Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-20

WE have no particular inclination
to sound the praises Of Governor
AlcOrn, of Mississippi, however supe-
riOr he may be to his antagonist Dent,
and however much better it may be
for Mississippi, as we have always be-
lieved, that he should be the Governor
of the State. He is, for manyreasOns,
not a man after our heart. Neverthe-
less it is proper tOsay that he is a man
of enlarged views, of better and truer
capacity to appreciate the situation
and to conserve the public interests
than it is possible any carpet-bagger
should be. A letter from his pen an
swering certain structures of the
black Republican Washington NeU
Era having reference to the
passage of a bill to establish
for Mississippi public sch OOls, in
which white and black children are
to be associated, proves this beyond
question. He is on the ground, un-
derstands the facts, is familiar with
all the sentiments, passions and preju-
dices of the people, and is capable of
discerning and Judging, and is fearless
enough to pronounce his true judg-
ment of what is the most statesman
like course, unawed by the demands
of any reckless party dictation from
Washington. He declares wisely
against enforcement of social equality
in the schools, and he deserves all
honor, both for his sagacity and
independence. We begin to see how
for Mississippi would
have been the election of Dent, the
carpet-bagger, and to appreciate the
advantage of the defeat and deliver
What, if Dent had been elected,
would have been his curse under the
same circumstances? He never could
have understood the conclusive rea-
sons assigned by Governor Alcorn,
much less have originated or ex-
pressed them. He was a stranger,
educated to Northern theories, with
Northern prejudices; and he would
have Obeyed the dictatiOn from the
autOcracy, which, blindIy
% the true interests of the State, the
Jackson leaders essayed by his election
o prOpitiate. Like a free lover, a
irahamite, a FOurierite, an abolition
st, a fanatic, or a wild boar, he would
run through all arguments, OBJ
tacles and reasons to the achievement
f an impracticable OF pernicious
heOry. Like a northern born master
f slaves who was cruel, without in
ending it, only because he had been
ducated to the enforcement of con-
lusiOns through memorable rules, he
7ould have failed to appreciate the
sntiments and feelings of the people
ON sheer ignorance Of their less ex-
and more kindly influences of
which render government
hid without reducing its efficiency, /
nd, never dreaming he was not the
lilder master, he would have run :
)ugh shOd over all circumstances and
rotests Of the people of Mississippi. t
nd would have attributed to unyield- |
g rebellion what was nothing but a =.
atursl instinct and uncomfortable /
ltipathy of race and caste to too Il
ose a social contact. 1t is well in
ED, let his political opinions and i,
conversations be what they may. 3
at the people Of Mississippi have a p
OvernOr whose birth and lifelong 8
ISOLATION with southern people en- n
lies him TO appreciate arefned char @
ter, and the sentiments of men of a
e highest as well as lowest class of J
e people. Governor Alcorn still
CARDS the Government of the n
lited States as not SO much a g
Vernment Of force as that the wish n
of the people are not to be consult
j. We are not for his motives or g
; ambition, for, be they what they b,
AZ, it is well that he has both. The tV
ter to which we allude is of consid-
,ble length, and published in the Sc
ekson Pilot. 1t unnecessary 70 re- le
Oauee it, as its arguments will sug- in
st themselves to all Southern peo-
To the men Of the North, who Of
u take a lesson from one of their n
chosen friends, and who desire "g
the truth, it viii be useful. 90
ey have yet to learn how a South IN
Ter may innocently prefer cornneal de
Goldfish, and how it is possible that W. W
be better to go round a Gu
than to go through
Even the negroes Of Mississippi an 81
We the sense to see the folly of the me
e o. ruin policy on the subject of D
oos. They do not want it. Yet M