Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-05
What is True Policy.

Editors Appeal: The election which
is lust at hand is of the greatest m
portance to the disfranchised masses,
who through the legislation of asset OF
unprincipled, ignorant, illiterate, cor
rupt towards, had the dearest rights
of man stolen from them. They can
now do much to regain those lost
rights, and aid those who are labor
ing to establish that "peace" which
has been 50 glibly on the tongue OF
Radicalism but withered with its
breath. True they cannot vote; that
priceless inheritance has been wrested
from them by those WhC claimed TO
be for universal freedom, but who
were themselves the slaves OF pas
sion, avarice and pride"
When two evils are presented from
which choice must be made, it is wise
TO choose the least. The alternative Is
between SenteF and Stokes, and how
soever repugnant It may be to vote
for a Radical, there Is no intelligent
man who will not readily admit that
the former is less unpalatable than the
latter-StOkes, who seems to be destI-
tute of every virtue, unless his sub
lime recreancy to all that is honorable
coupled with his inOrdinate ambition
be considered one.
There ere many DISTINGUISHED men
| who have negroes employed,
the latter exercising TIE privi-
lege of suffrage denied their en-
plOyers, and, for the most part,
if not IS q unit, voting to perpetuate
the disfranchisemept Of their natural
protectors. from whom alone, in the
future, they can anticipate protection.
| This cooperation Of the negroes with
extreme and YindicIiYe RSdicallsm
| should be prevented as much as posi-
hie; and 10 a considerable extent II
can be done. II needs only persistent
and determined efioISt-notl indee3, ~
! epdeavoring to show them Whas Ills
cradle dupeS and catspaws they are,
for that has been sbEpdantly trled,
without effect, the victih1s CT hStaSel
perfdv closing their ears TO appeals TO
reason end hugging the policy which
J must eventGat6 ip their doom. They
are not to be bought with money or
with promises, for in the latter, esP67
| cially, Radicalism is most protuse,
! and although the mule and forty acre
lot have not been ana never VIII be
| realized, the negroes appear 70 G9il.
| slider themselves chained 10 their idol
with i~ndissOluble links, There IS but
one way 10 rouse them from tHlS
| dream of security to a full and thor
| Ough realization of their tFQe cOnql-
| ton and the duty Of the hour. Let
| those who employ negroes that have
| been wont TO gather at the beat OF the
| Radical drum, inform them that they
may look for employment elsewhere,
if they persist in their pf0scriDtive
| course. There is no magnanimfty In
| ~consenting that they shall do as they
| please, but rather a cOnniVing at the
| riviting of chains which have been
| so CALLING in past years, and the white
| people of the State are so sOlicitOus 10
! remove. II is a suicidal policy to
maintain a set of creatures who suffer
| their worst passions to be intamed
and stimulated, who are taught 10
hate you and vote to keep you
| down. Such a thing is absurd and
without a parallel. Certainly it is not
unchristianlike to let them seek EN-
| ployment from those with whom they
| affiliate. There will be a plenty OF
white men, now out of employment,
to take their places, and even if there
| should not be, it would not be an in
| conceivable hardship if the party
were to be his own porter or hOStler
| for a short time. A hungry belly is a
| sure stimulant to reason, and thrown
upon their own resources, the negro
| would soon discover how utterly
worthless and unreliable are their
Radical allies.
1t may be suggested by some that
| this is impracticable, but l most re-
specially beg leave to dissent. Hav-
| ing been raised upon a plantation,
and owned and worked several, / feel
| safe in saving that it can bedOne. They
were asloyalto thee onfederacy as they
now are to Radicalism, and as a gen
eraI thing, had a holy hatred for the
Yank." They refttgeed often with
their masters, and in the army were
not only true but for the most part
made as much effort to keep out of the
reach of the United States army as
| their owners. When the backbone OF
! Radicalism shall have been broken,
which is likely soon to be, and which
will be fastened by compelling the
negro to realize his true condition, it
will be seen that this tractable race
will return to habits Of industry and
place themselves on the side of worth
and intelligence. The Chinese labor
movement has already had its effect,
and they are now becoming alarmed
| for their future, for the least ignorant
among them well know that the con-
temptible creatures they have helped
to Office, and whose infatuated tools
and dupes they have been, are not
able, if disposed, to give them employ
ment; and now while the Radical
J party is making its death struggle, all