Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-22
ALABAMA.
Letter from Huntsville.

HUNTSVILLE, ALA, August Is, 1865
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Arriving here late last night with that
jovial and entertaining fellow-trayeler,
Col. Jno. p. Pryor, Of LaGrange, we were
most politely received, and Jared most
sumptuously at the DOnegsn Hotel, kept
| by those very accommodating gentle
men, Messrs. Holden & King.
Arising very early this morning / be-
| held for the first time 1.-THE great King of
Day" burst in golden splendor upon the
verdant hills and messy wales of the
great State of Alabama; and viewing
from distance these lofty cliffs that lift
their messy peaks almost TO the grandeur
Of mountains, covered with majestic
trees, and clothed with Competing OF the
Richest verdure, we look upon this lovely
city lying at its base, situated upon q
beautiful level, with emotions of the sub
lime.
The streets are maesdamized, laid of
in good taste, and are Kept clean and
neat. In the center of town stands the
Courthouse, q magnificent edifice, and
near it is a most wonderful and valuable
spring, which supplies nearly the whole
city with splendid water, conveyed
through pipes. The houses generally are
well and permanently built; the citizens
courteous and social. / have just had
the pleasure of meeting with Mr.. Dew,
associate editor of the Independent, who
informs me that the crops of this region
are very hattering, and Democratic in
terests flourishing. The people are in
good spirits, and are marching onward to
that glorious future which shall cuimin-
ate in the election of Seymour and Blair,
with the dawning OF the best, brightest
and happiest days this sunny Southern
land ever witnessed.
In travelling through North Alabama
was struck with the beauty Of the coun-
try, the splendid farms lying so very
level, and the fine residences and every
thing 50 Hastily arranged and the crops
50 clean ana the farming in such work
manliBe order. And while l do not
agree with the many who advise the ex-
elusive cultivation of grain, leaving out
the raising of cotton only so far as is
necessary for home consumption, yet l
am fully impressed with the opinion that
10 view OF the many disadvantages for
raising cotton at present, and the many
arguments against cuitivating il in the
South under the present existing circum-
stances, and more especially ia view of
the fact that North Alabama is not
adapted to the growth of cotton, she
ought to turn these fertile fields and
beautiful lands into the cultivation of
breadstuffs. But let old Mississippi still
raise her cotton Her people have been
raised and educated TO II. Her climate
and soil, her geographical position and
her everything Sre so peculiarly adapted
TO the growth Of that staple, thSt it can
be raised better and cheaper there than
any thing else. And We 10 not hesitate
TO say that cotton 1CHL be raised there.
II SOUtherners cannot or DO not raise It
with negroes, they or somebody else,
with some other labOT, will raise il. For
cotton must be raised, and nowhere else
are there so many favorable ciTcum-
stances and great advantages so happily
combined for raising cotton. And II viii
be raised. A system of labor must OF
necessity be organized. The relative
prices OF things viii he made to CORES
pond, and circumstances will adapt them
selves to each other so that il viii be
profitable TO raise cotton there.
What has been said OF raising cotton
in Mississippi may almost equally apply
to many other portions Of the Southern
States, and to those portions we would
say, first, raise enough grain and bread
stu1fs for home consumption, and then
C1>CA OH JOAA anu III
raising cotton. Times will change. We
have been going through y long and ter !
rible ordeal. Ire great crisis is not yet |
passed. 1t is Fastening away. Finan- |
cial and agricultural affairs will not be /
always IS they now are, and there is |
already a tremendous revolution of poll /
teal affairs going on. The results of |
these mighty upheavals will totally, |
thoroughly. radically and effspfraliv /
change the whole aspect OF affairs here. |
And already do We near the clarion-ring |
Jf Democratic freedom through hill ana |
dale, even from New highlands rock /
bound coast 10 the sun-scOrcned plains of /
Texas. We have but TO be firm, and to |
be vIgilant. Eternal vigilance Is the
price Of liberty" Let Us think calmly
and act promptly, and beyond the great
waters, dyed with blood and sarging
With commotion, there's q peacsfuI sill
yer stream that will bear our bark 10 a
bright and glorious haven.
OCTANIUS.