Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-04-10
EHE TRUE INTEREST OF OUR
TOWN AND COUNTY.

We are satisfied, from what we &C.
easionally see in orr Northern ex-
changes, and from other sources of in
formation, that there is widespread
impression among the people of the
Northern States, that Tennessee is an
unsafe place for a Northern man. 1t
is not easy to calculate the mischief
that has been done to us as people,
and to the material prosperity of our
State by this unfounded opinion. It
is needless here to refer Mt length to
the causes that producedthis la
mentable state of affairs. It is enough
for us to know that it exists, and has
done us infinite harm.
But for this erroneous impression,
immigration, bringing with it a full
tide of prosperity, would long since
have been turned towards our borders;
our idle lands would have smiled I'M
der the hand of thrift and industry,
and our waste places have doomed
with abundant harvests.
No other State in the Union offers
such inducements to the immigrant
as Tennessee, and there is no other
State to which the Northern people
are more inclined toimmigrate. But
the fear of insecurity and outrage,
which they have been induced to be-
lieve everywhere prevail among us,
has caused them to hesitate or turn
their steps In other directions. Cor
respondents of Northern journals,
gathering hints from interested par
ties, or wishing to create sensation
ut home, have laid the foundation for
this erroneous opinion, and the proc
lamations Of Governor Brownlow,
declaring martial law and calling out
militia, have confirmed the impress
sion.
Butthe correspondents, wesincercly
trust, have worked up their sensa-
tional materials and become weary of
their disreputable work, and Cover
nor Brownlow will find in the Senate
chamber repose from his labors in
writing proclamations and rest from
the nightmare which q fear of the
KukluX kept constantly before his
eyes. Let us hope that the Northern
people will now be permitted to know
and hear the truth, which every hon
est man in Tennessee knows to be,
that Northern man is rs safe in this
State rs in New York or Massa-
chusetts.
Those contemplating immigration,
may rest assured that peace and quiet
reign throughout our borders, and
that they will be welcomed by our
people. Their rights of person and
property will be fully protected, and
we believe there is no part of the
country which offers to them greater
advantages for investing their capital
or making their homes. We say,
then, to Northern men: come among
as; bring your capital and your fam
lies our climate is salubrious, Dur
soil fertile, our lands cheap, and our
people anxious to see the country set
tied up with an industrious and thrifty
people.
We think our citizens should at
once take steps to disabuse the North
ern mind of the many erroneous i'm.
pressions under which II labors, and
10 invite labor and capital to oui
county. The tide of immigration
once set towards Tennessee, our pros.
perity is assured, and our waste places
built up. We are glad to see that
some have already made purchases IN
our county, and trust that many 9th
crS may soon do so. There are thou
sands of acres of land in Montgomery
county that are now idle and com
PEELED to remain so for want Of labOl
to till them. Let our large land
owners ut once begin the process o
cutting up their large farms and put
ting such portions rs they do not neeC
upon the market, and inviting tn,
by offering them at reasonable rates
1t is useless for lis TO expect our towi
or county to flourish until this is done
1t must, IL will be done, sooner o
later, and why not commence 1t II
once? Now Is the time for our land
owners TO offer inducements TO ,ir
ontegprising and industrious immi
grants TO come and settle in ourmidst
This is matter in which our pee
pie are deeply interested, and we sin
ccroly indulge the hope that they wi
no longer hc blind and Indifferent {
their best interests. A movement b
our large land owners in the dircctio
indicated would tell powerfully upo
the prosperity Of both the town an
county.
A coon deal Of feeling In regard
The candidate fer Judge Of the S,
preme Court is beginning TO mantle
tsclf among the Radicals of Ea
tennessee. Judge Swami, Of Il
Circuit Court, has declared himself
candidate, and the Knoxville VII
IS very anxious TO learn whether l
intends to run as the Radical cand
date or rs an independent, but Il