, 1881-12-05
Nashville, Past and Present
Old Hickory's Political
Autocracy.
Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities
How the Color Line Is
Still Maintained,
vfcvs of Southern Men on tho
Condition md Prospects
Of tho South.
MANY Lessons Learned from the North,
and Many More Yet to
Be- Learned.
Manufactures and Protection" Wanted. So
lhas southerners Can "livo More
Within Themselves.

Ina! southetners Can "Liyo More
Within Themselves"
sptfta1 Correspondence al The Chicago Tribune
NASHVILLE, Tuun., Dec. i.-For surno mouths
non sud exploration III the South, and now tl,ld
oytelf here, In the Capital of tho alate Of Ton.
oe.sco. Ms purpose II to tatk with stpuny peo-
ne. end Give my readors ns good nm insIght ns
oosslbIc iEto tho prcsunl condition md feeling
of tho Inhabitants OF this grent section OF our
ou,pon country. It Is time when thero ls 10
possibility of nuy prcjudco from political OK.
element. and a,n cGrtalr thut tho disposition
Of yoir correspondent iB to speak truly and act
Justly.
ID tho tlrst placo, desire to spcn1 of
NASHVILLE, FAST AND PRESENT.
There was Il tttuD whom this was tho most I'm
po,tanl punt, politically spcnkLug, In tho United
States. Here lived Gen. Jackson, and from tho
Neunltaxo hls orders went forth to a pnrty
tnlncd to obey; and never was bla authority
Questioned. This HtatG has furnished thrGp
Presidents. aud tic bonus Of tho tbrre todny lie
In her sol. Polk Is buried III tho heart OF this
ei.y; Jackson at tho Hermitage, twelve mites
from here: arh johnson Mt Grcunvllle, Thu
older oItIxcns here. nnny Of whom remember
Gen. Jackson we'll, n1ycr tire OF speaking Of
bis merits rs a political icudor. Today,
xlth tho Democratic party rent in twain,
rud Republican In tho Qubernutorsal ChRIr,
ho old lenders Of the party can veil Sigh for
be good old duys Of Con. jackson. Said m old
atlton aud prominent politician to me: "Wu'd
lever seq any snch works us ttese 1t Old Hickory
serc with Ms. Some one would get ktllel,if tho
licking oycr parsy-trnces wasn't stopped. Why,
Iuthoas days three or four Euen used to run tho
uholc thing. and we'll nigh run tho country.
They would meet With Gen. jackson, oIthor
sunewhere hero III tho city. or out vt tho llcr-
mits0o later IN Ills life and things would bo dis
naci and axcd up. This was Followed to tho
Rllcs.
AND no KICKING.
People camo into llno like 30 mnny sheen, and
poone thought Of questioning The wisdom OF
Mch things. So strong grip did Gen. jackson
hhys upon tho people TINT 1t wns only necessary
for anything to get ont as tie Wish Of Old Hlck-
of7 and It WIS sure TO go through. HIg gmen from
aparts Of tho country catno hero uftar Gen.
Jackson hnd retl red TO private lEfo to tuik over
pasty.mattcrs with him; and hIH will WIS
hw. ffo was tho only Party-kiug
thls country ever had. lIo ruled till
tho day Of his death; and after, when II was
tadwn what bis desires weru on any question.
Many peopie havo wondered how 1t camo about
Aat Jasnca X. Polk was over nominated with
iueh uuaulmlty, ind elected President. Hp was
known to 30 aa lnfcrIor man In mnny respects to
strcsal who wcro candidates butore tho country
f9s tho oIllcc. We know all about 1t lorc. 1fo
wss tho cho1c0 OF Old Hickory. 1le
laid that, by the Eternal Polk shon,l bo Pros
ldsht; and that sestlod 1t. No ono could stand
tnr possible chance III a Democratic Cus,vuntou
Ia those days against tho will OF Old Hickory"
"wMy did JACKSON WANT FOLK rIu.sl-
nESTs'
"0ft Wus the way no bad OF looking nftor bis
friends. Folk hhd been member or Congress- for
fourteen years fron this datrict-the ono thut
President jackson llyedin. lie had bcen speaker
ot tho llousa during most OF Jaokson's Admin
htrahon. lie Ind supported the ProsIduut III
efrry way, and ut every point. Do you suppose
mat old Hickory would forget such services as
hese7 Mover while life lasted. lilo was bound
taat Polk should oe President. mud ho WINS Pres
dent"
Alter 3aekson's death, the political centre,
ase tha storm .ccntrs, chunged, did It not2''
res. Br; It has Rnnc from one Btato to atl-
esaer, apparently without much lAw except that
ne parsy'teadors for tho time arv locutcd 1uorc.
!atbdlng-piaco for eon9 years has been Ohio:
p4l II would now seem to be drifting towaras
Aew York, hut In mono Of thuso latter INSTANCES
nast beon 60 decided Aa 1t used to DO hcro In
snhvt'le and ut tho Hermitage"
unfng tho War. uf course Nashville, as did
y. the rest OF Tennessee, suffered materially.
Today she ia t,oonng. think 1t ia, oil things
considered. tito best city In tho central portion
W me sonth. Everything is working alonp tlne-
acre. TIM people nEa very dpHirous OF having
manufactures 10 up; md it would SOON to be
=, a,eeicellcnt time for capitalists to invest. Tho
'aderb'|t unlversity-tho groat sent OF learu-
as o'tae Methodist Church south-whioh wns
nsnea for old Commodore Vanderbilt, and to
8hlch hC rave million t.r an ar ttpIlnrp ID In.