Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-20
THE PEACE MOVEMENT.
Memphis aud VieEs5GTg Hn the Negro
PFObIem-ConeiIiatf0n Va. Cease
less Persecution.

From the Cairo .Ill) Bullelin.l
We Democratic leaders in Memphis,
repTesentiDg the most ssgscious Of the
white peCp'e OF the southern States,
have adopted wise policy in reference
10 the cCloIed people. They have seen
the evil effects of strife between the
Taces. and arn now attempting to bring
the white and cOiOred elements into le-
lstions of amity. Instead of a harsh
e7ithet, they use a friendly word, aud
instead Of blows and bullets, they use
ziLd actions This policy has already
produced wonderful results. 1t has
brought into friendship the Confederate
and colored elements, and has retired
the cargetbsgger from business in Ten
nzssee. HI5 occupation is gone, and
hereafter his presence will be hateful IN
the Bluff city. To Generals Forrest and
Pillow, and Colonel Gallaway, Of the
APPEAL, is due the credit OF having
brought about this desirable condition
of affairs, aud they did it by an exhibi-
tiol Of great moral courage. Only
those who have lived at the south know
how jealous many Of the white people
are Of pride of race. The negro
must bow, hat IN hand, when they
come into his presence. These re-
gard with dismay any man who be-
iievss tia. negro should be
reasoned with, and the white man who
addre sses 3 crowd Of negroes as "fellow-
citizens" is, in their opinion, degraded
and unfit for the company of blue
DlOOded ADglO-SaXCus. In the face OF
fha prOtC stations Of these, and in def
anc, OF their abuse, Generals Forrest
and Pillow and Colonel Galloway at
tended 5 celebration OF the Fourth by
negroes, appeared upon the speakers
stand. and vent through a ceremony OF
pledging Friendship TO tie cOlOred people
of the nth. ave would elevate, not
drag YOU down." they said; "we would
elevate yOu 10 whatever station IN life
YOU are competent TO fill" At Nicks
burg the old system prevails. There the
Democratic leaders have Srrayed their
party in hostility TO the negroes and
the conse !ueuce is, neither life nor
property are secure in that part-of Mis-
sissiDpi. The white woman and child
90 TO bed at night with the fear Of death
at the hands Of negro murderers and
ravishers, and the negro who meets a
white man believes he sees in him
mortal fje likely TO kill him in cold
blood iOr the crime OF being ID mig
ger. There the csTpetbsggeT still has
great Influence, and society ls turbulent.
From places like Vicksburg the northern
Radical draws his most effective political
weapons, and demands that the protec.
ton Of the law, operated by the central
government, shall be thrown over the
colored man. In this wsy Democrats OF
the Vicssburg kind-the negotiating
sNd slaughteriHg kind-become the allies
Of tNe Radicals, endanger local govern
mpnt end enable the cormOrants OF the
Republican party to continue asting of
tine pubIie spoils. For our part We prefer
Memphis 20 Vicksburg. 1t may be mole
Democratic 20 peIsecute and murder
negroes as the Vicksburg kind Of Demo
crsts DO; but with Forrest, Pillow and
galloway, we believe that 1t ia wiser and
more chTistian-like to treat them like
human beings, and lesd than by persua-
sion, not drive them by blOws.