Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-06

II dCUtQgtfhts Vi NtSLtIudN HioIiA-
ing. alludes to the course of the Mem
phis APPEAL, on the subject of negro
suffrage, as calculated to do harm in
the coming Mississippi election. Hsv-
ing lived In that State from bOyhOOd
almost TO this time, and cherishing q
warm attachment to its people, and
having a large patronage and numer-
Gus friends there, our senior editor
would extremely regret an instrument
tally for injury such as is suggested.
But it is remarkable that the objection
comes from Memphis, and not from
our subscribers in Mississippi, who feel
an interest for theiT own State, as well
as a friendly regard fog the APPEAL,
and who would therefore be prompt
TO advise us if that objection was well
founded. Certainly, if it is so, our
neighbor will contribute to the same
injury by aiding to disseminate
through his own columns also, the
idea that "the Memphis APPEAL, by
its opposition to negro suffrage. i'm
presses the negro of Mississippi
with the belief that his right to vote
IS Jeopardized by supporting the Con-
sentative ticket" And to this we
have another answer; which il, that
our discussion of this subject has been
defensive-that if the gubernatorial
election had not been proclaimed a
universal suffrage" victory, not only
by the Press and Times of Nashville
and by the Post of Memphis, but also
by the A~rdiaHche, we should have had
little or nothing to say on the subject
Of negro suffrage 10 this day. Why
should we have any occasion to
discuss the matter, when voters never
even suspected they had sustained
universal suffrage" by their votes,
until so informed by our neighbOr?
When they were told they had voted
for universal suffrage" that this in
Guided negro suffrage, and that they
and the Stated OF Tennessee were bound
to II, without escape or remedy, they
began with one consent to make their
protest, and we at once made the same
in our own and their behalf. This is
the whole story. Who Is responsible
GOr injury, if any should accrue? And
when u protest, and that of thOus-
ands besides, was thus uttered, the
AcdlaRehe, the Banner, the Press and
Times and the Post, continued to pro-
claim that victory q universal suf
frage" victory, Notwithstanding the
fact that, in the heat of the canvass,
and In the acme of the fierce conflict,
such a thing was never mentioned.
What was the natural consequence.
when the result was thus falsifed by a
false nomenclature, and when hat
was claimed as the true designation
by which in its true meaning, and all
its length and breadth, the Conserva-
tive press and people Of Tennessee
were bound, but that, if we believed
the fact was not SO, we should con-
tinGe TO protest In "a own name and
that OF the people against such a con-
structlOn? 1t was precisely what
truth and good faith required and
compelled. We are not responsible
for the consequences.
But, while we say this, we do not
say or mean to say that when the
truth Is fully out we shall willingly do
an injury by its discussion, or eOntin-
ne any discussion one moment beyond
the point where its utility ceases.
The facts as they really exist in Ten
nessee are not likely to be Obscured In
Mississippi. Affirming a universal
suffrage victory in Tennessee, when
the matter Of negro suffrage was not
voted on at all, isn0t likely 10 make
votes in Mississippi, and would only
do 50 by operating a fraud if II did.
The plain truth Is just as well down
there a up here, and whether so or
not, it is not to be concealed by crying
hush. When our friends in Missis-
Sippi indicate the mode in which we
can serve them more effectively we
shall be glad to do so. Meanwhile,