Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-14
TESNEssRE.
As Col. M'cIure Sees It.

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Col. A. K. Mcclure editor of the
PhiIadelphia Times. after describing
NashvIlle's beautiful surroundings and
rapid growth, speaks thus of our State.
SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE.
Tennessee, like Alabama, has been
greatly blessed in her natural gifts TO
invite every diversity OF legitimate in
dustry, and the hopeful promise of her
future ID in the very general interest
exhibited by all classes of business
men to promote the development OF
her vast wealth. Instead of discussing
politics or wrSngling over Cabinet as
pirants or postoffices, the one question
most earnestly discussed in public
places, in the clubs, and in social gath
erings that draw the men OF substance,
is the best method of attracting indus
trial emigrants, of securing capital
and business experience to multiply
producing mines, furnaces, factories,
farms, railways and schools. An even
ing spent as probably or pleasantly
at one of the clubs OF the city, discuss
ed only the question of how to make
the stranger most welcome as citizen
of the State. The young business
men OF Nashville were at the front,
and with them were the college pro-
lessor, the journalist, the minister and
the politician of the South. They
HAVE BURIED THE PAST
and It's dead; they have buried with it
the traditions, the teachings, the
preIudices which made the South the
home of few in luxury and the home
of many in poverty. They discuss
slavery only as one of the sad errors of
their fathers, and the welcome eman-
cipation as the disenthralment of the
blacks. They are, as class, the men
who learned in boyhood, by the terri
BILE sacrifices of war, that hardness
ever of hardness is mother" and they
have grown to manhood since the
story of Appomattox was dated. They
have grown up self-reliant and ener-
getic and they are about to assert
themselves in the political and bust
ness policy of the whole South.
EVEN SOUTH CAROLINA.
has Governor who has won his posi-
ton as the founder of the liberal edu-
eational system of the Palmetto State |
aud not as Confederate warrior, and |
the sudden and irresistible impetus |
about to be given TO the material de-
yelopment of the diversified wealth of |
Tennessee; the early completion Of
her great waterways; the opening of |
her coal, iron, copper and marble de-
posits; the employment of her i'm
mense waterpowers to whirl the spin
die and drive the loom and forge-ham-
mer, and they want just protection for
the industries of the nation. More
than that they will have what they
need IT united and manly effort can
attain 1t, regardless of partisan leaders
and free trade dreamers.
ANOTHER RIVAL TO PENNSYLVANIA
No intelligent business man from
Pennsylvania can carefully examine
the natural resources of Tennessee |
and Alabama without seeing the hand /
of destiny that is soon 10 mark a revo-
luton in the iron and coal trade of |
this country. While in the single /
struggle for the mastery in iron and
coal product, Alabama has in some
measure the advantage of Tennessee
ms 8 great centre of those commodi-
ties, this State surpasses Alabama in
the surroundings OF mineral wealth
which can be probably developed by
manufacturing. - a. --.
nfs rHEs0iL DE TENNESSEE .5k
IL better than that of Pennsylvania,
and capable of every growth we can
boast Of in the Keystone State, with
cotton added in large belt OF the
southern portion. 1t has all the divers
ity of hills, valleys and water COURSES