Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-12

making the same old war against the South
ern whites. The following extract from the
Vicksburg Herald, of Saturday last, shows
that the colored people are determined to
continue the color line:
The personnel and action of the Radical cOnyen-
ton which assembled in this city Ihursday are
not ercOu aging In powerful, wealthy county
wnere there are great number Of intelligent PEG
pie in favor OF fun ana exact justice to o"t4 races
OF whom were c1IOred and six white. Considering
the fact that ninety-Hine One-l undredths OF the
proDerty IN the county belongs % Whle mon aliI
tn iutellig nee and capacity Of the Two races
compare iE about that way too the oJdy mat met
! thursday nlght IS lot ca-c'ilaL-u % tHcO-te5S 4
belief that the Radical party in this district mas
taken high stand. u Is very quest.onsD.e
whether the body Is entitled TO be called portion
OF the Republican party. such n concern would
have no influence or following whatever in any
muuity in the North would very justly consider
iteelf injured by such a gathering II does not
the race rut that has always been and always will
be disastrous 70 the sePgib;liesn party ii, in
standard in this county, second in ability
and attsinments to none. who were en-
Rauin, Arthur Lawns, 1inney, Hardy Mayer and
others were conspicuous by their absence II
would not be too severe TO cal the thing nlg-
gar meeting" Yet the body selected delegates Of
the same character TO Gre nville-tive cOlOred aud
one white man still preserving the race feature Of
the gathering. If the party cared anything Tor
sound principles and q progressive, conservative
policy would have reversed the order OF things,
and sent to Greenviile an able delegation Of-say
five white men and one colored man Consider
ing the Intelligence capacity and property in both
races that would have been a just represen tation
of the races, and 50 liberal 10 the colOred race II
would have had no just cause Of complaint so
long the colored citizens inca pable of taking
a higher stand will they nud the white citizens
soIdly united against them. Il is the colored
voters are in majority in this district, but IL is
not true that the race line cclored voters are in
a sjority. and If that issue is made we intend 10
meet It.
THIS is a very significant article, coming
from the Herald, which has been extreme in
it's defense OF the rights OF the blacks. There
will be a solid South so long as the blacks
unite to hurl themselves against the whites
a. they have recently done in Vicksburg,
Arkansas and Alabama. The educated
masses Of the North refuse to elect the col
ored candidates to Congress, the State Legis-
lature or TO any Office of honor and profit,
even where the majority is overwhelmingly
Republican, and still the educated whites OF
the South are condemned because they, like
the Northern Republicans, prefer 10 elect
white instead of black men TO office. I his
antagonism between the races is solely the
work of the Republican party. The South
at the time of the surrender of Lee ac-
cepted the situation forced upon it. They
yielded TO every demand made upon them,
and when certain amendments to the con-
were required they adopted
them. The Republicans were not satisfied
with this humiliation, but flooded the
South with adventures who in FIVE years
time fastened public debt upon the people
Of over S25O,0OO,00O without anything to
show for it, Not only so-the Republicans
were not satisfied with the humiliation and
mpoverishment of the South, but it passed
such laws as to further degrade and humili- |
ate the people. These wrongs and persecu-
lions caused a solid South. AS an Offset to
this condition OF things the Republicans
labored to soidify the North against the |
South. This is the way by which the blacks |
and the whites were arrayed against each |
other. 1t is true The South has not suffered |
by this color line and race prejudices, as the |
people are secure in good government, and |
under Democratic rule have been prosper |
Gus, peaceful and happy. But, sooner or
later, race prejudices will entail upon
the South many evils. The question |
must ultimately be disposed of. That two
races whose interests are identical should be
forever opposed to each other is an impossi-
bility. 1t will take time and the philosophy |
Of craftsmanship to work out the problem.
Thomas Fortune, editor Of the New York /
Globe, and one of the ablest men of the COL
pred race, in a recent address before the
~ A q, 4,
his question with great ability. In abiding
70 the hatred in the South between the whites
and blacks, he says:
1 may stand alone of you in the opinion that the
pest Interests of the race and the best interests OF
he country will be conserved by building up
bond OF misunderstanding the doctrine that the !
,red people one aud the same, that the legis- |
alton which affects the one should affect the |
bnnIs come 70 ibs oTbe% and t6at ss oe M IeoOin
ne evils which blight the hopes of toe one blight
IL hopes of The other: / say although I NAV
tsnd alone of the members of the colJred press in
he belief that harmony OF sentiment between the
: it tends to honest division and healthy OPPOSE
on l speak that which is conviction a strong as
)rm OF government that claunishneSs should ex-
t either by compulsory or voluntary reason; il |
not good for the government, it is not good |
lr the individual A government like ours is
Ike unto household. " 1t is |
rnment ike ours 4ssim iiaiion of Sentiment
be the property of the German, the Irish, the
ements that contribute to the formation OF the |
mercan type OF citizen The moment You erect
xistence of such, that moment republican gov |
-nment osciIlates above mighty chasm, the VI |
Lilty OF IT. being becomes ylu&ted and endan-
-nment of the reconstruction period for the
len who were lifted into little brief authority
) a mighty but unwieldly voting force. That |
,rruption in the South which resulted in the
OF the majority rule is traitor to his
King out precarious and an inglorious exist |
ace, and 1 have nothing to heap upon his
eople &" Since have tri ID the idea of |
)litical unanimity let us now try other ideas, |
eas more in consonance with the spirit of our | ,
There is no strength 10 a union that
lfeeoles. DISSEMINATION. a melting into the cor
nctive grievance from others equally the recipi-
Its of government-this is the independent man,
his skin tanned by the torrid heat OF Africa or
cached by the eternal SHOWS of Caucasus. To
each the independence of the colored man is to !
each his Augmentation, The shaekes OF
avery have been terra from his limbs by the
ern arbitrament of arms the shackles of polu-
en , OF lgnoIanee' ana OF PoPniar
81 study and the facility with which he becomes
sorbed into the BODY OF the people.
This ls the advice of a colored man who
res more for the future prosperity and hap +
ness of his race than the success Of the c
ma goguss, who use the blacks mere c
achine for hosting them into office. But :
ese words of wisdom will not be needed by ;
e colored people of the South. They will s
ii follow the lead of The white adventurers.
icy have learned nothing since they took !
rrid oaths in the loyal leagues to vote only
directed by their new masters. In every 0
.ction they will be found at the polls ask
2, not what will promote the general !;
osperity of themselves or the South, not $
We the State governments been wisely, Q
stly and economically administered, but
itch is de Publican ticket? =
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