The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-08
soCrmERN IMMuGwAaHOx As-
aOClATIOv.

NAsHvrLLE. Tenn, Mar Il Is, ls

The Association has been put oa af' rm basis lay
Incorporating il under The general Anchfporat."n
act of Tennessee AMI has AMONG in tn"mbe;S
some o. the very best men in sh,4Souih -'nt:'
whose names arc = synonym nj isuk,@sA Ft,
proceedings ot the Association ,S,r@ IA srkrd MOI
only by cool deliberlr,n bnt b; esro;si he'es
mination to bring immigration Il nI'r }air @'r'it-
land Our efforts wer. heartily = pnde snd
endorsed by such men rs Ci+.iut A. Clay. of
Kentucky W. p. C. Brccxenrid.s., 3s Kentucky;
Governor Jarvis. of North Car aint; Governor
Thompson, Of South Carolina, a:ld a long Ii>l of
other distinguished representatives ifnen in ih'
South and West The journalism pr this A.sD
citation is laid broad and ieepsenk she people
Of the South may expect good sesHits from the
labors OF the week Governor Wnt 3 Bate. of
Tennessee, made the welcoming sp@t%i,t II was
characteristic Of the man-simplyt&ran No
braver soldier or truer statesman;evesliyed thar
VIM. B. Bate. He lives in the hearts at the pco
pie Of Tennessee. Governor b tf.s Fas followed
by Governor Thsmas T. Crittens,njos MisSon:i,
in one OF the Governors s.rone !anN 'legieal ct
forts for be il known, Governor crEts a. te Is Il
host within himself The groiln4ssisksn by
Governor c. were broad and liberal ssfcli as only
large Drained man could lake. ThS Governors
heart is in this great work and h@ proposes to
meet the President and Vice F'reSissert.. aud
Board of Directors in st. Louis IN Nsy To help
on the great cause of Souherr lknsnisr.'i"n.
Hon. G. F. Hooker, one of MissisSpItf most elo
quent sons, was a member of tie Stn%eniion
and did yeOman service a Spetiktu General
Hooker has but few equals in ;aSt She mem
bers of the Association went strlC.lyI,S business
namely the development Of the lst.ai, rcsour
ces OF the South. am of the opinSh that the
time for encouraging immigration .ts onr fair
land was never more propiious tlfan'at the pres
l.:.,Ix ~. z.
Nashville on this occasion will he The iAtIal step
10 a grand and noble ending Ne-et Mere Sc,
of men more reyally entertained .tSan were
the delegates TO This Immigra'ios Assoc
alton gathered here from all p.dts of The
South. Not only were the doors Ut this people
open TO receive us, but their hears 'sinod wide
ajar and all were made In feel at EoIf1 We IL
ways liked Nashville but now We lcsk her nr-
BILE, warm hearted people. Nashg,llg ii 20 holt
way Town. They are Il prncely pebndei Ten
nessee has one OF the most subsiant;t4 Oap!ttls
in the United States, and the Capiysli ttnEng is
Of Tennessee rock, and from tountsttot Sonc %
the dome is perfect, and will last eiernsy or Us
long as Tennesseeans will have ltsesftr CApi-
tol. II mistake not This fine buil}ing'sas com
menced in 1845 during Aaron ". I1r$wns al
minisration, and completed during WAl Truus-
dalcs ter m of office The masSive puslanr rests
on solid rock. Mr.. Samuel Walking gave the
rock in the quarry to build this finc:sy,Kturc tnr
81 800. BY an act OF the Legislature saE the ma
terial in this grand building was rrlgiszt to lac
of Tennessee material and glas! G,3ory was
started at Knoxville to make the glr~k II is not
only Capitol building hut mnnsnpis IL Trn-
nessee OF her energy resources aIsi .skall The
architect was Mr.. Strickland. wh$ hid April
7th, 1854, and is buried in The nnrthkeii corner
of the Capitol building, vault 1listng h"~n
made for the purpose We were s,lfgSn ut the
eastern entrance by Captain VIM Se.dks very
fine painting representing pione-r:ol .l'e carly
days in hand To hand igh vita aE Indian.
