Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-03


The war left rs comparatively impover-
ished we cannot point with pride TO our
manufactures, although we see much 10 be |
grateful for in the prospect Of the future; |
but there are other elements of which
Nashville may well be proud. In the de-
partment Of commerce, We still have a
strong corps of solvent, active, prudent
far-seeing merchants who well main
tain the reputation for mercantile
honor which their predecessors built up
and left them as an inheritance. Our
physicians, with their grand college, give
Nashville reputation as medical center.
far and wide Our Bowling, Briggs, Mad
din, Buchanan, BUST and others are as well
known in the adjacent States az at hone.
Brown, Reid, Fogg, Guild and others Of
equal note, keep up the high character
which our bar has held ever since the days
of the Yergers, Haywood and Grundy.
These elements, ss well as manufac-
turers, 60 far towards making up and sus-
tanning the character, wealth and respecta-
bility OF city. Without great men in
their respective callings, city, although
it may number its hundreds of thousands,
is but an agglomeration of animated clay,
unambitious of other glory than that of
being rich and prosperous. It is not for
MS to speak Of the character of the press !;
that speaks for itself every day, but We
will add that we are peculiarly fortunate
in the occupancy of our pulpits. The Old
School Presbyterians have for a leader
the foremost man of his denomination in
the South, the Rev. I. V. Moore, DID.
The Cumberland Presbyterians have DR..
Baird the Christians, Philip Fall the
Baptists, DR.. Skinner; the Methodists, DR..
McFerriD, DR.. Young and DIR. Summers,
al men ranking among the very frat in
their respective OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who
wonld grace any pulpit in the land. The
Episcopalians have a number Of able cler-
gymen, but in order TO keep pace with
others, our brethren of that body are now,
as we learn, determined to bring to this
city one of the strongest men of their
church one who is Bishop and every
inch Bishop; who is prominent among
those of his order, as a man Of piety, earn
estness, ability and personal worth. We
allude to the Ri. Rev. Chas. T. Quintard,
DID. LID, Bishop of the Diocese Ct
Tennessee, who is convinced that the inter
ests Of his Diocese require him to reside
in this central city. Not only Episcopa-
lians, but all who have the welfare and
progress of Nashville at heart, should moi
only be pleased 10 have this distinguished
clergyman among US, but also aid in
bringing him here. What is desired is the
purchase of house in this city for his
use, the same to be forever the Episcopal
residence, and to descend to his successors
in Office. The Bishop does not require a
palace, but will be satisfied with a modest
tenement which he can call his own.
A few of his friends, representatives OF
the different parishes Of this city, met TO-
gether last week and commenced a sub.
scription for the purpose and We under
stand it is their intention to ask the aid Of
the citizens in the work, and We should be
pleased to see all our people assist and
hope that no one will be deferred from
making a contribution because from neces
sity it may be small. The Maxwell House
is built of bricks, although each individual
brick is but an Insignificant bit of burnt
clay. We know that our citizens are con-
tinually called upon for aid, first for one
thing and then another, and SO it will be
until the end of time. All we can urge is
that each Individual call shall be duly
considered and that no citizen will refuse
to sid ia good work to-day, because he
assisted in one yesterday.
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