Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-19

! litlcal action.
Already has the canvass commenced
for the election Of delegates whenever
: the shoulder straps commanding the dis
E trict shall give the word of command
" Attention, niggers and loyalistsl Pre-
pare for election-vote-marc In
former days when representatives of the
+ people were to be chosen the effort wa:
l. made to select as candidates those who
p possessed the most intelligence. expert
/, ence and character, and who in the high
est degree enjoyed the confidence of the
masses. But now the effort is to hunt
out men who are either prominently OBJ
noxious by their treachery, Ignorance
. and general want of reputation, or who
are so utterly obscure and mex
perienced that no human beings can say
what opinions they hold or what course
. they will adopt. It is lamentable to see
. honest, respectable men urging the selec-
tion of these Obscurities on the ground
that it may be possible to induce the ne
groes to vote for them, and that such
individuals are preferable to the less
: reputable avowed radicals, who are
seeking political power. To obtain the
| nomination of persons whose only merit
is that they never did or said anything
either before, during or since the war,
and who have the negative proof OF hon
esty afforded by the fact that they have
never been in the Penitentiary, Is cOnsid-
cred a conservative triumph; and to per-
suade the leading negroes to promise TO
support them, is regarded as q brilliant
achievement.
| The negro majority in the whole state
! is said to be from one to two thousand.
The whites, had all who would have
! been permitted registered their names,
] n olnga m
| twenty thousand. But since the explain
atory act Of the Washington junts, Civ
| ing the boards Of two mean whites and
/ one niger the power to amend the lists
before the election, provided that the
/ boxes were to be stuffed and the lists
| cooked to insure a radical success, the
/ people became entirely Indifferent, and
! thought that they best consulted their
| dignity and self-respect by having moth
! ing to do with "the unclean thing"
! In the towns and cities which are
/ governed by municipal authorities the
/ prospect Of negro rule is having its
| natural effect in making the corporate
! obligations almost valueless. Especially
! is this the case in Savannah, where the
! chances are strongly in favor Of the cleo
| tion of a black-and-tan government of
/ which it is difficult to say whether the
| ineffable meanness of the white candi-
/ dates for civil office or the bestial ignO-
rance Of the black aspirants is most to be
/ dreaded. Formerly the city bonds of
| Savannah were justly regarded as among
! the best and most desirable securities in
the state Since it has become probable
that their value will depend on the ca
pscity and good faith of q negro govern
ment they have fallen almost to nothing
and the same is beginning to be true of
every species Of property which will be- |
come liable to the ordinances Of rice |
swamp negroes aud whites who would !
consent to associate with such animals. /
In nearly all the large towns the negro |
voters are in the majority, and conscious /
Of their power they are determined to |
assert it. and the same result as in Savan- |
nah must follow. When the negroes |
were made free, the smartest, most /
vicious and most accomplished rRscsls /
among them fiocked to the towns " here l
the opportunities TO steal and lead life /
Of brutal sensuality and idleness were so
much greater than in the country. The /
consequence is that the negro electors of |
the cities and towns are the worst and
most dangerous Of the black population,
and therefore the apprehension Of the
danger 10 property from their political
sscendauey is natural aud well founded.
The Van Buren ark Press says:
We understood that George Hood, q
very worthy colored man, is talked Of as
one of the candidates for the convention
for this county. The colOred men have
at least half Of the radical vote of the
county, and should be entitled to one of
the nominees.
And Cheraw Is. c. paper says:
The friends Of Mr.. Smead black mani
are actively pressing his claims for con-
gress in South Carolina. Every day he
is said to be gaining fresh strength.
"Now, by Saint PAUL, the work goes
bravely on We take the following
from the Louisville Courier:
As was to have been expected, the ne
groes in those districts in the south
where they are in the majority are
claiming a due proportion of offices.
They have been informed by the radicals
who enfranchised them that they are
equal TO the white men, and far more
loyal, and, believing what is told them, |
they boldly assert their claims. In the
parish of Alexandria, 81 We learn from
the Louisiana Gazette, published at
Alexandria, a negro by the name OF u. ,
Y Kelso has been nominated as dele
gate 70 the convention to frame a new
under the reconstruction
laws. Several white men were nomi-
mated on the same ticket, but the Demo /
crat Informs its readers that they are un-
worthy characters, and demonstrates ,
with the negro for consenting to run
upon the ticket with them. OF course
white men who are possessed of a particle :
Of self-respect, dignity or character,
would not sell themselves to such dirty
work for the miserable emoluments s
OF petty office. But it will, c
be found that wherever c
white men find that they can insure
their election by dividing their ticket [
with negroes, there will be found enough 4
mean enough thus to disgrace themselves
and bring disrepute upon the race to y
which they belong, but from which they
must have originated by some extraor- :
binary mistake of nature. We may,
therefore, look for these spotted and pie
bald tickets in every quarter, and for !
their election.
The conventions will be mixtures of
black and tan and white, and their de- ?
iberatiOns will be as free from wisdom il
and craftsmanship as are the individual
Of decency and intelligence. :
Who would have suspected eight years ]
lgO that this great nation could have +,
been driven by the excesses and the ac-
ton ofdemsgOgues OF into such an extraor-
tinary aud disgraeeful position as it now =
occupies? But the day of retribution for !,
.hese political desperadoes is at hand.
The handwriting is even now visible
lpoR the wall, and from the pine-clad d
bills Of Maine 10 the golden gates of CAL il
tornia, the voice of an insulted and in Al
iiguant people echoes the sentence of @
their doom.
Meanwhile BEN. WADE, Acting Vice V
President Of the United States, vulgarlv u
and profanely haranguing the people of = !,
ohio, says that the question of negro
'uffrage is Of no practical Importance, R
put the principle is of some significance. J
Who, he said, is mean enough to deprive = =
/ colored man of suffrage when he bears
iis share Of everything, that amt a z
Democrat? s
And in South Carolina, Governor ORR t
,abbles to the freedmen, and tellin0 them 3
,f their po10eT IN the State, giues tIe8a = =
Jood advics. We have the following h
account Of one Of his exhortations:
AT a political meeting at Bolton, S. C.. II
leld on the 29th uit., Gov. j. J.. Orr, p
the whites, advised them 10 4
'egister and vote for q convention, as il s
was folly and madness to attempt 10 de-
eat that object. There were sixty thou n
iand negro voters against thirty thousand "
whites, and Is the convention would look q
20 the interest of the black man IL cOuld b