Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-12
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Mr.. Dake's book, which the rssder has
no doubt sen frequently mentioned IL
the newspapers Of late, atETsGts greater
attention by way Of it, contrast IL spirit
| snd character 20 that Of Mr.. Dixon, who
/ esue 10 tbis country about the same
ZINE Ehe idea of visiting al tie EGG
lish apeRkiuE countries, and classifying
the observations thereon under the com
prs hsrsive tile Of =" Greater BritaiD,p Il
uuqGe, if It is couceiied. The task,
vhich rnusj be Fegsrde.i IS enormous,
has beeu grossly simpifisd by the su
E1haT's p &a of writing about thosa things
winch struck him as most novel or note
worthy, thus bringing 3 measureless
work within the conpsss Of an ordinary
volume Mr.. Dixie, SO sn English az
thor writing on America and American
cu7tans, deserves the credit that can 0e
So rarely bestowed, OF being frsnk in his
remarks. and Usually Just il his cnd-
cisms. Tasso latter, Ike al criticisms
must have been made from an individual
standpoint, -nG cannot, therefore. please
5li Tead5rs; but the spirit Of friendliness
/ is rscogniz .bie In SH O' them, and the
gsutlem&a's caud0r viii 5e gratefully ap-
. :
/ offended by the British prejudice With
which most Eegash writer's have re-
/ gardei this ecu try.
The toak is divided into two volumes;
/ fiFe hrs5 treaiDg o. the United Ststes and
f. Territories, aud the islaads; the second
/ m Australia and the IBgles. It Is with
/ gae f5st volume, aud 'hst part OF lt
! wE,ca sussks OF the U1ited States, that
/ cur readers are most Interested 70 whom
/ So Hill give a few extracts, without spe
cisl regard 20 c1HusctiOn. Tne book is
very handsomely printed on tinted pa
/ per, illustrated and well bound.
Nr. D Dlke's travels IN the South led
/ him 30 this conclusion After ali, the
! SJUihsra p auters are not The South"
( which for p0Iilic5l purposes, L composed
I Of the mean wbite5n Of the Irish Ct
] tire towns, and If the SOU hwestern msD,
/ MisscuIieas, : sGjuckians, and Texans.
/ il rce.y anti EaTthzru, without being 10
[ sentiment Uh=t We should Csli Southern,
] certainly Iot representatives. OF the
I S5ui haFn chiTsiry. The mean 8hitEs,n
/ ur % poor trssh, ," ere the whites who are
IOt planters, members Of the slavSh0ld-
I ing race who h5ye never held slave,
white plen iCCk down upon ny the ne
grGes. /. is q necessary result OF the
desrotic government Of one race by an
ether, ttat poor members Of the dOmi-
E2Dt people are universally tespised
the " destitute Eur PeaEs y OF BON bsy,
the 80 Wri5a lOafers" o. the Punjsub, are
tzmiiisr instances Toe Sluth-
eru planters were gentlemen, possessed
uf many efist0Cra-ic virtues, along with
every arist0c5alis vice; but 20 each
plsat5r tLeTe we're nine mean whites,
who, though grossly igCoTant, full Of in
science. given TO the Use Of the knife and
p st0l UPON the slightest provCcauOn, /
were until the election Of Lincoln ID the /
Presidency, as completely the rulers Of
America - tB6y were asterward the /
IeaCers Of the rebellion.
