Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-03
GREELEY.
How He Locks asd Talks-AIs Ylsws "a to
the Ssath.

4 ~ ~ @AH4 ~ hAAA 90 -
The Ssath.
The arrival Of Mr.. Horace Greeley In
the South has been regarded with favor,
not unattended by anxiety. His promI-
enc az a Republican, and his position as
E~ditOr-in-Ohief Of the TribERe, our people
think secure for him q hearing, no matter
what he advances, from a large and fndu-
entail portion Of the people Of tia North.
They know from the past what effect the
Tribune has had under Greeley. sNman-
agreement IN shaping public opinion and
in building up the Radical party. They
are, therefore, anxious as to his views Of
the condition Of the South politically. As
to what be knows about farming, they
care little. They are willing to give him
credit for knowing a great deal about that
and about self-made men. Being Of the
latter class himself, it Is reasonable, they
think, that be should glOrify the types Of
q class that have certainly furnished many
glorious evidences Of the triumph Of gs-
MUS. Those who heard him last night bore
with him patiently, while he dragged
through q lecture that all might read
with profit, but which was spoiled in the
delivery. They were present, and listened
because IL was a new experiences in life, a
treat not encountered every day; but
they would much rather hsVs heard the
hOnest-sPokeu philosopher upon the
| idea that will obtruda itself when one
thinks OF or encounters Mr.. Horace
Greeley. They would rather have heard
him upOn the chances for an en-
fOrcemsut of the infamous outrage
upon the Constitution known as the
Ku-Klux law, and have learned from
n whose power is so potent with
the Radical party what hope there is
that Grant Will be controlled by public
sentiment; what hope hat he will listen
to the sdmOnitiOns Of the Tribune, which
only q day or two ago reminded the Re-
publican party that it was impossible to
expect peace in states where the negro is
master and the intelligent white people
have become the slaves, They Wouldh like
to have heard him upon these topics.
In a conversation after the lee
ture, we discovered that Mr..
Greeley is not above the average
Northern Radical either in his convictions
or his philosophy as to our people and Pc
hculisr system of civilization. Like the
Englishmsn, who, when he travels, exc
poets to feast of the "a roast beefn and
land" snd falling to secure either
or both curses the place as barren Of any
evidence Of civilization, so Mr.. Greeley.
He is dissatisfied with the South because
ner people have not In i've years adjusted
themselves to Yankee notions" have
not accepted the situation as fully as it
is developed in the /" most advanced cir
cles " in the North, received to their en-
braces the schOolmsrms as pilots Of the
new idea, and Immediately become recon-
ciled to the negro, like our friend, the late
Secretary Of the Interior, who realizes a
high moral aptitude in the man and
brother" The philosopher Of the Tribune,
and he is a philosopher, in many
respects q notable one, yet self-Willed and
ant fn nnmFF his NUN nnTnfnm-whu nhfInan-
pher Is 'spUt Out' that we have not all
accepted accomplished facts" like the
Avalanche, and that besides 8 1900, 900
bale crop of cotton we are not also ready
to show a fruitful crop Of liberalism, as
the Radicals understand liberalism. He
lays much stress upon what many Of his
COmpatri0ts call the social OstraCism" Of
Southern communities. He counts up all
the sO-callsd KU-KluI OutrsEes, but fails,
like any rabid Radical, to Offset it with the
results of our industries, and eXsrtiOns
that alone would redeem the worst thai
has been painted Of US, did we
not have to deal with a party
with a nav, as General Csss would
have said, insatiEble for Southern out
RACES" and "Ku-KluI deviltries." Yet
Mr.. Greeley is honest, honest in express
ing his opinions and vigorous in the en-
fOrCsment of them. His face would alone 4
convince the most skspticsl. It beams
with benevOleDce. This is the prominent
trait Of the mans character, aud
much Of the impotence with which he
expresses himself touching the South
and Southern people. He is so de-
sirOus Of seeing all b people of
the earth brought within reach of
education and the influences Of re-
ligiOn that he can't help "pegging
away" on his line, which he is likely to
occupy during all the summers and DAYS
nf his ffn UrTfhnmE mora than q nwnwnfaa I
that any time in the next century his Pc
Culiar notions will find more b a few
p~hilosOphizing folks like himself to pro-
TESS them. He thinks Texas is the best
reconstructed State in the South, and that
there are hundred to one more negroes in
existence than there would have been had
IL not been for the ku-kluX bill he laid
particular stress upon the reported
Outrsgss in the Chester district
Of South Carolina, but he barely
alluded to the tax burdens Of the
white people Of that State, and
only to remark that the conservative
were careful to publish such mat
ters, to the exclusion Of what We Of the
South are honestly convinced are the
lying statements of politicians interested
In keeping up the Ku-KluX cry. BE
remarked on the fact that the
negro Legislature Of Mississippi sd-
on Confederate decoration
day, that the Radical press had kind
y words to say touching the said COM
nemOratiOn; but that, per contra, on Fed
5ral decoration day the Democratic paper
Of Jackson had sIurs and sneers.
This he condemned, and kindly suggested
hat there was an entire prOpriety in such
on both sides, and that they
be viewed becOmingly, if ever we
we're to live as one people. The good
hearted old gentleman took no thought of
narrowed souls OF the living, who
borne, with 50 much patience, the
lat~e-bearing laws Of q Congress of his
! people to address themselves more
or more willingly than T to the
work Of recuperatiOn, not alone Of their I
fortunes, but the fabric of the +
State, buried, in many cases, be- q
recognition, beneath the rubbish =
# Rsdicalism. He sees US through the =
anne old specs; he regards US with the !
anne old eyes of prejudice he discounts
Is from the old philosophical standpoint,
himself right no doubt, vet
With all the more damage to as that he g
peaks deliberately and with a tone OfcOn- /
-ictiOn that is strengthened by the most {
srse, incisive and strong AnglO-SaxOn. y
lie is q mighty man in the Radical party, a
nd we have reason to regard Z
lis lightest word. Unless he I
hsnges his mind that lightest word 4
fall as heavy in the scales /
q which we are tried by Rsdicslism as +
yer it did ia the days when the Tribune 9
yas mouldsng cut Of mslcODtent Wings /
disappointed Democrats the party +
hat holds the Republic by the throat. g
"