Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-09

Brevet 1Iai.-Gen. ". p. Carliu. Assistant Com
missioner. etc Nashville, Tenn
General. L have the honor to cal
your attention to a slip attached hereto
clipped from the Memphis AU1idUch6 o
the 2lst inst, advising those who are
opposed to the radical party not to EN-
pI5y the colOred people TO work for then
unless they, the colOred people, vote tbs
conservative ticket. The result Of thi:
advice will be, that the c0iOred people
who are az work for an interest in the
crops on a great many plantations vii
be driven of, unless they vote as tlell
employers dictate.
Already 7 have had several c0l0red
persons who have called at my Office and
informed ms that they had reasons t.
believe that, If they voted the radical
ticket, they would be compelled to aban-
don their crops.
Now, I am Of opinion that the civil
b authorities are utterly powerless to pro.
tect these people IN their right TO vote as
they may see proper. Something else
must be done for them, other than tl
refer them t6 tine courts. / would there
fore request Instructions az to what aC-
ton I shall take in cases where freedmen
are driven OF from their crops for the
reason that they have voted for a candi-
Z llsE Aa AAlEaa wv ID ~taEAAAaAH a HA4F EEAE
raj, very respectfully,
Your obedrsnr servant.
TSIgueI| FEFD-~. PALNEI.
Lieut-.oL. and SUBJ ASST Com'r. official $.
W Gr1gslecE, Lieut. 4-l U. = l. ana A. A. A.
ASSISTANT Caaru--IoSEE's CTFrcE,l
EAaEFLLE, June %, -s51
! Lieut. Col. F. s. Palmer. sub-Assisiant Conn
missioner
CCf1Us7: I have received your letter of
( jim 12f, with the iuc.0ssd article from
the Memphis 4HgfUgehe. The article
urges llaJ the radicals shall not be pat
ral.zeI iu business that e0l0red people
shall lot be employed unless they con-
sent % vote for "a certain party, against
their convictions I'm many cases. You
inform me that many CoLOred men are
raising crops 0u shares, and that many
Of these viii be driven oil unless they
vote as their employers dictate. You
! express the opinion that the civil author
tiles are utterly p8Weriess 60 protect the
c0Io-ed people in their rights TO vote as
] they see proper, and ask for instructions
as 90 what action you shall take ia
cases where freedmen are driven or from
I their crops for the rgasou that they have
voted for a candidate Of their own selec-
ton.
To reply, you are informed that it is
. YOU" A...Hr ALI. AIHAa vi N.AL n-El.rF I'D
instruct the freedmen lu your sugdIs-
triat o. vote AS they please, whichever the
immediate consequences may bH. All
freedmen who may be driven from their
crops OF turned out Of employment in
consequence of their political action will
be provided for by the bureau agent until
they can find employment for them
selves. AT expense incurred on this
account viii be paid 0ut of the special
relief fund" appropriated BY congress at
the last election, of which fund we have
enough for the purpose.
You Will cause au exact record TO be
kept. showing all the particulars Of each
case where men are driven OFF under cir
cumstauces above described, which rec
ord will show the name Of the parties
concerned, the dale and residence, and
especially full testimony as TO the dam
age sustained by The injured parties.
Your 0bsdielt servant,
signed w.. p CaELIN,
Bvt NaI Sen Us. A. ASST Com.
Official $. W.. Ergc beck, Lieutenant 4ad In
fantry and General
Already, we learn, in some of the
neighboring counties, the negroes are Sc.
continually " fostering about " to picnics
and public spsakiugs, TO frolic and listen
to Radical rant and lIsLian, that the crops
are being choked aud ruined by the
grass; and now they are authoritatively
told that if they are discharged by their
employers, they shall be maintained in
their idleness 10y the Freedmens' Bureau,
and fed out Of The " fund for special pur-
poses" which they are assured, is ample.
OF course, all that a lot Of negroes on a
plantation have to DO, is to CAD about for
a few days, and neglect their work, IN
til their employer, provoked and weary
Of their worthlessuess, discharges them,
and they can then fsck to the "Bu-
reau,' and swear for one another. that
they have been discharged because they
attended public meetings where The Eadi-
cal Gospel was -preacned, and intend to
vote for BRoWNLOw. What their oaJhs
are worth, any lawyer knows. They
viii just as readIy.swear a lie as tell one.
With these inducements and persua-
si0ns to live without work, the number
Of wards and pets Of the Bureau is likely
to be largely increased, and the crops to
suffer. II might as well issue a general
invitation to all the negroes, male and
female, in the country, to swarm, YER
min-like, into the benefcent Bureau and
be fed, without money and without
price, until the Millennium Of Confscs-
ton comes.
Meanwhile, a record is to be kept Of
all such cases, containing especially
ful testimony as to the damage sus-
tanned by the injured parties This, we
suppose, is TO be used for the purpose Of
mulcting the coDtumacious empIoyersin
damages for the benefit Of the injured
.innOcents, the pet black lambs Of the
Radical fold, by proceedings 70 be insti-
tuted in the Civil Tribunals Of the Bu-
reau, in which shoulder-sJraps sabres
and j~ack-boots preside.
Now, we DO not pretend 20 answer for
.he AUal1nchc, but we do say, for our.
what we do not doubt &c also will
say, that we did not intend to advise
either planters or others 70 violate any
contracts whatever, made with labourer-.
they would act very uuiustihably 10 do
30. The negro has the right to vote as
ne pleases. His employer may do, in
-etUrn or anticipation, whatever ne has
, right 10 do. He has no right 10 break
contract, because the negro with whom
has contracted means 10 vote or does
y0te the Radical ticket. But If he has
10 contract that binds him to continue
o employ him, he may and ought to f,
discharge him at once. And II the negro :
his work to attend Radical meet {
lgs or places Of amusement, he violates {
is contract, and ought to be discharged. Z
The Bureau will be wise to be ex-
eedingly careful how il usurps judicial Z
over ia Tennessee, and sentences men !
} pay damages, and undertakes to col '
ct them by the strong hand. II any, Z
ling Of that sort is attempted, we hone .
lat the protection OF the laws and Courts Il
Tennessee viii be at once appealed to. 7
the officers Of the Bureau be taught Y
salutary lesson. So far as the l~episla- p
On Of Congress attempts 20 confer svc5 q
dieial pewers on the Bureau, it is sim q
. null and 50, we think, the Teupes- Z
Courts will decide, though we have %
great confidence in them when what 7.
deemed aPoNtic0l question is involved. NJ
50 far as the order Of Brevet Major 70
sneral W. P. CARLIN, Assistant Com II
'saioner, is meant IN terrOrem, We adj is