Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-19
DEMOCRAHIc TICKET.

w. ID. LUMPkINs
STILL persisting in its detractiOn OF
tbe body of the Southern people, the
Memphis Republican of the 14th has
an article somewhat more than a
column long in reply to the APPEAL.
1t continues to charge that Northern
men. as a class, who come into our
midst are denounced and treated as
"vile carpet-baggers." Take, for in
stance, the following extract:
The opinion which many Southern men
form of a Northern man is, that he is q
svile carpet-bagger'' and has no business
here, anyway. He may be honest and
energetic" he is still "a vile carpet-bsg-
ger" Why-simply because he is a Yam
kee: that is the truth of the matter, and
there is no use trying to disguise the fact.
We ask the editors 70 20 into the social cir
cIe-wilI they not find there that the usual
appellstion given to Northern people II
conversation is Yankee and carpet
bagger?" Go to the business circle,
do YOU not hear this or that Northern bus
mess house referred to as a Yankee
house." or those "carpet-baggers" over
there9 There is a prejudice, we repeat,
not against a few worthless characters
alone, but against the class, as a whole,
that come here, and who dare own that
they are Northern people. So far has this
prejudice been carried in some n%eighbor-
hoods, that the people, many times, do
not, in order TO be thought well OF, care 10
say that they are of Northern birth.
Now and here, in the presence Of
this community, and of the thousands
of Northern born men in our midst,
we pronounce the above extract in
letter, spirit and meaning alike false
and slanderous. 1t may or may not
be so intended by the writer, but in
effect it is simply and from party ne
cessity a support of party against
truth. Falsehood being necessary to
the ends of the Radical party here,
we are accustomed to it, and do not
expect candor and fairness, but rather
what best suits for Northern Radical
consumption. We have gone Unto
the social circle" and observed
it, and understand it. And
we affirm that 1.-THE usual appella-
ton given to Northern people in n
versation," there is NOT yankee and
carpet-bagger" as represented. On
the contrary, the language used, and
the treatment accorded to Northern
men in all genteel circles is, as the I'M
varying general rule, that of civility,
pOliteness and respect, varying only
with the merits of individuals, and
such as each may deserve. The ex-
ceptions are TO be found in such cases
only as those who come like the writer
to lead in politics, to carry party ends
by maligning honest men, and
TO join in with the plum
derers Of an oppressed and
over heavily taxed people. We have
gone into "the business circle and
we have NOT heard "this or that bust
ness house referred to as a Yankee
house, or those carpet-baggers over
there" On the contrary all business
houses have an equal chance in this
city, and are treated with equal res
poet, and have equal patronage ac-
cOrding to their means, capacity and
integrity for business. This is also
the r~tRe-rarely, if ever, or noticeably
departed from. There is but this ex-
ception-the case of a house conducted
by men who delight in suppOrtingjust
such utterances against truth and our
people as that which we have ex-
tracted above, and who are more busy
with enforcing Radical ends and aims
than they are with their legitimate
business. Such a house as this may
be unpopular, though even such go on
uninterrupted TO grow and prosper.
who come here TO reap a harvest
from common calamity, and that too
by the aid of Northern people, pro-
cured by misrepresentation Of facts,
viii be Odious to the body Of the COM
munity, as a matter of course. How
else could it be here or elsewhere? And
how can those be more respected or
well treated, who countenance such
mean selfshness, such vile abuses
and such base falsehoods? The body
Northern men in our midst will at
test in behalf of the truth and of our
people that the charge of social ostra-
cism made by the Republican has no
foundation in truth. They live here
from choice. They are satisfied with
being equals, and, unlike the car
pet-baggerS do not set themselves up
as lying pharisees and hypoeritical su-
periOrs. They mingle with u5 in
our churches, our business circles
and our homes as equals, and
friends, they go with US where
we go, and sit at the same firesides,
our maidens, and marry our
They are N with us,
and are elected freely to all Of
fees Of honor and profit.
Why, then, attempt to produce a con-
trary impression? C5 6Cno9 We
congratulate u contemporary On the
fact, which he has so well succeeded
bringing out, that it is essential to
The success of the Radical cause here
10 falsify facts. Such is the moral of
this effort of the Repu6lican. When
The "organ" confesses the truth, it
will squelch the party. And we call
he attention Of our Northern Demo-
cotemporaries to the fact.
THE New York Free Trader con-