Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-05-18
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AYAsKEE, travelling In the plucgross re /.
gion Of Kentucky, writes lengthy letter
to the springfield CLASSY Republican. We
inser, few specimen ideas:
But ifyour reader wish 10 know gomo-
thing OF the claims OF the bluegrass" TO
this title, tell them that their own pariors
are scarcely ilcAtCr or more elegant than
we're toe fields OF Central kcntucky Y In tho
palmy days OF the old systetn OF labor
Tho whole country is a lawn adorned with
stately tIces that secm Co partake Of the
general elegance. 1t is gently undu'ating
Ike the waves OF "a lake. II has "a soil
which tires not. Climate is sparing OF her
harsher moods. Cattle can gralo from jan
uary TO January. Pasture land is worth
sl2o an acre; The prevailing ambition is TO
own all that Joins him. ltseems In many
respects like a hugo lump of England drop
ped down here like an island III the sea
lhero are estates here of hupdrcdA and
thousands OF acrcs OF land, which the worst
or farnfiug can not make ounpruductivo
In fact, nature seon,s TO have spared moth
ing from her abundance In giving this tec-
ton start" But this is not all of the
picture. The river thet fiow bot wecn Ohio
and the State OF which ! am writing m cas-.
ures difference ofnfty years iD the matter
OF progress, aud Kentucky is the behind
state. The old systcm of labor" os they
still paraphraso slavery, choi1cd enter
prise, bapiShed Improvements, fustored
indolonce, forbade railroads, encouraged
and the Bluegrass region Is attractive and
productive, not because of, but notwith.
standing the people.
You cannot shoot new political idea
into the people Of kentucky, nor, indeed
any new idea. They ave not yet abolish.
ed the whipping post: They still, TO
the Yankee that filled the South a dozen
years Ggo. On the doy OF my arrival In
Lexington, the enlightened Press had an
ehsr,rs elaD9rste s,,s editorial sSetng forth that
been. and Is. actuatcd solely by tho most
malignant and implacable hatred OF the
people OF the South. Republicans, or, TO
for tho most ostracised. And think that
nothing but funerals and school houses,
and such radical remedies, will redeem the
State.
On the whole, my early formed oonvic-
ton that The negro has a right Ia himself
was not upset by what ] saw Of him In
Kentucky. Somo of them are dishonest
many of thom are lazy, most of them arc
Ignorant, but didn't discover that these
facts are sufficient TO justify white man In
being something worse than either.
Country Newspapers.
Few people appreciate the value of
the village papers which gather up the
news of county end advocate the in
tercsts of a locality And few under
stand the amount of ability required
to edit such paper where one man
must be editor, publisher, printer,
book keeper, and all. Imagine how
much the intelligence of the couu,ry
would suffer by the blotting out Of
the country papers, which treat the i'm
mediate interests of the people and
thus come into immcniate contact with
their minds.
The true country editor understands
that his paper tliriyes By being inten-
sely local; that il is not by learned ed =
itorials on tariff and income tax, but
by articles in favor OF the new railroad,
Ly descriptions of the new factory. BY
advocacy of the new bridge, that he
must succeed. People look in his col
umns not only for the latest general
news, but for mention ofeyery inter-
estlng fact. of every curious matter of
gossip in his own county. And thus
the paper becomes the reflector of the
current events and the public senti-
ment of his section. Nothing is too
small to be itemized if only it is of in
terest a country editor advertised.
the other day that he would insert a
list of the names of all the people who
had joined the churches in the county
in recent revival. Which showed
that he understood his business. He
proposed TO chronicle every event of
interest occurring in his jurisdiction
Every intelligent family should give
cordial support to the local news
paper. Il is one Of the great educa
tional intluences.-Liearh and Home