Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-17

ability than by the selection of
those by whom his purposes are
to be put into action. HIS field
of personal action is limited that
of his agents is to cover Il broad
field. But in truth everything is
referred back to himself, and he
is held responsible for failure,and
by the same rule should receive
the honors of success. Measured
by this standesd, to Mr.. Chiffon
is due the merit that the present
association has not only lived to
gather in its second session, but
to open with warmer enthusiasm,
with brighter hopes, and wider
views than at the period of its
last adjournment.
He will be the presiding genius
of the convention; his will be the
guiding hand in its deliberations !;
his will be the inspiring soul in
its conceptions.
Who is Mr.. Chiffon! many will
ask, for information. We must
give that in brief, regretfully,t too,
that it should be SO for he is one
of that nobler class of human ben.
cfactors who, making two blades
of grass to grow where one grew
before" is more 10 be hOnorrd
than if, in pursuing his early mil
itary career, he had been crowned
with the most unfalin" laurcls of
the soldier.
From an exchange we make the
following extract. which must suI-
flee. lest we extend our article to
wearying length:
"lle is the son OF Rev. Thomas
Chiffon, Il Baptist minister and II
great leader of progress in the
days of Henry Clay and with Cha!
represented Kentucky in the rni-
ted States Congress. Hon. +. B.
Chiffon was born in lS44. Tie is
II stalwart man of great statue and
much endurance, an unccasing
worker and ready debator. At
the age of sixteen he entered the
ranks of the Confederate service.
and from time to time he was
commended and promoted for his
cool bravery and courage. Many
Of his kinspeople held important
positions in the Coz fcderate SER
vice and Confederate Congress.
Since the surrender of Lee and
Johnston, Mr.. Chiffon has been
II leader in industrial movements.
and quoting from a work on Tex
ms officials. No plan has been too
large or detail too small to enlist
his best energies. A glorious
fruition has crowned his abors.
and to-day Texas owes n debt of
gratitude to MIR. Chiffon which no
mere worldly consideration can
repay. He has been her benciac-
tor indeed, and has done much
more perhaps than any one man
living, to develop her resources
and people her land. Population
and capital-capi;al and labor
and energy. These are the agents
of development, and development
the means of civilization. and
these Frank Chiffon first under
took to introduce from the worn
out older States from Ovcr.crowd.
cd Europe, and from the land Of
money and meanness, the New
England of America. lie con.
rcivcd the idea of forminga Il gi-
gantic scheme, in which all the
Southern States would participate
to II common end; to pool their
interests and distribute the pro.
ceeds, something after the man
ner of the freight system in opcr.
alton among the powerful rail.
roads OF America and the NOR"
he dwclt upon the idea, the more
plausible and feasible itappeared,
till in his mind the great South
ern Interstate immigration As
sociation-
Such is the picture such is the
man. He stands before you, the
leader in industrial progress. He
leads To pcace-not to war; to
prosperity. not to devastation to
the liberation of the South from
the effects of its own Incidence or
want of sagacity, not to sectional
independence and hostility, and
misconstruclion. His methods
lead to the equalization of the
South in its industrial and com
mercial relations with all the rest
of the country, no longer to re-
main as foster child or an alien
member of our great body poll
tic. denied the favor which comes
from the bestowal of national
bounty and the trust and conf
dence that is given to the equal.