Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-13
Letter from VaIhermosa SPRINGS.
VALHERMosA SPRINGS, ALA,
T,,f- 1890

SPRINGS, Ala,
July 9, 1869.
Editors appeal: l am addressing
YOU this morning on purpose to make
a public TecantatiOn. During the
Memphis and Montgomery Conven-
ton, out of mistaken charity for a race
now among us, I opposed the intro
duction of Coolies, Chinese and other
races into our country. Achange has
come Owe me, and [ am now in the
same fix as the old maid who was
PRAYING for a husband under a tree,
and who mistoOk the cry of the night
owl, "to-hoO! to-hOOp' for a special
answer to her prayer, and replied, ito
anybody, good LOrd!" L now make
the same admission in regard to inn
migrants we are DESTROYS of obtaining
on farms, and like the old maid, / am
willing to take anybOdy-Chinese,
Tartar, HindOstanese, Mongul, Ben
galese and every other race that will
work and aid us in Il material deYel-
Opment. The fact is, / want to be
emaucipated from the iron rule of the
SciDii African who now lord it over
us in such a grand style. Since my
retreat into the shades of private life,
| have been trying TO keep a hotel
with some of the scionS of that noble
race, but l have almost given it up IN
despair. Every two or three days the
whole establishment is reduced to
chaos by the resignation or desertion
of some of my domestic staff, between
whom there seems to exist the most
bitter quarrRIs and ~animOsities, which
end frequently ia 2 regular war OF the
"black and yellow FsSes." The cook
who considers himself the grand dig
nitarV of the establishment, draws tae
butcher-kpife upon the hOstler; the
chambermaid threatens to annihilate
the WaSherwOmaI, and the dining
room servants are at daggers' points
from morn till night. When these
mutual skirmishes cease, all their bat
teries are suddenly directed against
the unfortunate landlord, and when
he opens his mouth and whispers
words of peace, they are considered
an insult towards the noble freedmen,
who tell him TO dry up, and give him
plainly to understand that they have
him completely in their power. You
go to bed in fear and trembling, not
knowing whether You will have any
breakfast, and dreading THAI y0g may
have to cook your own dinner. Sc,
pray, Mr.. APPEAL, send us a regiment
of Chinese, as we are prepared to re-
ceive them, rats and all.
We have a small number of invaiids
here, suffering from rheumatism and
dyspepsia mostly, and nearly all are
improving, as the iodine sulphur seems
10 act as a specific for those diseases.
Col. Crandall, of immigration noto-
riety, is here, and is quite a favorite
amongst the visitors, as he contributes
much to their enjoyment by his lively
conversation and genial manners.
| have no political news whatever.
We have lots Of candidates for Con-
gressional honOrs, but our people are
so busy with their crops that nobody
turns out at their appointments, and
their speeches waste their sweetness
upon themselves only. We have had
seasonable rains, and the prospects for
corn and cotton never we're better.
The wheat crop has been q complete
success, and cheaper -four will be the
consequence. We have nc peaches,
but plenty of apples in our mountain
region. The irrepressible blackberry
is all right also, and can be found in
every old field and by every wayside.
l wish | possessed n witch's broom
stick to whisk you out of your hot
sanctum into the cool shades of Val
hermOsa, which l would do in the
twinkling of an eye. G.