The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-01-31
THE NEXT ELECTIONS IN
TENNESSEE.

THE NEXT ELECTIONS IN
TENNESSEE.
The next elections OF a Governor
and General assembly in Tennessee
are vested with a more than ordinary
interest, and are fraught with unusual
Importance. The election Of u. S.
Senator in the place Of Hop. Turney,
and the laying off the State into cleo.
ton districts. will devolve upon the
Legislature to be elected mex, August.
These subjects, of themselves, would
demand from the people, in the choice
Of members. gravity and seriousness
of examination into the character of
candidates which the ordinary Iegis.
la,ion of the country might safely dis
pense with. 1t behooves the people
to see that men are sent to the State
Senate and House Of Representatives
that no arts or influences, from no
matter what quarter they may come.
can seduce into such a prohigatc in.
trigue as that which, in ls45, made
Hopkins l., Turney Senator from
Tennessee contrary to the wishes of
nineteen.twentieths Of the people Of
the State. 1t behooves the people to
see that men are sent 10 the State
Senate and House Of Representatives
who, actuated by high sense OF hon.
or and of right, will district the State
honestly and fairly; and who will
scorn 10 make themselves the tools
and instruments Of the party personal
ambition which would ge,vymander
the State. to the end that aspiran,s
here and there may be propped up by
accidental party ma orities. We mean
what we say. We wish no unnatural
alliances to aid the "hig party in
maintaining its supremacy in the
State. We desire to see it tairly dis.
tric,ed, without any reference to how
it may effect this or that candidate,
either present or prospective. If,
with an open field and fair, manly
contest. the wing party cannot place
itself in the majority in Tennessee.
we for one are content to abide with
the minority, rather than purchase
party supremacy at the expense Of
right and honor.
But these elections, important as
they are from the considerations just
mentioned. derive still higher i'm.
portancc from questions Of domestic
policy, of equal interest to all the
people Of the State, without regard to
these party opinions or DIVISIONS
We aIIu,lc to the subject Of Internal
Improvements and of Education.
It cannot be any longer doubted,
that the grand, The never. failing, the
alternative source, Of a nations or
States wealth. in this our day and
generation, is to be found in its Inter-
nal Improvcments--its Roads, Canals
and Riuer navigation. They are TIE
Magician's Wand, at the touch Of
which the desert clothes itself in smi.
ling vcrdure, the waste places TEEN
with population, and the remote viii.
dcrness at once springs into the lap
Of Civilization, in the enjoyment Of all
the comforts, the Iuxurics, and the
refinemcnts which civilization brings
in her train. The cold and barren
North has called to her aid these
agencies, and 10 the hand Of Art has
made her sterile soil to rival in lis
giories the ,eeming land whose gor-
Ceous productions spring sponta neous
beneath the kiss OF a southern sun.-
Everywhere throughout he, borders,
where erst the barren rocks frowncd
cold and chill upon the Pilgrim Faith.
crs and their hardy. frugal Lescen-
dants making Of lie in New Eng.
land a hard battle for subsistence,
gathered with toll from the earth and
from the ocean--lhere is plenty, com.
Fort. luxury. weaAh. What has work
ed this wonderful transformation? It
is their Internal improvements; it is
their system Of locating the produc.
tive industry Of their people upon the
land they live in-planting it, as it
were seed. which in its turn has sprout'
ed up again bearing an hundred fold.
That other causes than this, such as
the frugal economical habits of the
people. may have contributed to &C.
celerate the development Of these
results, cannot be denied; but that the
influence Of these causes was other
than merely to accelerate cannot be
shown The main, the all.powerful.
the creative cause. was the perma.
nent improvements, in the shape OF
qoads, canals. and afterwards ma
chinery for manufacturing, in which
the accommodating surplus industry OF
the country was invested. To be
convinced Of this, look at Georgia.
For a few wears only size has fellow.