Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-12-03
COMMUNICATES.

EDITORS CHRONICLE THE vari-
Gus railroad facilities which our Sec
ton of country offer for the transpor-
tation of produce and passengers,
together with the communication,
ought. flour people will bu. discharge
their obligations to themselves, to at
tract thrifty and industrious popu-
lation to our county. The objection
hitherto urged against all this tobac-
co-growing region of the high price
of land Is now removed, and good
farms, well improved, can be bought
for less sum than 1t took to improve
them. There Is no valid reason why
any one that is industrious should
remove to n new country for home,
when go much fertile land, at q low
price, Is now being offered on the
market. What this county needs is
ten thousand active, laboring, sensi
ble aud economical white men who
are both able and willing to work,
and who, after having worked, will
hoard up their earnings, and buy, i'm
prove and beautify their homes. The
laboring population that is now in
the country have no idea of amassing
property, and the consequence is that
all their earnings go to enrich the
northern manufacturer and relatively
to impoverish our own country. Per-
haps no part of the United States
raises such an abundance and variety
of food. / was forcibly struck with
this truth while sojourning for few
days in our neighboring city of Guth-
rie-a city, by the way, that promis-
es, in the future, to shine with unu-
sual splendor. The two hotels are
said to be the best from Louisville to
Memphis. 1t was our fortune to stop
at the Deneventum Hotel, name
eminently suggestive of the hearty
WELCOME given to all the guests.
Our bill of fare for dinner we never
saw surpassed in any city south of
Philadelphia. The most juicy beef,
the plumpest capons, the most deli
cate fresh oysters, flanked with the
incest chicken salad, sweet and Irish
potatoes, beans, peas, celery, etc,
with delicious wines, all served up i'm
the most recherche style. Verify, such
n splendid repast was az much unex-
pected and 1t was enjoyed. Twas in
formed that most Of the supplies were
furnished by the neighboring country.
This Hotel is under the superinten-
dence OF Messrs. White & Parham
Brothers. The iirst-named gentle
man evidently understands his bust
ness a. II caterer to the public palate,
while the genial manners of the
Messrs. ParhamS make the guests
feel perfectly at home. For four long
years the last two gentlemen endured
the fatigues, hardships and perils of
the tented field, and after nobly dis
charging their duty there, will, ! am
satisfied, discharge it in their new
sphere. These young men have gone
to work vigorously, and are deter
mined to hew out for themselves an
honorable position in thecommunity.
Just such working men We need
everywhere in our country, and God
speed the day when our section of
country may be filled with such. !
was told that the other, and older
hotel, kept by Messrs. Grant & Gov
ington, is equally rs good, and could
not help from remarking to friend,
as left: philadelphia is noted for
her pretty women and sharp lawyers,
New York for its cosmopolitan spirit,
Baltimore for it, monuments, Paris
for its fashions, Rome for the Vatican
and its Seven Hills, that welded the
sceptre of the world, hut Guthrie is
distinguished for its Hotels" Let
no passenger fail to stop at Guthrie.
Certainly, Mr.. Editor, this is long
DEPRESSION, but our pens will run riot
sometimes, as well as ourselves, and
perhaps some of the lingering spirit
caught, or imbibed at Guthrie, may
have tangled the nib of our pen and
compelled us to pay tribute to their
potent charms, ere we pass on to our
original intention, which was the
enunciation Of the truth, that if we
wish to see our county thrifty, popu
lous and wealthy, the white men
must go TO work and not rely so eX-
clusivcly on the negro. Just to think,
for n moment, of the vast amount of
money that could be saved the coun-
ty IT. instead of moping about and
waiting for something to turn up"
all the white men in the county
would go euergetically to work. How
much more contentment, and thrift
aud money would be seen, and how
many smiling faces would take the
place Ct sour and grabbed ones. Every
man would feel strengthened, because
he would then rely upon himself.
Hercules received no aid from Jupl-
ter until he put his own shoulder to
the wheel God helps those who help
themselves. Let US all go to work
Despair never wins. Let us be alive
to the great and growing interests OF
our State and county, and take those
steps which experience has shown Il
he necessary to win success. Let IL
complain less and work more, and IN
the end we shall ahundantly reaL
what we have sown. RUSTICUS.