Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-30

South, the negroes are banded together
by OAth-bOund secret Radical leagues,
ard it has been supposed their .
would be cast as a unit. In such case,
seven thousand whites, or one in every
sixteen Of the whites voting the Radical
ticket, would turn over that State TO the
coalition resting chiefly on African sup
port. In Georgia there is also a white
majority Of two thousand but with the
negroes in secret leagues, voting as Il
body, q very small number Of bad white
men are enough 70 turn the scale, and
put the State virtually under negro gov
eminent.
In North Carolina the results IS far IS
reached are Al, 7O3 whites, blacks SO, 795,
making a small msjOrity for the former.
With q fair registration, we might count
ct least on $4,000 white majority in this
State bot if it il to be worked as has
been usual in the South, this is not to be
hoped for.
Florida, as far rs heard from gives
607S colOred, and 1883 whites, and this
ratio more than two to one will prob
ably be maintained.
In Mississippi the registration is said TO
be nearly complete, and to foot up
whites As. 1886, blacks, so, 1877; and, judg-
ing from the actual population this
looks more like an honest registration
than any other State in the South. The
black majority is 1881.
In Texas and Arkansas the registration
has also been going on. We have no
figures from either, but we understand
that in the former State, where the
white population is vel two to one, a
negro preponderance on the registration
has been arrived at Of yer 3 greater
ratio.
Such is the prospect before us-s black
rule, and ascendency FROM the Potomac
TO the Rio Grande, over a country rich in
resources, the abode Of five Orsix millions
Of whites, who might become prosperous
aud happy if it were not essential TO
make their land q prey to anarchy worse
than Jamaica or Hayti, in order to com
pass continued s~scendency for the Rsdi-
csl faction.
The mode in which hese tresults have
been obtained is the problem whose
solution will throw most light on the
purposes and morals Of the Radical
leaders who farm the revenues and
sequester the Offices Of the country. We
need not now speak Of the d~isfrsnchise-
ments created by the reconstruction
enactments, for the special and sole
purpose Of securing Radical msjorities.
These are not only unconstitutional but
villainous. To take from a man q fran
chise, unless he will swear that he has
not committed an offence Of which he
has not been convicted, is quite as viii
famous a mode Of getting at the truth,
or at falsehood instead OF the truth, IS
the use Of the rack, and stamps in the
estimation Of all decent men, those who
resort to it, as very base and unworthy
persons, devoid Of the common instincts
Of honour.
We say nothing Of these fagitH Gtque
dedsoora, because they we're very far
from being sufficient to attain the results
indispensable to secure the South to Rad
icalism. There wcrs but tlro Southern
States in uhich the blacks had a majority
the a These were Mississippi
and South Carolina. The H~qteAigeRcer
In the latter the blacks were 1880 to
Dol, 800 whites, or about four to three.
Now the registration shows 1903 negro
voters and q, JIG whites-R proportion Of
than two to one! All accounts,
even from Republican sources, represent
the negro population there as having de-
creased butif we are to accept this reg
istratiOn as q guide, the white male vOt-
ing population has diminished from
about $4,000 to 2l,l76t Shall we accept
this astonishing result as a fact, or rather
must we not believe that these lists have
been packed FOR q purpOse-white men
aud negroes registered in their
In Mississippi the State authorities last
took a census. The blacks were
}Sl, 25S, and the whites S43, 400. This
shows a loss since 1860 Of TO- 39 whites
and Sc, l46 blackstone of the last doubt
less from deaths in camps or battle, but
b~yemigratiOn to the Northwest
Dr. % Texas. Comparing the recent regis
with this census, we believe that
has been rather more honestly con-
lUcted than in other localities, though
not free from suspicion.
These two are the only States IN which
he blacks had a majority in 1860, or, As
believe, have nov 3 majority. 10
Florida they were outnumbered By
'7,747 20 6 1851, but, by the miraculous
agencies of the registration, " they over
,Ume this disparity, and are more than
TO One. In Georgia the census Of
$50 showed 59l $50 whites 10 465, 69S
,lacks-a white majority Of I'VE rs, coo.
Vow the blacks, rallying under the Bgis
II Gen. Pope, very nearly equal the
white voters. 10 Alabama, where, be- {
ore the war, there wss q white majority {
II IS. Sol, the blacks have q msiorify OIL .
). sol voters ! Their vote is IS, PAS, and
be customary proportion in the South is :
tx and q half Of population to one voter. [
At this rate we should have 573, 900
lacks-an increase Of only 1885, 900 over .
heir number in 1850. But, as the ratio J
o Alabama was only about six to one, y
re adept that rule, and have, as q result, I
p. 4s8-au increase OF over 81 600 negroes Q
D seven years, OF over twenty per cent. n
In Texas the census Of 1850 stood 400
81 whites, to lS3 OBJ negroes, consider. L
bly, over i've 70 one. Now, we are in [
the registration lists reverse the s
perstion, the blacks being two or three n
D one. Are We expected 10 believe this :
n fair and honest? o
Look, however, at Louisiana, where d
rem. Banks, II We remember Alright, re- b
orted officially that the negroes had !,
EEANlAEA OAETAbAAAAs ANEARAg AAE wal ~ -
yhite population OF 35l, $50 cast 50,5lO !
Otes, or one to every seven persons. f
low, We have only "A, 1872 whites on the 4
SITS. The black vote is 81, 9O7. II we !
AXE the same ratio Of seven to one We
ave 3 black population Of 5sJ,549 II Z
'e take six and & half to one, the usual |
stiO in other States, We have SIS, $50 as c
be present black population. Ia 1850 h
ley had 345, 273-A negro increase in
years OF over 1873, 600, or fuAg Gfy- :
re per cent, though, according 10 Gen.
the race had fallen Oft one fourth.
hoes the Radical reconstruction - Il
ring dead negroes to life sgain, or does y
not duplicate the living? We are con- n
dent this result could not have been u
scured even by registering the negroes g
ON eighteen to twenty-One years OF y
&c, as hiss been literally done al over q
De South. n
One more State remains to be consid- "
ed-Virginis-where the whites have u
D the registration 1875, to l0l ,490 q
seks, or 8 majority Of 1857. In 1860 81
le black population IN. the whole State I
as 54s, SO7. Since then West Virgins
IS been cut eff, and Of course q portion al
the black population. But taking the I
Of siX-and-a.quarter to one THE u
.AAE EAAAb DNAhE III AoAV bg AK FbAAlA a.
10 the whole white pOpulstionD al
"a We have now, according TO this reg 81
a negro population Of 634 Sl2, =
81 increase in seven years Of SIS, SO5 u
'er the number comprised in the tDhOle 81
ate as il stood in 1850! In view OF the O.
lown deaths, the number in West Nir- o,
mia, the emigration to this city and 10 q
e North, does any sane man believe y
Et there has been this increase? The %
st would DO decisive as to the 5,
ode In which the registration n,
IS been conducted but we have yet
lother test, which is even more conclu- Sc
ge. The Auditor Of the State, in com
ting the taxes, has 10 take account OF
Q population. This was done lastyeaT, D.,
ID the result showed q very large de- :,
Of the negro population. The 20
nites had sustained considerable losses 81,
the war, but these had been made up al
the natural increment and on the -
hole there was a slightincrease OF Those ~
er tWenty-one years Of age. The Vir- III
ala papers were able 10 announce, as
sy did with some exultation, that
was 3 white majority Of fifty thou az
I'd males over twenty-One years Of aye. -
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