Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-27
ow WILL ALL THIS END?r

of occurring naturally beget the anxious in
"A quiTy,
u HOW WILL ALL THIS ENDe"
- VIII 1t be a war OF races or a constant repeti-
tion OF local alarms, excitements and con-
e. fiicts, that end often in cesth, always in in
a. creased hatred between the two races? Can
pOsterity exist with such social arrangement ?
These are vital questions, and the answer 10
q them may much depend upon that given to
e another, to-wlt: "Does history show that two
N disinct nations ever lived together as equals,
under one aud the same governments" Could
l a million Englishmen locate in Italy without
soon creating discord and revolution Could
a million Frenehmen locate in England or
Germany without a like result2 Have
), not all nations, in all ages, extend
u ed their dominion over olhers by
D conquest alone? Let history answer.
q When our ancestors landed on this continent,
, the Ted man held dominion. This was more
than two hundred and fifty years ago; yet,
j from that day TO this. we have been at war
a with the Indians. Not thirty thousand chi
{ nese are in California, and yet race persecu-
tion has been rampant there. Ii is not a race
war, because the Chinese are so few. II they
l numbered a million, who can question the
! result? Ii has been said OF the saxon race:
! when it cannot subjugate, 1t exterminates.'
!
VIII the relations between the whites and
blacks OF the south prove an exception 10 ali
, historys America never had a more sagacioUs
statesman than Jefferson. In writing Of the
| negroes (in his venty-seventh year he used
the following language (memOirs, volume ],
page 40: Nothing is more certainly written
: In the book of fate than that these people are
10 be free; nor is il less certain that the two
Iaots, equally free, cannot live in the same
government. Nature, habit, opinion have
! drawn lndellible lines of distinction be-
tween them" In considering this Ques-
tion, jefferson took a broad ana coIt-
prehensive view Of it, not only as
regards justice TO the negro, but also as re-
CARDS the social and political consequences /
likely TO follow emancipation. Have not the /
past few years tended to confirm his views 1
4 and vindicste history? Are the relations be-
tween the two races at the south more friendly /
to-day than before the war: On the contrary,
| are not suspicion, distrust and enmity more |
| manifest and positive than ever? am not |
| saying which race is to blame, but only stat
| ing admitted facts; and these, confess, in
| cline me 10 apprehend that Jefferson was
right, and that the white and black races VIII
| never live together as equals, under one gov
/ ernment, without constant collisions. Impla-
/ cable enmIty and hate may not exist between !
| them as between the whites and Indians; but
| distrust and dislike Will create such constant
collisions as TO demOralize labor and cause
the whites 10 use all efforts 10 obtain white in
| lieu of negro labor. In addition 90 the nat
ural causes OF antagonism, We unfortunately
have in the south thousands Of political ad-
veEturers from the nOrth-sociaI and political
mendicants and leps-s-who flocked here to
rob and plunder our people through Offices OBJ
tanned by negro votes. Patterson, of South Caro-
lima, kellogg, of Louisiana, and Clayton, Brooks
and Mcclure OF Arkansas, are Specimens OF
the hsrples that have fed upon the south since
the war ended. They are all Of the same Do.
ntical kennel, and II is as natural for them 10
hate the southern whites and delude the ne
grCes as II - Tor Drtgands TO hate the people
they plumber IheiI spies are in all the south
eTn states, secretly fOmenting that discOrd
which must always end in race collisions, !
and these collisions are preteXJs Tor Federal ,
Intervention in favor Of carpetbag usurpa-
ton, peculation and plunder. Look at the
late disturbances at Austin, Somerville, Tren- .
ton. Can any sane man believe the negroes
originated the idea that Grant would back |
them IN their plots 10 murder and plun0er? ,
Is 10 not more likely that all these troubles
were the cOncOctOns OF pious knaveS from
the north, whose mission here is 10 prowl ,
about negro caOlns and pray i01th while they ,
prey upon the ignorant ere1ulous blacks Into I
whose ears they hiss their words of poison and I
hatred against southern whites? :
Is THERE No MOTIVE FOR THIse )
Lei Us see: In 1872 Grant received fewer !
hundred thousand negro votes made %
him President, Is the Republican party
as strong now as in 1872, when if had q
no congressional sgindles to answer for? Let !
