The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-05
WEST OF THE hLLEGHANT NOUN
TATNS, 1907.
LETTER FROM q. W. W.
10 NE Editor Of Mr DaRu Me,os:

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Your correspondent. last summer and autumn
was looking upon the beautifully cultivated Geld
and vinc-clad hils OF dear old Franco-ho had 70
weeks wandered through tho gardens, bouleYards
and picture galleries Of tho charming city OF Paris
! each day developed new interests and now charm
to him. Paris 10 tho Paradise OF Franco, an,
France is the Eden Of the continent of Europe.
feel quite sure there il ITO country In tho worl,
where one can got 30 much real enjoyment for Lii
money as in Franco. To ono fond OF travel ant
gorgeous scenery, Inc will find it in tho little re
public Of swtzerland-here are beautiful lakes aut
fertile valleys, and mountain gorges and oataractt
! 10 crafty tho most romantic. Crossing tho Alps
YOU step into ITALY, tH blue sky and balmy tropical
climate scnlls q thrill into the Southern heart
There is Germany with ts finely cultivated fields
It's busy work shops and grand old Cities crowded
with tho most Industrious and economical pcopIo
in the world. England, with its London and Liver
pool, its Manchester and Birmingham. littlo
1sland-a perfect hive Of busy bees, ia worth a
trip across tho Atlantic to seo. And dear old
Scotland, with its commercial Glasgow and literary
Edinburg, its honest and frugal people, has charms
that fow countries possess. To me, down-troddon
Ireland with ita Paddles and potatoes, it's peat
and it's pigs, was deeply interesting.
But there is q new country, discovered recently
by bold adventurcr--Cn -CnnIsToPHEn CoLuMBus-
called America. After all, therajs but one hmcri-
Gu. There was time when tho ten States now
known aB territories were the Paradise Of Amrri.
ga. Alasl four years of deaolating war and two
years nf political anarchy hive driven the ADAMS
and EyEA from this Eden. Tho kissing serpent
is to ha seen all over this once happy land; tho
very ground seems cursed, and thorus and thistles
arc fast taking tho place of Tho luxurant cotton
anil, ,.;o W kt,s.
to continue until tho ugly family quarrel is set-
tied There will be no solid prosperity ngaiu,
North or South, until tho Union is restored and
irst, equal and uniform government established
throughout tho Statcs. A few months since I left
.Ie 'City by tho Sea-. and making an extensive
tour through the States aud portion Of CANADA.
had never been farther West than Cincinnati,
anIl had not aoen the immense prairies OF this
Western world, or tho mother of watcrs, and was
anxious to visit the valley OF the great Mississippi
From Chicago to 81. Louis you pass through the
centre OF Ilnois, ono Of the finest OF the Western
States On each side OF the Illinois Central railway
as far as the eye eau reach, you broad folds Of
corn, and green pastures, on which hundreds md
thousands Of fat catto arc grazing. Your readers
will be surprised to learn that these rich prario
fields, situated as they III the heart Of conn
Try boasing OF FREQ white labor are cultivated IN
manner that would bo disgrace to the disorgan-
lied freed labor OF the South The majority of the
farmers plsnt their seed, and seem to trust to
Providence to cultivate it. In many Of tho fields
the weeds and grass wore as high as the corn. I
am quite sure the yield Of corn with such slip
shod cultivation will not be one-fourth what
it should be. Tho best cultivated farms
havo seen in my tour were in Tennessee and
Virginia. Generally in the Western States the
land is very imperfectly cultivated. Large barna
and neat farm houses are few and far between
This state of things is produced mainly by the
restlesa spirit of emigration. Nearly every farmer
is ready to sell ont and move farther West As the
tide Of emigration is coming in frop the Pacific it
ia to be hoped our people may soma day have m
abiding place they can call home. II mistake not
the labor Of the West has been as much demoral-
iscd by the that Of the South. Under the old
system We had the best organized labor in tho
IA9 IIAhS99nteas af n Ha be sG
believe, however, that educated men are more in
cned to live by their vita than by the sweat Of
the brow. But here is st. Louis. When have
rested may have something to say OF this great
Western city. @. ", ".