The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-11
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPiHioEk oY rHE LBADnss JOURNALS
UPON CURRENT TOPIos--COMP1LED EVERY
BAY FOB TAB EVENING TBLEeRAFH
The South as Place for Northern Capital.

from Ue CtftcbftHot tT"1ttt6s
The terms on which Northern men may be
permitted to live and invest their capital in
the South, are pretty we'll set forth by the
Memphis Ardiancho OF July 26. The occasion
was the following letter addressed to the edi-
tor, from prominent citizen Republican,
Colonel Nj. o. Ganoway;-My Dear Slr;-A
highly respecisDis honufaple shI a. wesITny wbessvTnnyy
heard of the four hundred vacant stores here,
and seen published iu their papers as inlorsed
the resolutions which hsd the honor To intro
duce before our Chamber of Commerce short
time since, thinking. that the future m tterial
prospects of this section warrant the success OF
another wholesale shoe house in this city,
write to ask If think such concern from New
believing the editorials of the AUaJtache TO
be the most faithful expressions Of The dOmi-
Wishing to give TO said firm some reliable and
authoritative assurances Of the spirit Win
which radical" mercantile capital VIII IN
future be received in Memphis, please allow
me to respectfully ask from you M the puocaaiEIon i
as YOU may think proper in order that may
send them copy TO aid ihem in arriving az
an intelligent decision IN IegSIa 10 se PROPOSED
VIM r. MOORE, No. 2O9 Main sJreeC'
Memphis, July ~, lSdS' s.
To this the editor replies at much length.
To begin with, he announces himself as in q
particularly amiable mood that morning, at
the prospect of the early destruction of radi-
calism, and, therefore, as inclined to be
magnanimous, and as he says, "to treat the
writer with more courtesy than has been our
won't and while we explain the questions he
propounds to us directly, furnish some eXpla-
nation why we have been out of all patience
with him." He then proceeds first to dis
course upon the enormity Of the sins of Mr..
Moore who, being a native, had turned rene
gade to the South, and had not only been an
original Union man-whlch the editor implies
he might forgive, with repentance-but had
united himself with the Republican party,
41,,o oI, de- 10 nf riYnad
which makes men outlaws, and justify society
in taking the higher law into its hands, and
putting them summarily out of existence.
Having thus marked Mr.. Moore as a traitor
to the South and an outlaw, to be dealt with
in the good SeymOur-and Blair time coming,
and plainly intimated to him that he had
better be considering whether he ought him
self to be allowed to live in the South, rather
than concerning himself in the question
whether it would be safe for Northern men to
bring their capital there, the editor mildly
draws the conditions upon which Northern
men may be tolerated, as follows
If a radical capitalist desires to establish here
an extensive concern, he will meet with not
only no opposition. but will be welcomed, pro-
vided he will pursue his avocaJion without fra
ternizing with those who seek TO continue the
disfranchisemenJ of those VINO accepted the
situation when the South surrendered lis arms,
part of which was the confident expectation
of being restored TO all their civil rights in the
Union. But if the object he to swell the ranks,
ana RuO 10 Inc lEuueDce OF LnOSe VINO nave been
denounced as scala wags and carpet baggers, and
are striving for officlll position through the
most corrupt means, and by the instrument of
secret leagues, and thu cooperation of de-
luded, ignorant race such capitalist would ii nd
himself regarded With jealousy and suspicion,
and unless he could content himself with
LIMITED associations of questionanle ohereoter,
would be far from a9reeably situated in his
social position, Our people are tired of
their years of probation, during which they
have seen things growing from bad to worse,
while patiently enduring the humiliating stu.
alton of witnessing their 'inalienRble rights
Wrested from them, and bestowed upon tue
negro, Who without home or dom1ciltary resi-
dence to regulate suffrage. exercises privileges
denied to those who are natives of the soil, edu-
Gated in the science OF government, and the
owners of estate, save those of which they have
been robbed by taX-titles. Mr.. Moore, himself
being a merchant and member of the Cha mbeT
of Commerce, in whose action he participates
can eX plain to his New England CORES SQ0ndent
that radical merchant may find q safe invest
ment here Should the dominant party who
seem willing to sustain Congress in Its usurpa
tions prove successful ana prescription aud
Acknowledgement continue to be pressed, 1T is
but natural to infer that no good feeling Will be
engendered between those who are deprived
of their rights and such as uphold such depriva
tion. To retaliate is natural TO the disposition
of mankind, and our people will submit to In
convenience Will prefer an inferior article OF
pay higher price rather than sustain those
who seem intent and determined on degrading
them below the negro; countenance the false
hoods and ISLANDERS that are wantonIy invented
for political effect, and support in official posi-
devoid of principle, and destitute of the com
mon sympathies of humanity, and whose whole
stock in trade is cOnSummate impudence braZeI
ehrontery, and thorough social and pOliJica
equality with the race suddenly transformed
from slaves into enlighed suffragans.
We commend to the people of the North-tC
the white people-this statement of the terms
upon which they may be permitted to live il
the South. They may come, provided they
will renounce all affiliatiOn with the Republ
can party; and this means all fidelity to th
National Government. Otherwise they viii
be considered guilty of all these charges anc
epithets which are meant to make them socia
outcasts, to deprive them of the protection o
law, and to excite against them an ignoran
and truculent mob. Unless he disowns all fra
ternity with the Republican party of the North
and becomes an abject supporter of Rebe
class who will never recognize in him anything
but their political serf, the Northern emigran
will be spotted as a subject for vengeance il
the good time coming, and for plunder an
maltreatment in any of the rietous outbreak
which are frequent social exercises in tn
South.
Not that it is crime to be politically asso
ciated with negroes; for the Democratic part
are making the most energetic exertions
get the negro vote but it is that the maste
class claim the votes of the blacks as thei
property, just as they before claimed thei
bodies and souls, men, women and children
If the negroes vote with the Republicans tn
Rebel class think they are robbed of thei
property. And because the blacks, KNOWN
their own interest, vote generally with tn
Republicans and the Northern people, th
Rebel class feel toward the Republicans th
same ferocity that they used to against ABB
litionists. Thus the Democratic party ma
have the negro vote without attaint; but VIC
to the white Republicans, immigrant or NATIVE
who have negroes voting with them N
4 Il. IL.