The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-20
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do in certain cases, lay open the affected parts
ard, regardless of the cries and tears Of the
patient, proceed, regularly, TO cure the dis
ease, il Within his power. In doing so, he
desires to he understood Ms one void Of Of.
observation-disclosures any or either
of the parties 10 whom allusion may be made,
in the course Of this epis.le. For J would
scorn to place myself in the position of a
mere reporter Of small talk for the newspa.
pers-nor would covet the reputation o: the
slanderer-who SANDERS simply because it is
in his evil nature so to do.
Without farther preface, Or circumlocution,
] remark, firstly, that the newspapers of this
goodly city are, altof them, open to serious
objections. The position Of editor, ! can
well understand, is one Of great difficulty.
and We should not suffer ourselves 10 become
censoriousot hyperrntical in our observations
upon this topic, nor do purpose TO be gull
ty os any injustice towards the editors Of the
various ,ceekliss, and Fri iceekly, of Knox
vile in this notice-butI must be permitted
to say, that the Presbyterian Witness has
constituted itself into most uhconscionable
bore, by means of The. controversy between
two; rival schools belonging to the sect Of
which that print is the accredited organ
The readers of, The. paper, generally, are not
very :gteatly Interested in that contest, and !
respectfully suygestto the editor 10 let it
slide" In other respects the Witness is well
enough. Il has always been ably edited, and
as for its mechanical execution, it is in KIN
sLoE's best style. He, you know, is perfect
master in The :" art preservative Of all arts"
The Register, il would appear, finds some
difficulty, since the untoward result of the
Presidential election, in getting itself up If
its worthy (and gentlemanls') editor would
allow me 10 offer suggestion, it would be
to the effect that long and labored editorials
nre not exactly the thing-even though they
may have for their subject the financial affairs
OF Knoxville. The recent onslaught on the
Union Bank here, was a God send to the pa.
pers, furnishing them with n batch of fine
material out Of which 20 manufacture copy
By the way, WINS, that discussion between
yourself and the Cleveland Banner is getting
a little boreish. ldon't see his paper regular
ly, but judging from your own articles opine
that the readers of both sheets would deci-
dedly prefer that you stop all that kind of
thing, and let the Railroad manage its affairs
in its own way. For such advice as this,
charge nothing-so you need not inquire the
amount of the bill.
In regard to the Wing, hardly know
what to say. Bfownlow is so universally
popular that it would be right hard to make
any one believe that his paper is not always
just what it ought to be. Twill remark, how.
ever, that he ioo'dev6tes large amount of
his space to banks and banking. In fact, our
editors, generally, seem to have. turned their
attention wholly to matters of finance. The
Nashville Union favors dhe abolition. Of all
banks, and return to the old fashioned Jack.
son, Democratic .doctsine of hard-money.-
There will be.a rich time next winter, at the
d" city of rocks" you ought TO send me ont
there to keep your readers posted up in the
various movements which will then and there
be made for regulating the monetary affairs
of the State.
come now TO speak of the Mercury a
tri weekly. 1t is toleraby fair specimen of
a newspaper, bu, wastes too much time, Ia.
Dor and space in clarifying the FIX President
and putting the President, together with all
their surroundings and hangers.on. This
sheet is also particularly industrious in hunting
up little items, the publication Of which is
calculated to stir up strife,-and you know
TO pitch in on the slightest provo
cation, that single paragraph is sufficient
at any time to raise muss. The journal
now under consideration, will one day come
ont with an article that sets half the town
by the ears-and upon finding out what
commotion he has gotten up, he forth.
with takes it all back, or, forsooth, says it
was all joke This, know, is the. prac.
tice of the junior publisher the present
Editor, must ercept, as think he is far
more discreet man than his partner.
The increase in population, wealth and i'm.
portance of Knoxville continues, without
abatement. Few towns in the South. West
have made such progress during the last Ten
years. Including Z lst Knoxville, we num-
Der, at this time, not less than eight thousand
souls and ii is the opinion of some close
observers that these figures are inside Of the
true numbef. But I fear that our pisdom
does not keeppacs with our rapid advance
ment in other respects. The last Legisa
.ure added another ward 10. the city, bring
ing in thereby Two more aldermen. Their
advent into the, Board, humbly submit, has
not served rny very good purpose towards
augmenting the harmony, (nnd, by conse.
quence, the usefuness) of that honorable
body. We are told, thai 4" in a multitude of
counsel there is wisdom"-but in the affairs
Of n town corporation, think the best plan
would be to delegate the power, patronage,
&c, TO one or two men, Of established char.
acter for ability and integrity, and thus avoid
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