordinary influence Sool pollIlcal
parties and upon the destinies Of the "a
public. The radical press is dumb
founded, and kuSws not which way TO
shane its course The fruit OF years OF
/ agitation is likely TO turn to ashes in its
mouth. The southern states, with their
eighty or ninety representatives, ana
/ twenty senators in congress, will hold a
/ large balance of power, and the proba-
bility is that both races viii remain
united 10 the interests Of their own sec
I ton and in support Of the same political
party.
! The Radicals will know in ample time
! whether the negro vote is likely to &c
against them aud if they see that there
is danger Of it, they will at once make
effeetual use Of the bribe offered by The
conascation bill. Every step We take
10 win that vote, either here OF in the
provinces, helps 10 make certain the en-
actment Of that bill With such a mean
in their hands of controlling the BegrC
vote, and with so many other induce
ments 10 desire its passage, combining
the two n ost potent springs of human
action, profit and revenge, the malig
nants are not green enough TO permi
themselves to be checkmated. If W
could secure the most sweet voice
of the negro under other circum
stances, we cannot do it now; ant
the very attempt to do it, with even
hare possibility Of success, makes a gen
eral confscation inevitable.
We are making oar fgbt, at least
! he Provinces, too soon, or too tate. II W
were TO be compelled to yield at all, W
should have done it before. After losin
the better opportunity, we ought not
do it at all, except by silent inaetior
J There is now altogether too mich eagel
ness 10 get back into the Union, To
gushing a love of the negro, too ev
dent purpose to use him,-in short,
: conversion misaculously sudden. " TIL
kind of electioneering begins with bull!
ing and contempt; it will end in able
. sycophancy."
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