Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-13
OPINIONS OF IKE PRESS.

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OPINIONS OF IKE PRESS.
! From the Louisville Courier Journal, llth-l
Ames and his sttorney-genersl were
1 at the bottom OF the disturbances in Nj Is
Z sissippi, and are responsible for the
I deaths Of seventy negroes. Ames
would not object 10 a few more martyrs
TO save the party, and il possible ne VIII
4 find them.
I From the 81. Louis Globe, llth.
Can is quiet in Vicksbnrg.n That Is
I 10 sav. the citizens have killed of as
/ many "nisgersn as they are ready tO
Q disD0se of at present. When they gel
more ammunition they viii renew the
diversion. Meantime, as the telegraph
I informs Us, "the whites are in posses
sion Of everything"
From the St LOuis Globe, l0yh.l
The same old story, with a little diff
ference Of dressing, comes again to-day.
The "niggersn fired at a funeral process
sion near Vicksburg, w0unding one
man; whereupon the funeral procession
returned the ire, killing three "Dig-
gers" Is it customary in the south for
| the pail bearers to carry loaded shot
r a.
1 sponsg 20 the fire of the "niggers2n This
/ item is Of a piece with nearly all the
/ tsiegrsphic accounts of southern trOu-
bles.
/ From the 81. Louis Times, llth.l
The Globe calls the proceedings at
4 Vicksburg the murder Of Offenseless
/ and defenseless negroes That may
! appear 10 be the correct way to put il in
4 the Globe Office, where they look on
I southern affairs through a smoked glass +;
out we are Of the opinion il the editor
saw a man, white or black, with a
cooked musket, marching toward his
dOmicil with the express intent of shoot
ing his family, he would "fix' him if
be could. Il the Vicksburgers did any
thing else, we are not aware Of it.
From the Cincinnati Times, lOth.l
aa# We sincerely trust and believe
that Governor Ames is fully competent
to attend to this business, but he should
set about it, aud be thorough in his
work. The white Democrats Of Nicks-
burg should be taught that they are not
the only "citizensn in that locality, and
that a sheriff duly elected by citizens
four times as numerous, and with fdlly
the same rights, as themselves, can be
removed only by process Of law. Crosby
should be reinstated in his Office, and
tried upon an honest indictment, il there
is any ground Tor one, OF else the amend
ment eafranchising the negro should be
wiped cut Of existence. This mOckeTy
Of "citizsn' without the rights of b
citizen has gone on long enough.
From the Chicago Times, lOth.1
The war al Vicksburg still continues.
There was but little lighting yesterday,
although the negroes were still massed
in the suburbs snd receiving hourly re-
Inducements. II is expected that hos
tilities viii be renewed this morning, il
not before. Governor Ames has issued
a reclamation commanding the rioters
70 disperse on penalty. He has also
convOked a special session OF the iegis-
iature, to meet on the seventeenth i'll
stant, TO take such action as may be
necessary in the premises. Our special
correspondent at Vicksburg gives a very
intelligent resume Of the causes of the
difficulty, from which every reader can
discover which party is most TO blame.
There was evidently error on both sides,
but the negroes, in their absolute def
snce Of law, have excused whatever of
wrong there may have been on the
other side.
From Tie Chicago Tribune, l0tb.l
Governor AdeIbert Ames is pursuing
a rash and extremely hazardous policy
in the matter CT the negro war at Nicks-
burg. He seems, by all accounts, to be
responsible foT the blood that has been
shed thus far, and for all the cOmplica-
tons that may yet arise. There were no
new developments yesterday beyond q
proclamation from Governor Ames di-
recting the rioters to disperse, and call
ing the legislature together in extra ses-
sion, The governor has already learned,
it seems, that few evils are more terrible
10 endure than those of mob-laW. Most
OF the dispatches respecting the negro
war at Nicksburg come from what may
fairly be denaminated rebel sources.
Trey need analysis BY northern readers.
When it is said, for instance, that party
Of whites engaged ia buFyiDg q comrade
were attacked by band OF ferocions and
saDgUinary negroes; that voileys were
exchanged; that the negroes lost twenty
or thirty killed, and the whites had one
Wounded-when the dispatches read
Ike this, intelligent persons will under
stand that they are for the most part
lies.
From the New York Republic, 9Th.
We may take for granted that the
southern agents OF the Associated Press
viii put the very hest face upon the
white league war upon the southern ne
gloes that the nature Of the case will
permit The fight on the "cOlor line'
Ut VicksbUrg resulted in the death OF
WouBdiBg Of seventy negroes, according
to the latest dispatches. Only one white
Lacquer killed and two wounded. Our
dispatches made the losses even higher.
This depl0Tabie and cruel outbreak is
naturally one OF the fruits of the No
svember election. The precedent will no
d0sbt be supplemented whenever and
wherever, ia the southern States, the
white leagUers feel embOldened TO take
the law into their own hands. In the
NicksbuTg case, brought % an issue
without real provOcaton, these leaguers
not only shot down seventy-odd negroes,
but threaten TO arrest and bring 10 sum-
mary justice the governor Of the State,
General Ames, and bic attorney general,
and we would not be surprised If they
should really attempt to carry out this
impUdeDt menace. The dispatches We
print to-day show that the white
leaguers are actually feared by the State
authorities, for our correspondent le-
marks that it is considered doubtful II
the leaguers will permit the militia to
enter the city Of NicksbuTg This fact
reveals most shocking state Of affairs,
but we suppose some of your ''indepead-
entp neighboTs will tell US that it is all
right and proper. Perhaps it is, bat the
news from VicksbuTg sounds too much
ike the dark days Of 1861 to be satisfsc-
tory to loyal people who love the old
flag.
! From the 81. Louis Republican, lIth.l
Warren county, Mississippi, in which
I Nicksburg is located, is Inhabited by
blacks and whites in the proportion Of
/ thirteen Of the former to seven OF the
1 latteT-l6, ,S62 blacks aud 1907 whites.
Here is the key 70 the trouble. The
white minority own nearly all the prop
erty IN the county, aud belong TO one
/ party, while the black majority own but
4 little properly and belong TO the eptheT
I party. The conditions then are, not
I only that the whites are all on one side
and the blacks On the other, but that
/ the pToperty-hOlders are all on one side
and the n9D-property-holders on the
OtheT-with this very sggTavating cir
cumstance 10 lend additional bitterness
I 70 Lue lFlelOu Llhl N1e LOl-prBBeIlN-
I holders are the rulers aud the property
I holders the ruled; the former levy the
taxes, and the latter pay them. This is
the rule OF the proletGriat; il is naked
I cOmmunism-and a negro communism,
at that. Whether it is endurable in any
/ latitude or Ongitude-whetheT it can be
patiently submitted TO IN Mississippi, OF
/ whether II would be patiently submitted
+ to ia Michigan OF Vermont, is part OF
the general problem before Us. Presi-
/ dent Grant ia his message declares that
! the whites of the south must obey the
laws; which, as a general dogma, Is in
disputsble. But the Massachusetts
I governor Of Mississippi also declares
/ that the whites must obey the laws; lhe
1 indicted sheriff of Warren county de-
clares that the whites must obey the
l laws; the other officials Of the same
/ county, also indicted for perjury, en-
/ bezzlement sndsdeshuction Of the re-
cords, repeat the same admirable
maxim; and It must be admitted that
these suspicious re-echOes do not add 10
4 its dignity and Appropriateness Ia this
/ particular case. The white property
holders OF Warren county are indeed,