The new era., 1860-01-26
From our Kentucky Cores.
pOndent.
| AsPENwILD, Ky, Dec. 20,

AsPENwILD, KY, Dec. 20, 1889
.Mr. Editor of the .Ne,u Era:-In {
quarter OF the world SO quiet as this
little transpires worth relating. The
intelligent reader of the .Ne,V Era, there.
fore. will find the letters of this Cores.
pondent dry and unintercsting.
But it sometimes happens, even here,
that throa. is unfortunately cut or a
mans brains blown out. This, howev-
er, is often the teaching, and in keeping
with the spirit Of the age. A long way
removed from the great civilized CEN
ters Of refinement and moralexcellence,
we nevertheless find time and means TO
import the modes. Homicide is becom-
ing more and more fashionable amuse-
ment in places Of far less renown than
Boston. New York. or Harper's Ferry.
and the well-known pride and gallantry
Of Kentucky. vii! not find, or permit an
excuse, for her being behind her en-
lishtened contemporaries in anything
which tends to advance the mental and
moral advancement Of society.
Without the agreeable excitement
which an occasional murder or insurrec-
ton produces, the communities of this
fast age would settle down into fiat in
sipidity. The cage" Mr.. Editor, is
full of untold wonders 1t has no paral-
lei in history, ancient or modern. Fa-
naticism, treason and murder were
formally stigmatized by the united
voices Of mankind. They are now be-
ing reckoned among the cardinal virtues,
and, friend Era, you may soon have the
satisfaction of recording in your col
umns the current fact that some of the
Northern Institutions Of learning have
seyerally recommended themselves to
the cultivated public by new distinc-
tion-that of Il Professorship Of Fanati-
cism, Treason and Murder Twenty
years ago such an idea would have
startled the literary and moral world
But, assure you, there are mutitudes
in the land who are now ready to sup
port such an innovation as both expedi-
ent and necessary. The old Professor
ships of Latin, Greek, Moral Philosophy.
Oriental Literature, etc., have outlived
their usefulness. The spirited scholars
of our day do not need such dim old
lights by which to plod their way to EN- !.
nence. Had that good modern mariur
who so nobly avenged his own wrongs
IN Kansas and with the godly spirit of a
true reformer, and slew at Harper's
Ferry heather Alrican-had he and
his valiant disciples in arms had the
advantage of one Alma Mater, with the
new Professorship filled by such lumina-
ries as Fred Douglas. Wendal Phillips.
or Beecher, the sword of righteous mur-
der and rebellion, would never have
been 50 isnomini ously broken at Har-
per's Ferry; and the distinguished
friends and sympathisers of the second
Noses would this day be spared the hu-
INITIATING necessity Of quartering on their
shield "Gallows Tree" with their own
effigies kneellng before it in a red field
The past season in Kentucky has
been delightful. The mellow glories of
an unusually protractcd Indian Summer
closes an autumn in whose abundance
the farmer has realized his hopes. The
crops of cane and tobacco were never,
perhaps, finer in this section. But cash
was never scarcer. The money lend
srs are all smiles, and their popularity
exceeds belief. They have found on
his emergency that even a scrivenef
may have hosts Of friends. Indeed i'll,
hey should attempt to shake hands with ,
all who desire that honor, they would {
ind temselves in the dilemma which I
Old Hickory once did at the Capitol,
when he was obliged to substitute his
friend, Major J. Downing to /;
execute the Office in his stead.
Commercial confidence, however, re- i
mains firm, and business of al; kinds q
brisk, with fair prospect of busy ard .
prosperous winter.
The River, the rising and falling of
which seems but little less important to
ne cane and tobacco growers of this ,