Connecticut, New Hampshire, California, r.
oregon, ohiO, Colorado, Arkansas, answer. Is
Grant, with all his vast patronage, most cor y
ruptIy used, as strong as he was IN Is72? II y
not, who Of his party is as strong as Grants q
Then, can the Radicals AFFORD 10 lose the negro =
vote ia 1876 To ask the question is to an &,
sver il How can they save tbatvote ? OnlU =
~, !, MN, ise cir I RIGHTS on al nc ,lerf cos
1Efft = enlrfndIa a .
and more kindly feeling between the Two q
races The south is the step daughter Of the a
al tue north as they often do, and when out !.
ragged men take the law into their hands, 70
one thinks OF calling upon the fIssloenI 70
preserve the peace OF punish often,Sls, LAe
northern States have some rights S-st LETT
and they suffered TO settle their trOu ples
themselves, IN their own way. But when q
occur at the south. between the races
Federal intervention is instantly invoked,
and southern whites, As promptly adjudged
guilty, by Federal and carpetbag oIic ais.
Does not one race have constant caCse 70 be-
lieve that the Federal government always
have equal cause to feel that IL is the nstiQ S It
pet, aud always regarded as innocent? Can I r.
all this engender anything but bad blood be- | M
tween Them When southern men see their 10
once valuable lands yearly becoming burdens ID
70 themi that they are eaten NJ with tsxes e.
paid 10 support corrupt and prohl gate knaves; n
that they cannot IND "a buyer Tor one acre OF | ~
them and all because the negTOes have lent =
[ themselves TO the most Infamous schemes Of IN
the most Infamous Adventures, can their | II
for that race be very ardente Win | ~
that friendship be increased when southern ! 81
men reflect that they are annually taxed 20 [ %
educate these very negrOeST Through over / hi
preaching about the benefits Of education, al
and that it IL the cornerstone OF liberty and n
good government, the carpetbag friends OF the IA
black race often make legislators, magIs- | a.
traies- sherlns and clerks OF ignorant negroes II
IN order 70 use Them Tor their corrupt ends. d,
When southern men reflect on al these -
.hings, is Il calculated 20 begst aniable feel ii
nEE toward race thus favored by the govern Ia
ment at the expense Of their own rightf and ! al
Vhen they see before them the probable pass 1 IN
,ge or q bill INTENDED 70 enforce, by law sn | h,
sduality against which all their instincts re to
volt, must not the dislike between the races / "
,o0n grow into hairedf Can that hatred be "
ult in collisions stall more frequent and on a | m
more extended scalef Does anyone suppose re
has the Federal troops, II twenty times as be
could suppress the local riots then / 10
% occur here, there, yonder, between the / &c
aces? And even II these could be repTessed | +,
ly the Federal army, thus Increased and ps
Stationed IN every county in every southern h.
state, would IL not be significant tb
and lamentable commentary upon our -
epubiiean form Of goverRment9 VIII N
hese race collisions be less fTeduenf as -
ong as political ineeDdiaries from the north 10
Ind % profitable % fOment them. Could they, m
- the real criminals against the peace and "
prosperity Of the country, be promptly and =
would feel much injured; for, ike dogs with
he hydrophobia, they desire instant death.
Al the north the robbers Of our express trains r.
ire caught and hung by mob OF white men,
rom whom these robbers have not stolen one
lOllar and Yet the entire north approves the
iced. That same north sends 10 the south
thousands OF infamous cresiures, who rob not
"a express-train OF few thousand dollars,
lut VINO rob whole States and ali their people, n
,ai only OF millions Of dollaIa but also oI
heir liberties. Yet ifthese people, thus out
ared for year, hang a lew robbers they
r. CHARGED with cOnvulsing society ana dis
racting Irads, and Grant Is eagerly invoked
o place standing army among them and
,uuish M > rObbsd-nOt the robbers. Clayton,
hooks and Mcclure are greater brtgands and te
obbers to-day than the poor devils who weres Or
augnt and hung near Seymour, Indiana, fr,
wo years ago, for NoOuing an eX- 81
,ress train OF a few thousand dollars. do they te
Iot much more deserve the mater a. the 50
lands Of the thousands IA ArkRns.Ns WhoAl 90
hey have so long plundered and Opprt 'Ssed Jei
1ed Kellogg been shot instead OF his ObeuiefI pf
0ols, Woul0 there have been mourning IN the lel
AUDI On the contrary, would not the public ma
'Olce quietly have accepted his fate as "A fust / M,
Tor his acts OF usurpatfon and on ini
iression2 Let men calmly consider this and lei
ney VIII conclude that these desperate deeds mn
lways have causes. Ten years ago the psopie by
u Tie south never thought OF committing d..
hem, Tor there was DO cause Tor them But be
hese people are Ike all Others, aud when Al
wrongs have no remedy, desperation begets SCI
nuIdeTs which lew may defend but none pre- Tor
rent. VIII this violence cease: win we ever on
lave peace as long as political inendicants We
lnder the projecting shield OF the Federal gu
government? IN,
HOW ABOUT LABOR? I'M
Labor is The true wealth Of all countries. eli
3uf be UrCducfiye IL mugf he frsse r,lgsi / srl