Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-14
Business Not Politics.
Nashville American.

Nashville American.
The election having passed, the
peoples choice having been fairly
elected Governor, the warm blood OF
the contestants and their friends
having cooled, and the people having
sobered down, we have a suggestion
to make. It is this: That the war
being over-the political war we
mean-we, for time, look especially
after our material interests. In
olden times, a certain proportion of
our male population were politicians
by professionalism is, they did
nothing else but talk politics and
fight the wind. We are sorry to see
some of our friends even now, who
got in such a way of fighting, ups
holding, attacking, defending, adj
vancing, retreating, condemning,
praising and blowing that they can
stop, and they are carrying on the
fight as if the election was ahead,
instead of behind them.
We hope no injury will be done by
this unreasonable fight. Those en-
gagged in it, we trust, will come to
see, that the sudden turning from
the hot field of strife into the quiet,
peaceful walks of business life, by
our citizens generally, indicates a
display of courage after the battle is
over.
The Legislature elected, we take
it; after all the discussion, do not
feel that they particularly stand in
need of noisy advice from the vol.
unteer corps. They likely know as
well what to do as the men who are
declaring their duty. This Legisla-
ture, when it assemblies, will carry
out the will of the people, if they
know it, and it can be done, upon all
questions discussed before the peo>
pie.
Therefore, may we not, with all
due respect for the opinions and
practices of others who differ with
US, encourage the devotion and at
tention to business interests, rather
than fight again our political bat>
ties.
What Tennessee needs, above all
else, is practical realization of our
material advantages, with a strong
will to make the most of them.
Our farmers need more intelligent
intercourse with each other. They
need to give more attention to the
improved modes of farming; to
stock raising; to improving their
lands, and especially to the relative
advantages and joint benefits of
farming and manufacturing.
The farmer in one country and the
manufacturer in another country, are
both deprived of profits by the COM
mon carrier. This whole question
ought to be thoroughly studied by
our farmers. It is strictly a guess
ton of social science, and the farm-
ers are vastly more interested in it
than any other class.
The great question of manufac-
turing is one of such great moment
to the people of Tennessee that we
ought to rejoice at being freed from
politics that We may give it our ats
tention.
Let every newspaper in the State
come to realize how vastly important
it is that we shall develop our hid
den resources, that we shall become
large manufacturers of cotton; that
we shall increase our wool growing;
that we shall multiply our blast furn-
aces, build rolling mills, nail mills,
and III fact, work up our iron instead
of sending it eff to be manufactured.
TIE press is a great power now.
Once Ill Tennessee it was the stump,
but now it is the press. The people
look to the press, and if the entire
people of Tennessee can have respite
from politics and take hold of more
substantial things-our national in
terests-and discuss them IN all their
bearings, soon this State, great now
in what she could do, will be great
in what she is doing.