The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-16
money return" He adds "While his
wages have advanced, most articles he con-
sumes have rather diminished in price"
AN OLD ABOLITIONLST'S views or
TIE SOUTH

publican views, is fair and just to !
the people Of the South. lie notes with
evident pleasure the wonderful growth
and progress in material things Of which
hc encountered the evidences in every
State, and he gives expression to his sym
pathy with the people in their experiences
and trials and admires the endurance and
pluck with which they bore them. Mr.
Rcdpath realizes ali the great and noble
qualities Of our people and gives expires.
sion TO his appreciation Of them in the
last paragraph of his interview wherein
ho says: "Thc best result OF tho
war was not the territory We re-
tanned, nor the rank il gave us among ma
tons, but the people we held within the
Union. Tho converted rebel is worth n
score Of migrants AS TO the condition
and status OF the negro, lac says it Is one
OF contont The vague dreams excited by
the Frecdman's Bureau have all departed,
and "the whites have resumed their
traditional feeling toward the blacks
good will, kindly feeling, but no
liberation Of negro rule in politics,
nor in social equality" The negro
cnvironed by the white race Is doing well.
both souths," says Mr.. Rcdputh, "the
solid white and the solid black, have nc.
copied the situation in good faith, and
"thc existing relations do infinite credit to
both raccs-both equally" Contrast this
testimony OF an old dycd.in-ihc.
wool nbolilonist with the statements
Of au Englishman in B'ockroOFs
Magazine for March Of 1886. lie 10.
counted n tour from san Francisco to
New Orleans by rail and subsequent
trip by steamer via Florida 20 West
ludia. Ia this lac dcplorcs the condition
Of liayti and san Domingo as n result Of
the increasing barbarism Of the negro, and
expresses tho fear that even Cuba and
Jamaica may In the near future fall prey
to the Incidence aud indifference Of tho
negro when he shall. rs In llayti and san
Domingo, take the rcins Of government
into his own hands This is an cxtraor-
binary confession for an Englishman 10
make, but il IL in keeping with the
facts. and could not well be avoided
by an obsoryunt and truth seeking man.
Tho negro, left 10 himself, cannot stand.
In the United States, whore he has
always had status In the social life
OF the country aud an identity In tho fam
NY NJ servant and laborcr; lac has been
pushed up and out OF himself and has
been compcllcd TO conform In some degree
In habits, speech aud dress 10 tho standard
OF the white race, and in his free condi.
ton 10 work or staryc. Trained Ia some.
thing like soliroliaucc Ia the old slave
days, his ambition stimulated 10y the cx.
ample OF tho whites since he has been
freed, lac has gone forward, and not back
ward, and nj a mte which has astonishcd
the people Of all sections Of the county.
Contrast this with his condition and siatu.
NJ the North. There Tie negro canno, lind
employment save rs amonial lie isihcrC
siill q servant " servants lie is not NJ.
lowed 10 labor In the fields with the whit,
man, upon the scaflold or IN the work.
shop. At tho South lac works side
hy side with the owner Of the
farm, aud as carpenter aud brickmason
In The shop and on the samc fcailolling
with hiscmploycr, aud is treated ~ AN equal
IN all the trade societies aud assemblies.
AZ the north 10 work with . negro IL "a
suffer contamination aud invite ostracism
AZ the South the whites and black,
labor chccriully together without othcI
feeling than that Of reciprocal benefits ia
wages and profit. The chasm OF caste Il
10 that extent brijgcd, but the bridge la,
always, and will always be u ,cmporar,
structure In the keeping Of the whit,
man. lie crosses over H., and vii
continue 10 cross opr by Il 10 the negrC
~ pleasure, but the latter has never yc
80, foot upon the unstable structure, anc
he never will. lie il no nearer the dooi
which opens 10 the social circles OF the whit,
pcc now than be was 30 years ago. IN,
reason Il obyious Above all political the
DRY OF necessity, the integrity Of tho whit
race, resting IN the consent Of women VIII,
have never yet sioppci 10 III degradation
IL secure above aud beyond the ncgrol
reach. The women 81 Spanish descent
Ia Mexico av still purc IN blood after IN,
lapse Of centuries. Amalgamalion is i'm
possible, miscegcnation is declared &,
be a crime by many, Il not most Of III,
States Of the Union, woue still by th,
people, 1t is held to be the lowest form o
degradation, a punishment scvcror thai
death.
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