The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-05

for great camp-meeting to last si1
months. We were one nation, with one
consti tuition, under one flag, and with al
/ single destiny
Gov Porter, in introducing Gen. VIII
! der, said:
II will now introduce to you gentleman
| of Tennessee, one who is devoted TO the
| interest of your State. / will mention a
| circumstance not familiar to you. In 1873,
| this gentleman, out of his private meansi,
! took two car loads of our minerals to V l.
emma and paid for their transportation.
| By this means the name of Tennessee
was made known, and at the Exposition a
! diploma and a medal were awarded her.
| | hope he will give to you a report OF his
| travels. beg leave to introduce to you
| Gen. J. I. Wilder, of Hamilton county.
Gen Wilder then addressed the meet
ing as follows.
Governor, and ladies and gentlemen;
| I am not accustomed to public speaking,
and am therefore adverse to saying
anything after the eloquent efforts you
| have lust heard. In 1873 | was commits
| stoned by Gov Brown, visited Vienna and
| attended the great Exposition. found
| that the people of Tennessee were not go
| ing to do anything toward being repre-
sented there Filled with this idea took
| TWENTY-FIVE tons of minerals to Vienna and
put them on exhibition. Among them
was the largest lump of coal ex-
hibited-one that l got from Chattanooga.
We exhibited the largest puddle-ball. |
employed a man that could speak Ger
man to break off samples for those who
wished them. In this manner | distribu-
ted eight tons. We obtained the highest
medal in this department. We got as
much as Great Britain. as Austria or
France. We had on exhibition samples
Of all our ores, coke and machinery, and
our manufactures in iron After the Exs
position closed, visited England, to see
how they compared with us in manufac-
lures. / attended the meeting of the iron
manufactures. During the past two years
over 81 200, 900 has been invested by En-
glish capitalists in East Tennessee. |
told them that if they wished to make any
thing they would have to come over to
this country. / found American tools
used in Sheffield. paid visit in com
pany with some British friends to the
largest iron mandatory in England.
They had in use an American engine and
many other instruments of American
manufacture. They showed me a coal
mine three thousand feet deep. told Them
that over here we had to dig upward to
reach the coal beds. Our nation is but
hundred years old. We were thrown
out upon the earth with curse on our To-
gratitude, and with the liberty to do as we
please. 1t is owing to this perhaps that
we have prospered. To the English we
would say that we gladly welcome them.
The Iron Association last year sent out
fifty men to this country to report to them
o4 70, hn
knows there is such place as Tennessee.
While in England, l was asked to describe
the Mississippi river. The Thames is not
larger than Harpeth river, so they have no
idea of large stream. The Tennessee
river is as large as all of the rivers of En-
gland. | told them that the Mississippi
could wash away their entire country In
two years. They enquired about our CIT
les; and | said that but a little while ago
Chicago was only swamp and now has
100000 inhabitants, and Is one of the
greatest commercial cities in the world.
They thought this incredulous, but hap
pened to have in my pocket small book
containing the statistics of all the large
cities, and Chicago's exports were $780,
900 greater than LiverpooPs. They be-
gan to believe that we had something, at
ter ALL
There have travelled in America, this
year, more Englishmen than ever before.
We have room for a hundred more ma
tons as great as Great Britain. We
should show what we can do, and | can
tell you Tennessee will not stand behind.
ct rs work on our enormous coal folds
The same bed extends up though Pennsyl,
vania, and Warns the cities of the Eas-
tern States. In the valley of Eastern
Tennessee runs the Tennessee, while
around are ridges full slo1gh Of mineral
wealth to make a Pennsylvania stand
on his head. In this valley we have the
Gods earth, and that, too, of the best
kind.
| made my first acquaintance with the
people of Tennessee during the war, and |
| must say that | had a rather rough in |
PRODUCTION. ! had seen in war your min. |
eral wealth, and at it's close l travelled |
a year in Tennessee and Alabama for the |
purpose Of finding some suitable place |
to settle down. became convinced that |
in Tennessee [ could manufacture iron
cheaper than anywhere else. / have |
probably employed more men than any |
one individual in the State. | feel graf |
flied, and that it is due you to say that |
during my long residence here | have |
never had an uucivil word spoken to me
by Tennesseean. (Applause) Meyer
have | stopped at a door that | |
was not invited in and forced |
10 partake of their comforts. The |
people of Tennessee have ceased to care /
for politics and have warm greeting for
every person that comes to help develop |
their great resources.
Ladies and gentlemen thank you for
your attention, and hope to see you all at
the Exposition
The proceedings closed with the "Beau-
tiful Blue Danube" Dixie" and "Yan>
kee Doodle" by the Post band, the last
two given by request of Gen. Hawley. As
each was played, the audience cheered
with great enthusiasm.