Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-08
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Grand Trunk KaIirond Fever az Chat
INSTRUMENTATION ON the Erain
ia AIabama-The Convention at
Montgomery. ..f-
70 the Editors Of the Union and American.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 6, 1862
When | was here last this community
seemed to be afflicted with water on the
brain, in consequence Of the prospective
Tennessee river improvements. Since
then the velocipede mania has been rag
inghere, and since yesterday terrible
railroad mania has broken out among the
people. Nothing is now talked about
but "Grand Trunk railroads" and the
effect its location will have upon the
fate Of this future metropolis. Even the
barber had caught the infection and he
came very near giving me some unkind
cuts in his effort to prove that thisiis
dgtviNg to be the city we dream of n
ourIwildest imaginings. In consequence
of all this, the property holders went
to bed millionaires after the dispatch from
Cincinnati, last night, and property is
going up rapidly and will soon be as
high as Lookout Mountain. e>A -.
have Just returned from the conven-
ton at Montgomery, Alabama, at which
everybody had immigration on the
brain, and if the Dutch do not take HoIa
land, or rather alabama this time, it is
surely not our fault. l have sent you
already the particulars of our meeting,
and our address to the world and the
balance of mankind, which 1 hope you
have found 0. K. The Radical papers
find much fault with the statement of the
committee that Immigrants are per-
fectly safe, and most welcome among the
people of the South, and that there
is no instance of their having
been troubled or ostracised for their re I,
ligious or political opinions. I insist that
this Is so, and you will no doubt con-
firm the statement, though there may
be some misunderstanding as to what
the word immigrant" really means.
The pilgrim fathers were immigrants in
the fulIness of the word, because they
came into the country for the purpose of
remaining there and making it their
home. They brought with them their
cradles, spinning wheels and household
utensils, some of which l saw with my
own eyes at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
They did not come upon that rock
bound coast merely to get Office and fill
their pockets in hurry, though as they
found no white natives there, they were
under the necessity of filling them
whether or no. 1t is true also
that they soon showed their evil pros
pensities, just as their degenerate chill
dren do in Tennessee to-day, by dis
franchising Roger Williams and other
Rebels, and kicking upa muss gener-
ally, and the very Alden who now
usnrps the mayoralty of your city may
be the descendant of that bashful young
Alden whose adventures with Priscilla
are 50 beautiful, set forth by Longfel-
low. These pilgrim fathers were immi
grants in the full acceptation of the
term, and | deny that the migratory
carpetbagger who has skunk into the
country between "two days" and who
would not remain in the South an hour
without an Office or the speedy
prospect of one can lay claim to
that appellatien. lie is no
immigrant, but rather factionist, dis
unionist, agitatOr, and disturber Of the
| public peace Am | right2 We had a
pleasant time of it at Montgomery, and
| how could it be otherwise among the
sprightly and hOspitable people of that
beautiful city. Quite q number Of knights
of the quill were in attendance, on the
first rank Of which were S. Butcher, OF
the World, and De Leon, OF the Register,
etc. The convention was well attended
by representative people from all parts
| of the State, who all seemed to take a
deep interest in this matter Col. Lee
Crandall, Of Louisiana, was quite lion
and his immigration plan, which is a
once so simple, honest and elIicaeious
was adopted by the convention.