Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-03
ESTA ABLISHED 1910.

tennessee between the same rivers
usually known as West Tennessee, anC
about one-thhd of Northern Mississippi
the 1alabusha river being the southern
, line. The boundaries of the new State
will be the Ohio river on the north, the
Tennessee on the east, the Mississippi
on the west, and the Tallahatehie and
lallabusha on the south. The districl
included within these rivers is mostly
an upland country, finely watered and
traVersed 10y navigable streams, and in
tersected by numerous railroads, among
them the Memphis aud Ohio, Padueah
and Memphis, Mobile and Ohio. and
Others. The object of forming this new
State has already been indicated in
these columns. AS far as Kentucky and
Tennessee are concerned, it will not ma
terially affect them except as it will re-
duce their present areas and popuIa-
! tions. In Kentucky the change will be
q very slight one, as it will only take
away about seventy thousand people,
out of a total population of little more
than one million three hundred thou
sand, while the area which will be de-
tatched will leave the general Appearance
OF the State more symmetrical than be-
/ fore. Tennessee will lose about one
fourth of her population, but, like Ken
lucky, viii be a much better-looking
State for the amputatiOn. In Mississip-
pi, however, the change viii be very
radical one. The State will lose over
One-third of its population and one-third |
of its area and after the separation from
the northern counties will be a black |
State even more completely than I,ouisi- |
ana is at present. The reason for this is /
found in the natural conditions of the /
soil and climate. The whole of Missis-
sippi, south of the counties which it is
proposed to detatch, is composed of river
bottoms and prairies, where the soil is
very rich and easily cultivated, and the
climate adapted to the physical demands
of the negro. For these reasons the ne
grOes since the war have been fiocking
by thousands from the uplands of Geor.
gia and Mississippi, and even from Ken
lucky and Tennessee, into this paradise,
where labor is easy and remunerative.
Their increase has been enormous, and
IN many instances so marked that they
have been enabled to gain political
control and dictate local laws, by I
which they have succeeded in absorbing
many OF the finest plantations in that !
portion OF the State. The manifest des-
tiny which Beauregard announced for
/
slppl, and 1t Is to escape negro domina-
lion that the white population of the
northern counties now seeks to make a :
new State in conjunction with the white ,
counties of Kentucky and Tennessee. !
It IS as yet uncertain whether this prob !
EN- of race-immigration will be solved ,
n tins manner; if not, some other solu- i
ION Will undoubtedly be sought, for it is
10 longer doubtful that the general di-
'Islon OF the south will be into white
nd black States. In the former cate
Ofy Arkansas, Louisiana and Missis-
ippi are already classed. Z
peeial Dispatch TO the Louisville Courier =
Journal c
NASHVILLE, n Tenn, July 3I.-The y
eW State convention is talked of here y
an ignominious fiZzle. Every promi- "
ent man with whom / have talked u
PEAKS OF 1t as an incOnsequential side -
low. The executive officers have lost u
cry little sleep thinking of it. An in =
lential West Tennessee man told me =
lat il was not so popular in that portion "
the state as might be supposed by 7.
;rsons at a distance III
'sociated Press Dispatch.l
MEMPHIS, July 31.-The movement to be
cate new State, with Jackson Ten n
'ssee) as its capital, meets with no II,
Vor, the entire press of the CITY being IN
posed to it. Not a single delegate ar
'm this county participated in the con- IL,
ntion. r r'
ON the New Orleans Times.l an
The new State movement egitated nv to
rtaln persons in North Mississippi. tic
est Tennessee and West Kentucky Is Ocl
anachrOnism. As State GOVERN for
ents, in connection with the general liv
IL OF public affairs, have been going for
some years, it would be much more ths
order TO propose the formal dissolu- VIZ
n OF many Of the existing State organ
tons. The States referred to have
lsed to exist for any good purpose the
'nomical, social, or political. They sio
We greedy and scheming politicians, gel
ce-mongers, legislative brokers', and VIII
nopoiy combinations well enough: VIII
the country could richly afford to owe
re them. The proposed new State, if an(
ated, would be only a mockery of tiol
Statehood endowed with all the pay
ulsite attributes of autonomy for the wa
and wholesome management Of the cou
al concerns of its population. But it lS2
lld multiply offices and make new int,
'ortunitieS for jobs, open a new legis- int,
We market for the purchase of char rail
and senatOrships, and give new 772
texts for diseounting the public credit pay
mortgaging the substance Of pro- int
'ers and taxpayers for the benefit of
cOrmoraEts. And, there \
:, the project is not likely to lack hoI
)uragement and support in a great Ne,
ny circles. ;