Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-17
LETTER FROM = sUB.CREBER
What Mississippi Thinks OF The
Appeal.
The Young Mem ShGuId Harden
fheiE Hands ia Labor.
The Advice OF the Appeal En-
dgrsed by line Planters.

CARsoN's LAyDTNG, BOLIVAR, MISS I
January I3, 1853.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
l nave been reading your excellent ed
itorial in the WEEKLY APPEAL OF the
30Lh OF December, on the subject OF the
cotton crop cf 1865; and, permit me to
say, that l consider your efforts il behalf
Of the Interests Of the planting commu-
pity as worthy Of their deepest respect
and gratitude. Ia your columns vslu-
able items of information have been care
fully noted, and advice given which
tended to the true interest OF every
branch Of industry and enterprise in ali
sections OF the country, but especially to
the South whose cause your paper has so
nobly espoused, bota in the past and
the present. 1t is gratifying also 20
your numerous readers to perceive that
on political questions you never descend
to shat partisan, guerrilla spirit of war
fare which SO shamsfuuy charEcterizes
SONS papers professedly Democratic, but
really most venal and scugTiIous, end be-
meath the notice or patronage OF q peo-
pie who once esteemed the stamp of ma
luye's nobility as the highest patent Of
merit, and ia true republican dignity
and simplicity believes that "an honest
man is the nob.est work Of God.n
From the high estimation in which
your psper is held throughout the
South, I would respectfully sug.
gest that, as formerly, so in the
future you would offer such ugges-
tons aud throw such light on va
Ticus industrial pursuits as might direct
tue enterprise OF our people in proper
channels. The time has come when q
may no longer depend on heredita-
Ty possessions, or rely on what he has,
but what he is. for his future success. l.
Is better TO bravely meet the present
emergency than TO lament the disas ters
Of the past, and il s man is possessed Of
any elements OF true greatness, he will
and hesrken, and toll till COM
petency is gained AID success crowns his
51sris.
Tae misfortune is, Mr.. Editor, that
men, especially our young men, fail to re-
alize how much depends on their clear,
,teajy gsze and theiy eager vigorous
hand. Toll is still odious, aud hard
hands contemplate, and therefore they
'ush to little clerkships and various
0hjte handed professions, rather than
eek to emulate the grand old Romans
the pslmiest days of their republic.
Not that cieTkships and professions are
lot most honorable, but thAt false pride
md pretsntious Incompetence often
make = man mistake his true cdHiaq
Let every man fo'llw his gift in any de-.
'artment of industry. John Sherman
made cobbling honorable franklin
aado printing honorable
a mans a man for a. that"
The experience Of the past year has
that car condition is by no means j
-relrievable. Our river lands have pro-
uced corn a~bundantly, and cotton also I
comparison with other apparently
lore favored localities ; and were the
once up, thrift and enterprise
.Ould come in waste LANDS would be
litivated; large plantations divided +,
Ito parcels 70 suit purchasers the pres :
1t inhabitants, instead Of rushing Off !
summer it ia some place where /
0ney melteI and health Is but question v
lie, would expend this surplus capital
~ditching, and draining, and clearing,
ID Identifying until +" the wilderness -
1uld indeed " blossom as the rose" and
. name "swamp," instead OF suggest
g ehills and jsundiee, would be the q
OF health, wealth and happl- o
50, Il
views and advice on the en- jsot v
holding cotton for a better price, viii, OF
meet with hearty cooperation
the part of planters. If there is a
price than the present to be real
o, it is surely most important that
at cotton remains, after ~liquidRting
.ssing debts, should be held over for IL
highest penny. Many were ruined z
1867 because necessity compelled them IN
sell immediately whereas, if it az