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and idlcncss, and if that WIS all that wc
had to bear from these slandcrcrs their
envious shafts might 90 Kissing by,
without note or comment from me. But
when large and elite audiences IN our
Capital cncoura e these things with their
presence, and the leading Journals otthc'
city enjoy these maleyolent talsehoods
20 much as to give them favorable com
ment, expressing wish that ten thous-
and Tennessecans could have heard
them, my patience gives way in the eH-
c,amatiOn that heads this article,
Only few weeks ago trruFe by Tho
name Of Mayo, from Boston, gave Na'h'
vile a splendid treat Of polite insult in
"A lecture 10 the good people Of that city,
and thankcd the Legislature ior the Hsa
OF the hall and to- opportunity given
him to show Ncw Englaad superiority
over Tennessee. While SouthcTn dupcs
toa!; lis impudoncc Cor learning and his
c1ron;cry Tor consc'ouscNccllonry, He
seemed to feel happy that he could so
we'll contrast Massachusetts with Ten
ncssce in education and wealth, in re-
fiucmcnt taste and Improvement, He
said that if VIC were educated like the
people of Massachusetts we never would
have any more war to dcsoIatc Our be
nightcd country-in 50 many words
telling US that our ignorance broug hi On
us our poverty and the war Of 1861.
And this is what the Nashville Amcri-
can wished that ten thouaand Tcnncs-
sceans could have heard. Ii is II matter
Of history that Sew England owes all
she has to the bounty OF partial and
sectional government
Now, | will say, without contradic,
ton from the vericst political Ounce III
Tie country, that if all the money paid
to these New England States by the
people Of the South and West, under
protective policy, was refunded to thl'
oppressed land, we would be the riches
people on the globe, and New EngIan,
the poorest And but for the scciona
policy of misguided government, Ties,
truths would to-day be as potent as any
political axiom Of the age. But it il
not the part Of this article to speak o
government policy; We are hopclcssly
gone to doom there. But as long as
retain my manhood | will rccoil whcr
irodlcn upon, and spurn the insults o
a bigotcd slandcrcr. Now, Mr.. Editor
| further say chat while make no pro
lcssion to be II wcIl.cducatcd man, yet
must declare, in justice to my own PEG
pie, chat have never seen Il wcll-edu
Gated man from New England, cxccp
teachers, and a very small per cent o
them are educated beyond the rudi
mcnts Of English education. As 70
scientific culture, whereby they bccom
better men, with IibcraIand enlightened
views, shallow draughts ut the Pierial
fonts have only intoxicated their brains
and when they look round upon ethel
dim horizon bounded by span" the!
think they see the end Of the world
Except as above mentioned, there il no
wcll-cducated Yankee Of my acquaint
ancc in the State Of Tennessee. ! have
many acquaintance among these people
i, and hope have many friends among
them; but among them know of non,
whoa are so bigotcd and blind as to pre-
tend to thorough or liberal cducation
We have enough ofthcm amongst us &
Judge for ourselves. In talking to d
Yankee preacher and teacher one time
in reply to the above statement he SAID
that WAS 80, but that their best men dio
not come to this country. asked him
then, what rank he bore in society 4
preacher and teacher ought to be of the
best material. He was startled. told
him that | thought myself as good rs
any man in any country, and ! hoped
that ! would always retain my self
respect to think so; and that many
Northern gentlemen down here would
not thank him for the remark.
wish | could have been one Of the
"tcn thousand to hear this Mayo--nol
to follow him with plaudits and praise
but to be able to do justice to his false
hoods and sophistry. was glad to
know that there was ut least one learned
man who could not be duped by the
Bostiny prctcndcr. O, that we had IN
Elliott in every county in the State !!
Then this tidal wave of bigotrv and
calumny would find Il greater Canutc
to bid it stop and recoil upon its own
icy shores, and it would do their bid
ding.
Those who know me know that |
make no profession of thorough educa,