Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-02
BUSINESS NOR POLITICS.
Nashville American.


The election having passed, the
peoples choice having been fairly
elected Governor, the warm blood o
the contestants and their friends hav
ing cooled and the people having so
bered down, we have a suggestion
to make. 1t is this: That the wa
being over-the political war VIZ
mean-we, for time, look espec.
tally after our material interests
In Olden times, a certain proper
ton of our male population were
politicians by professionalism is
they did nothing else but talk poll
tics and flight the wind. We arc
1 sorry to see some of our friends even
now, who got in such a way Of
| fighting, upholding, attacking, de-
Tending, advancing, retreating, con.
demning, praising and blowing that
| they can't stop, and they are carry.
ing 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
engaged 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. lt .Hl-.-
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 Legis-
lature, when it assemblies, will car
ry out the will of the people, if they
know it, and it can be done, upon
all questions discussed before the
people. #l. 2 a..-s#.l, .H"
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 coun-
try, are both deprived of profits by
the common carrier. This whole
question ought to be thoroughly
studied by our farmers. 1t is strict
ly question of Jcial science, and
the farmers ars vastly more inter-
ested in it than any other class.
The great question of manufactur-
ing 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 at
tention.
Let every newspa per in the State
come to realize how vastly impor-
tant it is that we shall develop our
hidden resources, that we shall be-
come large manufacturers of cotton;
that we shall increase our wool
growing; that we shall multiply
our blast furnaces, build rolling
mills, nail mills, and, in fact, work
up our iron instead of sending it off
to be manufactured.
The press is a great power now.
Once in Tennessee it was the stump,
but now it is the press. The peO-
pie look to the press, and if the en-
tire people of Tennessee can have a
respite from politics and take hold
of more substantial things-our ma
tional interests-and discuss them
in all their bearings, soon this State,
great now i'm what she could do,
will be great in what she is doing.