The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-06
ADVICE TO THE SOUTH.
THE VERY VIGOROUS EXPRESSIONS
OF A soUTHERNER.
He Wants the Southern People TO Quit
Trading With the North and Manu-
Mcturo Their. own Goods Remarks
rs to Sycophancy.

To the Editor Of The Appeal
Sir-For the last ten or twelve years nj
least, many OF our metropolitan papers,
together with few politcansof the short.
stop pattern, have cndeavored TO convince
the Southern people that those OF the
North entertained for them nothing but
the truest and sincerest fraternal feeling.
Some of them in their jealous efforts TO
impress us with this fact, and doubtless
with the view ofencouraging and strength
ening this permanently growing fratcrnal
feeling in the North ms looked at from
their standpoint, have really adopted a
sickly, aatteringand sycophantlcal method
Of healing this very important question.
Let us for a moment or so examine the
facts in the case, and ascertain II we can,
what authority or reason those papers aud
politicians had for reaching such iarfetched
conclusions. To be charitable, We will
allow that they were evidently partly lead
10 believe such fact did not comparatively
exist by the growing strength OF the
Democratic party, after the war, Ms evil
dcnced from time TO time in their subse-
quent elections and with the hope that
such would be the case proposed TO
strengthen our people in the hope Of It's
possible accomplishment and at a very
early day, hence nothing remained for us
to do but TO conhdingly encourage il by an
exhibition OF our own good feeling for them.
This thing We did. We did all that we
could do to accomplish this one desirable
result, and did We do III and II not, why
mott
That II Is now M plain as daylight, that
large majority Of tho Northern people
hate us as much, or more, than they do
the great destroyer ~ the human sonl-for
the most of them ARE near knsmon 81 his
there can be no manner OF doubt and
why do they2 In the irst place, have thoy
not always done no? Certainly every i'm
partial reader OF honest history, and every
honest and intelligent observer OF. what
should be, historical truths occurring in
the last ffiy years only, will unhcsitaiingly
acknowledge TINT such is true II then, Il
IL manifest that they have always been
our enemy, what was the original cause OF
this onmity, lis continuing source, aud
what will II ultimately lead TOP
The hrst cause for this hatred, with lis
continuation, il due 10 our original and
continued disSimilar;ty in nil that pertains
10 a people. The South was originally scL.
tied by .he English Cavalier and the
French Hugucnot. with liberal inicfjcc.
ton Of intelligent aud patriotic Irish and
Scotch immigrants; while the New England
States. and from whom other Northern
States were principally settled were set.
tied with the long faced, short haired, hyp-
ocritical Puritan with the exception
Of Pcnn's QuakoB In Pcnnsyvania-
who. upon landing Mt Plymouth Rock,
bent down In the attitude Of prayer,
with one hand pointing hcavcpwurd and
the other reached out, for all the poor
Indians had, including their wives and
children. 10 be sold as slaves for mon.
eyed consideration, 30 the most inhuman.
cruel aud barbarous tyrant king the world
has ever known. In order that Eve own
AMI We Lords treasury NAV be- made rich, "
aud from that moment 10 this II they have
ever cuascd the practice. no one but them
selves know t-cmphaiically do I mean
the practice Of hypocrisy aud dishonesty.
Here q u proper for me IN observe that
have heard u said that, whether righteous
or unrightc0us, the Lord has blessed them.
In RESPONSE 10 this, let mo say tia, there
Is another old aphorism, a. true ~ u v
tate. that the devil takes care OF bis own.
and II he ever had better subjects on earth,
dcyoledly do | pray Almighty God that
the righteous may ncvcrknow them. They
fitted out slavc-catching vessels, sent
them. manned by their most irusy sons,
70 the African sens 10 gather ncgro,s to bc
brought here TO be- made slaves OF. They
owned slaves themselves, aud when the
tlnvr labor became improbable to them
they sold them 10 the Southern people for
n valuable consideration. AMI when tho
slaye trade in the Airican scas bccamc n
dangerous business they ceased II, but
only because !, wa too risky for n hypo.
critic; and now, being entirely
out Of both profitable occupations,
and realizing Tho possibility that
the southern people were making