Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-23
MEMPHIS APPEAL
SATURDAY. :: OCTOBER %, 1875.
TEXAS And TENNEssEE.

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The Texas fever has broken out Ia
Virginia. Many young men Of the old
commonwealth, deluded with the hope
OF lettering their condition, purpose to
emigrate to Texas. The Lynchburg
RepuJ,icdn in 8 long article, exposes
the folly Of q change, and gives the fol-
lowing extract from Texas letter:
We have not made bread IN this county 70
do " more than three months Ihe co.oon
crop Is very sorry. Many 81 as IA TINS secslo i7
will not make corn enough 70 az - ..h,4t
Christmas and not cotton enough 70 otly via.
We are obliged 10 live on II Is the hsiNos'
times / ever saw, and the worst Is not ye'
In commenting on the mania Tor re-
moving to Texas the Republican says:
"Now is there any portion Of virginia
which presents such gloomy picture
Is this? Almost every farmer In this
State has wheat or corn, tobacco or cot
ton, cattle or horses, for sale, and there
Is no prospect Of suffering In any part
Of the State. And yet there are men
who talk of moving to Texas from this
State with the hope Of finding easier
times and lettering their condition
There Is no better country in the United
States than Virginia, and the crops, one
year with another, average as well as
anywhere else. There has been 40 total
failure any year within the recollection
Of the present geperation, but as q gen.
eral rule the soil has yielded ample
crops for the subsistence of the pOpuls-
ton. The climate is mild ana
equable, and not subject to the extremes
OF heat as found in the south, and OF
cold as experienced in the north and
northwest. The country Is healthy, and
In different localities we have soil
adapted to the growth Of cotton, tobae-
co. grass, and all the cereals that grow
in more northern and southern ATTITUDES.
The facilities for travel and traDsporta-
ton of freight to and from markets are
good, and our public schools afford as
good opportunities for the education OF
children IS can be found in any State OF
the Union. Moreover, society is as good
as can be found elsewhere, and the taxes
assessed for State and county purposes
are lower than any other southern State,
and far less than in any Of the north
western States. In addition to all this,
Virginia is an excellent fruit cOun-
try, from which source thou
sands of dollars are realized every
year. Why is II, then, that
with such field for the acquisition of
ali the comforts Of life and of wealth,
aud for the enjoyment Of health and the
pleasures OF refined society, any one
should think OF emigrsting from this
State to Texas? We confess that It is
mystery to us, and can only be account
ed for by referring it to that almost uni
verssl discomfort and desire for change
that seems implanted in the mind Of
almost every man." The same reasons
apply with equal force to the young men
Of Tennessee who propose hunting new
homes. Fortwelve months the APPEAL
has occupied the position Of our Lynch
burg cotempOrsry, and has uniformly
and earnestly urged the discontinued to
stay at home. In the dream Of youth
ful enthusiasm, young men picture
an Eldorado in distant lands. To
them there ia something excit'
ing and romantic in becoming
adventurous waits upon the world,
searching for new homes among
strangers. But their expectations are
seldom realized. They are forced to
buffet rude and unknown hsTiships,
and in sadness and sorrow yearn to
stand once again in the shadow Of Vir-
ginia's mountains, or 10 repOse forever
in the loving bosom Of dear cid Tonnes
see. Time does not conquer this feel
ing. 1t only inspires an attachment for
the old home which the new one can
never subdue, and the result is many
come flocking back, content to spend
the remainder Of their days in the land
OF their birth or the home Of their youth.
There are many Tennesseans in Texas,
and we understand from q friend who
has Just returned from that State that
when they meet together they spend
their time in dwelling upon the superb
ority Of Tennessee to all other States.
Some grow eloquent in painting the
health, the beauty and grandeur of East
Tennessee; others hold up Middle Ten
nesses as 8 paradise, the Eden of Amer
lea; others are volube in describing the
productive soil of the teeming western
counties, whose borders are washed by
the msjestic Mississippi river, while all
are agreed in rehesrsing the traditions
and the story Of the great State,
which they hold up as a model.
The idea of removing from
such State is an sbsurdity, and we are
rel 1iced to know that FOR the future
Tennessee is to lose but few Of her
old citizens, and is to gain new acces-
sions to her population. The people Of
the northern and western States are dis
cussing the superior advantages Of Ten
nessee. They have discovered that
whether they be farmers, mechanics,
miners or manufacturers, they will find
here 8 soil to cultivate that yields rich
Iemunerative crops, work to do for
which good wages are paid, mines to
develop that promise wealth to the OPP
orator, aud thousands Of opportunities
for profitable investments in msnufac-
lures. To abandon such State IS Ten
nessee, at time when she is emerging
from the dark clouds Of gloom into the
sunlight Of prosperity, is an insane folly
which we sre grstifed to know no one
now proposes to commit.
THE death Of Mr.. Frederick Hudson,
fnrnnar nnar o nirc. editor Of the Nnru