The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-07-10
Loisering in London.

don 70 the Courier-J ournal under date
Of May 3lst, makes the following PAL
pable hits:
I take it for granted that, writing In
-tlis rsndola- way, you don'tRant of me
either any news or opinions upon cur
rent events. The only event of impor-
tance that has happened since our party
got over q wonder if they did do it in
honor Of our arrival, leastwise, 1t occur
red the very day after , was the change
OF administration in France. Strange
to say neither McAGahon nor Theirs has
thought it worth his while to eommuni-
cate(Yith any Of u.s. and therefore, hu-
militating as the confession is, I must
own that know no more than other
people. just one guess and viii drop
the sabjeet. The republic II France is
a success. Gambetta is the winning
horse for the long run. He is the com
ing man. The faction fight that is go
ing on among the menarchists viii in
the end prove fatal to them. There is
no Napoleon-of eourage and genius to
take the lead. The march of repubIi-
canism is forward Gambetta has
brains and daring, and, more than this,
he represents the natural aspirations of
the present age, the present generation
of Frenchmen, and, if he lives, he is
sure to win. France a republic, Spain
a republic (and CASTELAR, is as great a
man as Gambetta,) what nextP No man
is a prophet, but any man of ordinary
capacity can see that republicanis1n is
fixture in Europe. The United States
is at this moment the greatest influence,
and, in many respects, the greatest pow
or in the world. II there be any discon-
tented American citizen, northo south,
who regrets the circumstance, let him
come over here; let him see the VII
famous class distinctions which every
where manifest themselves; let him
conceive the viIlainous prescriptions,
political, social and individual, which
they denote; let him compare the most
abjeet phase Of life in America with the
every day forms, customs and phases of
3ifein this country, and then, as an hon
est, Ged-fearing man, let him go home
if he dares, and say he is not proud of
his nationality, proud of its place among
the nations. proud of its institutions,
With al their shortcomings and imper-
fecsions; proud Of its gloryana prestige
and grateful to its nag, because, in the
midst of expressions which, In a free
Hand like England, are accepted as the
common-places of life by intelligent
people. it can throw over him it's folds,
making him to gil intents and purposes,
what Mr.. Gladstone, their own prime
minister, is not, the equal Of my neigh
bon, the Marquis of Westminster. and
my little friend over the way, the Duke
of Devonshire. say, as a man who
respects the English people, who be-
heyes them to be the best governed peo-
pie in Europe, and who comedies them
to. be the most lovable in the world,
that, with all their advantages over Us
in peint of precedence and culture,
they are less happy in their situation,
in their natural spirit, in their institutes,
in their habits, customs and ideas, con-
sidered politically, than we are; and,
revering their antiquities, and rejoicing
in their literature, declare that I would
rather be, what I am, an obscure ex-con-
federates out of power and out of favor
at home, nay, citizen of Louisiana,
than be wellto-do citizen of London,
living under the shadow of Mr.. Burke's
coeval towers, and of that constitution
which is 50 girt and fenced in by limi-
tating statutes as to deny affair man a
fair chance in his own country. 1t is
the sheerest CANNON to talk about En-
glish free 7onl. The only freedom they
have in England is begot by fear in the
upper classes, in the cabinet, in the
parliament. Though more agreeably
enslaved, the people are as much en-
shaved as. the. people of Poland; en-
slasea to preiudices. predictions and
conventions, which their masters have
fastened into laws The ball of revolu-
ton, successfully set going in Spain and
France, will presently come this way
and then you may look for Lord Ma
caulay's Australasian sitting among the
ruins of st. zPaul's, for of all the cities
of the world, as Blueher first suggested,
Lendon is the one city that seems to
have been meant by God and nature for
sack. and pilIage, fire and sword, the
civilized tomahawk and the scientific
torch.
.Bnt I desist I spar you. began
to sing a song shout the pleasant things,
the fine ladies and the gay places, the
solid mansions, and the roast beef,
touching upon the young Lady of Clos
ter, and our old acquaintance, the Itch
borne claimant, and not meaning to fall
into-a sermon on government. I dare
say you have had enough for one sit
ing. AtalI events, IwilI end abruptly
by promising il nny next to give you a
more particular account of the frivoli-
ties end follies Of the metropolis.
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL CoTToN Mnh
IN SoUTH CARoLrNA.-SouthC Carolina
is srejoieing over her FIRST successful cot
! tNf4 tAGlSLs Inc atill4l was bLttENea early
in 1872, and dnring the latter eight
months of the year earned over 13 per
cent. on the capital invested. Z" For
the first quarter Of 1873, !" says the SUI
perintendent, 81 have made careful
estimates and state without doubt that
we shall pay the interest on money
borrowed and make for the three
months not less than 8 per. cent. on our
capital. We have labored under disad-
vantages for the want of working cash
capital. Hence, I do not recommend
any dividend; but if no unforeseen mis-
fortune overtakes us I think we can
-commence a-qusrteriy dividend in July
of y per cent, and continue at that IN
Ill We realize oommercial capital ade-
quate for our requirements. During
the year there have been erected IN our
village sixteen houses, of all kinds.
Oug inhahitants have increased, and the