Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-24
He that Steals my Purse Steals Trash,

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EDITORS LEDGER: l confess TO not
only surprise, but chagrin, when on open
ing my always eagerly-looked for LEDGER
my eye fell on such hearty welcome
and wholesale Endorsement of Mr.. Ever
tits speech on "Direct Trade" Not
that / do not heartily approve of the mea-
sure, noF that ! disbeleve direct trade
with Europe will do all that he claims,
and that the half was not told in that
speech, but because if the ideas promul-
gated in the within extract had been
acted upon (perhaps it has) years ago,
when it was agitated and urged by every
argument that close study and perfect
knowledge of the rHipops manner of
doing business In Memphis, and strong,
never tagging hope of bringing the peo-
pie to the stage they now seem to have ar
rivedat, by our (then) young and talented
fellow-citizen, Maj. Jos. Barbiere, who,
true to the instincts ofreal genius, when he
found neither his voice nor the oft-repeat-
ed calls from the press (Col. Galloway
always furthering his attempts at saving
his adopted city and the surrounding
country from what is now, as he pre-
dicted, pretty nearly fixed fact-being
devoured by sharks, whose capacious and
never to be satisfied maws are as much
to be dreaded as their namsake on the
high sea- could avail to arouse our torpid
or disbelieving merchants and capitalists
to q realization of their crying needs ]
when none, In comparison to the hum
dreds who should have done so, hardly
listened to his project for their CONNER
cial salvation, much less extended help
ing hand; our hero flor the mountains OF
difficulty he oyercame assuredly secure
to him the title) accomplished a journey
to Europe at his own expense, visiting
Liverpool, London, Marseilles, Paris,
Belgium, and the various manufactures,
procuring samples therefrom. He was
honored with an interview with King
Leopold - His Majesty, as well as
the merchants and manufacturers, being
deeply impressed with the feasibility and
pecuniary advantages of the scheme oil
direct trade-as set forth by its Father,
vide Avalanche, October 1867; that he
granted to him his first interview on
business with private American citizen,
dined by the Duke de Brabant, The pres
ent King of Belgium-feted and APP
plauded, his speeches and ideas pub
| lished by the Chamber Of Commerce, In
ternational Society, ETC., etc. He re-
turned full of hope, having loaded a shiI
for Macon, Georgia, in company with
Howell Cobb, who accompanied him tc
Europe as delegate from his State, and
who, while Major Barbiere did the talking
and work, enjoyed pleasant tour, at thu
expense Of his State, and received on hi
| return, warm COuktaNuAodSHS ~ e'aN $50
cess Of the direct trade movements be-
sides the more substantial proof o
$4,000 as his remuneration. BE, ricl
man, did not need it. Our younI
friend had spent all he could raise on
of his business; came home, to en-
deavor still, to awaken in the minds o
his people an appreciation Of his stu
peudous effort, and the consummatioI
thus far, and while wearing his brain 4
effect that, TO begin anew TO make sup
port for his family. Strange apathy
Verify, a prophet hath no honor in hi
own country. So ended the drst chap
ter.
War with all its horrors follewed, an
then Peacei Major B., returning 70 hi
arduous duties, imprisonment, ETC, vitl
delicate family TO support, looks'
around, and thought, III, beside my lsbo
for the support Of my lOved one'
! can, BY trimming The midnight LAM
draw on ny brain and knovledg