Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-15

class 9F people we are to re-
eruII from znow nothing ex-
cept sonae imperfect g~eneralities
about oar county u our people. Our
own Representatives should 90 to those
heountries, establish headquartersin eaeh,
and spread among them reliable facts
and figures as to the climate, soil, varie-
tty Of productions and resources general
IL. We should have documents from
lhose countries that may throw light on
abe subject for our use. Make arrange
ments by contracts that viii require
them to come by shiploads to Southern
ports, and locate by thousands In the
same portion Of country for a term Of
years agreed upon; that win secure them
transportation from the starting-point to
their destination; q good living the first
year, anu enc0urageIn11S foT tie s=;
free education for their children, and 30
ciRl recognition based upon proper con-
duct-end no big "In riding around
through the fields suggesting their infe-
rioTity. Strangers naturally feel odd in
new surroundings, and 3 little extra
pains in recognizing their manhood win
not hurt anybody. Let our intercourse
be such as will make them feel at home,
and inspire them with q sense of COM
mon security and brotherhood. Indfvid-
ual contracts mieh3 provide for their
contingencies at first. II physicians de
not come with them, assure them that
they viii be attended to in sickness by
competent d9ctaTs ct 80 much nsr capita
the year round, etc. If We cannot now
build, we must charter vessels and have
them under q own control for transpor-
tation purposes. When once here, enable
them to compete with any other labor,
and soon their supe.ior EKill, care,
industry, and Providence will enable
hin to help your p~Ae to knock dowA
the persimmons. They will vote in
your interest, for it viii be theirs. No
cOmpulsion necessary, nc poll-tax with
hI-tfpl discriminatinn.
Then will confidence be restored are
capital seek1nvestmenr N she South.
The railroad genius of America seeks
new fields for conquest, and will find an
Eldorado here. Manufactures will spring
up, steamboats, will be built, towns will
increase in NUMBERS, cities viii flourish,
fruits, flowers and the vine will bloom,
Your property viii enhance in value,
and posterity viii not be left to mourn.
You old folks must do this. or your chill
dren will be sWamped. Start in some
such way and the lazy blacks viii tas1e
Ito Tire lC-rlands. They like GU better,
aud can make lure money with less
labor. Therefore, 40 harm results to
them if they dc their duty. The more
thrifty among them may bad On, pur-
chase pablo 81 other lanG5, improve
them, make themselves comfortable
homes, raise what they want for their
own use and cotton besides, tbs oe-
coming gradually identified with the
general interest OF their country, and
learning tb1ir dutiesas well as rights,
mSy faally BECOME goot citizens. The
proportion of the blacks that will move
about from place TO place, ss hnmigre-
ton pours in, will be greater than that
which remains q fixed inhsbitcHts,
thus affording a favorable aspect of this
gradual change in a p9sitiS0l point of
viSE. The white Inhabitants will be
sufficiently increased IL numbers to pre-
gsltrserodomination iesvanga balance
Of power adequate TO the security Of the
latter's rights. The whites will only be
doing their duty, to themselves s1a their
posterity, and violating nc law, human,
or divine. South farolinians and Fiori-
H. -~:li have . savarar trial than 9TH
ers, but il takes time all around. lam
opposed to Governor Perry's plan of se-
curing negro votes by contract, though
large Northern corporations, and ven
small ones, virtually do the same, and
by that means more than any other,
perhaps, the party in power secured its
ascendency. Still, it is contrary to the
genius of republicanism, aud demoralizes
the nation. Two wrongs won't make s.
right, unless the principle be applied Of
the story Of the man who received in
onoo n .aarrrnfnrf.ff axva l,11 NJ hfH rnhn
said to himself: "That was wrong, pass
ing this on me; I'll pass it On somebody
else, and it viii set me right" With all
Difference to ADLER minds, l am inclined
to hope that if the South would start out
somewhat after this manner, in the solu-
ton of the p~erplexing problem the
T" natural course of things" would work
il out safely in the end. Many blacks
may, from choice, finally land in Mexi-
co, q South America, or go back to
Africa to teach the ignorant natives
what they know about government. We
can't help il if they throw away their
opportunities here. Isympathize with
them as q whole-they have been mis-
guided, ETC. But the whites of the South
are worse OF, now, and it is too bad.
Their general condition for the past
seven years has been q shame and
disgrace to American civilization; it
is a stain upon Our escutcheon
that can ley be wiped out.
How long! how long! We have done
our best to continue in friendship and
mutual endeavor, but they would not.
We are sorry about the ultimate destiny
of many of them, but they are exhaust
ing the patience of the Southern people,
wearing out their resources and voting
them to ruin. Charity begins at
home" and "self-preservation is the
first law" A thorough programme for
carrying out something like the idea
imperfectly outlined may readily sug-
gest itslf to the intelligent, experienced
and thinking men Of such a convention.
1t should involve no irresponsibleo o *
~travagant agencies, nor offer any in
ducement to speculation.
c. NJ. B. THURMOND.
MERTpuTg TENN- nacpmbpr u 1872