The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-16
THE APPEAL A BEACON
TO WARN AS WELL AS GUIDE THE
SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
Whether Danger LurEs in Pestilence or
Threatens the Constitutional Rights
and the Liberties OF the States and the
People.
To tho Editor OF The Appeal;

ola man lof invading tne privacy OF your
sanctum and wasting little Of your
precious time in the interchange OF ideas,
and ''the compliments Of the morning."
First permit me 70 thank you, and TO COM
plmcnt you for the very forcible and hon
est manner in which you answered the
communication of Mr.. Randolph, the
quiet, gentlemanly and able lawyer and
also your answer to Mr.. NJ core, the err,
the er-, well, the merchant princc-the
noisy white bell-wether OF the flock OF
black sheep. Mr.. Randolph's letter COM
mands attention and respect, coming as it
does from gentleman OF ability and high
social standing, while Mr.. Moore's letter.
like his efforts at poetry, is only fit to
kindle fire, and his political breath seems
designed to blow into flame the wariares
OF race conflict.
For commercial integrity, no man stands
higher where he is known than VIM. r.
NNloore, but in politics he affects very low
p company and suffers from cerebral yacuity,
= which eXcites the pity and charity of those
who know him best. Our apprehensions
have been somewhat alaid, and we have
been able to sleep OF nights since being as
sured that President-elect Harrison is
somewhat an intimate acquaintance of w.
X. Moore and j. w. Jefferson. II il is
right to judge man by the company he
keeps, then we know exactly into what
notch to drop the pea TO weigh Gen. Ben
Harrison. In addition to this, your CORE
spondent is in possession OF facts which
have much more soothing effect upon
his alarming apprehensions He had
truthful and honorable relative, who
served, during the war with the Indians
in the Northwest, on the staff and
as private secretary Of Gen. William Henry
Harrison, the grandfather of the Presi-
dent-elect, and this relative, though a
Democrat, always, and under all crcum-
stances, proclaimed the old General us n
brave. noble, honest old gentleman, and
in addition TO this he was well acquainted
with the general character OF many mem.
bcrs Of the Harrison family living on the
Upper and Lower James River in Virginia,
and they were all OF high standing, noted
for honesty, justice, courage and culture.
Now, II II is fair TO judge man by the
company he keeps, is II not equally fair TO
judge him by his lineage-by his blood2
We are greatly influenced in our choice OF
horse on the race course by his pedigree;
why is 1t not wise so to judge man? II
we judge our next President in this way,
we need not look for any rank injustice
toward the South at his hands
Mr.. Moore writes US ii he thought, rs
the negroes do, that the President is en-
powered 10 do any and all things That
IN him is conferred all the powers OF the
Govonmcnt-thc execution, the legisla-
tive and the judiciary. That lie could
deny members claiming TO have been
RlHefnH a Ianfrr..g. ult,.fttaV,o.. g..
OF Representatives, and bid them 20 sit on
the steps Of the Capitol. Is IL possible
that after having made for two wears
grand expose Of himself in Congress that
lac does not know that the House OF Rep.
rcsentativcs judges OF the eligibility Of Us
members? We can but believe that there
are many Northern men in Congress who
feel as Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, cx-
pressed himself In the late Chicago convcn-
ton. when he said that ''ihe time had
pasSe.l when the white men OF the North
would see the white men OF the South
dominated BY negroes.
IL II reasonable to suppose that the
highly intelligent people OF the North
would have expended billions OF dollars
and rivers OF blood 20 preserve the Union
and then turn round and hand over those
States, for which four years war WIS
hAhNhf w NtNNNtNNV shAAAAtAh AsAA W
dcsolaie, dcpOpulatc and destroy? No.
The Northern people are not fools. For a
time We were all fools-bind fools, crazed
by war reason dethroncd by passion.
But the din Of battle is hushcd, the war
clouds have rolled by. Many, all how
many Of those manhalcd hosts who
clashed in deadly battle have gone 10 their
long rest Almost another generation of
men has come upon the field, who are cool
and calm and governed by reason, and
anxious 10 forget the horrors Of the past.
But alas, the dominant party is angered
that the South stands solid together. II
made rs so by injustice and oppression
during reconstruction, and since.
Our reason Is as strong as the instinct
Of hogs which, when hadgcred by dogs,
win form into solid ring aud turn their
noses out for mutual defense. Let the Re.
publican party cease 10 interfere In our
elections, and It's attempts 10 make us
submit TO negro rule, or better still, in
troducc and pass an amendment 10 the
Constitution abrogaiing the fourteenth
amendment, and two.thirds Of the States
will adopt II. There IL no other way
under heaven whereby We can be made
united. Homogeneous people, conicdeni.
ton OF free and equal states. Until that
u done there viii be q war Of rnccs,
intensiiying and growing moro bitter year
by year until Il ends ~ Gen. w. T. Sher-
man predicts The South n solid In hut
one thing. and that IL In the fixed dc,or.
minaiion not 10 be- governed by negroes.
We know that negro rule IN Mississippi
cost the whites more than their losses by
the war. We know that land was purpose
~ taxed 10 heavily 90 force the whites 10
abandon II, and that enough land reverted
20 the State for taxes 10 make a territory
greater than the two States Of Massachu.
sctis and Rhode Island. There Is too
much witdom, too much fairness among
the people Of the North 10 openly deny us
any OF the rights vouchaicd 10 Ms by the
great Declaration OF Independence II
Harrison will closely study tho life and
character OF Lincoln, a man Of more heart
and more brain than any one Of our Prcsi
dents except Jefferson, and make him his
model, he will Prove blessing 10 his
counirymen and u second savior Oi the
nation.
II the solidi,y Of the South appears 10
him ~ threatening the stability OF the ma.
ton, let him do all he can 20 remove The
iron hands Of outside pressure, aud the
Southern States will iall apart Ike the
slaves Of barrel when the hoops are re-
moved. There are among rs many de-
scondants OF old-lino Wig, who stu ap.
prove Of Henry Clay's American system
~ projections" hut until We feel assured
Of our equal rights IN the great sisicrhood
A N.aN.. 4