Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-25
RENPEIIS APPEAL
TIE coLoRLIsEIN nIssIssIPrL

To saw that the outlook Is not encoursg-
ing at present. The Democratic party
Of Mississippi, we regret to say Is
STRANGELY divided as to policy, and the
gtraucest thing Of all Is that IN the
counties where the whites have
a msjority they are opposed to
the color-liue; and in the counties
where the negroes predominater the
whites favor the policy Of fighting the
battle on the color-line! This Is para
dox which we cannot understand. In
the first Iamar's) district the whites
have majority, and have nothing to
fear from the color-line. Yet, on Thurs
day last, Colonel Lamar, in the district
convention which nominated him for
reelection to congress, offered the fol-
lowing, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we ara opposed to the
formation OF parties among the people
OF this State founded on difference Of
race or color, and We cordially invoke
the union OF good citizens Of every race
and color in patriotic efforts TO defeat, at
the next election, the present State adj
ministration and Its supporters, and TO
secure all the blessings Of honest and
capable government.
Notwithstanding the adoption Of this
resolution, in county and congressional
district where the whites predominant,
the citizens Of the adjoining county Of
Monroe, ruled by the negroes and car
petbaggers, met in convention at Aber-
deem, on Monday last, and unanimously
passed the following preamble and reso-
luton:
WHEREAS, The Republican party Of
this State composed ss II Is Of negroes
and q few white political adventures
and Oflice-seekers), have since 1865 per
sistently refused all OyeTtures looking to
friendly and cordial cooperation with
the responsible white people OF the
State, and uniformly and determinedIy
arrayed themselves upon the "cOlor-
Iineh against the latter; and whereas,
said party still continues to maintain its
organization upon The principle Of the
"biack line" urging their negro follow
ers to vote solidly and exclusively with
their own race and color, regardless Of
all other considerations; and whereas,
TIE policy Of the Republican party in
t.lis State, rs shOwn by their past acts
and present Indications, is utterly de-
struCtive Of all the best interests Of Mis-
sissippi and her taX-Tidden citizens, rich
and poor; therefore II is hereby
ResolUed, That We, the Democratic
and Conservative people Of Monroe
county, in convention assembled, while
depreeating the formation Of political
parties now, upon mere questions OF
race and color, yet, nevertheless, we
hereby ST length accept The above issue
as forced upon as, to be .rigidly aDd en-
ergeticslly maintained as tong as IL shall
be adhered 10 by those tCtO thus origin
oted t.; ana we invite the cooperation
with rs Of all good citizens in opposition
10 these and sll other corrupt practices
OF the Republican party in this State,
and to its vicious legislation hitherto.
Here are two adjoining counties and
congressional districts expressing views
dramatically opposite. 1t is folly to go
into q contest with such antsgOnistic
views. In addition to all this, it is I'M
derstoOd that General James r. Chal-
mers, Of the second district, will be a
candidate for congress. Like Lamar,
he opposes the color-line. But
in the Vicksburg district, M'Cardle
and the Democratic party favor the col
or-line policy. The negroes out-vote
the whites in Mississippi by 3
majority Of twenty Ut thirty thousand,
and it occurs to US that the proposition,
on the part OF the whites, to fight the
next election on the cOlor-line is political
suicide. 1t displays the courage but the
folly Of the little brindle bull, which
came down from the mountains to make
fight with the locomotive. In Ten
nessee, the whites have nothing to fear
by the cOlor-line, as there are two white
votes in the State to one negro vote; yet
the whites ofthis State oppose the color
line, and applauded Hezekish Henley,
the colOIed leader, when, on the Fourth
Of July last, he proposed to Obliterate
the colOr-line, which his race had IA
vored since the war. We earnestly
hope that the Mississippi DEM
OcratiC convention, which meets
at Jackson one week from
tomorrow will harmonic on this inn
portsnt question. If they fight the bat
lie on the color-line defeat is inevitable.
Let them raise the banner Of retrench'
ment and reform; war upon corruption
and the thieving carpetbsggers; a
union Of the whites and blacks for mu-
tual protection, because their interests
are identical. Such a platform, and
speeches appealing to the interests and
patriotism Of the negroes, would, no
doubt induce thousands Of them to vote
with the whites. Moreover, q party or
ganized on a class or race basis is Objec-
tionahle-hostile to the traditional
teachings Of Democracy. A political or
gsnizatiOn composed alone OF Germans,
Irishnen, or Of any other Of our foreign
born citizens, would scarcely be quietly
tolerated. Such combinations are con-
trsry to the genius Of our institutions.
And these remarks are SIS applicable to
the black race as they are to any other.
The work of any such political Orgsni-
cation once placed in power, would re-
suit only in class legislation, in the train
Of which would follow untold evils. For
these reasons Lo one who regards the
hest interests OF the country cSn favor
attempts to organize men into combina-
tons, from which shall be excluded any
other members 4 the body polite, who
msy agree with the views they enter
tain, merely because Of the locality OF
his birth or the complexion Of his skin.
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