History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Gov. Sam Houston. It was he who put afloat the first steaml)oat that phed the waters of theCumberland. This was the General Jackson, that steamed into Nash-ville in the year 1818. His administration was conducted on soundbusiness principles, and with the same judg-ment and foresight that characterized the man-agement of his own affairs. The people werejust recovering from the paralyzing effect of thefinancial troubles of 1819-20, and GovernorCarroll warned them against too great relianceupon the relief measures of the government, andadvis
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Gov. Sam Houston. It was he who put afloat the first steaml)oat that phed the waters of theCumberland. This was the General Jackson, that steamed into Nash-ville in the year 1818. His administration was conducted on soundbusiness principles, and with the same judg-ment and foresight that characterized the man-agement of his own affairs. The people werejust recovering from the paralyzing effect of thefinancial troubles of 1819-20, and GovernorCarroll warned them against too great relianceupon the relief measures of the government, andadvised a course of rigid individual economy,and an enlarged use of domestic products. Inthe meantime, he caused the finances of the State /|jto be put on a sound footing, by having theaffairs of the banks thoroughly examined, andrequiring them to resume specie payments. 314. Sam Houston.— Governor Carroll was succeeded by SamHouston, who defeated Willie Blount and Newton Cannon by a verylarge majority. A Virginian by liirth, in his youth he removed, wit
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