Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-21

/ in our possession, having been
voluntarily rendered to US by
/ the cOlOred meeting. We had
not the raInOtest idea, at the
time, that it was n political meeting
/ in the interest of the delect8ble Eletch-
er, or we might have been tempted to
| kick the illustriOus sable ambaSsa-
dOrs, off these peaceful premises, at
the risk Of being arrayed along nine
| hundred miles or more Of telegraph
/ wire, as a kuklu luNer, diabOlical ana
/ remOrseless. We well remember that
| the manuscript which Mr.. President
Grant has been permitted TO peruse
4 second hand, was written in a leg1bie,
bold hand, and in language which but
too plainly indicated that it was writ
ten by a white man, and if that white
man was not the Hon. A. j. F'letch-
er, we suspect that il was his next
friend" Between the Outrage re-
port and other papers, such IS reso-
lutiOns, ct Cetera, there was marked
contrast. The latter were character
istic OF that reckless disregard Of
photography and rules Of gram
mar, and of that species OF chicken
foot chirOgraphy peculiar TO the
untutOred African who rushes precip-
itately into pen, ink and paper, in lu-
dier0us mimicry of the pale-faced and
impassjOned vOtary to political fame.
They would have required great skill
in translation, and we are quite sure,
that if presented, cerbuti1l et tjterGt{0I,
with the outrage " report so careful
Iy prepared by the white individual
behind the scenes, they might have
convinced even the Congress of the
absurd mOckery OF the whole business.
That Il great Government should
waste its precious time over such
twaddle, is Of itself sufficient to bring
it into contempt before even It's own
disIOyal subjects in its own disi0yal
provinces. The negroes VINO were
employed in this business were OF the
most ignorant or the most vicious of
their class. Just let the Congress
of the United States, with the intel
ligence Of the North c0ngre-
gated in the galleries, call on the
Reverend Nose Johnson, who, we be-
Iieve, is one OF this "cOiOred delega-
ton" at Washington, and let hlm
harrangue them for about ten min-
utes. If he does not disgust them or
cOnvulse them with his babb0Onery
and gibberish, then they have stronger
stOmachs for folly than we had mag
ined. He is beyond question the most
divertingly stupid and most hopeless
ly imbeciie African that "g'Cr our
conversation cOped Withal," anu gets
over words Of nalf dozen syliaDles.
more or less, in a manner that would
throw Dan BryanC's essence OF Elhi-
opia completely in the shade. very
few Of the respectable coi0red element
Of Nashville had anything to do with
the meeting of these darkies. MIR.
FlptCEef's cOlOTed delegation no more
reflects the sentiments OF ele gOiureu
DeoDIe of this section Of the state
than lIr. Fletcher, the politician, re-
ilects the sentiments OF Republicans
in Tennessee engaged in business pur-
suits.
The ouhages reported to the Prasi-
dent WtG6 mere gencrahles, without
Specifications or dates mere rSiiash
of the press dispatches, better than
Two months ago. The report cites how
q the cities Of Nashville and Memphis
ars Qverrun with able-b0died men and
women, driven from their homes IN
the country, 10 seek the protection OF
the CITY. Well, let US see hOW that is.
We ire satisfied that there is not a
white family residing within haii a
dozen miles Of the city tTho nave been
able to keep goIgred servants on ss:et"lf
premises six months AZ 2 time, on
good wages aud kind treatment, so /
eager is the desire OF the negro /
to rush into the city'5 dissipa- |
tions and irivoIiles. 1t is no |
uncommon thing for our rural |
ueighb0rs to wake up in the morning |
and find themselves without the cook |
or the maid servant and the man ser
want 1t is next &c da impOssibility !
10 hire a servant on high wages TO |
leave the gayeties OF town TO earn an |
honest living in the country. 50 far |
from starving and begging on the /
streets, there is a very large Overplqs /
Of the floating colored population who
live by stealing. A negro dance
house almost Immediately opposite
the Banner Office, is nightly thrUnged
by these prosecuted martyrs, vino are
" driven > into the city "to starve or
beg" bat who, when they get here,
think better Of it, and sO-danCe and
steal. From this sort OF material it IS
lOt difiicuit for military recOnstrue-
.iOnists 20 procure ambassadors 10 lay
petitions and tears at the foOtst0ol OF
the President.