Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-08-22
NEGRO NATURE AND MOTIVES.


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Whether it be natural or the result of
his old surroundings, no one who
thoroughly knows the negro will hest
tate to pronounce him deceitful and
secretive beyond all other peoples. Both
of these qualities have been stTiklngly
manifested in this canvass and election.
The fewest number Of them but sought
to misIead as to their political prefer
euces. And none were found to reveal
the secret grievances in their hearts
against the whites, 'or air in public the
lies and ISLANDERS circulated privately
among them. Malice is another we'll
recognized trait In the African eharae-
/ ter. 1 feel assured this has inspired
them all in greater or less degree, and
| has prompted aseeret exultatiou IN dom
/ mating the people who once doml-
mated them. / do not believe they
/ have sny more sincere regard or conh-
| dence for the few white men they have
plaeed in office ia this state than for the
/ others. But that intense selfishness,
4 which is the fruitful parent Of all vices,
pr0upts their adherence to the white
/ radicals not only of this state but Of the
nation. They know, that by their sup
/ port Of this party they may hope to gain
I more than simple equality with the
whites. as, for instance, the spOllStiOn OF
the Istter's property for their benefit, etc.
/ They can trust the radical party, TO at
/ TEMPT this at least, because they know
! tbat party has so acted as to preclude the
/ support Of the whites Of the south, and
must therefore depend upon the blacks,
and they will not hesitate to secure their
continued allegiance, by the robbery and
! DIunder Of the whites for their the
! 4
aIWavs short sighted, and so this
Of the southern negro does not see
how this radical programme leads
TO their certain destruction. They have
seen the " secesh, as they still term the
1 southern whites, crushed and hUmbled
by the north, and they implicitly believe
I if would be so again il any resistance
should be offered 20 the most fragrant
radical outrages. Even If he fully trusts
the promises Of the whites as TO the pre-
seryation Of all his rights, the Negroes
( saIfishness cannot resist the giitteriug
bribes of superiority over the whites and
his spcilatiOn to benefit himself, secretly
promised and openly intimated by the
radicals. The negroes in this state may
have been led astTay by loyal leagues, be
NAV have been too eredulous OF false
hoods, be may have been inttmidated
from the support OF the eonssFS SatlVe
ticket. he NAV have distrusted our pledges
an the subject Of slavery and his fran
eFise and our promises generally; al
these considerations may have eintiueneed
him and doubtless did in some degree
hut. in nv humble opinion, they did not
DrOmpt his support of BrOWnlow with
one thousandth part of the force that hi;
hone of ruling, depressing and spelling
ths white people of Tennessee, by tha
support, prompted.
The traits Of character remarked upor
nv this writer, are not the fruits o
slavery. They are the characteristics o
the African savage. Deceit, secretive
ness and malice are the weapons Of OF
fence and defence of the indigenous bar
barians Of that continent sEd the semi
civilization superinduced by slavery hs
:. only tempered and repressed them. The.
were strikingly displayed by them wheI
they rose against the whites in Haiti
" apd theBegro DEssALINEs only gave ex
preston to them, when, on the 18th O
!, March 1904, he made proclamation 70
3. the massacre Of all the whites, and man
= thousands persisted
The writer adds:
Ihsve gone ints this brief analysis {
-. | the causes which impelled the negro /
!. this state to a unanimous support OF tn
8 partv which now tyTsnnizes US, becsus
- the same causes must produce precisel
L similar result throughout the entir
south. BY their vote in Tennessee o
last Thursday the negro race has deltbe
ratelv thrown down the gauntlet TO tn
> white people of the south. Against 10
most solemn pledges, the most painstaB
ing and unanswered argument, the mos
imploring oVertures to peace and hal
mony, the negro, without deigEiDg
word of reason, has declared war againi
l. the white people Of the south. NO oth'
construction can be pot upon their aImo'
- universal support of BrOwnloW, by an
Thoughtful Interpretation. Then, let n'
only Tennessee, but the whole south
Y once accept this bold and insolent dei
~ auee, not by taking down the rusted mr.
lock. but by the most peaceful and etfe'
tive weapon Of changing the labor OF u
country from black 70 white. We ca
do this if we will but act in concert an
we can do it speedily. The bes. praet
cal method of accom- plishing this tn
now suggests itself is for the white pc
ME OF each state TO meet ia state CONVEX
tiens. As the avowed and sole purpo
of such conventions would be 80 dew
means for the better encouragement
, emigration and Improvement OF our 1
- dustrial interests, it is hardly possib
sny shameless and abitrary interferen
would be exercised.
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