Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-11

TABBs GROSS is the editor of the
Arkansas Farmer of Little Rock. He
is a more than usually sensible Ethio-
plan, opposed TO Radicalism in every
manner, shape and FORM" though he
is in favor OF fits "crowning victory"
(as the Northern Republican papers
call it) of universal suffrage" He
says "they love the eolored people, or
at least APPEAR to love them, so faras
professions go, simply because through
their votes they are put and kept in
good paying offices. There is no
PRINCIPLE in this. Rebels would do
the same thing if the colored voters
were to put them back in Office. 1t is
a matter, after all, simply Of dollars
and cents" The man who can see
| all that has more sense than some
white people who cannot see i fl.
He says the Radical politicians of
Arkansas, in most cases, /" used to be
old Border R1fiian Democrats" that
they are sat heart hostile and I'M
friendly to the cOlored peoples" that
Gov. CLAYTON started the Chinese
movement to drive them out; hat the
Little Rock Republican denies the eli
gibility Of the negro to Congress; that
the Radical leaders were trying to
break down his paper because it is ga
niger paper,p Notwithstanding they
knew it was a Republican paper; that
they were afraid it would "put no.
tons in the heads of the cOlOred peo-
pie that might induce some of them
to become candidates for office, and
thus interfere with their schemes of.
keeping the colored people down, only
as hewers of wood and drawers of
water, whilst they would oil all the
paying offices and pocket all the
money" And thus he daguereotypes
one of the Radical BORDER Rufians'':
:" There is Mr.. Hodges, who made the
$4,000 out of the Penitentiary Contract,
who is mighty loud in his professions OF
lIAtllNHlLD " Lllt GOAbItu DNhlllt, Jul Lt
has had one of them sent to the peniten-
tiary for a little petty theft, that would
not AVE been noticed by a real. true
friend of the poor colOred boy, whose ig-
norance, perhaps, was his only crime.
But that is not ali that.NIr. Hodges is do
ing. He is working the penitentiary con-
victs on good, fat outside jobs, for which
he gets well paid, on which the honest
labOrers of the city ought to be
employed. And he is now trying to use
his influence with the cQlored people TO
have officers elected in the city govern |
that Will give him the contract for |
building bridges and other public works, /
on which he will employ convict labor
to the great injury and prejudice of the
honest cOlOred labOrers of the city. So
far does Mr., Hodges carry his love for the
Niger that instead of employing a
good, honest colOred girl as a house SER
want, we are credibly informed that he APP
propriates h services of one of the col
ored convicts for that purpose. And Mr..
Hodges is the very King of the Radicals
this town. we wonder when our col
bred countrymen will have their eyes
TO the false professions of their
Radical friendsI'
Mr.. tabs is right. The logical
conclusion is, give the negro votes,
and you must give him office, he is
to come in for his share OF the
and to become Legislator, Sen
atOr, Cabinet officer, Ambassador,
and to determine great constitutional
questions, and dictate the terms Of
peace and war. Negro suffrage in
all that. How plain then is it
this is a great, live, vital issue,
cannot be eYaded, and must be
now for future veal or woe,