Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-23
EHL s0iCTHERN THE
- s.NlRLAATING NEGR0-n

Ill s0CTHERN QUEsTION-"THF
- aVERLAsTING NEGRO"
Up)n the questions Of civil service 70
form and hard money, the position OF
the Democratic Tarty at the south is ID
milte5. There remains then o,1v fba
question Of the negro. Upon this not
''nly some independent northern. but
some southern psrefs Of what is called
toe Conservative character, continue to
aarp as Il Indeed there was something In
IL quite up to the assertions and state
fneT.ts Of the Radical presses and speak
trs who wave the "bloody shirt.n The
New Orleans TfcaWae, for instance,
tells rs tha. "The cltizsnshIp
"of the negro is q fixed, irrevocsble
fact. Let that fact bs admitted and
" gcarsnteed with all legitimate conse.
"queucCs." Just Ss IL the fact had noi
already besn admitted in tine eopstit..
ton OF every southern Safe, and a. ifit
mas not ossB admitted thst without the
vote o. ile negro we cover could have
teed ourselves of the carpstbag horde
- We hsve. IHzi as If the Issding Dspa.
ocfatlc pspeTz Of the south, in publish.
ing tue y!sdges Of that party TO secure
a "a insure the negro ia every oaustitu.
ilonal right, including free education
and the right to vJte unchRlIsRged, |
have not, day ia and dsy ont. far
years indorsed these pledges and insist. |
ed upon their oeing fairly and honorsblv
carried out. The Rcayfne knows CHS /
TO be 80, for il has helped to make IT 90
and has only accidentally employed,
IN the language ee quote, phrase.
o.ogy Ia regard to the negro ques-
non which Is com non to a class who
are the trJngest allies Of the Mortons
Ana Us Boutwslls. Bot in this scci-
He0, al bluadering in the employment Of
words the Pscaytsae is not Slone.
The Nashville Banner, a paper bat a
few days old, and, as its salutatory, as.
sured Us, Democratic after an indepeud-
ent fashion, in an editorial for which
the PSc1yuEe's srticle furnishes the text,
uses Ehis language: "Now, ordinary DO.
''hticsl prudence would dictate a wise
course to the leaders OF politics ia these
lsouhernJ States. They canEot kin
the negroes. They cannot return them
''to slavery. They cannot Danish them.
Ihey are an important political factor.
Iney should, theref,r give them po-
tltlcAi rccoRnitlCn-the recognition
Which wise politicians in the north give
70 al classes who come aud accent
citizenship" Even a welI-informed
man, out Of Tennessee, reading these
senteAces, and remembering the tenden-
cy oi the northern mind 1der the lead
OF the New York Herald, Tribune
IiHlesi HdrpeT's Weekly and other in.
hueEtisl journals, would take them to {
mean al thst they imply OF "killiug,
6Anishment and slavery" and world
conclude at once, and would be fcru6si
40 b concluding, that the northern ia.
dependents, casting about for q tSrtv n
support, were justified En- ,aIso,-
ing the. Democratic E,so,use NJ tbo
negro question. For the time being,
ssca man woU,I forget the shameful
history OF ryconshucuon and the wears !
UAea the negro voters lorded it ia the
hSus Of their former masters. az tbev ,
are doing to-day in South Carolina and !
'ae PeayIHe's own State, and conclude t
mat the Independent northern press was c
Justiii I'd In its objections to Damocrscv
ana that lie position on the "sovth. :
efn lnsgr5l question: rested unor a
solid basic OF fact He would concjnde e
mat the advics Of the PicayIne and tie 2
Banner was offered IN presence of a oon.
ollon OF Thugs wausntiDg such ,3vs,a {
Anu mat the employment Of .be words a
Kill slavery and Danish" " the latter !
paper indicated either design On The 2
part OF the whites to Kill, or banish, or I
enslave the regrOse, or force them to F
tnei' wiz rs Vo| rs. So far from this
"e ne case, We acknowledge n
oui oOiigs A '.ans TO the negroes during the n
c'Fi W.. We scquit them of any per-
SoO'. designs to rob US Of cur votes or !,
CUT propsriy-as We were by their votes /,
lder cArpetbsg direction. We hold
tasm gul!tiess Of any purpose inimical
10 Us, ard have not only assuced them
of their political equality, that they t
nave al the rights uader the law that
We have, bui have sought and will
maze II hereafter cur purpose to seek
'ne' Votss 10 the accomplishment @
OF our political purposes. As we in
s>ld in the APPEAL Of yesterday, in an Of
S"er 10 the gratuitCus sdvice Of the New n I,
York Herald, here in Memphis we have =, ~
everslnce 1865 been lsboring to secure to N
our eide paIt st least Of the negro vote, tC
and at the municipal contest in January II
last Increased our gains in that 7,
direction to over one thousand n
votes. And this gain wss made, 81
le us sdd, notwithstanding the most p'
violent snd incendisry harangues by :. -
Radical leaders, hsrsngues that shamed hi
iNs most intemIerste ever heard in al
b amphis. Now, we hold that In this sc
ahere is plain indication that the ne * *
gro is not only unobs,racted in the ex- W
ercise OF h.s rights as q citizen by the be
whites, Tut that ne is gradually being az
released from thrsldOm 10 the class =. y.
wh9 alone are responsible for the race di- m
'-l-'f- - i5-AeaNaA laAAAc1 al llltH II. ~
hold thst such gain as has here been m
made, CT those which were evidenced in ~
the recent election in Mississippi and Ar
the last 10 Arkansas, were impossible il NJ
such state Of things existed as that ttee te
which the Pcoy1ne and the Banner ad- ~ ~
wise " upon. The negro is no fool. ise
Whatever be lSeks In letters is to a th
large extent msds up to him pc
by the education which he -
has insensibly acquired by contact With ar
the white msn. This has been proven tn
st elections, especially since he has test
Cd tie arrogance and selfishness Of the
caTfe .bagger, and has realized that he sil
wss merely q tool in the hands Of that 0Jc 0
slick-tslking, wire-workiug scamp. He 81,
has had his political teeth cut, so to speak,
and hereafter will be found voting with To
the Democrats, even in large number, ag 2
perhaps eventually to be absorbed by q s.
pSIty tha. more than any other thst has IL
ever existed in this country represents 80
the people. There is, then, so far as the
negro is concerned, so far as his rights a
ss a citizen and q voter are concerned, ns
no southern question to be considered on
by the political psrties in the Presiden- lis
a-