Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-03
LETTERS EROM THE PEOPLE.
Tssaessssaas Ia GsIsrads-Ths EsRphls
Colony to Green City,
An Apology for Hon. Iaoob Thsmps0h's
Speech lHdsrsIng the Negro.
TENNEssREANs III ooLoRApo.

| Editors AppeaL-On or about the 10th Of
February last, the site of Green City Was
/ located about seventy-hys miles from
Denver, on the South Platte river. The
pioneers we're Tennesssesns, stout of
heart and inspired by the presence of one
of the gentler sex, who brsved the storms
and the winds that first beset them with
all the heroic endurance Of Joan of Arc,
"Ohl woman, in thine hour of ease.
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
But when misfortunes cloud the brow.
A ministering angel thou"
Arriving upon the scene, q beautiful
vista indeed presented itself In the snow
clad vsstness Of the prairies, the grandeur
Of the mountains, In the distance, and
the shining river" hard by, flowing on,
on, in its unceasing ripple-lsughter, for
sVer. The little band were weary, al
though the picturesque surroundings
possessed for them 3 cheering effect,
and relieved their dampened sBirits
They had travelled, and were sOrely in
need of rest-of "quiet natures sweet
restorer, balmy sleep" But, alssl like
one who dreams of greatness and aWalzss
to the stern reality OF ordinary life, they
were disappointed, If they INDUCED any
such expectation. There was not q house
upon the ground, not one in sight,
and, like the Wandering Jew, they had
Nothing dsunted, however, and ere the
Obscursd sun had retired to the chamber
Of night, they had imprOVised - local
hsbitatiOn and q name " in the shape Of .
" "dug-Out," or hOle-in-the-gr +" COW
cred with poles and straw, not altogether
unlike prairis-dOg architecture. Present.
" night threw her sable mantle over the
scene, and the pioneer colonists, retiring
to their humble beds Of straw spread upon
the ground, gratefully threw themselves
into the "arms of Murphy" and slept
their first sleep in Green City.
Refreshed by repOse, they aWOke in the
morning, betOOk themselves to their sew
eral duties, and commenced the "goOd
WOrk' in earnest Of building up q new
home upon the sO-cslled Great American
Desert, tar away from the scenes Of ten
derer years. Green City can now boast
nine residences Including two tents), /
three business houses, and g corral. The
colony have cultivated, for their mutual
benefit, about two hundred acres Of as
fine land as there is in the territory. The
crop Of wheat, oats, vegetables, etc, is in
q ftOurishing condition, and a large yield |
is anticipated. An irrigating ditch has
been commenced, from which the crop |
will be Wstered. When completed It !
Will be a valuable piece Of prop
erty, and will, doubtless, eventually pRV
a handsome dividend to the stockholders, /
composed Of the e)lOnisgs, who assist in |
its construction. I will not expatiate |
upon the many advantages that Colorado |
offers, with which both you and your |
readers have, ere this, been made fami- |
liar. 1 will merely remark that the eli !
mate is pure, dry and heslthful; the SOIL |
when irrigsble, good; the scenery mag
nihcent, and the people, as a class, hon |
est, industrious, sober and generous. |
Wild game is plentiful; ducks and geese
IN hla -Sw = -TN-
antelope and buffalo on the plains. In
disns appear to be scarce in this vicinity, |
despite statement to the contrary; |
though we believe they are expected to |
pay US their respects sometime during the |
season. We are prepared for them, and, |
should they honor US with their presence, |
will give them the " best we have in the |
shop" There is 3 peculiar feature about |
Colorado, and that is scarcity Of Wo-
menl 1t is the sntipodes of Utah. |
Let US have more women, and we viii |
have better men. The very sight Of some |
OF our Tennessee girls, just about this |
time, would be an tneEpressible treat to /
the boys.
Sweet as the desert fountain wave,
To lips Just cooled in time to save"
I don't mean to infer that their pres
ence Is required to Obviste the perniciOus /
habit indicated. Not at all. believe the |
DOys mere, without an exception, are g 4
sober set, and if they were not from in 1
they would have to be, owing 4
to pecunisry inability to procure the /
nectar" Some Of them haven't seen a /
smile" since they left Tennessee, and ]
among the number are lUs. Some prom Il
ised their 'julsrkies" they would 4
smile" no more, and have /
kept their promises like men.
through all the trying vicissitudes Of |
frontier life, which, like the shirt Of
Nessus, inspires restlessness.
- Here Is my hand for my true constaugv.
And when that hour o 'srsJeps me In the day,
Wherein sigh not, dearest, for thy sake,
The next ensuing hour, some foul mischsnce
Forments me- for my loves fOrgetfulness"
AS it is fashionable always to discuss
politics, will "put in " a word or two
on the subject, by way of variety. The
OF the citizens Of this Territory
ought TO be, if they are not, opposed to
its admission as a State. They would be
burdened with all the expense OF q
State Government, and made vic
Tins of the sWindling schemes Of
political tricksters, msneuverinR for Con-
gress and other " fat Offices Snug places
at the expense Of the people. Nevada has
q population Of but little more than forty
thousand, and the expense Of her State
government IS crushing the people. Col
OradO has net more thar half the number /
Of inhabitants required under the appOr-
siOnment bill as the ratio OF representation
in Congress, and it caps the climax - Of
Radical impudence to demand that it
shall be put upon the same footing in the
Senate with States numbering millions, |
As for our part, we say: Not for JOeln
JOE +. AYRES.