Tine worst Of the evils that must inev- 4
I5abIv grow out o tHe 81 lden enanclps- I
zion uf millions of slaves have not shown 4
{. ems. Ives cs ySF, IL consequence Il the (
great amount Of work thai has 10 be 4
dols in the cities Of the South, iu repair /
ing the ruin caused during the war by (
ire and the want OF care, and in b1ild- 4
iaN PLACES - tUsiness fer Northern cap
ifalisrs. F4e negroes Of Virginia and /
North Carolina have ti)cEs8 down to I
the towns snd forts by the thousands, /
and mad IN Norfo (, Richmond, VIII /
mIuEJoH. and Fort Monroe, employment /
for the moment TEen absenCs from the /
p.snJstiObs mskes iabor dear up the /
country, aud this ia Itself tempts the ne /
gross whO remain on hand to work /
srI5tig for Wa-es. Seven dollars = |
tluf5jB-Rt the fsge e.usi 20 one pound, (
ai board and lUdgiug-FeFe being [
paid 10 heid hands on the corn and TO- 4
uacco farms near + chmOUd. Its when |
the city works sEs over that the pres /
sure VIII come, ard it Will probably enc |
~ tas blacks largely pushing n0rthWsTd, /
a frTgr O. % ~al
vice st New York AMI Boston, ss they 1
have doue ia Philadelphia and st. Louis. /
Already the negroes are beginning to |
ask for land, end they complain loudly /
that none Of the cCnti2c2teG lands have 4
been ess!E1sG 90 them 4" Ef ygr dun I
gib Us de land, reckon &c ole ~ sssas III T.
sJaG s nigg abs was tbs plain, strsight- 1
forward summary Of the negro view Of /
the negro question, given me by white /
headed " U.d uncle in Richmond, snd 1
bacEad oy every man within hearing 10 1
q chorus Of Raps tEne, fOP sure - bIt I /
found, up the cOugtry, that the planters /
are efraid 20 let the negroes own or farm |
for themselves the smallest plat OF land, 4
for fear they should sell ten times as |
much as they grew, stealing their /
CROP from the graineries OF their en-
ploy5rs
Toe singular wideness Of western /.
thought, always yarging o1 eXtTsvA-
ganc5, Is trsCesb,e to the width Cf western
and Tue In msnsity OF tue continent
produces & kind OF iGt0Xic2tiOn, there Is
moral dram drinking in the eOutempls-
ton OF ths lnsp. No Fourth OF Iuly
Grafton can come up to the plain facts
cOntsined Ia the Land Com ID issioners'
reports The public domain consists of
1909 CO0, 600 Uf scrss there are 200 600
square miles Of coal lands In the country,
ten tImes IS much as ia all the remain
ing g0F q. ia the Western territories,
not yet States, there is land enough to
bssr, a the Eag!ish population rate,
$50 000 600 Of human beirgs.
l. l. strsnee 10 sea how the Western
country dWoris the Eastern States. But
f,,io is called > Western city: vet from
New York 10 Buff,lo is only $50 miles
and Buffalo is bat 100 20 the west OF the
most eastern point 10 all the United
States. On the ether hand, from BGf
f8l0 We can g 2500 miles estwsrd With
out quitting tie Uulted States. The
West is eigat times ~ large IS the At
lsntc 81 2, and viii soon be eight times
as strong.
II any attempt is made 20 save the In
disus, 10 must be worked cut Ia the Est.
erH States. Hitherto the whites have
tul k1sAcaA IaCh tES 4uuiAlS westward /
if they would rescue the remnant from
starvation, they must bring them East,
away from WESTERN Elen and Western
hunting grounds, and let iaem intermin-
gle with the whites, living, farming
with them intermsrTying, il possible.
The hunting Indian is too costly 3 beiug
for our age but we must remember that
ours is the blame for having failed to
teach him to be something better.
Year by year tae towns grow more in
tenssly itisb, elresdy, Of every four
births in Boston, one only is American.
There are 10000 Of foreign to 30 coo na.
tive voters il New York and Brooklyn.
Montreal and r chmOnd are fast becom
ing Crlticj phia-shades Of
Peon can only be saved hy the aid Of (
the BavaFisns. Saxon Protestsntism is
departing with the Saxons; the revenues
of the Empire State are speEt Bpon
Catholic ssylums; plots Of city lar d are
sold at nominal rates for the sites of
Catholic cathedrRls, by the "cify step ,
fathers So they ere called Not even
ia the West does the Latin church gain .
ground more rapidly than in New York
city. Tbsys are so coo protesting Catho.
lies in Bosom.
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