Year: 1868

The following speech was delivered by MIR.
Everett, at Memphis. He ison tour through
the Southern States and his advice is timely
and sensible.


Mr.. Everett addressedthe meeting in a SEN
sible practicable style. at some length. We
give an outline cf his remarks, which will be
found interesting to all classes of our people
The speaker comrenced by saying he was
altogether out of his place in attempting to
speak; he was worker and not talker.
His place was in the busy haunts of the city
He lived on Lombard street, London, which
many of his listeners knew to be very busy
place, and where people worked great deal
and talked q very little. His object was moi
of q political character, but to promote, il
possible, the material interests Of the people.


General Richardson, of this city, when on
visit 10 London sometime since, had made
him promise if he ever came to this country
to visit the South, and in compliance with
that promise he was here, and hadtconsented
TO address the citizens of Memphis. He was
here to make observations of the character OF
the country, its interest, resources, condition
and prospects. He would not make himself
oficious, but he would make some sugges-
tous in all kindness. Men here of intellect,
education and social position were stricken
down in spirit, and ready to yield the great
race of life. He felt it his duty to do any
thing in his power for ameliorating the mis-
fortunes and sorrows of such people.


He said he regretted he had not met the
people here in SUMNER times, years ago; but
said we were both too busy then. The .peo-
ple of England know little more of the people
of the South than they do of the Inhabitants
of the moon, and in some of the Northern
States it is almost the same. In New York
he had heard the most unaccountable and
false tales of oppression down here. He
came with all these impressions, expecting to
find people utterly ruined and passing away
Coming, as he did, q stranger and not ac-
quainted with the peculiar troubles aud sor-
rows of the people, he could see things in
brighter light than they could.


Here arc found some of the richest lands
and finest resources of the world. The lands
of the South generally are far superior tc
those of England, and the climate is unsur'
passed anywhere. You can 60 on with your
agriculture three .fourths of tie year, instead
of being housed that time by Wintry blasts
and compelled to keep your stock in close
quarters also. Your hills that kiss the clouds
are full of mineral wealth, equal to any in the
world. Some of the finest surface specimens
he ever saw were shown him by Col. Sam
Tate. These arc the resources that prop III
dustry, stimulate enterprise and arouse ener'
ey. The people of England say that you pos
sess the elements of natural prosperity, and
this country was designated by the great Gre
ator to be agricultural and great. If one
race will not make it 50 some other certainly
will be bound to do it. That is what the
people say on the other side.


Without stern manhood nothing great car
be established. People may make country
but country can never make people,
Wherever there is true manhood there vii
be prosperity. In what does manhood con
sist !? A determination to carry out our pur
poses, to bear misfortune, to exercise forti
tude in the face Of adversely, to suffer anc
move forward at the same time. The ques
ton then arises, have you this true manhood
If you have not, then whence came such be
rosm, gallan'ry and endurance in the lat
conflict which you have had? Whence tn
devotion, sacrifices and patient endurance o
your noble women at home when you wer
far away from them This is certainly man
hood of type not inferior TO the ancient he
rces whose names are inscribed in history, ant
whom we eli learn to revere in childhood
and no one can believe that such men vii
give up. We cannot believe that this coun
try, rich in all the elements of prosperity
will be abandoned or allowed to 60 down.


What, tllen are the means and how ar
they to be used to bring about that proSperi
~ commensurate with your resources? NJ
eoantry is truly and permanently great tina
is not agriculturally 60. Whence comes th'
greatness OF little England2 Her yeomanr.
have ever been her power and glory. They
are the foundation of England's prowess
They are prosperous, by tilling almost ever,
inch of the soil to tho highest perfection, ant
prosperous people. must make use of ever!
foot of soil.


No country is rich long that goes abroa'
for everything to eat and wear. IF / 20 t,
London" said the speaker, from my countr
place, for grapes, and pears, and nuts, ant
potatoes, and fruits, when can raise them a
we'll at home, at triaipg cost, tits quite like
ly the constable would soon be closing me Out
Forgive me, if talk plain to you, for it i
for your own good that I speak but I lear
that your people nave beea in the habit Q
importing the simplest articles of domesti
use; that your brooms, even, are brough
from Illinois, when your old sedge6elds ar
full of the material to supply the countr,
with brooms; that your axe handles com
from the North when your forests aboun
with the finest timbers to be found anywhere