Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-05-16
From Texas.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

llildiitlIiC hOllO Va hSi boS e'i'N
flowers, the chimes of bells in
the distance is borne with sweet
flowing sounds to our ears. All
these spirit us back to child
hoods home in dear old Lincoln.
Those talismanic words! Lin
coin, Tennessee! Will the heart
of thy children ever forget thy
waving meadow lands, grand
old woods, cloud crowned hills,
thy neat thriving villages, and
populous towns, thou county Of
a learned and intellectual pee
pie? Can the motive power of
our being ever pulsate with SO
feeble and languid a force as
not to thrill with pleasure,
though it may be blended with
pain, at the mention of our ma
tive State? Our love for the
once grandly United States
had its ardor dampcned and its
enthusiasm forever extinguished
by war, fraud and political COR
ruption and chicanery, but this
feeling of estrangement has on
lly intensified our love and aug
mented our patriotism for our
mother State. This Union to
which Washington bequeathed
so rich a legacy in his unset
fish patriotism, is in the very
midst Of a chaotic reign, alike
disastrous and paralizing to its
national prosperity, and its pres
tigc abroad. The times are so
critical that it seems as if the
very stones would cry ont for
reform if the people did not
plead for their wrongs to be
rightcd. A party with, "bono
publico" for its creed and prac-
tice, that will rise above self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the corrupt
schemes and rings of to-day,
can restore our ancient conf
! dcnce. But / have wandered
far from my primary subject,
and perhaps from the natural
groove of woman's pen, and
you are thinking "Oat Of your
sphere. Woman has no bust
ness with politics." Granted.
Neither do we desire other con-
nection than We already possess,
infinitely preferring to he the
sheep than the shepherd, or to
puzzle our brain over some in
ricatc pattern of crochet-or
to be employed at the more nee
essary, but less poetical bust
ness of sewing OH buttons, or di-
recting our energies, talents and
genius if epossessit, to thought
and action in our own we'll de-
fined province.
Texas, the land Of our adop-
ton, has surely the elements
Of future greatness. Her agri-
cultural resources are inexhaus-
tible, coal fields that will be- of
no mean dimensions, climate
health inspiring, and society of.
ten composed of the flower and
pride Of Tennessee, Virginia,
and all Of the older States. Nc
where does hospitality spread
her snowy wings more sponta-
neously or generosity be more
magnanimous in its bcstowal.
Though we love our mother
State and wish her all prospect
ty, yet we would welcome all
true and respected citizens from
there who would seek a home
with u.s.. The annual marriage
statistics of Tennessee declare
that Cupid still twangs his bow
amid her roseate bowers, and
brings his willing victims, gar
landed, to hymen's altar. All of
these must have homes, and as
Tennessee's superficial area
cannot increase without en-
croaching on her contiguous
States, out Of the necessity of
the case, emigration must be the
result. Where are cities that
will give better employment
than Texas? or a greater diver
Isity Of soils for the agricultu-
rist, hortieulturist and florist:
And to the children of genius
she furnishes ample matcria.
for their fantastic and corruscant
minds. ECHO.
* On Saturday, the 18th,
the Sunday Schools and Odd