The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05


ing factor now as always--the North has
never, and ID appears will never, take ac-
count OF. II explains that otherwise mex
plicable thing fidelity and loyalty OF
the negro during The war to the women
and children left n his care. Had Uncle
Toms Cabin portrayed the habit, rather
than the exception Of slavery, the return
Of the Confederate armies could not have
stayed the horrors Of arson and murder
their departure would have invited. In
stead Of that, witness the miracle OF the
slave in loyalty closing the letters about
his own llmbs--maintainlng the families
OF those who fought against his freedom
and at night on the far off battlefield
searching among the carnage for his
young master, that lac might lift the dy-
ing head TO his humble breast and
with rough hands wipe the blood
away, and bend his tender ear TO catch
the last words for the old ones at home,
wrestling meanwhile in agony and love,
that in yicarious sacrifice lac would have
laid down his life in his masters stead.
This friendlness, thank God, has survived
the lapse OF years, the interruption OF fac
tons and the violence OF campaigns, in
which the bayonel fortified and the drum
beat inspired. Though unsupported in
slavery, IL explains the miracle of ga
though not yet confessed, II must ex-
plain the miracle OF 1888.
Can Northern man dealing with casual
servants, qnerulous sensitive, and lodged
Tor day in sphere they resent, under
stand the close relations OF the races Of the
South2 Can he comprehend the OPEN
hearted, sympathetic negro, contented in
his place, full Of gossip and comradeship,
the companion OF the hunt, the frolic, the
furrow and the home, standing in kindly
dependence that is the habit OF his blood,
and lifting not his eyes beyond the narrow
horizon that shuts him in with his neigh
bors2 This relation may be interrupted,
but permanent enlargement can never
come between these two races. IL is upon
this that the South depends. by fair
dealing aud by sympathy to deepen this
friendship and add thereto the moral
effect Of the better clements compactod,
with the wealth aud intelligence and in
flucnce lodged thtrcin-it IL this upon
which the South his relied for years, and
upon which she will rest in future.
Against this no outside power can prevail.
That there has been violence is admitted.
There has also been brutality in the
| North. But | do not believe there was
negro voter in the South kept away from
/ the polls by fear Of violence in the late
election. believe there were fewer votes
miscounled In the South than in the
| North. Even in those localities whore
| violence once occurred, wiser counsels
| have prevailed. and reliance is placed on
| those higher aud legitimate and inexora-
BILE methods by which the superior race
always dominates aud by which intelli-
/ gence and integrity always resist the dom
| ination Of Ignorance and corruption. II
the honest Republicans Of the North per-
NIT scheme OF Federal supervision, basel
on the assumption OF intimidn,cd
voters and "a false count, they
will blunder from the start
for beginning in error, they will end in
worse. This whole matter should be left
now with the people with whom II must
be left at last-thai people the most inter
cstcd in It's honorable settlement Exter-
nal pressure but initiates aud delays The
South has voluntarily laid down tho ccr-
! tainty OF power which dividing her States
would bring, that She nigh, solve this
problem in the deibcration aud the calm.
ness il demands. She turns away from
spoils, showing that % struggle for them
| would bring irritation 10 endangcr greater
things She po,lponcs reforms and sur
rcndurs economic convictions, that unem-
barrissed she may deal with this great is.
sue. And she pledges her sacred honor
| by all that she has won and all that she
! has suilcrcd-that she will settle this prob.
lem in such full aud exact justice as the
| finite mind can measure or finite hands AL.
minister. On thi1 pledge she asks the pa
ticncc and waiting Judgment Of the world,
and especially OF thc pcoplo-hcr brothers
aud her kindrcd-lhat In passion forced
this problem into the keeping Of her help
less hands.
Shall she have H.
Let rs see. Was there n pistol shot
through the South on election day3 Wa.
there rioti Was there anything to cqua
the disturbance aud arrests In President
llarriaon's own city? II 40, diligent search
has not found II. Whore. then, wa IN,
vote suppressed through yiolence2 In III,
1900 election precincts OF the Soutl
where WIS a ballot box riiled or q rogistr,
list altcned3 Thirteen Republican Con
grcssmcn were elected many OF them b,
mnioritics ~ slender. that the vote OF
single precinct would have changed th,
result. In West Virginia, with is Wild anl
lawlcs~ districts. the Uovcrnorship hangsol
Ices than 900 votes. aud ihi, very day th
Governor Of Tennessee aud his Cabinet M
passing on a legal question In the caslin
Of twcnty.thrce votes that elects or defeat
, n Congressman. In West Virginia aud I
Tennessee tho law will DO applied ~ ian
partially aud The official vote held q
sacred ~ In New York or Ohio. Whcp
/, then, Is the wholesale fraud Of which com
! plant Is nader
In the face Of this showing. let mo quot
, frnm an editorial In the Chicago Trilua,
, one oi the most powerful aud usual
/, conservative journal, charging that III
negro vote Is supnrcscd and miscountcd
, II says3
: "Thc trouble IL. the blacks will no, figll
, i1r themselves. White men, or Indians
, situated ~ the neWurs, would have mad
, the rivers Of the South run rcd with bloc
4 before they would submit 10 the nmrpa
, lions and wrongs With which tho blac
/, ia ..iycly ondurc. Oppressed 10y gcncu
lions " slavery. tn nocrocs arr nOn-com
halanis. They will not shoe, and burn "a
, their righls."
|, Mark the unspclkahlc iniamy oi ihl
/ suggestion. Tho trouble" Is that IN
I. negroes will not rizc and shoot and burn
. Not the mercy u that thoy do not-bu
, the trouble" i that thcy viii not massi
= Gro and begin the strife that would rcpca
|, the hofrurs OF llayii iu tine various STATE
4 Il this Republic. Burn and shoot f.
. whai9 That they may vote In Georgia
, | where In front ~ mc in the line stool
4 negro, whose place Wa8 me- sacred m min,
. aud whose vote as iirly countcd7 Thi
. they NAV vote In thg thirteen districts i