Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-04

THE MEMPE
the retreating robbers, TO witness their
entire dependence for another year pass
ing away in flame andsmOke. A gentle
man and his wife ride to church of an
evening in u buggy; he secures his horse
with q halter TO n tree ct the close of the
meeting he finds buggy and horse, but
the harness has disappeared. Cotton
brought in from the country for security
and stored in town in substantial out
buildings, within a few yards Of the pri-
vate dwelling, under lock and key, has
been successfully removed in the night,
in bales OF four to six hundred pounds,
while the owner was sleeping within q
few PAGES Of the robbers. At Society
Hill, near Cheraw, a band of fifty armed
negroes marched through the village,
firing Off their guns and disturbing the
community with their hideOus yells. AT
lLyuchburg, IN this district, q few nights
since, the negro Union League was
in session, with its armed s~eutinels
posted on the streets, snd pesceable
white citizens, whose business required
them to pass TO their homes, were rudely
challenged, halted, and their lives
threatened. These are well attested
facts, and columns could be filled with
similar ~reeitsls-a state OF things which,
however depsOrable, is the legitimate re-
suit Of Radical politics and bureau sup.
port and emisssry instruction. Stalwaft
negroes, who loaf about the towns, or
sun themselves to sleep during the day
in the country, gather 10 bands ss the
night m on, n by their unchecked
d~eprsdatiOns excite dismay aud conster-
-,aH.W. rwrmr-whnra Tho nfnfnHo ha-a
drawn, however dark and incredible 1t
may seem, is really but 8 faint delinea-
ton of facts, occurring not only here,
but throughout ell this country, wherever
the negro population is 10 the ascend.
ancy. In no other country would 1t be
tolerated long, but the white men are
virtually declared the right to protect
themselves and the military govern
ment, which Is formidable enough, with
its cassmats Imprisonment and military
courts, TO discourage white men from
organizing for their own defence, ceI-
tsinly fails 20 afford security to life and
property. And this negro element thus
turned loose upon the country, dsspisiDg
labor, and embracing with the politics of
the Radical the morality Of the free
bOOter, is to govern the State, and be
~msrshalled for the overthrow Of the in-
telligent conservatism Of the whole ma
toni"
A lady writing from Kingston, Ala.
10 " the Christian women Of the North"
says that large numbers Of families in the
South are left without any male head,
and the females have to work and toll In
the field, and are there, as everywhere
else, constantly subjected to the insults
and outrages Of half civilized negroes,
who know nc law but their own lusts
and desires. After these women hsve
worked in the open fields and produced
their little crops, they are not unfre-
quently stolen by the negroes at night.
She asserts that large numbers Of the
freedmen who were three years ago in
dustrious and honest, have, under the
new order OF things, become drunkards
and vagabonds.
She Says: ave will give q slight
sketch Of one scene only among the hon
dreds that Southern women have to en-
c0unter. Our recent elections have ba1R
awful. Always, heretofore, the white
men hsd voted az eight or ten precincts
in each county hut our military mon
arch ordered that all should vots at the
courthouse, thereby, in some counties,
collecting together several thousand De
grOes. 10 create riots with the whites.
Nav God forgive us if we judge him
wrongfully, but we can see no reason for
this order. Our courthouse is situated In
q sparsely settled section, Oaly fsUr or
five families in the village. mostly wO-
- .LsrIrun mara than FEnnfu~-
five miles from "a military p1st. Wei,
the night before election, between one
and two thousand negroes commenced
&C ming in. All armed with guns. pis
tolls. and bowie knives, they were veIl-
ing. firing guns, and tearing around ~ If
al the lemons from the lower regions
had been turned loose on earth 70 walk
10 and fro. The din continued three
DAYS. and we did not see g dozeH
white men during the time. The
military order was for 81
groceries 70 be closed il vas done here,
lint whisky was handed out st back
windows as much a. wanted. During
the time, one white man attempted 10
vote. a negro guard knocked him down
he had spirit to fire at him ne made bis
eseape, aud no q was hurt. Bot Ian
eusge cannot portray the uproar Of a
Thousand half drunken negroes IN pur'
suit. The firing, screeehing, swearing
and obscene language were horrible.
that witnessed that scene can for
get Il while life lasts. We thoughtthen,
and think vet, it would have been a deed
- marcy II Congress had sent old Brown
law with his torch and t~urpentiDe, ex-
terminated the women and children
Eyoutb. If he would have laid u bodies
beneath our bloody soil, with our loved
ones gcne before. The most Of Us have
bean reduced from s%fiueuce to poverty
hut we do not ask aid, and are willing 10
toll for our living. Our young soma work
pnsufnliy to support their aged parents,
and hundreds Of women in Alabama
work daily in the fields to support their
children. Then the lazy, prOwling ne
groes rob our fields at night. Oh, the
iron heel % oppression is truly on our
necks, and life is a curse to many at the
Snutb to-day. But this is only the be-
ginning effhe drama. God CLONE knows
the sequel"
A New Orleans psper says: Serious,
bat well authenticated, accounts reach
ia from the country districts respecting
the increasing poverty, desolation, and
desperation Of the people, and especially
Of the negroes. The unprecedented
failure Of every kind Of cultivation has
placed q very large class OF the negroes
the verge Of starvation. 1t is driving
them to acts o. desperation and whole
sale robbery, which are rapidly consum-
ing what is left on the plantation OF the
general wreck. Stock Of every descrip-
ton is rapidly disappearing. The plant
ers find Il impossible 10 guard or save
even their milch COWS and brood sni-
mails. Without money or employment
the negroes dnd II impossible to obtain
meat or bread, and they take to the
woods or highways, and seize and apprO.
nriate every live animsl thew q fad.
They ever set trsp' for cattle and hogs.
Leagued together in clubs and sssocia-
lions, they are encouraged in their
d~epredations by q confidence in their
ability To resist any attempt 10 arrest or
punish them. These sets are not insti-
gated by political passions or Influences,
nor have they n political aim or pur-
pase, though the condition which
prompts them in their desperate course
has been largely due to political. causes.
The general failure Of the cultivation
this season is attributable 10 the indo-
'ence, indifference, and carelsssness into
which they were seduced in the spring
by the promises of Radical emissaries
that farms. agricultural implements, ard
stock would be given them by the Gov
ornmeut. But they have rot well over
this ~infatuation, and now 1t is actual
want and starvation which Is driving
them to desperate and lswless acts. and
is producing q deep and widespread feel
ing Of alarm and anxiety In the country.
state these facts on information Of
the most reliable character, and trust
they may attract the attention and
stimulate further inquiry IN an effort 10
auply some relief and remedy 10 this
distressing state Of affairs"
A correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Jackson, Mississippi,
some months since the Blind Orphan
Asvlum, a State Institution, was closed.
and tho helpless little ones, poor, sight
less boys and girls, portiOned of among
those good people who could not see
starve. This fact is beyond con-
troversion. and / commend 1t to mothers
and fathers a. q direct consequence Of
that huge scoundrelism. Congressional
construction. Two miles from here is