Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-25

| a luULCT anu gentleman, he IS most
entertaining companion TO while awsy
su evening with, in the recital Of adven-
| lures by flood aud field, and in recsliiDg
tie early history Of the State and OF
times now passed away. May he live
many years in the confidence and re-
spect OF the people, whojus ly esteem him
as one Of their Oldest and best citizens.
Judge Ray Adjourned h's court yester-
day until Monday next. NJ.
Avenues OF Labor.
EDITORS APPEAL-What the south
needs at the present timC-what she
must have, in fact, to insure her peace
and prosperity on anything like per-
manent basiC-is, beyond all things, be-
| You'd considerations of political ma
tUre as much as the burying Of war diff
! feTences with the north, which time and
mutual interest will eventually settle,
more than great crops Of cotton and
COrn-abOve all these constituents OF
| happy future, are new avenues OF labor.
Before the war these avenues were not
necessary to her well-being. Now she
must have them or die. 1t is indispensa-
| ble to the health OF the body that each
lulsatiOn Of the heart should send the
nOurishing blood into every artery.
/ Livery avenue Ilu5L NC bll1llf CNC4J FCiI
must be free to receive the Interviewing
huid. Throttle but one single artery,
! close but q single avenue, and the effect
| cannot fail to make itself felt over the
whole frame. Such is the constitution
OF the body of the State. The avenues
Of trade, Of commercial traffic, must
be kept open and free from i'm
! pcdiment, or commercial ruin follows.
| The whole Union, but especially the
south, is to-day in a state Of peculiar
| danger. There are thousands calling for
work, for labor which will enable them
| to earn an honest living. They do not
| beg bread-pride prohibits th8t-but they
seek avenues of labor in which their
time, talents and skill may be employed
| for ifs production. AGO to the country,
take the plough, and earn support"
says the farmer. "The great fault Of the
times is the Iaziness Of white men, who
would rather starve in the purlieus Of q
city than live comfortably in the coun-
try" 1.-THE negro does well enough; if
the white man did as well the country
would soon be on the high road to for
tune.u Such are the dOgmatic utter
ances to which we have all listened so
many times, They are, strange to say,
more often than not, made by men who
are honest in their convictions Of right,
yet who cannot help being influenced
by certain prejudices, born Of their edu-
cation and habits Of life, to make asser-
tiOns unauthorized by facts. It is cer-
tainly not our purpose to cast any slur
upon what We, in common with all
thinking men, consider the nOblest of
all csllings. Agriculture, the oldest and
most honorable of mans pursuits, Occu-
pies the first and most honOTed position
in the present age. 1t feeds, it clothes
the world, whether civilized or uncivil-
lied. But now, to show how dOgmatiC
is the idea that the class Of which we
speak should seek in agriculture the en-
ployment now denied them in other
avocations: In the first place, though
the ignorant may not be aware Of the
fact, agriculture Is a science, and also al
aTt-an art which requires the study and
practice of years before even moderate
success can be reached. The common
notion has been that whatever else he
may fail in, any Liam cG1 l1G ke living
farming. The pas ten years have
brought out more correct ideas on the
subject, and sho-n it TO be surround.
ed by ldifficU'tiCs as embarrassing
and as. hard to be surmOunted |
as those which environ any other bust |
ness. 1t is impossible, then, that those |
men of whom we sneak, educated as en-
gineers, workers IN iron, carpenters,
masOns, and all the numerous trades |
which employ the inhabitants of cities, |
should be suddenly told, "There is no |
more work for you to do! Go to the |
country and cultivate the soil. Any
BODY with health and strength can sue
ceeu there.n A most fatal fallacy, as
thousands fiud, who, perhaps, forced by |
stern necessity, have given up the Occu- |
patton with which they were familiar, |
to embark in one OF which they have no |
practical knowledge. 1t will not do, |
tLen, to put the hoe and the plOW into |
hands that can far more successfully use
the trOwel, the hammer aid the saw. |
There is a false political economy in |
sacrificing the claims Of one branch of |
human industry for the benefit of an
other. Agriculture, then, with all IFS |
varied interests, can well be left |
in the hands of those whose eX-
per!ence and practical acquaintance |
with it will insure the largest returns. |
What shall be done, then, with that |
large and important class who make /
their living by the mechanic arts? How
shall invention and discovery, the great |
adjuncts of these arts, find market for
their wares? For, just as sure as the |
product of these mems labor does not re-
ceive fair and certain CONDENSATION, just
so sure do invention and discovery cease
their efforts. Who will build steam
boats when their construction will not
pay the Woodworking men who drove
the nails and joined the timbers. 4 for
tori, who will employ his mind |
80 in, IL -
running them when such is the case?
1t Is the same with other industries.
The mechanic arts are Of equal import
ance with agriculture. They must be
with equal zeal and earnest
ness. To cur mind the greatest and
most important problem ever offered for
in the United States is, how to
employ the thousands Of mechanics
now out of work. To this question, in
It's hight and depth, our Legislators,
State and national, should give wise and
careful consideration. 1t is worthy the
of governors and presidents,
for upon it may hang the future veal Or
woe, not alone Of the south, but Of the
north also. Like a mighty Samson,
when shOrn of his strength, the LAT orer
may be tempted with returning power
to pull down the entire temple Of gov
about our ears. Idleness is Sn
lnmiigated curse, Of and i'll itself, but
y hen idlenC IS is enforced, and brings
with il want of common necesSaries of
life, which men would gladly earn, were
offered, can it be wondered
BIT il men become despairing, enviCus
and communistic in their idees. Nap0-
leon BOnap8rte was perhaps more
thoroughly acquainted with the neCes-
sites of human nature than any mon
arch who ever sat upon 8 throne. His
whole legisi RtiOn tended to keep France
IN constant employment, and cOnse-
Iuently in a sCate Of content. bis
nephew, Napoleon III, held his throne
Dy pursuing the same policy, as the pub
ic works erected by French WOrkmen
the kingdom testify. What
he country needs, then, is new avenues
If labor in which the idle thou
sands ell over the south may be
utilized. The mechanic arts, with
abundance of skillful labOreTs clamOTing
or work, are like the channel OF the
river. The mighty river is J
crowded to repletion with turbulent
waters; q thousand streams are pouring
heir ribute into its channel; II has but
me single outlet; what is necessary 10
)rder to prevent the dreadful calamity
# an overflow, which in two hours may
curry millions Of dollars - the gulf? {
What but new avenues Of escape for its
waters? This is the only solution: now
md for the future. The same course
must be pursued with the mass of men
Who are Just now teginping to beseech I
abor at the hands OF capital. Let but l
he great stream Of capital divide itself
md flow off into the sea Of commerce
II countless hslne's; give abundance