Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-26
MEMPHIS ABROAD.
The Evil Effects Of Sensation
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EDrroRs LEDGER: Under the caption
Of Monthly Gossip" in the July mum.
Der of Lippincotfs Magazine, published
in Philadelphia, appears the following; :;
Some capitalists are already engaged
10 developing the mineral wealth of Ten.
nessee, and others are inquiring for
localities that will afford them good in
vestment. The mild climate of that
State and its productive soil, the latter
to be obtained at reasonable rates, have
proved attractive to many Northern
farmers. A brief reference to Mr.. Her
man Bokum's I" Handbook of Tennes-
see' at the Farmers Club in the city Of
New York, and notice of 1t in one Of
the papers, caused considerableinquiry );
and we are informed by the author that
one copy of his work has been the means
Of sending thirty families into the State
Of Tennessee also that emigrants are
directing their steps thither from no less
than fourteen of the Northern States.
The way is also opening for European
Captain Plumacher, representing two
respectable Swiss societies, is now en-
gagged in an examination of Middle Ten
nessee. II certain facilities which he
deems necessary are extended to him, he
may be the means of settling thousands
of German and Swiss families in Tennes
see. The liberal policy pursued by that
State with regard to its railroads has
been greatly conducive 10 these pro-
gressive movements Beds of minerals
which, till lately, have been useless have
now acquired considerable importance,
and lands which have lain idle are being
converted into productive fields. These
changes for the better are mainly in East
Tennessee and portion Of Middle Ten
nesee, whose staple productions are
wheat and corn in the Western portion
Of that large State society is still some
what disorganized, and il is said that
some persons are leaving Memphis and
its vicinity for the Far West. -.t ~ -,
Why is West Tennessee represented as
disorganized p Why is Memphis
spoken Of as declining? These questions
must have some answer. There must be
some cause for the widespread calum-
niss lately appearing in Northern jour
mails and magazines. What is itf Well,
the foolishness of people at home. The
unsuspecting nature of Conservatives
has led them into indscretions, which
have been greedily taken hold Of by Rad
ioals and manufactured into vicious
movements." A single person in this
city, with view Of burlesquing Grant
and Butler, under the highsounding but
ludicrous titles of Past Grand Giant
and "Great Cyclops," published in
newspapers few "orders" to the myth
ical "Clan" of the Cuckoos" Instead
Of using the English term for his " birds
Of two notes. be Attemus Ward lied a
Greek word siguifying "cackle = into
!" Ku-Klux," which, if properly inter
preted, would mean Geese Takers"
Aud this is the great foundation upon
which oil the Northern Radical daihes,
sensation illustrated weeklies, and poor
prosy monthlies base their ISLANDERS upon
West Tennessee What an amount Of
penetration there must be in the Yankee
mind to see aught but geese talk" in
these so-called orders |" What world
Of terrific meaning and blood-shed there
is in the sentence: Meet in the dark
cave when the briniIe cat mewsT T. 0rin
this: ARISE from your graves when the
bloody moon goes dOwn-the Great Cy-
olops eallsi" And to make these words
more terrible. the printer placed after
them line or two of dsggers, double
dAerers aud "6stsf" After this. &c
Titus Oates would say, "execrable plaat,"
every one viii CRY. with old Dominic
Sampson, "p-r-odi-g-io-u-si' BotJsck
Campbelfs game stopped the "Orders"
Az soon as their author saw their evil
consequences be ceased talking goose"
and no stimulaBt in that line is left the
Radicals save the Rsv-Head and Bloody
Bones stories Of ignorant and hesrtless
correspoudenis, Who must say something
sensational 70 Be taken notice Of in these
God forsaken times. II would Indeed have
been better for Memphis II our conssrv-