The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-29
Wayside Notes.

South and visit To the Cotton
States Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia,
and few impressions of the country
and the big show may not prove wholly
uninteresting to the readers OF this
paper
From Cincinnati, the journey to At
lanta was made with the Buckeye Press
Association in special train of Pull
man sleepers, through Kentucky, Ten
nessee, northern Alabama and Georgia.
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While there is doubtless much of the
south ern country that is a veritable
garden, the route by which our party
travelled was through but little of it.
The writer saw no section south of the
Ohio river that could compare for fer
tility and advantages as home with
our own Michigan or beautiful Ohio.
The finest stretch of southern country
we saw was near Louisville, KY, the
famous "blue grass" region.
The exposition at Atlanta thriving
southern city of hundred thousand
peoples very creditable to the people
of the South. All visitors are prone to
compare it with the great Worlds
Fair, which of course detracts from its
glory. Aside from odious comparisons,
Atlanta has big show.
On the return journey, the writer
stopped off at Chattanooga, Tenn, and
visited the government park on the
Chickamauga battlefield. There are
1000 acres of land and upwards of 40
miles of government roads in this re-
serve, and some 200 monuments mark
the positions of federal regiments in
this great battle and commemorate
deeds of heroism and bravery. Notable
among these monuments is one erected
in honor of the 4th Mich. Cav, a num-
Der of the members of which regiment
reside in this county. Another remark
able monument is that of the 22d Mich.
Inft.; out of 455 members of this regi-
ment who went into the battle, $3.50
were killed, wounded OF captured.
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We also visited Mission Ridge and
lookout Mountain. No visitor to this
portion of the South can afford to pass
these points of interest by Lookout
Mountain is especially interesting.
When you visit it, go up its rocky side
by the old inclined plane railroad and
then by steam cars ride around the
crest, if your time is limited; or, better
vet, walk around it if you have time.
The place is not only one of great his
toric interest, but also of marvellous
natural beauty. From its summit the
view is truly magnificent, with its pic
turesuue mountains, fertile valleys, the
winding river and the city OF Chatta-
noOga nesting at the mountains base.
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1t seems to us to have been an act of
wisdom for the national government to
do its part TO preserve these historic
spots, and the pilgrimage of thousands
Of people to these places every year
will not only give better idea Of the
magnitude of the military movements
in the great rebellion, and OF the dan
gers and difficulties encountered by the
boys in blue, but will as well foster and
promote patriotism in the hearts of the
American people.
While the writer was in no sense in
the South for the purpose OF studying
politics, few things of a political ma
ture came under his eye that were in
teresting and instructive. While sitting
one evening in the rotunda of the Hotel
Nicholson at Nashville, we became en-
gagged in conversation with a lawyer of
that city who is republican politician
of state repute aud influence. He says
Tennessee is certainly good for at least
10000 republican majority next year, as
the better class of democrats are thor
oughly Disguised with the disgraceful
steal of the governorship by their party
and will hereafter vote the republican
ticket. A democrat who was sitting
near by admitted that Evans was elect
ed and that the seat was stolen from
him; this gentleman says the only pos
sible hope for the democrats in Tennes-
see is TO cut entirely loose from the pol
iticians who engineered the dirty fraud.
In confirmation of the above. young
man of Nashville whom the writer met
on his way north in the interest of
Nashvilles centennial celebration next
year, said that both he and his father
had always voted the democratic ticket,
but could be counted in the republican
ranks hereafter, aud that their eyes
were opened by the steal of the gov
ernorship.
Following the above, it is Perhaps
well to say that Tennessee republicans
seem TO be soidly united in the push
ing of Evans for the vice-presidential
nomination.
We have spoken of next years cele-
bration at Nashville. This will be an
exposition in honor of the Tooth ami
versary of the admission of Tennessee
into the Union, which was in 1906. One
gentleman whom we met wanted the
celebration postponed until 1900, as he
didn't think the four years spent in the
Confederacy should be counted in max
ing up the century. 1t is not out of
place to say that this man is republi-
can, and his utterance goes to show
that republicans are not afraid TO say
what they think in Tennessee, at least.
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The wife of an editor who was on our
train was asked by new acquaintance
if her husbands was political paper.
''Oh, no." she replied, "it's democrat
ic!" and the lady was not far from the
truth.
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We are pleased to say that, so far as
we were able TO observe, the people OF
the South are, almost without excep-
ton, loyal American citizens. As a