American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-27
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.


{ is, away down here towards the 3
ropicS! You must have Il snow !
storm in progress up in the neigh
Dorhood of Canton. No wonder that
the people from your country are
going to Honduras. | wouldi.'O. be ,
if the next cable dispatch
brought us the news that our friends L
a,rdy doacn there are having lively
time skating. What Is the matter
with the weather Yesterday was
a summer da%, uncomforIabl.r warm;
to day VIC are translated backward !
to mid winter.
By the bye, yesterday was the na-
tai day Of Washington, and in the |
days of other years WAS halIowed to
the American people almost as a
Sabbath, not more sacred to the
Northern than the Solthern people. |
But with both alike, now, it is al
most forgotten. There was sort OF
Isl ky effort at military display, by
sour soldiers stationed here, yes
terday. The stars aud stripes were
unfurled from the different head
quarters, and a few popinjays, with
epaulettes, sashcs and swords, charg
ed around, y gang Of Africans and
few idle boys following in the wake.
That very respectable association,
the Turner'S" paraded in full, no;
so much in honor Of the day, as a
part Of the ceremony of inaHeurating
the splendid new hall with which
their liberaIity has adorned the Ores
cent City.
Tomorrow, at 5 P. NJ, a vessel
sails from this port to Belize, Hon
durasy and among the passengers
registered for the trip I recognize
some old friends from Madison, en-
route TO the Canaan of the South.
My old friend, Rev. L. Pearce, wio-I
you know very well, has been pow
erful lever in behalf Of this HondC-
ras emigration enterpriS. / fad IA
great many are going thither because
of the good accounts Bro. Pearce y
gives of the country. l have thought
that the money required to defray
the expenses Of emigration, and tie
support properly any ordinary
sized family in Honduras for one
ear, would be a pretty fair start
for any one 10 enter upon some bus
mess mere, HuIon1 nr'ru-, =, --------'
friends, that would, in the end,
prove as remunerative as the pros.
pect augurs in Honduras. But
am neither prophet nor descended
from one, and, therefore, can not
forcsre the future. My best wishes
attend friends who have gone away
from us. Upon this Subject of en-
/, igration it would be well for us tc
cOnsider. Take II careful survey OF
all that is involved in it, What is
to be gained by it? What is to bt
lost by the move? Is the soil richer
! than the alluvial lands of MiSSisSip
pi and Louisiana? Or, taken gene
rally, is it more fertile than the ave
rage uplandS Of the Southern States
Is iie4climate more saiubrious ant
i, healthIul? Is society better? |.
|, living cheaper? Are the burden,
Of government lighter? Upon al
I these points, to say the least, there
is ii diversity of sentiment and it il
an experiment with every one who
goes hence to that country. | saw
5 my Old friend Rev. II. Copeland
here some weeks ago, bound fo
Honduras. To day l met, anotEe
q preacher from Madison, Rev. n. b
e Young, who, to my surprise, told M
| that lie would be Oft tomorrow
| Wei, it has b@aa characteristic o
Methodist preachers to be close Oh
\ the track of the first settler" In
p deed it is almost impossible to &c
away from they, andit may be tina
. Prov idence is opening the way foI
S ,me Of these self-sacrifcing men II
f operate more ff1c'ualIy for the g0ot
e c,ulSe in which they have hithcrt,
perillcd everything. But they cai
C 4taiHly have no better ground t
I hope Tor support i'll their ministerial
: vocation in Honduras than here, il
:; their own land. And as | am writ
> ing about preachers, 1t occurs to III,
!. that there is the widest field 70
missionary effort now, in the South
h that has ever been opened to thi
: great enterprise. However men ma,
be inclined to ignore the fact, i
Il never was more important at an.
J. former period in the history Of thi
: country that the colorcd population
: should be thoroughly chrstianized
o If the churches and the ministry o
@ the South do not hced the voice 0
o the times on this subject, Northern
i fanaticism will take possession co&'
i pletely oS the Ergro-soul, mind an,
i body.
s Wen, have said good deal NOR
=. about emigration and preachers thai
i | intended when "scatcd myself,
t to write This, my third episilo.
= may conclude on the former suul ct
, by SAYING Chat the ca.orrd portion
! Of our legislature are opposed t
/ administrations" if it means to en-
< courage people 10 come to TINS conn
i try. Last week, "palr.tlcrd
member proposed .'joiut standin;
committc" on immigration" \ yer.
deeply Go!orcd member arose in Iii
, place aud protest, Il earnestly agaius