The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-07-28

tion-Only Ohe.third ofthe Lands of the
State In Observation-Disclosures the FL
nest Grass-Growing State In the Union
Climate Unsurpassed-Coal and Iron
In Abundance-Our Resources Should
be Published to the World-A State I'M
migration Office the Great Desideratuni
Coils. Martin, Holman and Gift Make
Their Obesance TO the People.
Last Monday morning, Judge Hck
erson having failed to arrive, a public
meeting vas held at the Courthouse,
and the Hon. A, S, Colyar delivered an
able address upon the subject Of immi-
grafton. He alluded TO the fact that
the State of Missouri had added from
100000 to 10000 to to her population
since the war. through the instrumcn.
tality Of her immigration Society, the
result Of which had been to double the
value of lands and the wealth Of the
State. That Pennsylvania, with 49,
900 square miles of territory, possessed
real estate to the amount Of $685., 0O0,-
900, (six hundred and sixty.six mil
lions while Tennessee, with $4,000
square miles, just one thousand less
than Pennsylvania, possessed real es'
tate that would command only S272,-
100000; 1.-TWO hundred and seventy
two Millions which great dispropor'
ton he declared to be attributable sole
ly to the difference In the population,
that State having 90 inhabitants to the
square mile while this has only 10.
That only one-third of the lands of
Tennessee are in cultivation, and not.
outstanding that fact, We raised more
mules in Tennessee in 1860 than any
other State In the Union. and were ex
celled by only two or three in the lead
ing productions. That our advanta.
gcs in the way Of coal and iron are su-
perior to those Of Pennsylvania, and
that the inexhaustible supply and prox-
unity of these two articles would he the
means, eventually, Of making Tennes'
see one of the wealthiest and most in
huential States in the Union. That
our climate was unsurpassed. That
our lands would compare tavorably
with those of Ohio. And that it was
only necessary for our resources to be-
come known to produce such an influx
of emigrants as would release the State
from the shacklcs Of debt, and place it
upon the highway to prosperity. He
urged the people 10 divide up their
farms and sell all the land they did not
cultivate, assuring them that this State
could sell 8272,0O0,O 900 worth ofland,
and yet have that number Of dollars
worth in reserve, on account of its
wonderful increase in value He allu-
dei, also, to a bill which he prepared
and submitted to the Legislature du-
ring the last session, providing for the
establishment of State Immigration
Office, which was unanimously agreed
to by the immigration Committee, and
passed three readings in the House,
but was defeated in the Senate by one
vote-the vote of Mr. A. c, Martin,
the Senator from this district-there
being nays 7, ayes II. The new Con-
stitution required 10, and thus it was
lost. This was one of the most impor-
tant measures ever brought before the
Legislature, and the people will, we
trust, at the next election, rebuke those
who defeated it, and thus enable the
bill to 90 through.
At the conclusion of COL Colyar's
remarks, of which we have given but
the outline,
COL. MATT. MARTIN,
one of the candidates for Congress
from this district, was called upon for
a spcech. The Colonel took the stand,
and expressed his qualification at the
assurances of his friends all over the
District of their cordial support, but
d, clined to make speech, as none OF
his opponents were present.
COL. JAS. H. HOLMAN,
of Lincoln county, was next called up
on. and that gentleman came forward,
and told the people in few appro.
pirate words that he was candidate
for Attorney General, that they were
under no obligations to confer upon
him public office, and that they had
the right to vote for whomsoevcr they
pleased; but that if they did conclude
to smile upon him graciously, and to
bestow upon him their suffrages, he
would strive to so comport himself as
to be worthy of the salutation,-when
his term of office cxpired-of "Well
done, good and faithful servant"
COL. W J. Cliff,
of Warren county, Col. Holman's CON-
petitor for the Attorney Generalship,
,rna l;atnnad To throunhont hia hrinf