Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-05-30
A Tennessee Idyl.
N. o. Times.Democrat.

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ham, flushed with victory at Wash
ington, essayed to capture the Cres-
cent City, it was the bucksltin rife
men of Tennessee that made the tri
umph at New Orleans. Gen. Jack
son, too, the hero Of our battle, be-
longs as well to us as to the locality
in which he spent the evening Of his
years and died. In hundred ways
we feela brotherhood with Tennessee,
while even sordid motives constantly
make the brotherhood a close and
eternal partnership for business pur-
poses. The splendid official seXhibit
of the State at the Exposition contin-
ues one Of the seven wonders Of the
South, if notof the world, and teaches
us something of the empire we have
back of us. If that empire but con-
sisted of Tennessee it would COM
mand the respect Of the world, and
make New Orleans one of the great
seaports of the day; for the com
merce of Tennessee is something that
few people, outside Of professional
statisticians, appreciate.
Almost first in the galaxy of South
ern States, Tennessee has taken a
stand as n concrete force in the forma-
ton of what we know today as the
New South. In whatever of prog
ress our section has accomplished,
Tennessee has been prominent in de-
velOping since the war, whether agri-
cultural, industrial or political, the
great commonwealth Of the New
South has led the van. Perhaps few
of our readers appreciate the close
commercial and material bonds that
unite the Crescent City with Tennes-
see The latter is one of the greatest,
producing States of the South. With
degree of energy and enterprise
that the liveliest Northwestern State
might be pround of, it is pushing its
interests out at home and abroad, I'M
til four continents now feel the effect
of its propaganda. First to recover
from the disasters of the recOnstruc-
ton period, and before the world
could believe that the staunch old
commonwealth had survived at all,
it appeared among the leading States
of the Union in new agricultural,
mining and manufacturing develop
ments.
Each one of the Southern States
represented at the New Orleans EX-
position has created surprise through
out civilization, and none more than
Tennessee. The world was not igno-
rant before that such a region existed.
Tennessee marble, Tennessee iron
and coal had been heard of but the
thousand rich resources that the State
has introduced to mankind through
this wonderful exhibit had not been
dreamed of; and possibly many
Times-DemOcrat readers do not yet
appreciate them. One county, Shell
by, of which Memphis is the seat
was for long time the banner cotton
county oftheworldand last year twas
only fifth in point of production of all
cotton producing counties. Tennes
see leads the United States in corn
This is more astonishing when it is
remembered that several States be
longing to other sections have made
their displays at the Exposition al
most on the basis of corn alone. Be
fore the supremacy of Tennessee corr
they have all bowed the knee. l
competition were allowed among thu
State exhibits it is not certain tina
Tennessee mightno capture the palm
on tobacco as well. AS to minerals
there is no doubt about the proud pc
, sitiOn it maintains. There are TWEEN
| ty-three producing coal mines in tn,
, State, just one of which supplies
large proportion Of the firesides il
New Orleans. In the production O
iron Tennessee ranks with Alabama
q and Georgia. From Chattanooga t.
the State line railroads traverse a re
gion teeming with iron, coal an,
' limestone in such proximity that tn
q history of the industry does not shOv
q such golden opportunities for invest
O ment and development. AS to MAJ
bles it is only necessary to inspect tn
! exhibits of furniture factories from al
I, parts of the country to be convince,
that the State has captured the inter
est so far as decorative purposes ar
,. concerned. In woods she acknOWl
edges no superior, in grazing land
l. hardly on pouol parhonc ~ ic NOT 6