The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-11
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
As 20 Negro Domination.

To the Editor OF The Appeal
SIR-The castigatlon received by Messrs.
Randolph and Moore at the hands of THE
APPEAL was as severe as it was deserved
The sum and substance of all the clamor
and parade as to "a free ballot and a fair
count when applied, as it usually is, to
the South, means, practically, the political
performance OF tho negro race. White
Republican partisans North and South do
not. perhaps, rs n rule, expect or desire TO
push the matter further than to secure the
supremacy OF their party and thereby adj
vance their individual interests; and the
Northern man whose environment is not
calculated TO suggest the fact and conse.
quences OF a conflict OF races may be some
what eXcusable for taking this superficial
view but the Southern man who fails to
appreciate this danger and whose conduct
Is calculated TO precipitate the event, must
be either knave or fool.
Ii there is an instance in human history
where two races so distinct and different
in their characteristics as the Caucasian
and the negro have been recognized and
have participated as equals, politically or
socially, it has escaped my notice.
barriers which have in all ages and coun-
tries proven TO be insurmountable. What
ever disparity may exist rs to the intel
lectual or governing capacity Of any two
races brought into contact, this antipathy
or race prejudice is as strong with the one
Us the other We need look no
TO st. Domingo where tho sue
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meant and still means the political and So
cal ascendancy and control Of the negro
at the South would inevitably be but a
| repetition of what has occurred in llayli
and elsewhere under similar circum-
| stances, and would convert the goodliest
land under heaven into pandemonium.
The white tricksters who, in fuTtherance
OF base and selfish ends, were instrumental
in bringing about such catastrophe
might enjoy brief triumph, but would
soon become objects OF suspicion and dis
trust and victims of the relentless jealousy
and prejudice by which they hoped to
profit.
II Mcssrs. Randolph and Moore, or
others of their ilk, arc ambitious TO signal.
izc themselves ~ political roiormers, there
/ ~ u NlhN Allh lbAl Htlu hlltu W NAltlI Ell
FORTS whore II they do no good they will
not at least incur the risk OF doing great
| harm. They know, rs does everyone cog.
infant OF the facts, that by far the greater
| part Of this cutlery against ballot-stuiling
aud other devices 10 Illustrate the results OF
negro suffrage is sheer fabrication, and in
tended only TO subserve partisan. purposcs;
but were 1t all true, II is in every respect,
| legal, political and moral, far less repre-
| hensiblc and mischievous in its ten
denotes than the well known methods
OF the Republican party at tho
North, where monoycd monopolics,
/ trusts and INSCRIPTIONS employers, by
their bossism and bribery, secure noinina.
tiOns, control the ballot and shape legsla-
ton. II is through these dcmoralizing
and corrupt methods that gigantic fortunes
are accumulated ON the one hand, and ON
the other, socialism, anarchy and other
| evils are cngendcred that threaten alike
our social and political institutions.
IL is possible, rs The APPEAL intimalcs,
that Mossrs. Randolph and Moore, de-
sire only 10 bring themselves TO the front,
that they may not be overlooked when n
new deal Of the spoils is made by the in.
| coming Administration, but II they really
aspire 81 figure as mOmlists or political NJ.
formers, consistency and common dcccncy
require that before looking elsewhere Tor
employment they shall first cleanse their
own house. GUS.
Memphis, November 10, 1855.