Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-03
THE BLACK NAN IN AMERICA.
Statistics az Negro POpuIation-An In.
teresting Chapter Of Figures.
Political Influence and Future Desfinv
Of the COlOred Race-Ths Tide
Flowing south.

From the New York Herald, OF tho i7r, plt I
one Of the most interesting and in,
porlaht questions Of the time in thi
country is the status and infiuence =
Lhe negro population, both rolifiraU,
and in an industrial point az ,ievv ~
lore the war the negroes had no r,o1iticof
influence, and the value Of their Isbo,
could be ascertained readily in ths se,,.
eral states or throughout the Soufh yan.
orally because il was a forced labor hIIt
tae surprising revolution affected bv tbs
war has changed all that. From seven -
eight hundred thousand votes have been
added To the aggregate suffrage of ne
country, and the labor Of four millions
OF slaves has become as free and
independent as that Of the white pOp-
oiluon OF the Northern States. There
never has been before in the history
oI nators such an extraordinary revolu-
uon within 50 short time. Fortunate
" Lne immediate results have not been
as disastrous As might have been expect
eu- The natural dOcility OF the negroes
ana the respect previously inculcated for
tne masterrice in them prevented serious
antagOuism. And when, undeceived Nv
time OF the false aud absurd promises Of
Northern carpetbaggers, the blacks
tound II was Necessary to labor for a Iiy-
ing as other people did, they returned
u the cultivation Of the soil. So far the
eFll consequences to the industry Of the
south have not been a. great as was
ared. But the political effects in The
l3Jure are OminOus and give cause for
rious apprehension. Local interests
slld the necessity Of harmony between
ffe two races in the South are lost sight
- through the influences OF political
i,arles, and race is arrayed against race.
there Is, now, with rare exceptions,
only the negro party and the white
party IN that section Of the republic.
This must, in the end, result most dis
ast rously. Il is the ncipient step to a
war Of races, and for this state Of things
our politicians are responsible.
With view, therefore, to study this
D.. blem as regards the future, both
POLITICALLY and economically, We pro-
-.1-e to notice the movement Of the ne
gro population in the United States, and
j -ucularly IN the Southern states,
ne law Of the movement has not vet
ifeh suInclently developed TO be an
2. n.unced in definite proportion and linn
.e statistics DO not now much aid the
on 4uiry; they may, after one or two de- /
=
s,-t they furnish some clues. and togetb- 1
cr with other material and observations 4
III assist speculation to some reasoD-
aole deductions. Only one census ls7U I
las been taken since the actual man .
omission Of the slaves in 1865: and /
during that period no unusual or notable
nll lgrauOns on general scale occurred. /
tn the auumns Of 1870 and ISL changes
more marked were observed
Experienced SOuthernerZ can ST r1ras-
ait best draw conclusions in regard 70
The probable movement; the character.
habits and prOcliviues Of the negroes:
their social and political relations: the
ature Of the climate, soil and agricul-
lral products IN the South, and a
snoWiedge OF the geographical situa- !
. .ons where temperature, culture and the
naraeter Of land and living are peculiar /
.y suitable 70 the negro, will slIpplv
iata 70 the rejecting observer.
Of the animal kingdom man Is the
east affected by climate. Anv Of the
races can by acclimation through one or I
more generations, become Injured TO any
part Of the cuItivatabIe OF hunting nor {
tons Of the earth. The distribution Of :
mankind over IL has never been con
however partially affected. bv !
sothermal lines. But Of those races the !
black has been the most confined within !
iuch limits.
The negro is peculiarly tropical. The '
'olor and texture Of his skin largely s
contribute 70 this constitutional nature. ]
Ia this We find what is and will be q / {
potential element il the law Of move (
neut Of the negro population. In the ]
7 nItedsStates the general flow Of their s
migration viii be sOutherly. This ten 5
iency VIII be increased BY the influence I
u the facts that IN the warmer States {
production Is more spontaneous, lighter v
and cheaper clothing and food are only {
'equlsIte, less fuel IL needed, and the d
east costly habitations are suitable. 2
he negroes viii steadily emigrate, IN
Ter the liked action Of these causes.
rom Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, G
u llss1uri, North Carolina, Kentucky :
NC the upper and middle sections or I
tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia
70 the other and more Southern portions ;
Il the South. This was the general fact
ven during slavery, and the experience
II the past confirms the deduction that :
{ VIII IN the future, when less disturb
ne causes viii exist, be more universal. :
Observe the annexed table, which !.
hows the per centsge Of gain and the :
elation Of gain Of the negro population y
Z the southern States for the decade I
rom 1850 10 1880: