Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-28
prRKINs ON TIE NEGRO

be transferred to Mr.. Perkins. be has
uttered the most atrocious and brutal
sentiments against the blacks. A few
years since Mr.. Perkins issued to the
world q most remarkable pamphlet. We
have before US a copy, from which We
make 3 few eloquent extracts Tor the
benefit OF the negro. The title-pSge %
Mr.. Perkins's book is ss follows: "Abrs-
ham Lincoln, late President Of the
United States, demonstrated to be the
Cog Of the bible, as fOretOld by the
prophet Ezekiel in the thirty-eighth
aud thirIy-ninth chapters Of his book OF
prophecy. The thirteen Confederate
States shown to be the mountains Of Is
rael, and sll the predictions contained
in the prophecy concerning them liter
ally fulfilled in the late war between
the north and south. Copyright secured
according to law. Price fifty cents per
copy. 1868" This is the high-sounding
title Of the book which Mr.. Perkins
offered for sale at "fifty cents per copy"
We have casually read the document,
aud we must say he is not a success as
al author. II he cannot prepare bet
ter bill than this pamphlet Of fifty-six
pages, he will be s failure as a legislator.
Mr.. Perkins quotes various passages
from the bible to prove that Abraham
Lincoln is the Cog OF the bible. The
predatory and Introductory remarks Of
Mr.. Perkins's book are juicy. We give
the following extract as a sample:
4 fire was 70 be sent upon the .'land Of Ma
cog" from which he came, aud IL would seem
evident thai this was 60 be done as the result
OF the war. The author assumes 10 demon
strste that this mysterious parsonage Is hone
other tBan the late Abraham llucOin- and
that the fire 10 be sent upon the land OF Ma
COG was emblemEtic of the political strife and
wrath now going on THESE Jhlngs are also
purteuts OF the future ana must certainty cul-
inmate sooner or later in such conflict as
has not yet been seen. one coordinate
branch OF the government IS arrAyeq IN
wratnful hostility toward The Others, seeking
their ulralEZaTlOu OF abs tlute overthrow.
while iue toiHng millions are grOauing. as IL
were, under the lashes OF multitudinous
host Of taX-gatherers, who arc Wriuging nom
their sweat and toll most OF their earnlBgs-a
large proportion % be distributed among
themselves and the residue 70 De applied 10
she sustaining and pampeuug a giant aris-
tpcracy OF uutaXed bonded wealth that ls rails
ing ltS slas-ly form as night IN IN us proper
uuns a. the mighty HindDo Jugernaut that
rolls over its adoTIuE yOtarleS, grinding them
into dust OF the earth, and 10 the support OF e
host OF petty military deSpOts, created
Tor the purpose OF further degTau-
ing intelligent white people, by
making them support a brutal aud savage
horde Of ignorant negroes, ana 10 be lordeu /
over by them. There are now ten PROSTATE |
states upon which the beasts OF prey are |
EuaWlnE and the Nultures OF the air are HOOK I
lug Ia vast Lnultttudes with sharpened appe- \
Iles- a. TO dead carcasses IN the wilderness /
and, true N the prophetic picture from which /
this is taken, after having exhausted the /
flesh of these CsrCasses. are Still pluckiuZ !
their dguudpd bones 10 get any remaining
scraps or substances 20 be found not yet con-
suWed. This is al being done under the \
false and hypoCriiCal pretense Of religion, /
philanthropy and charity. "The WICKED |
are ln aulLoil'y- ana The people DO mourn
This is a Bible dec .aratiou that has as much I
reference 10 the state a government matters
here as anywhere that the wicked were ever /
IN authority. Lei the reader peruse these /
pages who chooses 10 do so, and come 10 his \
own conclusions as 10 the correctness and /
business OF the arguments offered.
In the above extract, ii will be seen |
that Mr.. Perkins, in his book, attempt
ing to prove Abraham Lincoln the
Cog Of the Bible" starts out in his
preface by stigmatising the eolored |
races Is a brutal and savage horde Of
indolent negroes, - who propose to lord |
it over the whites. Mr.. Perkins's hatred |
Of the negro is developed on every page
Of his book. He undertakes to prove |
that their very name means "black- |
ness, +" ''grossness." The following ex-
tract will show Mr.. Perkins's opinion Of |
the race, whose votes he would seek in /
his aspirations. On page thirteen, Mr..
Perkins says: ''That these Africans
by descent, are represented in the pro-
phecy under the names Of two African
countries, or nationa.ities, seems plain
enough without further proof, having
shown that their color and instincts
agree so exactly as they do with the
prophetic requirements. Theyare black
in color, and all their very nature, both
body and mind, is so gross as to allow
them to he but very few removes above
the brute creation. The very
odor emitted by their persons, the
cosrseness and Unseemliness of
their features, and the genera
stupidity Of their minds, or dullness Of
intellect, have only to be observed to
establish that truth. That they origi-
nslly came from Africa, is OF too recent
date to admit Of denial, though some
fanatics do deny many things quite as
true and almost as well known Here
Mr.. Perkins insults the negroes 10y tell
ing them that their very nature, "both
body and mind, is so gross as TO allow
them to be but very few removes above
the brute creation" and now he would
have these "brutes" 10 march up to the
ballot-Dox and deposit their votes for :
him. Mr.. Perkins quotes scripture to
prove that slavery was divine institu-
ton, ami says that the fanatics Of the
north should bestow their superfiuous
sympathy on tie white poor ut their
doors. After calling the Federal sol /,
disrs "thieves,n 'vandals," "robbers, -
''plunderers," "heathens," "villains.n
aud ''csrpetbaggers," Mr.. Perkins thus
assails the northern people and the ne
groes:
such are the shepherds spoken OF by the ! {
prophet who foul The waters Of life with
their polluted feet They slay the spiritual
n0cks and feed upon the fat Of the land
b p
with beautiful eXtsrlous, "but within thew
are fun Of rOttenness and dead mems bones % =
They imagine themselves the embodiment of | n
the per-OulncaiiOn OF charity.
because they have prosecuted their crusade
against African slavery ln the south TO a sue
cess, while iu fact they have inflicted on the / q
negro miseries indescribable and Infinite, al ] :
The cost Of the civil liberties Of a great ma
ton. The multiplied Thousands OF uuforiu- =
nate labOrlug poor OF their own color and !
country, who are iu living death all thelI
days, being subjects Of hunger nakedness
disease, and every conceivable puvatiOn, are
not, IN their regard, subjects worthy their cf- -
forts OF allevlstion. But thOusands upon
Thousands OF millions Of Urea -ure cX- =
pended, ana the blood OF "a million
OF their own race, are not. ia their :
estimation, too great sacrifice for The
ways have been better fed and clothed aud
cared for, IN every respect. than the multi n
tudes Of destitute a. their own door, and far
better than they ever viii be again lu state q
o. freedom. IEcy have compassed bOtn land d
and sea Tor MS enamel patton, and IN It's re- "a
c0mpl lshment have maze him ttnfOid more l &
the Chud Of bell than be ever was before z
have destroyed not only his usefulness and a
vaiue 10 his owner, but 10 the world, a. a / q
mem Ter Of society, and consigned him 70 "a / Il
perpetual existence Of brutal ucentiOusness p
and Incidence
We shall make few more extracts r
from Mr.. PeIkins's book, a we are anx-
ious for the colored voters to see what
he man who now asks their sufffages
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