The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-07
Our Tennessee Correspondence.

KsoxvnIs, Tenn. April 20, 1856
A Voice from ne Sosas,oe-7 snnesscs Looking Up-lnxy
aat mproremens-Agricutara Interests Adcomcin1
Rapidly-Sodcl Legisla'ors-frodGcts Of he Country
and Trade in Hogs-lmportdn. Railroad Movements
He whose life has net been one continued monotonyf
ne who has been susceptible Of different passions oppo-
site in their origins and effects needs not to be told that
the same Objects the same scenes, the same incd.,
.e us IN variety Of lights, according 10 the temper
-. ,A'anasion with which survey them. To borrow
from internal scenes- we are situated in
s'' 'sn' Of shady valley our view is confined and our
prospect bounded but ascend the topost heights
OF tne mountain BY which the valley oyershadowed tho
eye wanders iuxuriously perpetual succession se
beautiful Objects until the mental faculties appesr To
catch freedom from the extension OF the sight wa
Thus ID with who differ from each other in their;
tastes their studies or their They lsok on
eeption and the view which they take Of suronnn
IL beauthed distorted according to thar nre
dominant pursuit or their prevailing inclination was
led into this train OF ideas by visit lately paid the State
of Volunteers" .. Tennessee. Many Legislative
halls have visited many of their ''bsn have perussd,
i been where internal improvement was more upper
most in the hearts Of the legislators than here Railroads
heard in the most distant valleys ALREADY has the con-
nection been made between Charleston c. TO Nashville
from thence to the mighty West. Again we have tho
sound from Dalton, Ca TO Knoxville from thence Ia
Kentucky, to Cincinnati, forming chain unequAled
in our Union Another is building, which wiz
illustrate that noble motive found in the hearts OF Ten.
nessee Improvement 1t crosses tho
entire State from Knoxville to Nashville from thence to
the Mississippi No other State can boast Of having
or hearing the neigh OF the iron horse more frequent:
every county in the State with but few exceptions can
boast o. its sound This last named road alone passes
through ten-pavidson, Wilson, De Kalb, White jack
son, Bledscey Morgan, Roane, Anderson, aud Knox
and s daily are new roads opening and projected And
Tor every child could do The hidden treasures alone
In the counties Of Roane Morgan, Anderson and few
exceled either in quantity or quality the products Of
the soil will DO scattered 1t werc to the four winds OF
heavens their cattle and horses and hogs and sheep,
combined with ksntuckys products supply the South
yes nearly the Union Will anybody now ask what wiz
De the RESULT Surely not for not alone Tennessee feels
its influence bat the world answer to its cheering
sound There are many connections less interesting ID
the commencement, which win prove beneficial in
looked at by the critics eyeno not critic but
absurd In agricultural pursuits Tennessee stands
some other States. But whyi Is it because the Land
il less fertilef No. its soil il surpassed by nome II
manual labor less than in her sister statess Yes, in
measure but not that is the outlet was ALI
she wanted there laid only the hidden treasures thu
secret 1t has it now; misrepresentation have seen
In three Tennessee exports much any State
OF our Union In the wars of country, Tennessee
motions be felt by the Union We could emphasize more
strongly by quoting the words Of lustrous hero but
we refrain from doing by concluding With. By the
eternal Tennessee knows North South East NOE
West" ta legislators have noby fulfilled the honorable
and worthy station and position to which their country
men have called them. One among the most ardent
jealous member-I would respectfully mention the
Of whose sxertions felt by ALL refer u
Mr. Patton, the gsntlemanly member from Roane She
may well be proud Of her representative the State
generally Commercial pursuits have increased most r.
pdy Northern Spectators have already entered deep
In our midst knowing full well the rich harvest awaiting
thcm factories Of every description have sprung uH
in every Of the State nearly all the consumed Or.
tcles are branded with home manpfacturen Hsw
proud how enviable this - to the heart Of Ten
and to her sister States! Nay other legislatures
follow the footsteps Of Tennessee, and the w
be their rewardthe nation will feel the fruits Of thsir
aborther country will look back with pride and COM
memorate their deeds In the hearts Of their offspring in
future generations. TENNESSEE