Selections Of Editorial Miscellanies And Letters

Excerpt from Selections of Editorial Miscellanies and Letters In my more than fifty years of connection with the publication of the Fredonia Censor, I have of course witnessed many changes. I have lived to see my eightieth year, and a large part of these years have been spent in this village. The Censor has from week to week been the chronicle of these changes not only in our village, but in the County, State. Nation and throughout the world. The facilities of travel and exchange of thought have been marvelously increased, and have caused a feeling of kinship that was unknown or at least not realized a half century ago. Mind is triumphing over matter with accelerated power, and the subserviency of the material things of the universe to the comfort and convenience of the people of the earth is growing more and more apparent as the years roll on. The press as the vehicle of thought and progress now has a diffusive power not dreamed of in former years. During my more than fifty years of journalistic experience, I have been a witness of some of this progress; though having but an insignificant part in it, the observation has been none the less opportune. I do not propose to give a history of the past half century; that would require an effort far beyond my capacity and ability. All I propose to do is to give selections of editorials on various subjects presented at the time, with letters from various parts of the country in which I have traveled, some of the important events of local history which have transpired, and some other letters which have been written to the Censor which I think will interest the reader. I commenced the preparation of matter for this volume at about the beginning of my eightieth year, and the reader will hardly expect so much adaptation to the times in which we now live as a younger person would manifest. Perhaps it will be attributed to an undue amount of egotism that I have undertaken this work. As I have undertaken it with the hope of pleasing some of my friends, and not for emolument, I feel that a failure to meet the expectations of the general public need not give me much concern. The pages devoted to family genealogy, I have inserted for the benefit of near relatives interested in the preservation of the data given. The general reader can pass those pages by. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Shane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, its prehistoric Native American occupation, and its colonial settlement by French, Spanish, and, eventually, Anglo-American pioneers. He surveys the coming of indigo, cotton, and sugar; steam-powered sugar mills and riverboats; and the brutal institution of slavery. He also examines the impact of the Civil War on the Teche, depicting the running battles up and down the bayou and the sporadic gunboat duels, when ironclads clashed in the narrow confines of the dark, sluggish river. Describing the misery of the postbellum era, Bernard reveals how epic floods, yellow fever, racial violence, and widespread poverty disrupted the lives of those who resided under the sprawling, moss-draped live oaks lining the Teche's banks. Further, he chronicles the slow decline of the bayou, as the coming of the railroad, automobiles, and highways reduced its value as a means of travel. Finally, he considers modern efforts to redesign the Teche using dams, locks, levees, and other water-control measures. He examines the recent push to clean and revitalize the bayou after years of desecration by litter, pollutants, and invasive species. Illustrated with historic images and numerous maps, this book will be required reading for anyone seeking the colorful history of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. As a bonus, the second part of the book describes Bernard's own canoe journey down the Teche's 125-mile course. This modern personal account from the field reveals the current state of the bayou and the remarkable people who still live along its banks.