Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-04-08

chains of inhospitable savage noun.
tains, panoplied with clouds and
laden with perpetual..snows. Kansas
was unknown; Minnesota was I'M.
born, and west of these the map was,
to us as blank as our knowledge of
All undiscovered island, except where
here and there some wandering naval
expedition mad anchored for water,
or the Catholic fathers had planted a
mission among the Indians. But be.
hold the more than magiC--tbe mi.
raculous events of q half q century
and less. A million American citi-
zens are subduing to civilization the
prairie wilds Of Texas, as a State of
the Union, whose vast domain will.
within this century, enliven our map
with five great States, carved out of
one. Missouri, embracing in her
boundaries all the elements of q mag
niticent empire in mineral, agricul-
tural manufacturing and commercial
resources. and dense and enterpris-
ing population, is already marching
to the front among the sisters, rival
ing older States in the development
of intellectual, moral and material
greatness and power Arkansas, of
later birth and slower growth, but full
of vitality, is a grand State-replete
with unlimited and u~ndeveloped
wealth-and will, yet, in the near flu.
ture harmonic her discordant ele-
ments, reorganize her progressive
forces and march boldly forward to
the proud history that awaits her
Minnesota wears with dignity the
robes and performs, nobly, all the
functions of a great commonwealth /;
and Kansas and Nebraska, whose
birth pangs were prophetic of the
fearful commissions through which
the nation had just passed to peace,
though children of the recent terra
incognita" and carved out of the fan
cied deserts Of the past, are promis.
ing young States, inviting speedy and
profitable settlement and are rapidly
growing into opulence AMI influence.
Let me now point you to California,
that climax of the astounding won.
ders of the country and age in which
we live. In her brief history we al.
most realize the fulfillment of the
prophetic figure of IA nation being
born in a day" And, now, sir, let
me ask what has peopled Texas, Mis-.
souri,, Arkansas, Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska and California? What
principle has developed, with such
marvellous %rapidity, the wealth, the
power, the greatness and the glory
of these young sister republics?-
What is setting and filling up, under
our our very eyes in less than a life.
time, nor than one-half the immense
domain of these United States, which,
less than half century ago, were a
forbidding savage wilderness un.
trodden by the foot ofthe white man:
I"tereSt-the loce Of gain; the same
motive that is new depopulating oul
beloved State the same motive that
will turn the steps of immigration
of labor and capital, from your Dor
ders and impel them to pass by us
as the traveller, would avoid the
deadly Upas tree. The vast natura.
fields of Texas promised gold be
cause it was the home of the cotton
plant the immense alluvial plains o,
Missouri-rich in all the elements O.
vegetable life-promised gold to the
toiling farmer and grazier and herds
men, and her mountains of iron pro
} phesied ofgolden ingots to the minor
: and manufacturer. Marshall strucI
2 gold in a mill race on the Pacific slope
investigation exhibited the rich de
t posts in placers and gulches. Veins
t were discovered in the quartz of thu
t rock-ribbed Nevadas. Then the tidC
Of humanity swelled into seas anC
swept great populations into tn,
b, golden State, and the refluent wave.
e of enterprise, searching still for rich
t er deposits and more valuable veins
r rolled back into Nevada, Idaho, Mon
= tana, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mex
leo and Arizona. Money, the hop,
ofwealth started millions of energeti
enterprising and intelligent adven
turers from their million quiet home
s in older communities, and 10, whole
n States were peopled, cities spring II
l. ip a day, grand highways acros tn
continent, traversed by steam, ar
; conceived, projected, built, equipped
e and the gravitative forces of con
n merce are inverted; the centers @
wealth, influence and power are a.
changed, and the star Of empire il
self, weary of its Western pilgrimag
y recoiis from the golden shore an
eliminates to its zenith over the tran
It Mississippi wilderness. Sir, let u
pause and contemplate the folly, tn
n madness of our recent legislation
We invite immigration. labor, enter
prise, skill, capital. We sound abroa
If the resources of III State, and be
t.. the world to enter and enjoy on
J. Eden. Their attention Is arrested
S. They turn this way with eager step
d They enter our open door. W. gree
st them with hearty welcome-to what
To tdres. We invite them to our t.
lie bles and bid them feast on tares.-
d We ask them to rest their wear