Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-03

lit4hAhi atfu u1l iel the nclltltt.oA Tie ptO-
pie who elected them, snd from the
great revolution in public sentiment all
over the United States in favor of hon.
est and economical government for the
benefit OF the people, as expressed in
the late elections, the people of the
State of Mississippi have gathered great
hope and confidence in the future of
that State. Many of her best citizens
who have been contemplating a re-
movsl to Texas, California and the far
west, and were making preparations for
leaving the state, have received new
hope in the prosperity of Mississippi,
and have resolved to remain at their
homes and to work with renewed energy
| for the salvation Of the State. They
say whist it is true there is a large
colored majority in the State, the
colored people are becoming more and
more intelligent, mary of them have
become owners OF land and other pro-
perry, and greater desire exists among
others to possess themselves Of homes,
snd these are generally the most in
fiuential ones, and they are beginning
to realize the poverty and distress that
the high taxes OF corrupt government
brings upon the whole people, the colored
as well as the whites, and in the
future elections in Mississippi there will
be large and intelligent class of coli
ored people who win burst the shackles
Of political slavery, and vote, as freemen
everywhere ought TO vote, for honest
men for offices who will conduct the
government for the benefit OF the peo-
pie and not for their oppression. We
therefore bid her people to held on to
their homes and stand by Mississippi,
and she will yet be redeemed from the
corrupt government that has so long
been preying upon the wealth and pros
perity of her people, and such men as
Ames, that political pirate and putrid
relict OF the defunct freedmen's bureau,
who disgraced the sword he bore, and
the soldiers he commanded in the name
Of the United States as military gov
ernor of Mississippi, by using them to
force himself, stranger, and such satel-
ties as stopped and cringed to his power,
on the dOwntrOdden people of the State
Of Mississippi as their chosen rulers
wil yet be hurled from power. Massa-
cnusetts has driven Ben Butler, the
Infamous father-in-law of Ames,
to the walks of private life.
Let Mississippi follow her example,
and send this usurper back to his proper
home in the hell of Benjamin's bosom.
Let Afississippians trust Mississippi,
and have faith and confidence in her
future; let them remain on their soil,
improve and beautify their homes, and
build up their towns, cities and railroads,
cultivate the friendly relations already
existing and increasing between the
races, giving to all men equal justice be-
fore the law, and she will yet be a great |
and prosperous State. No man who
looks upon the material wealth of that |
State, as exhibited in the unusually rich !
and productive lands, the thriving vii
lagos studded ON her railroads, but will
reflect that it was impossible for all this |
great wealth to he given up to negroes.
Yes, it is impossible; some Of her best
citizens may leave, but Others, attracted !
by the cheapness of her lands, as they |
are now sold lower than in any other |
State, will go in and fill their places. |
The colored people, as they become |
more intelligent and accumulate
more property, will become alike
with the whites and real
lie it is to their interest to vote
for honest men for office to protect /
from ruinous taxation, the 1
curse Of the country. They will soon
learn that honest northern people, Yam
KEGS, are sick and tired and disgusted
with the corruption of Radicalism. They
nave learned the folly Of hoping for the
southern Radicals promise N forty
lcres and a mule" 1t is not in their
nature to hate, and they do not and
lever will hate the white people Of the
outh, as southern Radicalism has done
IS best to incite them to do. AS they
'ecOme more intelligent and accumulate
they will make better citizens
md better voters. All that Mississippi
wants is the trust and confidence of her
Deople. Let them 60 to work with new
mercy and build up her prosperity, and
/ glorious future certainly awaits her.
Her soil is rich, her public debt is COM
1sratively small, and surrounded as she
g by Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas,
and Louisiana, their jate in the future
,annot but be her jate. They are re-
ieemed, and Mississippi must be and
will be redeemed.