Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-13
A LETTER FROM GEN. SHERMAN
ON SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Industrial and Agricultural H.
terests Considered.

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low, at the request of Capt. Z.
| Howell, of Atlanta, Ga. The Genera
gives the result OF his observation
through the Safe Of Georgia, an
points out its advantages TO those per
sous WIN are contemplating emlgra
ton. He shows the need or IN
further development Of the South, ant
compares it's progress in mat respec
| with the material progress OF the Wes'
He also gives a new explananalon o
the phrase "earpet baggers," anu eA
presses the opinion that in anothei
generation the much talked OF "sOcia
! 0stracism" will disappear:
ATLANTA, GA, Feb. l, 1879.
General W. T. Sherman:
DEAR SIR: Ia The course OF several
conversations while you were In At
| Iauta, you were pleased to refer to the
growth and prosperity of the city anu
/ TO the material progress made by the
people since the war. You also spoke
! of the healIhfulness of our climate and
/ the advantages offered here to capitals
/ lists and industrious immigrants.
Your position during the war gave
/ you an opportunity TO study carefully
| our State, and especially Atlanta. By
/ the time this reaches you you will have
have thought that if you could be in
duced to write the result of your obser-
valions with respect TO the natural adj
vantages of our soil, climate, and the
resources OF our section; it might be
the means of attracting the attention
of those who have capital, as we'll as
these who control and give direction
to the tide Of immigration.
know that continued demands, Of
fetal and social, are made upon your
time, but | vas 30 struck with the apt
ness of some OF your comments and the
practical nature If your suggestions
that | have veDlured to address you
this letter. Yours, truly,
L Z. HOWELL.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Feb. 4, 1879.
Captain f. p. HoWeli, Atlanta, Ga:
NY DEAR SIR-Your most accepia-
BILE letter of February first re8cued me
here yesterday, aud [ await myself of
the first moment Of leisure 10 reply.
My opportunities for studying the
physical fea ures of Georgia have been
even larger than you mention. In
1913 4 i went from AugLsla to
Marietta i'll q stage when Atlanta had
no eXistenCe); thence to BelfOnte, Ala.
on horseback, returning afteTWaFd all
the way on horseback TO Augusta, by a
different road again, in 1854, L con-
Quoted, as ali the world knows vast
army from Chattanooga to Atlanta
and Savannah, and just now have
passed over The same district in rail-
way cars. Considering the history of
this period of me (thirty-tive years.,
the development OF the country has
been great, but not comparable with
California, Iowa, Wisconsin or Kan
sas, in all of which States | have had
similar chances for observation. The
reason why Georgia has not kept pace
win the States L have named is be-
You'd question that emigration would
not go VheTe slavery existed. Now
that this cause Is removed there Is no
longer any reason why Georgia, esPe
cIally the northern part, should not
rapidly regain her prominence among
the great States of our Union. know
that no section is more favored IN eli |
mate, health, soil, minerals, water |
anu everything which man needs for |
hIs material wants and To contribute |
to his ply sical and intellectual devel-
OpmeuI. YUuC railroads, already flu
sued, giving your people cheap SUP
plies aud the meals of gel dug IN
every section their surplus products of
the soil or of manufactures. You
have Immense beds OF iron and coal, |
besides IntNhaustIble quantities OF
timber, oak, hickory, beech, poplar,
pine, &c, SO necessary III modern fac
tories, and hich are becoming scarce
IN other stcIIuus OF our busy country.
Norm Georgia is peculiarly adapted
to fIuIG OEcuATus, 10 gardens aud small
arms and all you need to make 1t
eem with pros peTIty is more people
not nj. ftf N.aF{ nor Tar |
.ud manufacturers, aud that Other
aTge class of European emigTanls.
winch has converted tie great North
Y est lIom wilderness into COmfurta
lie homes Tor it's millions of cUutented
'eOple.
L have crossed this continent many
lines, by almost every possible route,
nj feel CeTIaIa that AT thIS time no |
lugie region holds GU Es strong in !
IuCements for industIiDus emIgrauts
= that from l. ncnOuIg, Va, TO huuts- ;
lille, Ala, right aud left, embracing
he mOunlain ranges and Intervening
alleys, especially East Tennessee, ;
North Georgia auu Alabama L nope
wIIl not give Ofense IN say ing that
he present population has NOT done
Ili Justice TO tnls Bs,gIa ~ beautiful
nd most favored region oi our cOun-
y
eOpIe could tee diverted from the great
Vest to this region with profit and
dvaniage to all concerned. This
Whole region, though called South
RI, " is, IN fact, "noTthern"-vIZ., it
a wheat growing country: has
Innate in go sense tropical of South
RI, but was designed by nature for
mail farms sud not for large pianta-
ions. In the region | have named
forth Georgia forms a most mIOrtant I
art, and yuur city, Atlanta, is its
ajural centre or capital. Ii is adj
lirabIy situated, a thousand feet above
be ses; healthy, with abundance of
he purest water, aud with granite, :
limestone, sandstone and clay cOnven- :
sUt to build a second London. In
S64 my army, comp Ised Of nearly {
undred thousand men, all accus- S
1med TO a northern climate, were
rouped about Atlanta from June to
november Without t-nts, and were as .
igorous, healthy and strong as though J
ley were in ONO or New York. H.
eed, the whole country, from the
ennessee to the Ocmulgee ia famous E
pr health, pure water, abundant TIM r
er, and with d large proportion OF
bod soil, especially IN the valleys, and
Il you need il more people of the right
,rt. 8
BRIDGING THE CHASM.
/ am Satisfied, fiOm my recent visit,
lat Northern professional men, man. n
factuTeTS, mechanics and farmers NAV (