The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-23

G. Gorham late Secretary of the United
states Senate, and will be read with addi.
tional interest by those Of rur ArrrAls
readers who read last sunday what he had 10
say about Blaine
The Negroes aud the riiircnth Amend.
mrnt
Since 1919 the Republican party has been
indifferent to the Negroes fate lie wa, be-.
tmycd under Hayes aud Garfield aud would
have been nm Ter Blaine, How hc will fare
under Harrison remains bc seen Uislitue
that Federal Administration can do for
him beyond giving him the moral support
ot being his unmislakahlc and sympathetic
friend and Withholding it, confidence from
his opprc,sors II can discriminate between
the laWlc.s and the hw.abilug. HAYES
Garfield and Blaine did M, but it was In ia.
vor of the former Gen. Harrison may 10
better Il the Blaine disease does not develop
In him, In the proportion that he mani.
tests un honest purpose In this regard hc
will strengthen those 1T the opposition in
the South who sincerely and openly a,lvo.
cate submission Ia the Constitution. Ito
cannot trade Oh the negro for Southern
hEh.tdriil party and ignore the right of sui.
iugc without sharing the fate Of other
Northern men with Southern p'incip'c,."
mlsh' the whole y 'rihHminu, 10000 vote.
east Tor john + llJlc-yotcd that the fugi.
i've slave law was moro precious aud sacred
thuu the Constitution, iur while the hitler
might hc amended thc former should not.
IN 1901 the same North overthrow the slave
power forever Let no man believe that the
Negro race bee this country can be- ignored or
-muihcrud Boo the nt NJ commercial prosper.
ity NuuhDu Republican duurhfrrs are
his worst enemies, hut they are puwcrlc,s 10
permanently harm him Al their base cN.
pndicus do but skin and film the ulcer
Ger aud render the murr imperative.
llnnllN the heroic treatment based ON lus.
tiuc.
but the question NJ remedy IL not aplriy
one. The Republican party could not amply
10 10 they would. aud there is uu cortaiity
That they would 10 they could. n the re-.
puhli'nus were on lo present q solid front
nm'u.t the uulliuuuuu ui tho fifteenth
amgndm NJ aud y the southern uulHdcrs
\ ~ " eiuuld abandon M hoVo ~ nrRln seduc.
| iur Ia their aid the hlIfhrrrd Republican,,
who ruuspiri with thrm from ~ Co I,,a.
that would be- but The BEGINNING
\ genuine amrIiorii1u of tie situation In
The South can only come through measures
initiated hy the Southern leading white
men, prompted by % genuine belief thut a
change is necessary and having Tor their
basis ihc general consent uf both races IL.
trunl pressure would hr fatal ~ such A
movement Indeed. ull such pressure. ca.
c"pi in the form ui hard words h imrlssi.
hlr. So long us the States du not rna,t LAW.
against negro suffrage the Congress can only
interfere tu regulate elections Tor E,prr.
scniniiycs in That body The South Gun con.
unuc M its present course as it did in mnin-
tanning slavery. II may allow crimes
against thc freedom IT the ballot Ia goo un.
punished nud may thus continue tu allow
Republican government IA be- suhycrtpd on
The ground nov boldly stated that q minority
of the people are not adapted 10 that form.
The duty of the United States % guarantee
~ every state boz the Union Republican
form If government has not yet been clearly
defined
HIT while the southern people arr thusirce
irum Federal Interference sn long ns hy their
Laws they DO not offend. yct thorr arr rpr.aiu
consequences which must follow u long con.
linurd suppression If the right. uf the hum.
hlrst which 10 would hr wisdom Ia avoid.
The next century su near az baud. will leave
The South numerically weaker comparatively
than now. this aud half q dozen new State.
Will place both Houses ~ Congress. o. we'll
a. tie Electoral tUllrgJ beyond the reach II
o Solid South ha.gd uu the revolutionary
suppression uf over % million ol votes No
party in the North can hereafter hop io oh.
tain power through such nn alliance.
Many Zoe ihu south have made merry at
The trap into which thu North fcll when tho
former gained iu the number Ut Rpprcsrutn.
uyrs and Presidential electors hy including
iu the ouumrriinn uf population the negro,
" bose enemy docs hls voting How can
they hope 90 laugh lu.t 80 so Insulting Ir.P
Every thinking southern man nust know
that THIS b. not aud can not come o. good
Why not reform itf How By honest
conformity 90 thr fifteenth amendment anil
perfectly ilir play loo tIr formation nui en-.
urimcnt ui q tcsf hHr ,utHr.
The hit"ruth amendment doe. not take tho
'uiimgr question out ~ thr control 1T the
States, These have stll ihc same tovcr
they always hai 90 determine the quilihri.
lions NJ yutrr. They may exclude FROM
the ballot box Iruumurr. n,rrrtaincd ,lor.
pr piupvfi'm they may require voter ~
hr ub,u iu read AMI write Boo thc English .un.
suusc and tu respond in questions testing
lIls knowledge ol what Dec :, tu vote uIuu.
In short, they may dD nll thnt ihcy ever
could de-. excepting only that they ,NaIl
have The same ir.is Cor the white man ns
Tor th' black, and that under the prtDu u
protecting ihcm.c',c' hslinli Ignorance pau-
prrism aud crime. they shall not exclude loo.
icllIgrnt aud woll.hchl,cd blacks and admit
Ignorant md vicious whites. nnu the line
VI ignorance aud crime straight through the
whole mass of white and bl els male citizens
NJ twcuiy .unp year. unl upward The law
should not take riiort until two years after
is enactment This would give time Tor 90
~ qualify thrmsrltrt Tho test should Ue
n.y. iO such standard that only The yir.ipnt
md im1ii..ui would attain TO- aud yUtit
should bD such That uo person OF ordinary
common srusr need be- excluded
This would pave the why 90 the only gen.
nine pHchrlt.un ~ the one lorg quarrel hc.
tween the North aud the suuths in which
neither side hns been blamclrss II would
be- equality uf rights and that u an tho
icrr1 usksHall hI, friends ak for him--so
u least ! understand H. Ji course it would
NJ dopond on ilic way ID was done and tho
pod faith IN which Il was lived up 10 after
,arl.