Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-15

i ra INr GrltfTfUn OF NDflF ftHtCH. AOFf FtIflrne.I
sour social phiiosoph:fs-fhat TO the scale and
measure Of a decimal monev-tshie rnr.. b
brought sthe finer sensililities Of toe hhari'-
% see whether hey wi | pay. Vet in all public
.ud national sffairs, - Il u For example. do
sc not see nov, over the earth. tn touch A. xie-
" abou' cctton?@s fearful looking for Of cot
TONI Without cotton. what Is man2 Has not
tfhe human rare resolved Itself into a Cottons
I sum v Organ zstion? II philanthropy end IL
starving the pow~T-iooms- then away With spch
+ hilaushropy. Ter we nuet Absolutely have
| cotton Aaadera Z We adst have cotton; and
more %ro'toh; sea Yhe most cotton possible, or
we perisa.
This exigsrey and urgency has bseoms an
parent 70 the Snn'hsrn planters Thy Fnow
90. that they have theepeIl whereby this grand
basis and material Of civiiization' can alone
he cresrsd. They, with their field hands. can
grow civiizsfiOn shit-s,. Ghsst, chsspss'-
| civilization IT tba lnnses' staple and sleek-sl
fhre. After mare frantic trisis hy the British
goVernmei { ard Msnchesier miliers to get ihsir
s,esE-eo4 supnlisd with bis daily food from
-egions sitter India has failed, and the Cspr Of
/ Good Hone. and Anstrslia-and the O. ~ re
gion which seems to promise much relief fAf
'sris) Is in the hsuds If : rival-it Il row Een-
sraIiy admitted IN England that tlaVelsbor.
and siaveAahnr too under the direction Of our
awn Southern ~plautsfN, can alone feed the
s,esn-gos-rho. il once allowed to grow too
hungry, Ui0 turn into a steam-demeu
e. the South a. last-thongh indeed she u
( careless and indolent, the soft S~ouihl-f~etfuE
that 50 hirh a mission hss been ertfastsi t.
her, begins IN admit The BeccT-i'y Of rising 20
he level Of The eitsaiion. Shall she, who
f1rnssre vhsrsuifhai the Esmsaides Of our
aav spin n.n's destiries, snbnit to be called
bard names? submit to the open or covert
I censure Of every magazine scribelsf. every
/ COLLEGE professor. nav every reof devii of ?
L r.r nr-A - a e.
he invaluable intellectual wealth they Gsal in.
and take theft fmpertinruer irto the bargain?
Or is their mental merehandise 30 invaluable
after alp
H-erebvis.ns IL isinsd. We are llbs 70 have
"a n ter revolt here against the Conventional
alsiitudss of modern Htffsiure, and the "Spir-
II OF the Age" von elAy guess bow gratifying
spise the ESpirft Of the Age" go cordially and
/ profoundly. IN truth il is now seen to be
either nsedfnl nor espedisnt for southerH
men to send their sons tndrink at - Casfaliss
OF New EugIsnd add bfing beDe ~thatunRhols
same liupid in hottie. Ekp The Congress water
from Saratoga Springs. For two years past
I the New Englsna colleges have been almost
( abandoned by Southern students, and toe Uni-
( versitV of Virginia (nnw The best in Amsrtra)
has been crowded. VERY lately has cernen"ed
q movement FOR establishing another great
Universisv: OF which [ IN now to tell YOU
somewhat.
Toe occasion. indeed. and chief excitement.
% an his disquisifion which you are now read
ing with such atteqtiOn, was q C0nNestion
which | lately attended (mersiy - 40 Su.side
spectator) here in Tennessee about a hundred
miles frem Rockville, hCouvention Of Bish-
ops of the Protestant Episcopd Church, with
rerisin tay delegates from each diocese, rep
t~eseeiing ten of the Southern States-to take
I measures for creating a University upon a
grand scale, and With ths highest literary aims
and precursors You nav wend-r That
take any Interest in an ihstitstroA which will
be controlled by tbs clgI$y uf any sect. Bu'
why not? The bstErhools in the world have
zen these * tbe Jssuits. Your own AIM
Mater, and mine, even old Trim Y, is II not 4
c;ose eclssiasticsi corporation Of the very acct
Of these conventiOners2 IL short, al thst IL
unnatural The thug, Il hgiit ~ according
to is idea; viii be a great tserary institution
snd as II will have wealth, and as its head men
Of independence aud high culture, it will b.
altOgethsI above popular suffrage, and vii
have no need 20 court popular ssuetiou-a sad
arcessity which has nHTetoiore dshased Sad
rlined most CO leges 10 this ceahuF. With q
body of professors al q tae Erst class, this
University can stsBd ~ high ground, and off I
Instruction, watch whose shall reject, the loss
will BE- hig.
Abatement Democrat an I but Democracy
IS not gooi everywhere aud fer eyerytHirE;
not good Iuthe family, FOR eNsmF =, pct IN the
shipsat sea. nor in the chuIsh trrinthe school
Toe pspphisma Of the Alderman Gg0Td was q
great matterl 2 slightly AID impresnable pow
er-ooAd sske war, found colonies, launch
0avte-. defy klngs-but Il never dictated tn
! cEfricHium OF piaio's Academy never fPEu
lated the lectures Of ihs Porticoi nor lai6 gu
The walks Of Epieu7us' garssr. Nog Ia thss.
