Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-07

ing of Almighty God, n the cOnSlC'
crate judgment Of mankind Amer
and amen.
At the conclusion OF the discourse
which was eagerly listened to by an i'm
meuse audience, a Hymn of Liberty
was sung. prayers offered, ~benedictioI
pronounced, and service ended.
TRUE PEOGREsS.
Whilst we desire TO see the resources O
the South developed, and its dependence
on the North for everything that human
Iabour manufactures, in a great measure
cease, and its own labOUr and energies
be in part applied to other objects tb&'
those OF agriculture, there are still many
respects in which we are not anxious C
see it rival the North. We long since
ceased to regard the growth of great cities,
a teeming population, a vast commerce,
great accommodations of wealth, railroads
penetrating every neighborhOod, or the
rapid increase Of manufsctories-much
in short, of what it is the fashion to style
4" progress and development" Is
unerring indices Of the prosperity Of q
State. In those respects We are willing
! for the North to excel Us. We are viii
ling that the emigration from foreign
| countries should dow into and fill up
the Northern States, and little Of il
/ find its way within u borders.
We desire to see no New Yorks in the
South. We doubt whether the people OF
Virginia, for example, were not more
truly prosperous fifty years ago, because
more contented, simpler in their habits,
with fewer wants, and more happy, than
they were when the Civil War begun.
Then they bad little 70 do with the
whirl and uproar of the great world.
Remote from the great marts Of com
merce, and having little communication
with the great centres of political power,
they lived independently and happily at
home On their farms and plantations ;
knew but little about that species Of
gambling which is now called specs
ton, and had little desire for the fruit Of
Sodom called poWer.
Once we desired to see the South en-
bark extensively in manufacturing. but
we desire II DO longer. We wish it could
spin and weave into the most generally
useful fabrics enough OF the cotton it
raises, to supply its own wants, and no
more.
The independence and self-reliance Of
the farmer are the sole guarantees Of re
publican liberty. It viii never be pre-
served by the motley poI ulatious Of
cities and of manufacturing towns, de-
pendent upon and su~bservient to their
employers. Nor do WI desire to see
great cities grow up along our s~es-board;
and we rejoice not that the railroad
brings whole States within a DAYS
journey of great capitals. Proximity to
cities, increased facility and cheapness
Of access to them, bring the young within
reach Of their vices breed distaste for
home-life in the country draw them
into the vortex Of politics; fsmiliarize
them with the tricks, dishonesties, end
,orruptions Of faction, and multiply the
temptations to abandon q rural life of
honest industry, such as their fathers
and to seek to live without labor, by
~precarious salary of office, AID sub
'ervience to party, or the genteel pau
1erism Of a profession.
Great cities swarm with great vices.
if they stood alone, independent Of
he country, would soon fall into anar-
or take refuge from its manifold
wis by accepting the despotism that
.uarantees order and protection TO prop
An immense emigration from
broad brings with itself foreign habits
I thought, and is destructive of the an
lent customs aud manners Of our fore
1t will be wiser and better for
be South, II it a regain its state be- +
pre- the war, to remain so, content with (
3 fortunes, aud not DESTROYS of that g
lateral progress that contains within q
self 50 little Of the elements Of real !
appiness aud comfortable, quiet con-
and so many Of the seeds Of gen. ]
raj want and vice. =,
And here again statistics give ne LITTLE .
formation as 10 the genuine prosperity :
tho people; or, at least, the data that a
ear testimony Of that prosperity are not a
lose ordinarily relied upon. To tell rs
y a laborious array Of figures how MANY q,
lousand yards Of different fabrics are =
anually manufactured at Manchester a
I'd Lowell, gives US little information ss 4
the prosperity Of the operatives there. n
'e would much rather know how many n
.rds per snnum Of that which thew i
anufscture, they can. Aemseyues afford
0ear. Ireland Is a standing proof Of n
e fact that the amount of agricultural O
oductiou and exports Of a country is no M
It Of the prosperity or comfort Of Its P.
ople. We could the better Judge OF ee
II We knew how much of what j
~ produce they can afford to consume
e magnitude Of the imports Of a r
is often proof Of debt and ex il
.vagance alone. Great fortunes in the m
nds Of a few are Unerring evidences Of
oeadesee and distress on the part OF Ie,
many and suPerabundance Of pop. he
tion inevitably makes labor the slave Or
10
wish that We could always have
NAMED strangers to the hideous gamb- th
g Of the stock-exchange, the great vii DO
lies Of speculation, the -raseaIities OF IA,
.ures and assignments for the benefit pl,
creditors to fraudulent trusts, and to 10
swindling and escToqiserie Of banks,
t have so famiIiarized our people with 30
dishonesty and knavery, as shat a I
II liDeaments have slmost ceased 70 Ea
,e repulsiye, and that in connection Of