The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-13
CABLE, THE RENEGADE.
HE MAKES ANOTHER ASSAULT ON
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
He Airs His Views on she Negro Cues
ton, Writing Republican Campaign
Document--Facts Evolved from His
Imagination.

Extracts fpm G. ". Cables Article in the New
York Tribune
The matter that is made the subject OF
this paper is not today the most promi.
nent, but II is the giavest. in American af-
fairs. II is one upon which, OF late years,
we might say. much inattention has been
carefully bestowed II has become a
dreaded question. We arc not politically
indolont We are dealing courageously
with many serious problems. We admit
that no nation has yet so shaken wrong
and oppression from It's skirts that it may
safely or honorlbly sit down in a state OF
mercantile and HsIhetical preoecupation.
And yet the matter that gives us daily the
profonndcst unrest goes daily by default.
The nations bitter experiences with II in
years past the battling complications that
men more cunning than wise have woven
around il, It's pronencss 10 swallow up all
other questions and the eruptions OF ran.
cor and strife that attend every least sign
oil it's spontaneous re0TsoiDg, have made il
such wcariness and, ohense 10 the great
majority, and especially 10 our commercial
ilnpaiiencc, that the public mind in large
part eagerly accepts the dangerous com.
fort OF pOstponemcnt.
What il This question? specifically II
Is whether certain 1.cOOn0 of the peo-
pie. oncninth Of the whole, dwelling in
and native to the southern States OF the
Union, and by Law nm undiflcrntiatcd part
0f the nation have or have not tho same
full measure OF the American citizens
rights that ihcy would have were they en-
ticly OF European instead OF wholly or
partly African descent. The 100000
concerning whom the question Is asked,
answer as with one voice that they have
not. Millions in the northern States, aud
thousands in the southern, OF whites,
make The same reply. y hhe other mill
ions OF whites, IN moth and south, re-.
spond not No often with fiat contradiction
m with declaration far more discomfort
ing Tor The "southorner" speaks truly
when he rcinrts that nowhere in the entire
Union, either north or south, arc the dis.
advantages Of being black, or partly
black, man confined entirely 10 the rela.
tons OF domestic life and private society;
but that IN every pant there is a portion nj
least ol the community that does
not claim for, or even willingly
yield 90 the negro tho whole cal |
endar OF American rights in the same
hu-reaching amplitude and sacrcdncszi hat |
they do for or 10 the white man. The |
southern white man points 10 thousands |
OF northern and western factories, count. |
ing.roOms, schools, hotels, churches and |
guilds, aud these attest the truth OF his |
counterchargc. Nowhere in the United |
Stnies Is there whole community from |
which the black man, after his physical, |
mental and moral character have been
duly weighed, II they be weighed at all. is
not liable 10 sullcr nm unexplained dis
count for mere color and race. which he
would have 10 suffer publicly In no other
country Of the enlightened world. This
being The fact then, In vuping degrees ac.
cording 10 locality what does Il prove?
Only that this cannot be the real point Of
issue between north and south, and that
this superficial definition Is not the
true ono. The civil rights
hill was fought Tor years and fin.
ally destroyed, with the plea that II
iniringed the night Of common carriers and
entertainers 10 use their own best judg.
meni In distributing their passengers and
guests with an equitable consideration for
the comfort Of all. In iact, Il only forbade
distributions that, 10 FAR from consulting
the common comfort, humor the demand
OF one crudcly scliassortcd private social
olass for an inyafiablc, SYNONYMOUS isola.
ton or exclusion Of another. Yet the
same States and persons Who ~ effcctually
made This plea either allow and encourage
lie use ~ cover for this tyrannous In
equity, OF else themselves ignore their own
plea, usurp the Judgment OF common car.
Iien and entertainers. aud force them by
Law 20 make this rnce distribution whether
they deem Il best or not. And vet again,
all over the south there are scattered col. |
lcges academies and tributary grammar
SCHOOLS established aud maintained nj the /
expcnsc 81 individuals and societies In the |
northern States for the education,
At low rates oi tuition and living. |
81 the aspiring poor, without
hiudrancc M 10 ncc or scx. For more
than twenty years these establishments
have nouTishCd and been a boon 10 the
African American, ~ well ~ 10 the almost
equally noted ''pOor whites" OF the south.
crn mountain regions, sandhilla aud "pau.
per counties" and through both thcse
classs a. the nlira-southeIn white man OF
the towns and planiations-a boon the
national value Of which neither he nor one
IN a thousand u 10 hundreds Of thousands
oi northern supporters has an adequate
conception, else thcse establishments
would Ucciye seven times their prcscnt
pccuniary support. These institutions
have graduated some hundreds of colorcd
students ~ physicians and lawyers. Al
one time lately they had moro than 500 |
divinity students nearly NIL of them col. |
ored. Their pupils Of All grades aggregate |
over 1000. and the 1900 coloncd teach.
oFs In the public schools OF the south have
como almost entirely from them. Hut
NOV IN thcsc institutions there IL n com.
picic ignoring Of thoso race distinctions In
the enjoyment Of common public rights /
40 fyligiously enforced ON every |
side bcyond their boricns: and vet |
none oi these unnhmailc disnslcr |
nave como 10 or from them which |
The advocates Of these oncrus pub. |
NC distinctions aud separations prr. |
dict and dread. ON scores Of
southern hilliops these schools stand out
almost totally without companions or com.
pctitors In their peculiar field, 40 many
refuiaiions visible and complete, Of The
idea that any interest requires the
colorcd American citizen 30 DO lin. |
tied In any 81 the civil rights |
that would be his without question |
u the same man were white. Virtually. |
the whole guild Of educators Ia the south. |
crn STATES nom once regarding these insti.
tutlons with unqualified condemnation
and cnmity, ac now becoming their |
friends, aud. In some notable Cases, their |
converts No widely have the largcr col. |
ieges demonstrated their unique beneil. |
ccncc mat IN nome canra southern ftato /