Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-03-04
Correspondence.

Correspondence.
| Dear Maerua-I am still in the town called
after that astringent fruit persimon, and must
offer you additional proofs of my admiration of,
and strong attachment to many of its generous
| inhabitants. At the commencement of, or rather
when this town was first named, there may have
been many cogent and no less plausible reasons
| for calling it by the name it now bears, but at
present, there are several things most har-
moniously combining to prove that if the name
was suited to the character of its earlier inhab-
itauts, it is not suited to those who inhabit it
now; for if any town in the whole world, more
any other, deserves to be called city of brother
IN love-" then Plaquemine merits the name of
Philadelphia. '-
The citizens of this place certainly do, in my
opinion, form the most harmonious "compact
of generosity ever witnessed. There seems
to be oneness of feeling that is truly admirable,
and if there is any selfshness among them, it
has not been my lot to be thrown in contact with
any who cherish that unhappy feeling. by a
strange perverson of sight, which the moral inn
projections of human character alone can account
for, some persons have the acuteness to perceive
their neghbors, while substances of much
greater magnitude in their own, are unobserved.
That persons possessing this strange visionary
capacity, exist in Plaquemine, may be quite pos
Gil o1,ohl Init ho&f ho nhnr
is small compared with that in other Places
I achere you and hare been,-I am fully satisfied
of from circumstances too indubitable to lead to
false conclusions. There is q friendly inter-
change of sentiment and opinion among the in
habitants of this town which no one can behold
without emotions of the most pleasing kind.
This unity of feeling and cordiality arises from
different sources and things each tending to pro-
mote and when combined, enforcing that happy
state of society which exists. The people here
do not seem to be acquainted with the word no
for every thing is yes; while proper sense of
independence of character is not neglected.
There is nothing vulgar here to so great an ex-
tent as to prevent, or render it unpleasant for
ladies to walk the streets on either side at any
time. This pleasant state of things does not
exist in every place, you know. certain
writer says: "No high civilization can exist
without the enslayement of the masses. Is this
false or true? Extreme wealth only recognizes
its equal-and will have but one sphere,-ex-
treme poverty can have but one. Neither of
these extremes exist here. The feelings of the
wealthy do not eliminate so high as to forget .
proper attention to the less wealthy. While the
position which the poorer occupy, is sufficiently
favorable to claim the attention of both. There
is an urbanity manifested by the people of this
place, which has been taught them by those as
sociations which alone can convey it; the assoc
Citations of the educated-the refined and polish
ed. The happy state of society which this town
can proudly boast Of, arises principally from
this-and it is the key which unlocks the secret
without which, all is in Egyptian darkness
all gloom, all ostracism from the s'beauties of
the beauteous," it is the refined Accomplishments
and substantial education of the ladies. The
female portion of this community, as in oil other
communities, where the education of daughters
is properly attended to, gives the type to the
whole. Unchangeably yours,
@.H s. E. MCKINLEY.