Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-13
The Rugby Colony.

| 1t seems pity to dispel the illusion of
beautiful fiction. 1t is equally a pity to
disturb the sad joy of mourners at funer>
al, by the production of the living being
over whom mournful tears are flowing.
But we are compelled to interrupt the
requiem over the dead body of the Rugby
Colony. by producing that person in full
life and health. Therefore let the mourn
ers depart in peacei
To drop the figure, Rugby is not dead.
nor about to die. The article copied by
"Fact' from tie Courier ournal, and
m tde part of his communication
Published in the Dispatch of Sun
| day morning last, is false in every particu-
lar.
| l am in constant correspondence with
Mr.. Hughes, in London, and with his
agents at Rugby, and not an intimation of
an intention to abandon Rugby, nor of any
discontent with their location ha- beyn
communicated to me, their principal legal
adviser. On the contrary. in their very
last letter they have consulted me about
| their fuLlre plans and the acquisition of
more lands Mr. John Boyle, ESQ one of
/ v,
at Rugby every day, from London, to ma,
lure and carry into execution further pt" DIS
| tor the growth and expansion OF the Col ny.
| Mr.. Thomas Hughes has not been in Bos-
ton since the latter part of October or tn
first of November, for he sailed for London
on the 9th of the last named m nth, and
has not been in the United States SINCE
Up to that ime he expressed himself to me
rs being satisfied, and was full of hope as
to the future of the colony.
| Now, L u.slre to notlce said communca>
zion more in detail. 1t is not true that
the Rugby colony is to be bodily removed
from Tenne see 10 Minnesota" 1t il no.
rue, as / believe and venture TO firm,
that Mr.. Thomas Hughes stated in Boston
that he and his fellow-helpers had b Oh
| srIevUusly cheated by the land sharks
from whom they purchased land. As be-
tore stated, AR. Hughes has not been in the
United otales since the 9th of November
IL is Lot true, nor does the statement
nave the slightest approach to the
without boring 3 . feet" 1t Is not true
enat the f lends of Ihe enterprise in Eng
| land have aIse means wherewiLh to t. ans.
port the ol"i to MINI, sofa. They have
| not now, HI never had any such intention
| Ii Is Dot true that o coloIlsts are admitted
| with less than five hu dred pounds tier
mbg." Nothing could be more false. All
| Aood citizens, whatever their means, I'd
tionaity or religion, are invited. 1t Is no
rue that the lands which the colony hal
purchased are barren and worthless. Ii Il
not true that Mr.. Hughes was swim, led BY
Boston land sharks" He did not pur-
chase an acre from Boston men. A IL z,
part Of his purchase Was made from TEN
| nesseans, after u sitting examination OF thu
| titles by four fenne see lawyers. Notwlth
standing all this care, some of these tile
my fail, but feet quite confident that
will be small per cent, If any at all.
Ali this cutlery agaIns the Rugby colon.
1t has expended in our, stat
! for lauds, roads. houses, churches
= school houses, &C., &C., from 90 t.
Y $4,000 lG has given employment, dt
4 tectly and INDIRECTLY, to from fifty to seven
ty-hVe mechanics and labo1eIs daily. l
drawing to our State daily large mum
Der OF coionists, who are intelligent, moral
industrious and first class cit zrns. 1t ha
oanlshed hquor and intemperance from IL
midst. Ills building churches and schoo
houses, ana establishing public library
~ All these things has 1t done, and is dolne
Without asking from our susie or people
, dollar. 1t has paid promptly. accord in
to contract. for all it has purchased. Il
4 the point of int oduclng n new syster
Of agriculture, and new ind ustries. on th
Cum bel lano mountain. If successful, as
- believe it will be, it will in the Course
!, time, make thar region one Of the mo
productive in the State, new the most vi
productive Now, l ask, what harm
q here in all this, that our people shout
N seek to break up, and drive of, tn
2 have no quarrel with those who thin
q the Cum berland plateau is no pace for
q colony, or who have poor opinion OF Il
=. soil. Gen raj jackson thought that II
e. D ateau would one day become the gsrde
~ snot of Ten nessee. Col. Killebrew con
- missioner of agriculture, who is the highe
a and the best authority on this subject
= the State, and who has done 80 much