The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-25
FROM ARKANSAS
An Interesting Letter from an
Old Resident of Giles.
Gainesville, Ark. Feb'v, s, I87

Gainesville, DIRK, Fe6'y, 6, 1875.
Dear Citizen-HOw glad am to receive
your weekly visits in this far of west
ern country, where, for more than eigh-
teen years l have been separated from
loved ones in old Giles, where the days
Of my childhood and youth, as well as
the first years of my manhood, were so
happily and pleasantly spent! Yes,
your face is like the face of q familiar
friend although you do not look like
you did when L first knew you! In
deed you do not bear the same name,
still ! recognize you as the same old
original papee of Giles County published
at Pulaski.
Your name was changed once, from
forget WHAT to the Pulaski Gazette
while good old father Moore (Rev. Al
bert MOOrel had you in charge. He
gave you not only a new name, but in
PRODUCED you to many new friends, all
of whom and more, hope you cOntin-
ne to visit and make happy. l remem-
Der how he used to bring you round to
Pleasant Hill and other places, on Sat
uTdays before he was to preach his
mastery sermons on Sundays on the
great subject of the Resurrection. /
think 1 saw, some years ago, in the
western Methodist, an account of his
death. Peace to his beloved memory
do not now remember who had you
in charge when You received your pres
ent beautiful and appropriate name.
AT any rate, [ see you have not only
changed your name, but also your ap-
pearance. l think you must be at least
double the size you were when L first
knew you. L suppose you are better
fed. l hope so, for 1 happen to know
that once, perhaps more than once, you
came near being starved out. You
seem now, however, to be doing well.
You speak out as in days of old, for
the rights OF the people, advocating all
that tends to build up the best interest
of the people. | see you were for Gov.
Brown first last and all the time for
United States Senator. | don't wonder
at that. Gov. B. had well earned, and
justly merited that distinction at the
hands of Tennessee. We Tennesseeans,
and there are great many here, read
with great interest the daily kilograms
about that contest. Some are well
pleased at the result, and think Andrew
johnson will make the most faithful
and able Senator Tennessee conld have
selected, | should have been much
pleased to see Gov. B. in that import
ant position.
see also yOu speak well for the
Grange movement. l like that. That
movement is destined to exert a very
happy influence on future legislation
affecting the laboring classes, and
especially farmers. There are a great
many Changers in Arkansas, and here
we feel, that in you, and such as you,
that have the good of the country in
view, we have faithful cO-labOrers, in
the great uprising of the farmers.
shall ever feel that it is a pleasure to
find in your well filed columns any en-
enlargement for this great movement.
Success to it, and to any proper means
to promote it : and finally to elevate the
farmers and labOring classes to their
proper position as the bone and sinew
of society, and the supreme rulers of the
land. II our farmers would attain this
high position, they must act in concert,
live within their means, keep out OF
debt, raise all that can be successfully
cultivated for home consumption, en-
courage home manufacturers, and con-
stantly and persistently demand of our
| lawmakers such legislation as shall
abolish superhuOus offices, and reduce
the salaries and fees of those that are
necessary, and as a consequence lesson
| the burdens of our tax-ridden and OPP
pressed people.
But fear | am making this letter toe
long, but still have said nothing about
Arkansas. l cannot, however, so near
the end OF this letter, undertake a de-
scriptiOn of this great country, or even d
sketch, but will say, we have a country
unsurpassed in all the natural adVantag
es of soil, climate, good water etc, anC
he that invests a few hundred dollars
now, in the exceedingly cheap lands OF
this country, will in very few years
if Congress and President Grant will
! let us alone, reap a large reward. W.
want emigrants, labOring men, to settle
among US, buy themselves homes, cleal
up the forests, and thus aid in develop
| ing the rich resources of this country
and make themselves and families hap
ply comfortable and Independent.
Yours truly, DAVID
let us hear from you again.-Ed.l