The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-07


have made, TO the effect, that, in q year
or two, be intended to have such a well
organized and efficient corps of correspon-
dents throughout the State that the
Union aud American shOpld take the
place Of the couutry press, and ron
der the latter unnecossary-suppOse, we
say, the country press, actua!cd by this
unmanly and ungeuorous design 80 uu-
blushingly proclaimed, should return it
in kind, and enter into q combination TO
render unnecessary tho existence Of the
Union and American, outside Of Nash
vile, Suppose that the country press,
during the recert session Of the Legisla-
ture, had not allowed regard for the
honor of their own party and what they
row know to have been uHaPpreciated
generosity to induce them to suppress
many facts, but had taken tho liberty to
print what they knew to be true-would
whitawash lave bocn quite as cGectual,
think you? Suppose, inally, that the
country press which this great motropoii-
tan newspaper regards as not worthy al
exchange should conclude now to tell
what it knows about special legislation
aud the like, do you imagine that the odor
in which the Peoples Own Paper would
10 held BY the people themselves would
be altogether as sovory as the pro2riotcgs
VI tho Peoples desire?
We say nothing Of editorial courtesy
men who scarcely affect to conceal the
contempt in which they hold the entire
class of country editors could hardly be
moved by an argamcn. Of this sort.
We say nothing Of the habit OF such
papers as tine New York Herald, tho
L5uieyiile Couricr-Journal the Mobile
Register, and the likc-a paper which
initiates these great dailies in neither en-
tCrprise, ability nor interests il not likely
to follow their lead in the single item Of
appreciation Of its country contemporaries,
There is but one course for the country
press to pursue, in order to bring these
gentry to thor senses, and to awaken
them tp that appreciation Of the power
and dignity of wirt they are pleased to
call ~"penuyroyal journalism" which they
seem SO strangely to have forgotten. Il
is for every country publisher to cut off
at once and finally, the Union and Ameri,
can from his Exchange list to decline
to send lis psper to the Union and Amcr,
lean, even if the regular subscription price
be offered to refuse to be bribed viii
their precious weekly, for which no coun
try paper has any possible use, and, if i
be sent, to return it postpaid, as The
Herald has done, and finally, to resolve
that hereafter it will print the iull trutl
about all matters which concern the PEG
pie, whether it hurt political friend o
foe. Let the country press unite in th'
pursuance Of this policy, aud perseyero il
it until the rext meeting cf the Tonncsset
Press Association, and we shall see VIA
wa shall see."
There has already been enough sal;
against the Union and American an,
Banner, we think to convince their pub
fishers that they have made 4 great orro
in striking from their exchange list, tn
country wcoklics. So far as we are con
cerned, however, If we find that we can
not get along without the Nashville ia
pers we will send them the price CT sub
scription, in cash, which we can very vel
afford to do, and no thanks to any one
At the same time, we arc very stroUgl
of the opinion that we a get along with
out them, as we'll, if not better, than W
can with them.
We now say, and hope all the count'
publishers viii! agree with us, that, Meth
or Of the above named publishers can e
our paper for love nor money. If til
publishers of the Union and America dc
sire to organize a corps of correspondent
throughout the State let them do 81
Thsy can't hurt the Enterprise if the
had . thousand and one contributors fro.
East Tennessee. They will find that sue
a move will do them more harm than goo,
For it will more ~efiectually unite I'll
country press against them, whose pOw'
is "mightier than an army with ba
ners."