Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-06

We would cali the attention Of ON
colorsd readers TO the very sensible let
ter published in another column, by ont
Of their own race, John 7. Downing, O
Rhode Island. Since the late elections
the c0loIed people Of many Of the south
en States have shown much folly anC
resentment. In Alabama and Georgi.
they have held public meetings, il
which were developed much sound, fury,
rant and fustian. Because the Demo
Gratis have triumphed in these States
they seem disposed to spite the white
people by packing up their duds with a
view Of removing to Mississippi, Louisi-
ana, Arkansas and Texas, hoping to
AfncaBize these States, snd thus place
themselves under their own rule. This
sort Of talk strikes 40 terror to the
white people Of Georgia and Alabama,
for the thrifty, industrious negroes are
c9nteuted and prosperous. Foreign Ia
U7re-s are not disposed 20 come in contact
with negro labor. Colored labor is need
ed ia the south, but II there were no ne
groes ia the southern States, a eontinu-
Gus tide Of emigration would pour
into our midst. Were the col
oned people in solid body
10 remove from Georgia and AIabana. |
as did the Indians, their places would |
he supplied by hardy, thrifty, inteni-
gent educated foreigners, and as it is
estimated each foreigner brings Nth
him money, the exchange would be q
benefit to tie community. It is easy to
hold meetings and 70 talk about ren1ov-
ing Do other states, but the negroes who
call and rant In these meetings have
not the money or vehicles to con-
vey them from the ueighborhoods in
which they are regarded az public 4
nuisance. The Savannah Ga Netos
has no sort Of objection 70 these negro
conventions OF 70 the emigration OF
those who engage in them. It saws.
It is called in the interest Of a class OF
c0lored neutrality-suspicious.. lszy aud dis
which we shall be very
glad TO say farewell. It will carry into
the miasmetic regions o. the west 8
Hosting population, which, in its no.
made inertness is absolutely a burden
TO the commonwealth. No honest. in
dus triCus negro, who is endeavoring to
make decent living and educate his
children, is dissatisfied with the situs-
ti1ni and those who are dissatisfied are
welcome TO 20. The Ael0s says that
never since the war has the feeling be-
tween the races been more cordial and
kind than it is now, and it traces this
state Of things directly to the recent
Democratic victories. The solored peo-
pie are not nearly ~ iucredulous as they /
were few years ago, and the better +,
class has discovered that il is better IN ,
live under an honest white mans gov I
eminent in Georgia than under a thiev- !
ing and corrupt Radical government in ,
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana ,
They have, after the most bitter ex-
Derience, learned that the white /
mans Interest is the colored {
mans interest, and that there Is 1
rot the remotest intention on the part {
4 the former OF trampliDg on their new {
y acquired rights. II is shown that I
ieorgia is more Of manufacturing s
tate than any other 10 the south, and q
ONE facts which we read recently in a 4
stter from Columbus, Georgia, show b
ow not only the cotton manufacture 4
as grown in that State, ard especially o
{ Columbus, since the war, but show a
leo industrious colored people are ad- Il
antsged thereby IS well as the white a
sople. Many eOloned people work in Il