showing the wagons in the distan, eftuf course
the pioneer killed the Indian) As q sSrk Of arl
it is very fine. From The eastern cftsaace Cap
tain StOckell escorted us TO the Sla,a 5I.ibrsrv
where we were surprised to find the T,ottrai.s o
all of Tennessees Governors-frstso khom is
VIM. Blount, from 1892 to 1896; ;IdaI Sewer
1896 to 1901; Samuel Huston 1877 to 1929:
James X. Polk. 1889 to 1s41 WIN, 'fsusdale
1949 To 1851; Andrew Johnson, ISo3 10 1891
lsham &. Harris, 1857 TO 1853; Njn r. Bate
present incumbent. | only give tlset rnsnes and
dates of few OF the most promineni tatSvrrnors
l also saw fine life-sZe painting %: ,i.f,t grear
orator and statesman, Felix Grundv: az, an Old
painting of General Andrew JacksGn l,d Mrs
jackson. Mrs General Jackson WIS sa,iita a
large heshy lady and has a very fine ~ i.re9son
rather denoting benevoence | .s,lrt. other
States could with credit follow sT>.tucssees
example in this matter of -portrai' sgai3rics of
their distinguished men. I found Esee large
rooms well filled with books snd all in
the most perfect order. Mrs S H. Hatton
and daughter are in charge Mrs Ration ia the
widow OF Gen. Robt Hatton, ef TenasSS Sc, who
was killed in Virginia during the WAS. and one
OF Gods noble men. 1t was very [rSi d in the
Legislature in making Mrs Hatton StsiS Libra
ran. They will do themselves horpt w keep
ing her in the position. -:
On the 18th the Association went ina tssiv to
pay their respects to the widow ~ .rfesifien,
james 4. Folk at the Polk Place. was truly
glad OF this opportunity, and was mos, aareeably
surprised to find Mrs Polk, who has 5hst turned
She is grand old lady, and well may Ienpes
see ieel proud OF her. 1t is their privilege 40 to
do. After our return on the 18th .Ersm Mrs
Folks the Association went into the election of
officers, electing Col. j. A. McWh.rses Presi-
dent, and Vice-President from each S1ase also
a Board OF Directors of fourteen, selstt ing one
from each State, and the appointment ;,.:s nnm-
ber of committees Col. 8. f. NowEr. Of Ar
kansas, was also reelected Secretary, .:si r. X.
Mulky, of Kentucky. Assistant Secre&.sl, after
which the meeting adjourned until the!l sa.;
had the pleasure of meeting Col a. n, Rob
erts, of the american. 1t was my got,l yortnne
to meet John Happy" during the VIZ Mheh at
Chattanooga We had several pleastps chats
with Gov. Bate, were courteously thout,J of nv
DR.. Morrow, Mr.. Cherry, DIR. Morrows1 ,srtner.
Mr.. J. Horton Fall and Col. J. G. Hssrss. Col.
Harris placed the writer under many obligations
for his very kind and marked attent;Sp and |
hope some day to get the Colsnel to Nlcaida so
I can repay the debt Of gratitude
1t was delightful hour that spent Is ,,h that
elegant gentleman and eminent historian %Dr J.
Berryan Lindsey. You only find man like
DR.. Lindsey once in every 50 or 100 year4. The
Doctor is second Franklin at hia areaide.
He is preparing a history of the late war. and
especially Of the part borne by Tenneaaecans.
and has collected an immense mass oT original
matter from the prominent men of Tec cnessee
which will enable him to make this orl. af the
best and most accurate histories Of the wa7, And il
ought to be in the library of everv TfeuRes.
seean. and in fact of every Southern man.
1t will not only he true history ~ events
saw the work, and it is TO my mind eo::nplete
| could have spent week listening to Er Lind
sey reading and explaining this admirable work.
Doctor, you can put me down for a cor,
On the 14,h Generals Harding and Jsekson
sent the Association an invitation 10 vasii Bhlle
Meade, near Nashville. This is the great stock
farm of Tennessee. From this farm have gone
some OF the fastest horses in the Unites Essaes.
The invitation was accepted, and the writer, in
company with Gov. CritteBden, Col. Eoiwjip and
Hon. Thns. Essex, of Arkansas, started snr Belle
Meade, followed by large number :ot either
gentlemen Of the Association Riphs f6yailv
were we received by Gen. and Mrs .JsfSsi,;s and
Gen. Harding, and driven around tk8ir $500
acre stock farm. Here we saw 45 or 10 ~ the
finest thoroughbred colts that was ever bur enOd
fortune to look upon. We saw the famous and
fastest horse in America Luke Blacktlru. En-
quirer, Great Tom and others Of eu<al note.
The sale from this famous Belle Meade win Az
erage from $4,000 to $4,000 per veal fsy fine
horses alone. Then they raise a larga n,s.abcr
OF fine cattle. The grounds, pastures ana ssablea
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