Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-20
REMPHTS APPEAL
TUESDAY, -: JULY 90, 1915
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We publi.h this morning an article
from that able Democratic paper, the
Cairo bulletin, indorsing the peace
movement lnaugursted IN this city on
The Fourth of July between portion Of
tina whites and blacks. The comments
~ the Bulletin are in accord with those
Of the press generally. Some portions
Of the speeches delivered by Generals
Pillow and Forrest are criticised, and
occasionally condemned. But there
seems 10 be a universal approval OF the
poIicy OF inaugurating peace between
the two races. While we sadly deplofe
fine antsronism that exists between the
vVbitcs and blacks at VicksbuTg, we
think our friend Of the Cairo Bulletin
does injustice to the whites. Our cotem-
porsrv seems to be Of the opinion that
In the recent troubles at Nicksourg the
whites were the sggressors. This Is not
30. We have carefully read the accounts
which have been published on both
sides. and it is evident that the trouble
At Vicksburg on the Fourth Of July wss
brought on by the aggressions OF fe"
drunken negroes, led by the white
vagsbonds whose teachings have
produced all the enmity that
has ever existed in the south between the
two races. The white taxpayers, OF
Warren county have been outraged aud
Numbered by the worst villains that
have found their way to office. In Nicks-
burg, unfortunately, the blacks are led
by bad men, and hence the hostility be-
tween the two races. In Warren county
the blacks outnumber the whites, and
presuming upon their strength, and the
sympathy of the national and State gov
mems, they have been exceedingly
offensive toward the whites. We think
the Bulletin does injustice to the WHITE
people OF VicksbuTg in making them re-
sponsible for the trouble between the
races. 4 few years ago there was as
much enmity between the whites and
blacks OF Memphis as there is now be-
tween the two races at Vicksburg. But
the change has been simply marvellous.
1t will tell on our material interest. We
hope TO see better feeling inaugurated
between the whites and blacks at Vicks-
burg. This can never be done, how
ever, 80 long az the blacks follow the
lead Of bad men, who use them for their
own selfish purposes to the great injury
of the white taxpayer. Here, in
Tennessee, the former masters fad
that they cannot afford to do without
the good will Of the former slaves, and
the freedmen find they can make more
by alliance with the owners Of the soil
than by clinging to the skirts OF the i'm
pecunious adventures who want to use
them as tools. Hence there has lately
been a drawing together Of the hitherto
hostile elements, and a manifest dispo-
sition to compromise. When this COM
promise is effected, new era will dawn
upon the south. We do not care to see
southern whites carrying the vote Of the
southern blacks in their hands, and
throwing it into the political scale to
suit their own exclusive purposes; but
We do. desire to see smicable relations
existing between the two races, and the
blacks willing to vote intelIigently for
the best men and measures. And when
amicable relations are established, each
race will soon discover that the real in
teTests OF the two are so nearly identi-
cal that no serious disagreement need
arise. Such union furnishes the only
solution for the southern problem.