The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-12

wonderful family are we-and who has
better right to say so than /, who in the
course OIL brief life have seen the quaint
let OF all these processes OF evolution. But
this is not all. The refuse Of theseed after
this oleaginous property is extracted, Is
converted into fertilizer better than phos-
pilates or guano, and furnishing withal,
even with its hulls, most nutricious food
Tor cattle; while it gives fuel, also, to the
furnace that makes the steam that propels
the machinery that does all these marvel
GUS things, while the very ashes that are
ieit are thrown upon your garden beds
with other admixtures as a fair fertilizer OF
llsell. But this is not all. The
very roots OF this gossipium herb
acium, to call il by its botanic
and more pretentious name, is one of the
treasures OF the matera medca. 1t has
putt up more mammoth fortunes than all
the gold mines OF America or Australia, or
all the silver and diamond mines OF Brazil
or San Luis Potos. There is scarcely
| gold coin on earth, whether stamped with
the image and superscription Of Caesar Au-
gustus or the eagle of America, that has
not AT some period Of its mnted life repre-
sentel the cotton plant as its equivalent
in value. There is scarcely bill OF eX-
change floating on the commerce OF the
world that is not beholden in some form
or degree to this monarch OF tho mart. l
am sometimes called king. | am not
| proud OF the title, and discaim it, | de-
spise ali sorts OF aristocracy except that OF
! intellect and honest industry. hate all
that soft of nobility that is made OF men,
but honor that which comes OF God. am
rather slave than king, and would not
exchange my regalia OF subserviency to the
wants OF man for all the kiugly diadems
on earth. This is my patent OF no.
bility, and | have right TO be
proud OF it-whcther | shelter the bosom
of queen or the limbs of beggur The
best aristOcrat and the true nobeman is
he who, with good motive, does most in
his day and generation TO aggrandize his
country and his kind. In one OF those
sage conversations between the King OF
the giants and CULVER, in which the latter
was descanting upon the Improvements in
the art OF war and means of destroying
human life, which had been obtained in
England, the King was struck with horror
at the description OF the artillery and other
engines OF death, and gave il as his de-
libemte opinion that whoever could make
two ears OF corn or two blades OF grass TO
grow upon spot Of ground where only
one grew before, would deserve better OF
mankind and do more essential service 10
his country than the whole race OF poll
ticians put together | believe the King
of the giants was right, and this is the
only sort Of arstocracy i claim for my
house. We wear but one crest and that
is the cotton plant in full iruitage-hetlcr
and brighter than all the false and Elusive
| blnZonrV OF the heralds' college.
~ person well known on both sides OF
the sea was David Copperfeld, Esq, of
blessed memory. He undertakes 10 tell
OF his birth az Thunderstorm, In the County
of Suffolk, and 20 recount the scenes and
incidents that occurred around him at the
very moment OF his birth, with circum-
stantiality that would seem 10 give verify
to his record. II mere mortal man, unen-
dowed with the gift OF clairvoyance and
the attributes OF ubiquity and 80 much OF
omniscience as to all that concerns him
self as am, can tell such story, 10 be
credited with the truth, surely this Nara
tive OF the carly experience OF my own
life will be accepted as n yeritaLle record.
lie SAYS he was born with q caul. Ii nay
own termination in the earth and nay cX-
tradition thence eau be demoninated a
birth, was not born with cau. but as
soon as | was ginned and made ready TO be
dressed for my first journey In life found
myself being pressed one day within the
compass OF an oblong square, and when
came out Of It found ] was enyeloped in
caul that covered my whole body, aud
that caul was wrapped tightly around me
with bands OF iron. When In after life |
found myself thrown into the sea TO float
safely on its surface until the time should
come when | could illustrate in my own
person the law OF jettison and salvage aud
ilo,sam and average, | thought much
OF that caul OF Copperlicld US an amulet
against drowning TO all who are born with
n caul.
After this introduction the bale Of cotton
proceeds to tell its own story, beginning
with the law OF mortgage on the growing
crop, thence TO the landlords lien; the
law Of insurance, the liabilities OF factors,
brokers. warehouse men. shippers. car
riers; the law OF futures, bailments and
every other branch Of commercial and
admiralty law in which ehaitel property
can be involved.
In these moving accidents OF food and
field, though the most quiet thing in the
world 20 look upon, vet II has inspired "a
much litigation and generated NJ much
avaricc, cupidiiy and speculation
. been the subject Of so much fraud aud
the object OF 20 much legitimate trading
wi,hal, as TO have tackled every phase Of
legal contention known 10 the law mer'
chant, and even some doctrines Of the
criminal law. There is no principle OF
doctrine Of mercantile Law that this bale
, OF cotton does not illustrate and teach In
. its own personal experience, and the lis
Z tcncr Is Hsionished ut Its possibilities IN
, this regard when he has heard the story
, OF lis strange adventures. The bale d
/ cotton Is made 10 tell its own story In an
/ autobiographic way aud opens Us dis
, couno by invoking the pardon OF ~
, audience for giving some account Of 10
own family before getting down 10 9Th,
, wcighticr matters OF the law"
uenutifut Castor sift.