Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-29

bristling barley of the frozen and
iceland hills of the North, with wa
ter power, and timber of the best
varieties, with great railroad facil-
iti0s, and a certain prospect of get
ting coal, iron and rock brought
here at cheap rates; with general
good health, schools of high order,
there is nothing but war, pestilence
or famine to check the onward ca
reer of our city.
Here, too, we behold the genius
of skill and industry busy, both
physically and mentally, in build
ing up this city and surrounding
country.
We are fully aware that some of
our citizens have not the confidence
in the future of jackson that we
have, and at times are disposed to
linger on the dark and doubtful side
of the question-make appeals to
the fears of the people, rather than
their hopes, to arouse them to &C
ton. We know that there are two
leading motives that produce action
on the part of most men-hope and
fear. We are Of those who prefer
stimulating the hopes of men rather
than alarming their feGrs-we pre-
fer to bask in the meridian splen-
dor of MONDAY, to cropping in the
darkness with fear and trembling.
AS an evidence of the truth of all
we have intimated in relation to the
future growth and wealth of this
city, we have but to compare the
present with the past.
Immediately after the war, and as
soon as we could getpress and type,
we went to work to revive the
dropping spirits of oar people. We
did not discourage them by telling
them that all was lost-that they
were utterly crushed and could new
er rise again. No, no; we told them
that, though the cause for which
they suffered, in common with the
South, was lost, still all was not
gone. We told them that they had
preserved their honor and manhood,
and though overpowered, in after
time an impartial historian would
refer to their gallant struggle, and
to their glorious chieftain, Gen.
Lee, as having gained for himself
and his native South, the greenest
laurel that ever decked the brow of
fame. We told them to accept the
situation and go to work to build
up their broken fortunes and re-
build their waste places. We pre-
dicted, then, that the time would
come when the Southern States
would become the controlling pow
err on this Continent. But to return
to jackson
Our correspondent, &C." in our
last issue, does not take very hope
full view of the future of Jackson
He thinks our admitted prosperity
is not based upon firm foundation.
He instances the fact that many of
our best planters have moved to
town and invested in city property,
and that the growth of Jackson is
at the expense of the surrounding
country. just here is where our
correspondent is in error. Now
what are the facts9 Perhaps ten or
dozen of our large planters have
moved TO town; but are they not
still running their farms or others
running them with larger profits
to the land owner than before
the war? The capital invested in
real estate, in jackson, by these far
merE, is the profits of itheir farms
profits that before the war went in
to the pockets of Missourians and
Kentuckians, for "more negroes to
make more cotton, to buy more ne
groes." We do not remember sim
gle farmer, OF wealth, who has left
the county of Madison since the
war; whilst before that period we
were losing them every year. Not
less than three hundred of the best
: farmers OF Henderson, Carroll, Nc.
5 Marry and other counties in West
> Tennessee, together with as many
more from distant States, have NOV,
ed into this county within the las
few years. Men worth not less thar
half million of dollars have moved
: here from Henderson and McNair,
Y counties alone. The true secret o
: our prosperity is to be found in tn,
fact that we are getting a wager
r trade here, similar to that ENJOYED
by Memphis for many years before
:, the era of railroads in West Tennes
) see. jackson is now the second cot
! ton market in the State. Before tn,
J, war there were no cotton buyers il
Jackson; there were agents to adj
: vance and order supplies for tn,
!, planter from distance. Now cot
; ton is brought here, by wagons
: that formerly went down the Hat
3 chic and Tennessee rivers, and eve
!, ry bale sold absolutely. If our cor
9 respondent really thinks that tn,
growth ofJackson is mainly due I,
: the influx of farmers from the coun
: try, we ask him to look around anC
+ see the number of business mer
3 here, who have come in since tn,
! war, with their capital. There il
] only one merchant in business her,
: now, who was in business here be
fore the war-the same may be saiC
I of Grocers, and in fact of all tn,
+ ramifications of business. Befor,
I the war we knew every man il
; Jackson, now, such has been it,
: growth, that we do not know NOR,
! than half the population.
: We state it as fact, that property
: has advanced over 100 per cent il
this city during the last five years
that the population has trebled il
E the same time, and from our "higf
: observatory" we see a more brill
ant future, not only for our city
but for all West Tennessee.
/. We are with our correspondent
Z in urging diversity of pursuits
: and more attention TO msnufactur
r ing, and shall make this subject
: prominent feature in our columns.
We have heard that certain gen
S tleman has been disposed TO criti
E else our efforts in behalf of Jackson