Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-27
nj EMPHIS APPEAL
SUNDAY, :: AUGUST %, 1873.
m tile CoLORED People.

The colored votes in this section OF
the State accuse the party managers OF
,-lls-.s, IneLI a. 1Nzsn2fIIss -EskAAsAz.e "a
make a nomination for governor.
They are also dissatisfied with the pos
poets in this district. While they are
thus consulting as to their best interests
snd duties under the circumstances,
they are prepared for the dispAssionate
words OF friendship we propose Ia this
article. In appealing to their good
sense and judgment, the Democratic
party has nothing to gain, as its ma
jority In the State is neaE6fty thousand,
and the negroes can never hope to over
come this majority on the colcr-line
which they adopted by voting to d:s-
franchise the whites, and in every cleo
ton huriiBg themselves against the in
terest of themselves and their employers.
The Democratic party has nothing to
fssr from the colered vote in Tennessee,
AS 1t has uniformity triumphec over
their united opposition. 1t is in the in
terest OF both races that we ask the ne
oroes TO pause, now that they are dis
s.ti.6 d with their own leaders, and ask
tbensaiv. g what they have gained
bv thei, ,Neraistent war with the
,,.og .n5 obedience to the Rad
icsIs The Ric. Hnona H"tV is AK
ing the colorea p, opie a few ques-
tions which should be TopoHnded to the
blacks throughout the sol. tn. Ia adv's-
ing the colored people SIS tot. 9esf Suty, t
asks what profit has accrued 20 yo0 oy
banding yourselves together unt'ef 'ne
coIor-line? Has it WOE you frisnds
among those with whom you were bOrn
and raised, and with whom you IRE
bound, willing or unwilling, to live al ia
die? Has it brought TO your assistauc Q
friends from smopg strangers to feed
and noarish and sustain you? Has 1t
saved you from the pluudsr of bad men
under false colors Of christian love and
charity? Has it elevated your moral or
your material condition? Has it, in
word, led you into the green fields prom.
ised by these strangers who have come
down tn seek and to grow fst? Where
is the mule and forty ceres promised to
you? Where the beDeicent blessings
Of the Ffeedman's bureau? Do you not
worship God undisturbe6 under your
own vine and fig tree? Have you
not your charitable orders, military
ompsnies, your political societies and
clubs? d. you not discus, without let
or hindrance, all questions OF religion
and politics? Do you not vote IS you
please? Do you not hold your real and
personal properties without snnoyanee?
Are you not married and given in mar
rage without question? Are not your
children educated at the public expense,
mostly from the pockets OF the whites?
Do not the laws respectsnd protect your
rights OF person AMI property? Inwhat
does your status in the south differ from
your white ellow.citizsns? Then, why
array yourselves longer under the color
line? Why not cheerfujly join lot with
the people on whom You depend for sus-
tensnce? Are you ever to be tools to be
used by designing men for their adVan-
tage and to your detriment? Are you
ever 70 be moved as pswns on the chess
board by the will Of those whose life is
dependent on your quiet submission TO
their dictation? Are You inferior in in
teIligence or moral worth 10 the custom
house rings Of this and OF ether cities,
who undertake to manage your political
rights for you? Your colcr-line, for
yesIs, has been greatly diminishing, and
year by year the work Of disintegration
has been going on, and the time hastens
when it will be obliterated. Il isIthe
duty Of wisdom, it is the demand Of
. your interest, to hasten this time. Let
US be Understood. Whites and blacks
are in the same boat. What affects one
race for good or evil equally affects the
ether, and just 80 long as you shall, as a
race, array yourselves against the whites,
jlst 50 long viii you ard they be delayed
in the fall Enjoyment of the happy fruits
Of true liberty. Clan against clan, class
against class, rsce against race, color
agaiost color, can but be prejudicial to
the happiness and best interests Of the
whole community.