Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-08
IMMIGRATION TO TENNESSEE.
LETTER III.

/ -" CapitaEand Labor go hand in hand for
the building up of a country; and our lnu-
merous waste places invite both. WHAT'S
required is specific information, that which
can befrelied upon. III Na,''Son& Bailey.
To Hon. Ddvid RichaSdcs::
DEAR SIR: L am more indebted to
Messrs. Munson & Bailey, Real Els late
4 and Insurance Agents satAK noxyille, for
1 specific and reliable Information about
real estate and the resources of East leu
nessee than to any other. During my
first visit here in April 1872, 1 have rpad
their valuable Ldnd Reyister carefully,
and it inclined me TO remove from Penn
sylvania and to settle here. Aud [ am
glad to find that they are determined to
publish it as a monthly paper of eight
pages; price, 80 cents per annum, in adj
vance i hope that it shall have I; large
circulation in the United States and in
foreign countries, and would rejoice if /
had the means to translate it into the
Welsh language and circulate it in my ma
tive land, for the benefit of my nation
generally. ,,,o,,s
! j have quoted the above sentences from
their advertisement in the Knoxville
CHRONICLE Please look at them and
read them again. They are full of mean
ing, wisdom and common seuse ON the
subject of |" Immigration to Tennessee.p
l. Capital and labor go hand in la nd
for the building. up of a country Very
| true they ought to be so, and are always
SO in a wise and liberal Government and
under wise and liberal management.
But when their powers are UNIV iselyy and
unjustly used to war the one against the
other in disagreements, animosities and
strikes, they always end in disastro con
sequences to both parties, the capitalists
| and the laborers.r Capital and labor are
needed and have great Spower in every
Government. LIDO not know which is the
most needed and has The greatest power;
| and it is not my ifitcnliOn TO consider the
question here, nor tos look at them sepa-
rately. | love to see them wisely united
go hand in hand. Labor existed before
capital-labor made capitalzand capital
without labor can not be long useful.
Capital was not intended 10y God, and
ought not to be boarded i'm vaults useless
nor in banks at interest, to satisfy and
benefit the avaricious only. doing no good
to the Government nor to the people gen
orally. There may be exceptions, but this
ought not to be the rule. l believe that
when God gives riches to men, He expects
them, and that it is their duty to make |
the best use of them in their lifetime not
only for the benefit of themselves and
families, but also for the good of the Gov
eminent under which they live, the bene-
fit of the people generally and the support
and extension of the glorious cause of the |
Christian religion. Selfishness and covet- |
BUSINESS will do no good, but will curse the
land and its inhabitants. (Read l Tim, |
| ! z
p "And our numerous waste places in
vite BOTH" both capital and labor. This |
is true and wonderful, but encouraging to
immigrants. 1t is true. | have been in
| formed that these are still in the State of |
Tennessee, many hundred thousands of
uncultivated acres of good arabic and pas !
ture lands, and high and extensive moun !
tains,, containing the richest mines of |
precious minerals iron, coal, copper, &C.,
and also, woodlands, bearing the most |
valuable timber hickory, cherry, elm, oak,
walnut, &c. Nothing but capital and la
Dor can work and use them for the general !
good of the State. The above statement |
is also wonderful to me. Is it possible ?
| The State was first settled in 1857 by inn
migrants from North Carolina, and was
admitted into the Union, June LIST, 1875,
1870 was ,a56, 633. -(iHcluding 2s9, 019 Afri- |
cans) and it is almost as large as the State
of New York-it contains As, 800 square
miles, and still it has so many aCastc places |
| What has been the real cause Of this =? |
| Was it the want of capital and labor
or the use of them? Or was it the want Of
education, Immigration and pure re-
-ligion? Nevertheless, however, that hap
pened, the above statement of MunsOn 4
| Bailey is encouraging to immigrants. 1t
is well for them and the rising generation, |
that there, are stillsO many uncultivated |
lands, or waste places" in Tennessee. 1t
may be that they have been reserved by |
the good Providence of God, for them and
for future generations. "Apd they invite |
both capital and labor.n They are both |
greatly needed. Where can they be |
the capital aud the laborit now poss ssses |
ought to be used and encouraged for the
benefit of its people generally, of all na- |
| tons, anQ tie GIedit- and honor ofFythe |
State government; Labor ought to re- |
spect capital and capital ought to pay |
well for labor from the eastern and north
ern States of the Union, andf from Europe, |
they wish it, and to welcome it. That de- |
ponds, in great measure, en- their good
| feelings aud wise legislature They may
discourage end pIostrate'it to their own
damage and dishOnar, for capital and la
Dor can do no harm, but~wills do amin
mense good for ALI the people where sthey
are so much needed, and where there are
so many waste places, or uncultivated
lands. 1t is a fact that the capital and la
Dor of immigrants. from foreign countries
have given life and prosperity to the Uni
ted States of America and their power
and prosperity are still dependent, lin a
great measure, CT foreign iAmigIatiqn,
and VIII be so for ages to come. 1t is d
thing not to be feared, but Ito be linvitad
and welcomed. .....-s,
g. "What is required, is. t, a specific in
] formation which can he relied unon ,,