Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-16

From the correspondent of the New York
Times
That there has been a great deal Of feel
ing among many officers, cadets and ci-
villains concerning the presence and dis
position Of these new amendments is
true. But this feeling has been more Of
perplexity and an nXiety than anything else
in the effort TO divine the policy that
should prevail, and TO mark the line be-
tween the social and the official treat
ment. The nearest approach to real trou-
bic has been in the Mess Department.
At first il was debated whether the
colOred ones should have a sepa-
rate table and waiter. Colonel
Black decided that the cadets
should be free and equal" and that
neitherwhite nor black distinction should
be made. The white walters, who mani
Tested some signs Of dissatisfaction, we're
assem- bled in the presence Of the officers,
and informed that unless they were will
ling TO serve all the guests of the table
alike they must withdraw. They have
remained. So the colored cadets eat side
by side with their paler comrades. They
also room in the barracks the same as the
others, and they are saluted and attended
to, in all their inquiries and duties, Just
as though their skins had been bleached
before they entered the Academy.
From the Baltimore Gazetts.J
WAsHINGrON. June 10, ls70.-Tbere is
a wonderful stir just at this moment,
bereabOut, in respect to the rejection of a
negro appOintee to West Point, on the
ground of his having weak eyes" and
another, whose optics were acknowledged
70 be sharp enough, but whose mental
flcutti6s and acquired accom- plishments-
were found 70 be rather deficient. Tx
" organs - Of the extremists universally
regard such trivial objections as mere
subterfGges, and so then dreg The ne
groes, As a mass, must have weak ewes" d"
indeed, II they cannot see that " equali-
ty' Is snare, that their deluders only
design 70 reduce the poorer class of
whites 70 their level, and not to
elevate them 10 the higher walks of life
The thing is utterly preDOsterous.
Referring TO the negro boy appointed
by the carpet-bagger HOge (nOminally
from South Carolinal it is asserted that
his treatment At West Point was "eruel'
IN the extreme. He was fairly mobbed
bv his iellOw-students, who chased him
about the grounds, crying out, ''nigger,
niger, niggeTi" Il so happens that there
Is not a rebel, nor the son of a rebel, now
at the institution. II would also be sheer
folly to charge the ''Ku-Klux" with this
Outrage" The whole mater is very
plain. The partisan political theory of
Ihe Radicals-ifa bFaZen general lie can
be called q theOry-is based solely upon
the idea that the negro is naturally fool,
can be induced to believe any eXtrava-
gance, and led on to vote accordingly. In
3 word. the future administration of the
Government is sought to be secured by
the present usurpers upon an already
exposed and exploded falsehoOd. Not TO
Re misunderstood, it may be added that
the Democratic opinion here is that,
clearly, the students not only pursued a
fustifsJle line Of conduct, but that the
very eOncoctOrs Of the current scheme
of deception calculated upon such
course as their only means Of escape from
an acknowledged dilemma. And such is
Yankee statesmanshipi Its result was
manifest, and already an accomplished
fact. Shoals Of deserters from the Radi-
cal ranks are lowering just outside of the
outer guards of the Democratic army. |
There IS danger from that source atOJael
Admit the subOrdinatas, but exclude the
leading officers! Political amnesty for all
eEgEuL the nriule culDritSf