The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-08
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!. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
! Editors Dispatch: We saw In fine Dis.
patch few; N 6s. back AN extract from an
article published in Hd'perSS lonthty
Maqazine for May relative 10 the Eastern
Shore peninsula, and especially OF North
! ampton. county.h We have since read the
i whole article inthe Magazine, and feel SO
! outraged by the falsehoods,. riisrepre>enta-
tioias, and general caricature' has made OF
MS, that we would deigniust q word .in.re-
! ,ply.s We knew that Harpers'E Nagdzine
was a .tirstElassi literary periodical, and
lhad thought previous to this article
that 1T was n reliable magazine also.
| although we were aware that 1T was alto
gether sectional in its sentimetts;. but we
end I bat, this, also, like great many other
northern Journals, has s.canght the feVcr''
| OF misrepresenting aud classifying the truth
| In regard to- each ;and every part OF the
sunny South, no matter ii it happens to be
| all Isolated small county'like our own, COM
posed OF atcommunity who mind their. otcr,
business ind let other .foies' atone. We
| remember having seen the correspondent
who wrote the aforementioned article
when be v-ls here OH bis htour OF obser-
vations.H and we can explain exactly
why it is that-he has given us the mean
and miserable character which he has.
We have always had the reputation OF be-
ing ctGpnish, which is true, and of which we
glory; and because we always look upon
these northern traclps, be they news-deal:
ers, seissors-ginders, artists, or what; not,
with suspiciOn' and aversion, and a5iN no!
admit them to our society, this fellow gets
offended, and retaliates by Writingia scandal
lous article-at least it is not far short CT
scandaous. He has represented as rs being
poor, ignorant, oullandisD set. behind the
times, without culture, and scarce civilized. !
He has given character to our whole COM
-munity 10y delineating few '1poor whites y
with whom we suppose he was compelled
to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gentlemen not will
ing ia: keep. com PAM" with unknown Yam
kee sojouruers, they having learned whist
irving to abe cireful to entertain stra1 gers "
that some have entertained raScals una
wares. But of those who entertained him,
we except our Eastvlle County clerk, MI.
F.; this gentleman, being an especial
| ly, hospitabie, social, and kind-hearted
man. endeayored to help the fellow
along. but how is he treated He is
| portrayed as rough, unlettered, uncul-
tured man-all OF which is untrue. Mr..
F. is an Intelligent man, a lawyer of
good reputation. aud we'll fitted to The office
w
we think he has attempted to demean Mr..
F. only because he is one OF our promi-
nent men. He again meets with Mason, the
stage driver, u remarkably poor and ieno-
rant fellow, and be is made q representative
character. HesinterweaYeS the trip he. made
Ito Hog Island-an almost unknown lump
Eof sand in the ocean, inhabited by q few
fishermen-With bis general story, and
the impression is thus attempted to
be made that we are little better than |
fishermen and islanders OF the rougber sort.
He divides US into several classes-the most |
exalted OF which arethose who ride in gigs,
Ithey being PRINCES. Untrue IN toto. There
are 'as many, Il not more. carriages in
Northampton county, we venture to say.
than nany other country place Of equal size
in:thhs United States. II every man: here
who possessed, a gis was q prince, there
county Of four, thousand white, in
habitants to-, govern the: world apd!I
the miserable 1iey about the. people goias
barefoot is confuted by the fact that their
own Yankee, neighbors are, putting forth
strong ,eXert!0ns. in canYassinr not, .onlyiI
the shoe trade,, which.-is very urge for 60
small seclioh, but. OF every line of mer-!
chandise, and sch more goods here, than I'M
any other piece Of country its. size, in the
Union: He has an Illustration Of county,
road through q cedar swamp which we defyjI
any human being living to find. ! In fact,
his, whole article Is q false statement oil
facts and. misrepresentation OF theI
truth. For want OF space we cannot
enter into particulars in reference to
our country and our community. Suf-
ice tito say. that the people here are as a
general thing an! honest, industrious, INTEL
Ellgeni, cultured, 1igh-toned people, and re-
sent the articie'In Rdrper'S us a base SLAM
I der. Cur country is one OF the best the sun
shines upon; our productions are equal ia (
amountsto that OF any country its size--wel
scarcely except any; the reputation our
community has for business thrift and h0n-j
est dealngis flrsf-class, and the intelligence
aud reSpectability: of our citizens is nota
questioned. And whilst we do not court
Immigration, and are In ourselves in-
! dependents not wanting any additions
| from abroad, fearing no damage from any 4
quarter by anything our enemies may say, 4
still we do not like TO be misrcpresented to5
the world IN, the way Harper has done. wei
would be obliged, to Frank Leslie il he
would send, q correspondent through curl
country who would carry back correct
report of US, and publish true statementa
OF things, as he. always has the reputation
OF doing. We think we could promise him1
enough subscribers TO bis paper to pay him
we'll fer such an undertaking. HarperssI
stock; weiare sure, will fall TO zero.
.5..ft ess:f THURBER.
Bay pie,o, Northampton county, "a,
May 8, isS799. i Il: z
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