Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-01-21
Northern Immigrants.
KNoxv1LLE. TENN, Jan. 10, Is

SIR-in your letter 10 the 6ulCoIS vi tie
Knoxville CHRONICLE, published in thai
paper. you say you are one OF the man!
| \ Orthern men, who would like to come
down to our State and make IL your home
and that you would come if you were sure
that one half of your neighbors here would
not rather see you snugly slowed away ID
tho back corner of their grave yards, than
| TO have you down here cultivating the soil
simply because you came from the pro
scribed State of Massachusetts,. This b
| sensible. No man Of any self-respect OF
spirit could live contented In any commu-
nifty where he was surrounded by such
neighbers. And / am surprised, much
surprised, that Northern people have given
so little consideration to this matter In Sc
| lecting home in the South. In nearly
| every part of this section, SO great is the
| prejudice of education, and the hate grow
! ing out Of the war; that Nor hern men
are looked ut just rs you describe. And
two generations will pass away before this
feeling is fully eradicated. East Tennes-
| see is the only large region in the South
where this feeling is not prevalent to a
| fearful extent. Even here, In the counties
of Sullivan, Monroe and Polk, the same
feeling prevails to considerable extent.
But in thirty counties it does not prevail,
except with a very few bitter, effete, de-
cayed offshots of pride and ignorance.
{Ail lhC dCtlN0j WiuC-an 0hG,
liberal minded men, who accept the situa-
ton las nearly all do in this town and
county,, will welcome you into our midst
and always treat you with kindness, IL you
prove yourself worthy of it. They desire
you to come. They desire your people to
come by thousands.
Why is this? LIST. Because three-fourths
of the people of East Tennessee were
Union men throughout the war, and they
H.,
as their friends We sent 20 900 soldiers
into the national army.
I'd. Many OF our people have not forgot
ten that, in the terrible Ito u.s. winter of
1854, when our people were naked AMI
starving, that your 5 ate sent about Sl0O,
700 to US, to be distributed through the Re
lief Association, 10 the poor and destitute
in every county in East Tennessee. A
more noble act of benevolence was not ex-
hibited during the war. One of the last
public speeches made by Edward Everett
was beautiful appeal to your people in
behalf OF the starving and destitute OF far
off East Tennessee. In their name, i
again thank you. as We hsye often done
be ore.
3d. We already have large number o.
settlers from Northe, Il >tate~ ,and our people
find them generally valuable Citizens, an.
hence they desire TO SEE more or them.
Self-intei est is often superior to owe of
party. We desire 10 build up our waste
PAGES, and to do this we want men o
skill, industry and intelligence, no mater
whence they come.
4th In reference to our growing town,
but few men can be fonl Il here who will
not bid you hearty welcome. Skilled
mechanics, who can combine their capital
ard start a factory of some kind, especially
in iron, are the very persons we want.
You need have no lear in this place.
Why, sir, this is almost Yankee town
doubt whether Northarn men and their
descendants do not constitute a majority
of the town. Our Mayor is Northern
man. Ten days ago I saw three elders
and two deacons ordained In one of our
churches, all of whom were from the
North-elected by oil citizens former
ly slave owners) as well a. by new ones
without any reference to birth, but solely
because they were pious gentlemen This
incident illustrates the state of feeling here.
But even # all do not thus feel, one thing
is clear, the Northern people here are nu-
merous enough to take care of themselves.
They are in our banks, our stores, our fac
tories, our railroads, our colleges and acad-
emies in q word, they fill places of the
highest trust and honor, and, when
worthy, are everywhere treated with re-
spect. In short time, If they increase as
they have increased In the past few years,
they will control this town and fill large
place in the county.
Here is the place for you. This Is the
center of, and the largest town in East
Tennessee. 1t Is destined to become a
great manufactur. Ing point. Iron and coal
are all around US. 1t is also a railroad GEN.
ter. Wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, grass,
clover, mules, horses cattle, sheep hogs,
and fruit abound, We are ] 900 feet above
the sea level, hence it is cool and healthy
in summer. The winters and mild and
delightful. Consumption, chills and fe-
yer, and diseases of those types are seldom
seen. Weare just on the confines of the
cotton region, where stock and grass, and
grain cannot be profitably raised, and
hence we always have ready market for
all our supplies. In this respect East Ten
nessee has no rival. In a word, chal-
lenge Biographies to name any region on
this continent ,Uhere the sources of Uedlh
are so parid and so abundant
Manufactures of ali kinds are in their in
fancy. There IL not a wooden factory In
ali East Tennessee. Nearly all our wagon,
carriages, and agricultural implements;
nearly every article made Of wood or iron,
and all we wear are brought from a dis |
ia oe. Even our chains stoves, horse
shoes, and horse shoe nails are manufac-
tured in other States. And vet we have
lIoh o. the oesC quailty, cheap lumber and
cheap food, an unlimited supply of coal, a
healthy, mild climate, admitting of work
the year around and market at home and |
a market at home and in the South for all |
that can be manufactured.
In the Cumberland Mountain Plateau
the range for cattle is equal to Kansas,
while it is greatly superior to Kansas in |
healthfulness. The land there can be pur-
chased at from one to three dollars per
acre.
In word. this is an admirable section |
for persons from New England, and espe-
cially for those who desire to engage In |
manufacturing.
Very respectfully, =.
The above is from one of our most prom |
inent citizens, occupying high public po- |
sition, and native Tennesseean. He re-
fleets the sentiments of the mass of our peo- |
pie.