Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-30

ILL lAGetht MAJ VI Vi SA0AACoNoh
Mr.. PuLsBURY, long a violent abO-
htionist, now expresses very decided
opinions as to negro suffrage, which
has been tried TO the hearts content OF
the South Carolina whites, and to his
own complete disgust. He pronounces
the system, as now carried out in that
State, " most degyaved and deDraCiRg.''
Rev. Dr.. FULLER, Of Baltimore, one
OF the ablest as well as most excellent
divines Of this country, also has criti-
csIIy looked on during a late visit to
South Carolina, and in a letter to the
RS5CiOUs Herald. of Charleston, says:
Next to making free men slaves, the
hardest thing is to- make slaves free.
In South Carolina the negroes have a
most beggarly and Wretched appear
anCs; and my heart sinks when l
think that tWO7thirds of the Legisla-
tUrs are negroes, only a few Of whom
can read. With no sectional prejU-
dices, looking only to truth, and equi-
ty, and the stability and prosperity Of
our common country, this is not, and
1t cannot come to good"
Mayor PILLsBURY says in a letter
10 the New York Revolution:
- majority of the Legislature Of
South Carolina are cOlOred men, and
many Of them can neither write nor
read. But several of their very best
friends assured me they should never
support such again for the sake Of the
coIOCed race itsel-not even to save
the STATE from the Democratic party.
Such Durlesque on the very name of
government, they declared was never
before seen. have witnessed enough
myself 70 easily understand that it
must be so. At the opening of the
session, colOred voters were easily
bought at five dollars, though
later they rose on their price.
One shTeWd Yankee from Massachu-
sets, nOCa member, but who had some
schemes to lobby through the Legis-
lature, carried to the capital some ca
rs o. new hats, and with them as le-
gal tender, drove quite a spirited and
successful business. In other days,
such able jurist5 as Mr.. Pettigru filed
the arlU0us office Of the 'cOdifer Of
the laws That work has now been
assigned 10 q cOlOred man who can
scarcely spell three words properly.
He y also q Senator, and his legisla-
i've and official income is about six
thousand q year. But / cannot dwell
on such reflections"
But here some of our white citizens
are attempting to prove the necessity,
utility and obligation Of fixing the
same condition OF things on the State
OF Tennessee! They are claiming that
we are bound to the negroes, soul and
bedy, and must engraft negroism into
our own organic law, and endure in
government forever the black carcass
and body Of death! Bowldy by
pledges and promises Of a few ire
~sponsible men, to destroy the fair
work Of our Republican fathers, by
appointing for voters and selecting for
pilots, creatures who have no knOwl-
edge Of the ship or the seas, and no
fidelity worthy Of trust! Ali it is
old fogyism, forsooth, to deny SANBo
the sovereignty! Some of the whites
promised him the right to vote.
Il he COuRd help to eafraachise
81, and because ne went over
20 our enemies, and helped
and struggled with bogus and ere
peated" votes to crush us under the
power Of relentless foes, and boosted
WREN he did 50, "we have our foot on
the white mans neck, and we must
hold him there till we drive the nails
into his heshH'-aye, for all this es-
pecial kindness, and performance Of
the condition alfred to our promise, we
era bound in honor to make the ne
groes American kingsi What over
whelming reason! What profound
craftsmanship! What immaculate
patriotism! Have we not had enough
Of "BROwNLow's hell" already. that
Gny should be DESTROYS Of prov
ing that we have only escaped on pa
role and ar ound to return to II?
Must States be bound by irresponsible
promise against their will? We
have already put on the negro
the curse Of freedom. Are we under
compulsiOn also to be so cruel to him
- to make him sit, like ga pig in the
parlor," in the chair Of State and d.
rect public affairs to his own ruin, as
well as tnat Of the whites?