Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-05

western Colorado, Northwestern New Mex
leo, and Southeastern Utah, in the very
midst If the main range Of the Rocky
| Mountains, known here as the Sierra
Madre Mother M~ountains). Il is at this
time the centre of attraction throughout
the mining circles Of our " and other
countries, and justly so; for it is truth to
say that no other locality of the world has
presented such prospects Of unusual mine
| raj wealth as do these mountains. IL is
not proposed to give extensive description;
it need only be said generally that this re-
gion Is the richest yet known, and Nth
sufficient outlay and expenditure, will
yield the most colossal fortunes in precious
metals, that have ever yet been realized.
But it's not a sspoor MANS mining camp,
and it would be cruel and unwise to mis-
lead our cOuntrymen by so stating. 1t is
lamentably true that selfish and unprinci-
pied men have published it as offering I'M
| eQualed advantages and inducements 70
settlers without money, but the naked
truth is that vast sums will be necessary to
develop, or even TO get to these
beds Of precious metal that are
now sleeping in the deep bOsoms
Of the great mountains that till lately
were UNREAD by a white man. Time is
necessary to develop these things, and
even time without money will accomplish
nothing. So don't let the people be de-
eeived. Let them bear in mind that this
is a wild, frontier land, but yesterday the
hunting ground of the savage and the
pasture land of the lion and antelope, and
even now, that the cavern wherein the pros
pector enters to search for the shining
metal oflen proves TO be the den Of a lion
or the home Of the mountain bear. The
advantages presented by this section for az
riculture and stOckraising, are greater QOr
the multitude) than those likely to follow
upon mining ventures, for really it is the
best cattle and sheep country in America,
and its lands with proper irrigation are
equal 20 the bottom lands ofyoUr State and
Mississippi.
There is an immense immigration this
season to Colorado, principally from Kan
sas, Missouri and the other g~rasshopper
cursed countries; but while we vel
come all and all have an equal showing
for fortune, let it be remembered that eight
tenths will not become suddenly rich, and
that mere as elsewhere, time and patient
industry can alone secure wealth.
Colorado is about to become a State.
Those of us who have no axes to grind
cannot but be amused at the situation here.
In truth, Colorado has not 10000 bona tide
citizens. 1t is hardly probable that sheghas
that number of residents who remain here
a year at a time. That the material ele-
ments for greatness in the future are here
is ~indisputably true, but that future is lit
orally in future. The fact is, that her pO-
litical situation is peculiar. Without, as
we have Just said, any real substantial
claim 10 admission, her people have been
dUagOoned into a great fever n bOisterOus
cry for Statehood by the newspapers, which
are owned, without exception scarcely, by
rings and cliques whose members all ex-
pect to be Representatives, Senators, Gov
ernors, etc. The people here, as a class,
are of the style usually found in the border
States, with Just enough of learning and
sense to make them think themselves wise,
and, therefore, more easily driven and con-
trolled by the ~wire-pullers.
Before closing, let me congratulate your
people, especially the citizens Of Davidson
county, upon Tennessee's sons whom We
have met here. They are gentlemen with
out exception, free from the ways that often
characterize the frOntiersmen, and COM
mand the respect, confidence and applause
ofthe public. As an evidence, let me des-
ignate a son of Davidson county. He
came here a boy and a stranger, from a
home where comfort and plenty surrounded
him. He had just left the popular univer-
sity in Wilson county, bending beneath
the weight Of its ~laurels, and upon his ar
rival in this wild land be went 10 work as
a common laborer. Shortly after be re-
moved to what is now Rio Grande county,
in the San JacintO section. Here be began
the practice Of the law; the eyes of the peO-
pie, who, like himself, were new corners,
were upon him, and soon detected the good
that was in him. He was called 10 the
bench of the county, and to-day he presides
over the Probate Court "a court Of vast re-
spOnsibility and jurisdiction in COlOTadO),
with a dignity equal to any, with an ability
surprising to all; he dispenses justice as
| Justice is, amazing the members Of the bar
by his exhibition Of careful research and
thorough acquaintance with the law, and
we venture the prediction that when Col
/ Orado "dOns the habiliments" Of State
hood; when her broad plains blossom
under the care OF the h~usbandman, and her
valleys, like yours, are covered with crops
Of grain; when her population, purged OF
its excrescences, shall stand upon the same
/ intellectual plane as do those of the older
States, not one name among those which
shall shed glory and honor upon the young
/ Centennial State and win, and deserve 10
win, the plaudits and praises Of the people,
will be spoken o~ftener, or uttered with
greater confidence, respect and affection
than will that Of the young Judge Of the
Rio Grande-NewtOn Herbert Love. Ten
nessee may well be proud Of the son she
gave to Colorado; Cumberland University
is honored in her graduate; Davidson coun-
ty has cause for rejoicing, but who but a
father can appreciate that intense and voice
less joy that is born Of the possession Of
such q son.. DEsDICHADO.