An Appeal to CæsarFords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1884 - 422 sider "Tourgée's book An Appeal to Caesar (1884) grew out of a White House conversation between the author and his boyhood friend, the newly elected president James A. Garfield. The conversation concerned the failure of Reconstruction-era legislation and the primary available remedy, which, in Tourgée's opinion, centered on federally supported education for the victims (white as well as black) of slavery. Tourgée had promised the president he would produce a book of analysis and advice on the subject. With this book he made good on his promise, but because Garfield was assassinated only four months into his presidency, Tourgée was forced to readdress the appeal alluded to in the title--no longer "to the dear, dead Caesar. . . but to that other and greater Caesar. . . the American People""--Peter C. Meyers, TeachingAmericanHistory.org. |
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... voter . The forms of Northern society had been imposed upon the life of the South . There was nothing more to be done . All that patriotism , humanity , and the highest Christian sentiment could demand had been performed . We had ...
... voter . The forms of Northern society had been imposed upon the life of the South . There was nothing more to be done . All that patriotism , humanity , and the highest Christian sentiment could demand had been performed . We had ...
Side 53
... voters ; ( c ) No method has yet been devised by which the same unity of senti- ment can be obtained for such a measure as for the River and Harbor Appropriation- that is , by making it an engine for the elec- tion of a Republican in ...
... voters ; ( c ) No method has yet been devised by which the same unity of senti- ment can be obtained for such a measure as for the River and Harbor Appropriation- that is , by making it an engine for the elec- tion of a Republican in ...
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... voter and given an equal voice with his former master in the direc tion of public affairs . An immense majority of the white people of the South had arrayed themselves against the latter proposition . The freedom of the slave was not ...
... voter and given an equal voice with his former master in the direc tion of public affairs . An immense majority of the white people of the South had arrayed themselves against the latter proposition . The freedom of the slave was not ...
Side 75
... voters as it was pathetic for its failure . Then came the period of prostration which yet continues , when the majority had at length yielded to a force they could not successfully cope with , though still smarting under a constant and ...
... voters as it was pathetic for its failure . Then came the period of prostration which yet continues , when the majority had at length yielded to a force they could not successfully cope with , though still smarting under a constant and ...
Side 85
... of the country . From 1865 until 1879 the author was a personal observer of the conduct of the negro as a citizen and a voter . He was known as an active and prominent advocate of the rights of the colored man , A Shattered Idol . 85.
... of the country . From 1865 until 1879 the author was a personal observer of the conduct of the negro as a citizen and a voter . He was known as an active and prominent advocate of the rights of the colored man , A Shattered Idol . 85.
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Alabama appropriation Arkansas ballot become believe Black Belt Cæsar census of 1880 cent centuries Christian citizen citizenship COLORED NATIVES colored population colored race conflict consider consideration constitute danger difference doubt duty effect element emigration enfranchisement enlightenment equal evil exercise exist fact favor feeling Florida force freedman fund gain Georgia hostility idea ignorance illiteracy illiterates increase individual influences instinct intelligence knowledge labor legislation less liberty Louisiana majority matter measure ment millions mind Mississippi Missouri native whites natural negro niggers North Number and Percentage peace perhaps peril period political portunity present primary education privileges proportion prosperity question ratio reason regard relations remedy republic Republican Party Residing secure self-support sentiment simply slave slavery South Carolina Southern whites TABLE Tennessee territory thing thought tion to-day Total twenty United Virginia voters West Virginia white population white race