The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-17
LETTER FROM KNOXVILLE.

LETTER FROM KNOXVILLE.
kycxvILLE, Tenn FEBRUARY 4th 1870.
Tie wheels of time roll swiftly on We
can hardly realize that eight months
have already passed since we said our
ftrewell say to the readers of The TRIB-
UNt: and this reminds us also of our
prom; to write an occasional letter to
the paper.
[ beliere that Editors always write
abo t the weather, when other items are
scarce, and so | presume if I crowd in a
p ragraph about this NEGOTIABLE subject.
it viii not be out Of place. An "old
stager'' who has roamed about "thesc
diggings' for many-a year, and conse-
quently should be true weather proph-
ct, laid the other day that winter was
about over. [ repeated his words in my
mind and then thought to myself, if this
is all the winter we are going to have, it
certainly does not deserve to be called BY
t't&A nanny. ~ dNt SOuiSCiI VI
having two or three inches of snow remain
on the ground for as many days; the
thermometer indicate 20 ADORE zero on
the coolest da7; ice formed to the thick
ness of perhaps one-quarter of an inch
on stagnant water. and then you have
East Tennessee winter to perfection.
Our heavy over coats and nice scarfs
which we packed away so snugly in the
ark and thinking that they would
come 'handy to have in the house"
have been of no earthly service to u.s.
The fact of it is we have had no winter
welthcr Nothing like what we have
be- n accustomed to experience in Wis
eonsin.
Northern people arrive here almost
daily. They come for the purpose of
looking at the country with view to set
Ting somewhere in this valley. All of
them are not slow to perceive the many
advantages East Tennessee possesses, and
chief among which are its salubrity Of
climate, vast mineral resources and al
III ,st unlimited water power But there
is one draw back to the large immi gra-
ton that would otherwise come to this
section of this State, and that is the
high prices of lands: and especially 50 is
this true IN the neighborhood Of cities
The land owners, however. are beginning
TO realize the suicidal policy, and have
wisely concluded not to raise the price of
real estate every time man looks at the
properly.
Notwithstanding this draw back, there
is quite large immigration coming here,
and which is constantly on the increase
There are at present two daily papers
published In this city-the Press
Herald and the Wig. Politically they
advocate the principles of the Conserva
tive Party which means. ION general
principles" anything and everything that
is not Republican. 1t is a somewhat
significant fact that the name of'Demot.
racy' Is a defunct title, for party pur-
poses, throughout the South. You can
not lind Democrat in all the Southern
States The name has lost its popularity.
The reason for all this is, it is too OBJ
ncxious- to the colored people. They
cannot bc.indEced to vote for democrat
and hence the necessity for change.
But even this subterfnge avals very lit
tie The colored voter knows who are
his real friends and exercise the election
franchise accordingly. He knows that
for all the privileges he now enjoys he is
indebted to the Republican Party, ard
he further knows that if it was in the
power Of the Democracy of the North
and their Conservative friends OF the
South, they would very soon be deprived
of everything that they have gained by
the war.
But the ''nigger question" may now
be considered settled The Fifteenth
Amendments has received the sanction of
a sufficient number Of States, and will
now be proclaimed as part of the Con-
stitution, all the opposition Of the de-
mocracy to the contrary notwithstanding.
Those of the southern people who have
not already accepted the situation with
regard tosthe political rights of the negro,
must seeH make up their minds to this
inevitable result and act accordingly. 1t
is a great satisfaction tosknow. however,
that this class of men are aew in a mi
nority and are growing beautifully less
every day. The result OF all sAis is that