Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-09

termined, and are taking steps, to bring
! the guilty parties to Justice"
{" Have the negroes committed any
outrages upon white women that have
tended to produce evaporation on the
| part Of the whites"
NEGRO BEsTIALITY.
81 have intentionally omitted any
/ reference to such an unpleasant subject,
/ but eandor compels me TO say that there
! has been number Of such outrages here
/ uUon white women within the last three
/ months. Only yesterday, within thir-
teen miles of this city, a most estimable
/ white N arried lady, whose husband was
1 temporarily absent, having gone to a
store, was brutally assaulted by negro,
/ who was q stranger to her. She had
| been in the orchard, and on returning
with a basket Of peaches, noticed
| strange negro man standing in the yard.
| Being alone, she was naturally timid
and afraid of him, and therefore po-
liteiy asked him to take a seat, and he
sat down on the porch. She put her
basket Of peaches down, and while pro-
ceeding into a room near the porch,
passed by him. He seized her az she
passed, and endeavored to drag her into
the roOm. Being strong, she resisted
him, but he finally overeame her, and
dragging her into the room, forced her
on the bed, throwing quilt over her
head to stop her loud screaming. He
then accom- plished ais object, and, as
reported, attempted to murder her by
cutting her in the throat, arm and
thigh. His name is unknown, and he
was still at large at my last advices.
"Such outrages, of all other, are just
ly calculated to infiame and excite the
white population"
CARPETBAG INFLUENCES. =
'Have negroes been much influenced
by white men in their desire for enlarged
priviieges?"
"There have been bad white men from
the north and elsewhere who have asso-
eiated with the negroes, animated by q
desire Of private gain or political prefer
ment, who have done a great deal to
give the negro an exaggerated idea Of
what his rights and capacities for enjoy
ment were. They have thus effected
great deal of mischief in turning the
black against his southern white friends,
who are his natural allies. 1t is strange
fact that the negro goes to the southern
white man, who was formerly his
owner, for advice upon all subjects af-
fecting his material prosperity. He goes
to the white man for advice as to how
he shall plant, reap and sell his crops,
invest his money, while he turns alone
to the political meudicant, or more
properly speaking, carpetbagger or
scalawag, for advice upon all questions
affecting his political rights. He cult
Yates the southern mans land, plOnghs
with his mules, buys his supplies from
l. a IL
plies to him to supply his wants, il IN 3
state Of starvation. But after all, he
applies to the stranger, and adventurer
to know how he must exercise the elect
i've franchise. AS a general rule, when
left to his natural instincts, the negro is
docile, harmless creature, but when
badly advised, becomes headstrong and
unruly. There is considerable number
of bad men who set themselves up to
lead them who succeed in bringing about
evil results and carrying them where
they would not go OF their own accord"
EQUAL ADMINISTRATION OF LAW.
"Do :your laws give equal protec-
ton to the negro as well as the white
man in the enjoyment of his civil and
political rights?''
"They do. There Is no discrimination
in the law between the two races. Our
constitution and laws guarantee to both
the same political and civil rights.n
"DO the courts mete out the same JUS
tfce to the negro as to the white mani"
"fhey certainly do, and l think in q
great many instances that the mere ap-
prehension that the negro may not get
the full measure OF justice has proved a
source Of Discrimination in his favor"
CoLoRED AND WHITE JURIEs.
"Have there been any negro juries in
this Staten
HYes. l have never known or heard
of trial, either civil or criminal, in
which negro was interested that he
did not have a Jury Of his choice. In
my practice, which was somewhat ex-
tensive before my election, have never
known case wherein q colored jury
was not granted TO the colored man
whenever he made application for it.
think it is very seldom they desire it.
As o general rule they desire white men
to try them, on account of their greater
experience, saQacitya and knowledge,
believing that they will do them full
justice. My experience as lawyer, be-
fore coming into Office, is tnat the for
mer slave-owner is more disposed to
give the negro justice than those with
whom they have only been associated
since the war, and whose only aim has
been self-aggrandizementa and political
promotion, caring little, if anything, for
the material welfare OF the blacks"
"Do you keep in constant communi-
cation with the officers Of the law now
prosecuting Investigation at Tren-
ton?"
81 have written q number Of letters
and been in constant communication
with the attorney general" These
letters have already been made public.