The sun., 1878-07-21

tedders gnng ploughs. walking cultivntors. and
I'm fact every improved Implement used any
whore, We SOW clover regularly as tho people
OF the North. and am sure there are more stone
fences In Davidson county than ~ AL New Jcr;
sey Take the central basin OF the State and !
doubt whether any equal area. in the United
States can show 80 many good mncadamizod
roads. We have. too. rs ilno blue grass pas
lures. as good farm buildings. as many CON
venicncos IA can be found anywhere. Our
ploughs are not wooden wedges" nor have
our hoes and spades, OK carts &c. been trans
mlted from the ark. ! VII gnarnntce to take
show as many and better improvements than
are found in any. OF the Northwestern States.
the condition Of things south. Where cotton 4
grown exclusively there IL great poverty, but |
doubt Whether any people in The United states
live better or live ensicr than the people OF the
hest portions of Tennessee. hnve tenants on
my farm that cleared. a!tcr supporting their
workingman do half IA well in New York or
New jersey? Can such profits DO made by bad
farmngf
are much better informed as to the social struc-
turc of the North than the people North are In
reg9rd to S3u'nern so dnHe rNSaS2Gm NrGcpn qi 'ls ms
Visit Northern cities aud places OF public re-
and many young men finish up their collegiate
course ut Northern colleges On the other
hand. no Northern man thinks OF reading ~
Southern paper or Of coming south for any
other purpose than to mike mOncs speak
what know to be truq, that the ignorance Of
the people of the North In regard to the re-
and material-is profound. j am asked the
question noarly every day by letter or othcr-
nersons nloS Coming from the North Whit aucs
ton. This Is all one country, having the
Same laws. civilization, and traditions, We
hre not discovered but united. The South be-
longs to the North anu the North tO the South
The States South are but part and parcel OF
common country. have nevor known n man
frt Ia pDi IA Ia u4s o. t n4
ton. He goes. claiming protection OF the laws
OF his country. relying upon his own merits
Tho whole error Oi the people North lies IN
tho fact that they suppose we are different
people from themselves. that there Is state of
things prevailing AZ the south that does n9t & cN-
st at the North, that We indeed belong to differ
cnt nationnltics. moved by different Impulses
and controlled by different social lnws. such rs
not the ins. and all inicrences bnsed upon
such an idea ara false In fact We would like to
add to our population good men aud women.
but we would not receive with open arms per-
sons who. wanting i'm every social and civil Vr-
tue come to live as barnnclcS upon the people
Of the state. reaping where they sow not, gnd
living by imposing upon the crcdullty oi puhlic
spirited citiZeu- Don't advise such to come.
They will benefit mother themselvrs nor us;
We cannot ailord 10 carry such dead
weights. There IS a class among you
that would do VIII hero. | mean those
Of industrious habits who hayo snyed hereto
fore some ot thcir earnings. hut have been
thrown out of employment 10y the stringcncy OF
the times; such persons could get home mere
such along; w.. need their skill and their labor,
but W. do not care for men who wish To live by
trlckery or by their wits.
You were corrct in saying that good land
could he bought for a. per Rcre. | know OF eX-
celicut bodies ~ unimproved lands nj that price.
aud | know of many highly improved farms
that can he bought at from slu 10 s2O per acre.
These farms will prpdu"c every crop in tho
nltrd states except sugar nni fee. ia iact.
overlap. There is ample room for the develop
mont Of many industries now To- IN" state. The
Hold Is ample and inviting; but for the present
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