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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1867
Page
2
A polemical address argues for humane treatment of Black people and criticizes the failures of emancipation. It urges gradual change, education, and liberal policy to win freedmen’s trust, while warning Radicals and urging Black voter engagement as a political lever for Southern interests.
The excerpt argues against military domination and voter disenfranchisement, urging every citizen to register and vote. It calls for resistance to usurpation, emphasizes unity across races, and champions electing virtuous delegates to a forthcoming Convention.
A New York editor receives correspondence from a South Carolina correspondent arguing the main barrier to Northern capital in the South is fear of confiscation. The writer notes high interest rates, limited security on plantation property, and cites political tensions and figures like Thaddeus Stevens. The letter appears amid broader Civil War and Reconstruction-era commentary and includes references to Tennessee politics and a dispatch about Major General Daniel Sickles arriving in the region.
A vigil at Rowe Hill Cemetery honored the Militia Law and equal rights. Elder Turner and Revy chaired remarks by Rev. Villa Col Nesbitt and others urged unity across races. Speakers warned against exploiting Black voters while urging education, productive labor, and friendly cooperation with former masters as the crowd dispersed in orderly fashion.
Local meeting approved resolutions praising Capt G McO, Lieut L B Campbell for their service with Company G of the 88th U.S. Infantry. Committee Beall Smith Douglas Hood Garrett drafted expressions of thanks and goodwill for their new duties. Adjournment followed. Sickles arrived in Charleston with a thirteen gun salute.
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