The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-03-13

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Psuy, 10 the exercise sfs wise discretion con.
mitssd 10 him BY The shsrtss, ssd acting IN.
der The soismai,iss 4 a sAsA to do what IN
HE Judgment he mic - best to promote
the interests ssaAj charge. advAnssd
the rstss Of travslVll0I0foad whsrsupon
the Cleveland Banner proclaimed, with
greet Aeurish - trumpsss, end With degree
Of mortified importance. that its sditor-ysa
the editor Of the Cleveland Ba~Ws,---was die.
pleased with the arrangement. and that un.
LEES tAisss were managed msrsso kis notion
In future <hsrs would Be an explosion and
somsbody would kstsh particular Ats" OF
seurss this display Of pomposity and sslf.
Importance had no other effect than 70 sx
cite the eostsmpt Of the parties st which IL
wss simsd, ssd the ridieuls Of the Banners
rssdsrA whose happy privilege Il ist to be
weekly entertained with the ssinine ezhibi.
tions Of It's editor. Not content with that
silly demonstration. the Banner. the ensuing
week, announced, with oil the gravity Of
truth and without stopping to inquire into
the fsets, that the passage Gales on the road
had decreased forty per cent. in consequence
Of the increase in the rates of travel. Know.
ing the statement 10 be maliciously untrue
We took the liberty Of eontrsdicting il and
showing that the receipts had increased, in.
stead Of falling off, whereat the Banner
man grows wrsthy, and In his last reiterates
his former statement and to put the espstons
To his littlensss. he attempts to identify the
people Of Bradley county with his III con.
esivsd. illibsrsi and unjust course towards
the road. charging that it is q political ma.
chine and hiss been % managed 90 to be pro
seriptivs Of the riehts and interests Of the
citizens Of that county--thus. in substance,
imputing the basest aud worst motives to the
gentlemen Who have from time to time had
charge Of the enterprise. Recklessness could
not have conceived ssything more remote
from the truth. Az to IL road being used for
political purposes, any enc familiar with lite
history, its earlier and present organization,
knows there 10 no found ,tion for the charge.
In reference to prescribing Bradley coun
ty, the accusation is still more preposteroua
No county has derived more advantage from
the building Of the rosd than Bradley. and
no community 10 more largely benefited by
the means Of the enterprise. benefited at pres.
ent and in prospective, than the one where
the Banner is printed. And the attempt Of
that paper, in its last issue. TO identify the
citizens of Cleveland and of Bradley county
with it's i'll conceived, illiberal and selfish
course. approaches the lower strata of little.
ness more closely than any thing we have
met with in all our newspaper experience,
and We are confident that the people there
will respectfully decline to be associated with
that veracious sheet in its present attitude
toward an enterprise which is doing so much
to develope the resources Of that rich county
and to eventually place Cleveland among the
most prosperous and Aourishing communities
in the State.
Another word in connection with the sub.
ject Every great enterprise has enemies
and prejudices to contend with, and rail- Dads
are not exempt from such snnoysncea As
long as they are confined to carping and
fault6nding. they are harmless, but when
they result, as they have in some instances,
in placing obstructions on the road, to the
enlargement Of the lives of passengers,
every one should be cautious about uttering
words calculated to feed and strengthen such
and at which the depraved and
vicious may take courage to carry out their
fiendish purposes. We have too much charity
to believe for moment that the editor of the
Banner is sensible Of the evil and mischev.
Gus tendencies Of such remarks 90 were con.
tanned 10 q portion Of his last weeks article
about the road, or the effect they might have
upon . deprsved person who felt dispos.
cd to injurs the road'at the expense Of the
lives and property Of other parties. 1t is the
duty, and should be the pleasure of the pub
lie press. instead # pandering to and strength.
ening the prejudices and enmities which those
who control public enterprises have to en-
and which in nine cases out Of ten
are without cause, to do every thing in ito
power to remove them and to sustain the of.
fiesrs in all honest and legitimate efforts
to discharge the obligations resting upon
them. namely, to make the road subserve the
public convenience as largely as can be done
without snnihilating the rights and interests
Of the stockholders. upon whose money the
enterprise was constructed. This we are con.
fidsnt, has been the honest intention of the
officers Of the East Tennessee and Georgia
Road. from fret to last. and for that reason this
paper has given them constant and hearty
support and will continue to do 90, irrespec.
tive Of the motives that may be imputed to
il by mountebank editors. or by individuals
who cannot accord to others any higher con.
than such - would control and
influence their owa sordid and selfish natures
In conclusion for the present, we respect
fully suggest TO the Banner man that he is
on cold trsil-that he cannot enlist the in.
tslligent people Of Bradley county in an un
natural crusade against the iailrosd-that
his course will meet with no response except
from the class alluded to above, and that it is
about time for him to "surl up and quit"
in regard to the railroad, unless he can deal
more honestly and truthfully with II.
The following are the receipts Of the road
for passage sslss for the month Of February,
1857. and for the month Of February, 1856
which the Banner asks Ne to furnish. and
which it says is the correct dsts" to deter
mias whether II psrpetrsted . falsshood in
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