Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-13
THE REALITY OF RACE ANTAGON.

In almost every State exchange one
takes up now, the eye is greeted with
the glaring headline, "a white wife
for every negro" This may suit the
palate of certain class of readers, but
we confess we don't like it. 1t is just
a little questionable in taste if not in
propriety. The white ladies of our
country are not actively in politics just
now. or candidates for Office, and we
think it would be as well to not drag
them into our political controversies
Nashville Banner.
Not since the close of the war have
our Southern exchanges been so filled
with reports of trouble between whites
and blacks. 1t is but the legitimate
outgrowth Of the outrageous misrepre-
sensations of the Civil Rights bill put
forth by Democratic papers for the
purpose Of influencing local elections.
Thousands of voters throughout the
State believe to-day that the Civil
Rights bill, if law, would compel
their daughters to marry ''niggers. "
In the recent canvass IN this county
even worse Misrepresentation than
that were put forth.-KHozrilie CkrOH-
icIe Rad
Yet the Chronicle suggests, as huge
Joke. that our next General Assembly
re-elect Brownlow to the United States
Senate, because mo man in the Union
has fought the Civil Rights bill so eff
fectively as he" Who started this
Civil Rights row in Tennessee: Brown
low. Who first fired the Tennessee
heart against 1.-The sum of villainies'
and the "quintessence of abOmlna
tions?'' Brownlow. Who first drew
the race line so distinctly that NJ
white man dare step beyond it:
Brownlow.
The "glaring headline" mentioned
by our local contemporary, appeared
originally, in the UNION AND AMERI
CAN over a synopsis of Davenport's IN
famous speech at Vicksburg. -
white wife for every negro" was tn
sum and substance of his utterances
The Banner confesses that it don
like this sort of thing. Neither doe
the UNION AND AMERICAN; neither d
the white women of tn
South: neither do their fathers
sons. husbands and brothers
1t is not one of your ordinary ''practl
cal controversies" it is not matter t
be mealy-moutbed over, nor to b
handled with kid gloves; it is hideous
damnable reality. Witness the blood
work at Austin; read the account o
the Somerville affair, written by one
the clearest-headed men IN tn
State, and published in an issue
this morning. Radical papers Nortt
and timidly conservative editors Soutl
profess to fear that the whites are eI
deavoring to precipitate war OF race
Nothing can be more unfairly state'
If there is any race issue mad
at all. it is urged by the negro'
or their immediate advisers. Pmct
hack declared in New Orleans thu
colored men would rule louisiana
they would lay New Orleans in ashe
Davenport asserted in Vicksburg thu
not only the land but the women OF IL
South belong to the negro. Wine
SIDE of this issue are white men e.
pected to take? Must they say to II
negro. go ahead; you are right, an
we will support you?' or declare thi
insolence sometimes oyer-reaches Il
limits, and that Ignorance and br'
tality cannot over ride with impunlt
all that is pure, intelligent and homes
The negro and his mercenary ass
ciates from the North have robbed an
plundered the South for ten years. IL
country which was once a garden
now like a barrenwilderness. Forbea
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