United states an tmpshcas discerning public
IL fsin 10 take cus Hiz8Ece AMI jurisdiction Of
shat IL 20 way amenable TO It's court-oi
hinge which its Interference is sure to corrupt
aud de5ase. There are plenty Of colleges, 60
called-sOme Of them eud0wei hy he sevetsl
states; over these latter State legislators haze
over AID ever STATE legislators a discerning
public. OF thsss Nhirh are rot endowed, the
%coHtTel f. generally disputed by the clergy Of
Hfeh 1ecis as may chance to predominant il
the neigh5oThoed and your B.prists, Me'ho-
lists aud PresbyJerians patrohise or z aTvt
ten, as their respective htrethrra gel or los
he management, foe csn Imagine be result.
Subjected to til, soFt Of treatment. the Porti-
% self vcii Id have become a h4srirgs-the
Afdaemlc grove q stHmP-the garden Of Epi
urus a bear garden In short. / hold the
shiie In a Republican ~eovernment ~ bubH,
ifd political Transactions mpsf b dictated b;
be people, those ilG8sel,s ahieh eifva'e and
siae the inc;Fisusi must GOV from above
W SUN H. fTaNE1s ktEdk 0NI
senriabie seats Of learning are surely Lot The
east potent. Their power isieit ia all depart
meats of opinion, through al organs and ora
les OF human utteTaLre. From hem, az ifas'
be school masicf Il hIs desk, the editor in biz
.hair, lhe preacher IN bis pulpit, must take
theft tehe.
But lest ] grow d~idac'ic, I will change the
subjaet. My intention II first was little more
ban to give you an account n my agreeable
nNrrrafor "a ~ = aau.r r~H-amrF.r -rI - tho
scene ia which q was held.
10 IN S3ulhessteTn corner Of this State, and
clcse 20 the borders of Alabama AMI Georgia,
be great river Tennessee, sfier winding two
hundred miles through a iuxsrignt farming
countTy, turns an bursts through the ridges
Of the Cumberland mount las, making such
gaps and chs5ms, such cliffs, clefts. Governs.
sud ECrges, as rivers in snch cases are wont.
o. the southe- bank, two Thousand feet above
he rivers bed, s-eap ami massive. created with
perpendicular cliffs towards the north, and
nautled, belted, boodfdWih dark forests, rise
4 nOUntsin khBeu 10 The Cherokres but ergn-
cen yeafo ago, by the name OF Ch tttanoogs
bat now termed by The Anglo-Saxon" Look
Oaf. Towards he South IL slopes gently into
Alabama, aad is highest point is where it
breaks dowu Suddenly over The Tennessee val
~. a good road has lately been made 70 Wiad
up its Bice, shi summfr Villas, and 4 fair no.
Esl, have BEEN built on its shady brow. The
Ehole summit is a mass cf sands ore. The
Tees are in every variety and Of goodiy stat
ure, and nOshe 10 all ny mountain wander
ing, have l found The splendid scarlet Azalsa
I (qieen 81 the Aiisghafy howsIs) 60 luxurian.
atd supeTO Here, under oak trees, met the Z
Bishops-BishoTs, whom Or. Whstely. indeed.
u be had seen them, would not have believed
o be Bishops M without a fire. shovel bat,
without a silk apron, What Is a Bishopl They
appointed tTeiF coz NIT -ss passed their res6
~iu-ions, and on the Fourth Of July heard read
Ia Deelsration Of nd-pendsnee, duly listened
o The Star ~sPangled Banner, gathered flowers.
enjoyed the fresh air, some exquisite music
and he rising and setting Of he sun over fan
Forests Ia three or tour days hey dispersed.
frd !, with a Knoxville friend, weuded nv va,
home, ful CT many thoughts.
One morning. We sailed forth, with gray
iawn. and came out upon tbs cliffs to s-e III
sun rise -and be rises over his great vale ss
h0rgu be l0vsd it. You know how the thing
il done so I need not tell yoIi he sons meiboS I
+ getthg MP. Ypu also bsvs been in the path
4 The san as he travels his a. ,disc road. Yet
o see BIN onthe morning Of Independence DIV
shine oct sokinsly upon Ibis Already Of Amer
ica, - worth rising atf0gF O'Clock for An
around rs lies the great mountain region OF
he South the grin peaks OF North Carolina,
whgre The uniamsd pan her yet roams and
caves ; he gsrges AID gie1s OF a thous,,d
tToI'ues TIE
pear andtne long smoo b ridges of Teuhessee
and Alabama, who're herd Of deer are broVzifg
secure tbis dressed m0rrifE. Far over ihe
Tennessee valley, aud away into The blue Gas
lance, corn a ID wheat are waving in such
abundance and luXuuance a. Tennsssss never
saw before. Aud Southwark YOU NAV %,
gimrses Of he distant plains Of Georgia whers
he black hsld-asnds are goirg forth his mo-
nenf, singing, to hoelong r0wsof budding Civil
izatioa.
Standing on his tabular cliff. { can see IN
vision the whole beautiful S9utb; AMI I saw 4
unto You that no people possess such elements .
maiohisss their produces Of ali sorts. varied
and exhAustiess. owhere can YOU find !
higher tsp Of maahood; nowhere does woman
hood bloom cur into more sovereign beauty.
Here Republication ia 10 its TRUST. proudssf
form. All lhiags that the S ates Of Greece