Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-10
CARLYLE ON TIE MCGEE.

The following is an extract from Car
lyle's article, for which the New York
Tribune paid S1000:
BY far the noblsst result Of swarmery
in these times Is that OF the late Ameri-
can war; with settlement of the Niger
question for result. Essentially the mig
ger question was one of the smallest !;
and in itself did not much concern man.
kind in the present time Of struggles and
hurries. One always rather likes the
nigger-evidentiy poor blOckhead with
coed dispositions, affections, attach
ments-wi5h a turn for nigger melodies
and the like; he is the only savage Of all
the colored races that doesn't die out on
sight of the white man; but can actually
live beside him, and work and increase
and be merry. The Almighty Maker
has appointed him to be a servant. I'm
der penalty of heavens curse, neither
party 10 his pre-appointment shall neg
lect or misdo his duties therein; and it is
certain Though as yet widely unknown
stewardship on the nOmadic principle, at
the rate of SO many shillings per day,
cannot he other than misdOne.
Stewardship, like all solid contracts be-
tween meu-like wedlock itself, which
was once uOmadic enough, temporary
enough must become a contract of per-
mauency, not easy to dissolve, but diff
cult extremely-a contract for lite,n if
you can imagine (which you cannot,
without many wise laws and regulations,
and q great deal of earnest thought and
experienced, will evidently be the best Of
all And this was already the nigger's
essential position. Mischief, irregulari-
ties, injustices did probably abound be-
tween nigger and Buckra; tut the pOis-
onous taproot of all mischief, and impOs-
sibility Of fairness, humanity or we'll
doing in the contract, never had been
there, or all else the remedy was easy
in comparison vitality important to
every Just man concerned in It; and, un
der ali distractions which, in the Amer
lean case, begirt with frantic abolition
lists. % fire bresthings ike the old chinera
were immensel was gradually getting
Itself done. To me individually the Mig
gers case was not the most pressing in |
the world, but among the least so |
America, however, had got into swarm /
cry upon il not Americas blame either, !
but in great part ours and that in the 4
nonsense we sent over to them), and felt I
that in the heavens or the earth there 4
was nothing 50 gOd.like or incomparably I
pressing to be done. Their energy, their .
valor, their etc, etc, were worthy of the |
stock they sprahg from and now, poor 1
fellows, done il is, with q witness. A .
continent of the earth has been sub
merged, for certain years, by deluges rs
from pit of he'll halt million some
say whole million, but surely they ex-
Of excellent white men, full Of
gifts and faculty, have slit one another
into hOrrid death, into temporary hu-
NOR, which will leave centuries of re-
mem mbrance, fierce enough and 3, 900, 600
blacks, men and brothers, (of sort, are
"emancipsted ~ launched
into the career of likely
to be improved off the face of the
earth " in generation or two
More TO be Dreaded than worms.
The Shreveport South Western says
We have nothing faVOrable from any
quarter To notice of the cotton crop. As
we stated last week, the worm has made
Z clean sweep of the weed, leav-
ng from one-third to one-halfI
If crop, which, with favora-
Die weather, may be saved. The
above the raft, more particularly
hat portion which trades with Jeffer-
ion, is suffering severely from the raw
ages Of the worm, but we will venture to
iay jefferson will receive as much cot
on this year as she did last. Our
planters. at the first appearance of
he worm, were sOrely alarmed to
zee the prospects of full crop whit
led down from One-hslf 20 two-thirds,
lut as it became apparent that they
you'd save at least One.third they got
lravely over it, and if man wants to
ret good thrashing on short notice, Just {
ct him say worm to them. The only
drawback now is the laziness Of the
reedmen and their penehant for politi- !
,sl meetings. We have more to dread
rom this than from the caterpillar.