The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-02-22
ROY AGAIN

Issue OF the New Era, over the monde
plane, Of Raymond, and headed
North Christian" which has excited
some comment from few OF the good
people whom he so graphically and
extensively represented. II IL ncces-
sary at ti'hes,that men lay aside all
finer feelings Of self respect, crush
|idewnlpride, and isquabblc. with things
small and uncleaa. s, We pass BY
with supreme contempt, things, Of a
personal nature, Contained in the
Article, but cannot refrain from saying
! word III defense ofNorth Christian.
Raymond charges the people Of that
section withign0rance, with savageness
and with mJral degradation. sd In
attempting to'detend this prople, with,
it is not necessary that we.should enter
upon any encomium on North
Christian No eulogy that we could
frame. could in any way, impress oti or
sections more forciblyI with the homes by
Integrity, aud great hearted generosity
of her people. They stand as living
monuments OF truth, of manliness, OF
hospitality, sand intelligence; lhone>t
listed, horny handed nlp, who Jan
hold the plow to earn an honest dollar
and lie down at pightatoa sweet and
calm repose, y He (Raymondt lslso
refers to '.femalf dsgradati0p'r
North Christian, ,scorns the inputatiou,
and idefeS him to prove it. 4 No purer.
tfuera nobler women breathe the air or
make homa happy with the light Of
sunshine and joy than the glandly
beautiful women ofthc hills and 1ival-
'leys of Tralewater and Pondnvcr.
No women love their homes, their
children, their country, aud their God
more than they; There is not 4 cot
tage or a hut. around which cling the
ivyan | the honey suckletraincd by wo
mans hand, and watered' from tie
ripping brook, there is not a howeled
.yulegiorlsunny slope; a dancing rill
or, frowning forest, but what won ID
,laugh TO scorn such an idea Ray
mond" must have been mad. or else
dreaming. Or maybe his mind ran
back over the brief journey from his
own native home, to.this muchnhatcd
and anaihematsed spot, and the great
amount Of knowledge gained, by the
short journey. and stored away Tor
future reference, and swelled nightly
with his own importance. He forget
that he has beeii' receiving from this
people the estaiI Of life, chewing Itheif
meat and munching their bread; as
wellgas grinding their sausage and
cranucirng their cabbage. for at least
three years.
We know Raymond. have bccn
mistaken in him We thought him
too noble too "sharp" to dehouncc a
place in which is his own home. rh.
place where herlays his carcass at
night and gets his grub when the
horn blows; the country over which
he chases the squirrel and The raccoon,
and which contains the tow heads
over which he draws tho rcins Of gov
ernment. AT any rate If he wants to
show his talents, let him draw on a
different theme. Ii you can't blow
up yonr neighborhood,, don't elbow
it down" that's our motto. We hope
we are understood. We don't mean
to censnre anybody. but simply to cor.
rect mistakes. We want ii under
stood that we believe in North Chris,
tian. We believe in her great true
hearted men "who are horn States
men," In her noble, p, re women, in
her moonshinc wbiskey, id her sweet
faced girls and in her muddy roails.
There is not anook or crannylpt
what is dear to us. not a hill or a river
but what we love. And the man who
would delameI her is an enemy to all
creation. an enemy to himself and his
mephi,ic scribblings should be put
down while the multitude cry,
"Thcn lay on Nc Dutr
And damcd to hc who nrst cries enough"
adi acpigG iiiJ ssi Roy,