Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-24

THE Memphis APPEAL, ante-diluvian
Democrat, boils and broils over the abom-
inatiOn of universal suffrage, as follows:
I'VE are astonished at the persistence
of those Conservatives who have fallen
among the Radicals in the advocacy of the
most unstatesmanlike and injurious pol
icy ever advocated before a civilized peO-
! pie. Its very absurdity is moustrOus. It
is as if men should deny the pernicious
consequences of poison, and propose we
should swallow it, and charge tina we had
been fools enough TO place ourselves I'M
der obligations to do 50. Yet men, HON
we W. been accustomed 10 regard as
sane, are bringing agencies TO bear to faS-
ten the damning incubus ~OfnegrO suffrage
on the people ofTennessee!"
In other words a white "cracker," with
a possum skin cap, raw-hide shoes, and
one-gsllOwsed osnaburg brooches, with
six inches Ofa hickory bark shirt protru-
ding through the posterior orihce-a chap
not able to tell b from a bulls foot, and
not knowing or caring whether Washing
ton was a Spaniard, Chinaman, Dutch
man or American, should be allowed to
vote, and to hold office, because he is of
Caucasian descent, so-called. But a col
ored man who behaves himself and pays
taxes, and can read and write should not
vote. White men who scour the country
after night, in disguise, should be per
mitted TO elect rulers for the people, but
the unfortunate labOrers, who, after "A
years patient toll, are robbed and driven
from their cabins by the maskers, must be
driven fromthe polls. What an absurditv
is thisl lift were the deliberate purpose
of the APPEAL To bring popular govern
ment into contempt, it cOuld not effect its
purpose better than by advocating such a
discrimination of color in politics.-NdSh-
U5iie Press and Times.
We maintain that such a white
cracker" rs the Press and Times des-
cribes is better than any niger" in
the universe. The very best and tru-
est and most reliable of all American
citizens are those to be found at the
pillow, dressed according to their work,
and always looking like gentlemen
when they are dressed. Does our CO.
temporary favor for voters only the
Z" cOlOred man who behaves himself
and pays taxes and can read and
write" and wear the long tail blue erect
on ANGLES in the middle OF the foot? If
that is the ase the negro suffrage
question sinks somewhat in import
ance-he hardly contends for a thou
sand ebony and mahogany voters i'm
the whole State. We are not particu-
larry anxious TO obtain the votes of
white outlaws. We will give them
up c%heerfully, if they can be sifted as
ehaff from the wheat, and punished
as they deserve. We believe that
ninety-nine out of a hundred of them
belong to the Radical party, and sleep
and skulk about of nights with negro
chicken lifters. When these chaps
are all caught and punished there
will not be a cOrporal's guard left to
" scour the country after night in dis
guise." 1t is only the " mean white"
and negroes who will not work that
are doing so.
But the Press and Times thinks
we "bring popular Government into
contempt" by advocating discrimina-
tiOns as to "~color." We do no such
We deny that the negro has
any color" Popular government
iANot h&NC AlLilLdLlOAlo. ANU NllOil l
Irishmen and Germans are forbidden
to vote because they have no natural
papers; or educated youths of
twenty, because they are not twenty
one, we think Mr.. SAMBo should be
kept out because his skull is too thick,
and because his brain is inadequate for
the best selfdirection, and wholly in
of wisely controlling others.
If popular government cannot stand
.he exclusion of SASIBo without COM
into contempt, how is JOHN CHI
SAMAN to be avoided, and how is it
possible to exclude any one? Does
he Press and Times think the unnat-
Iralized foreigners of the T" Caucasian
descent, so-called,' are not as good as
the negro?