The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25
Fifteenth and Twentieth

Tuckaleechee, Nov. 26-In every
age of the world, Kingdoms, Prin-
CAPABILITIES, M0narchies and munici-
palities of every government have
arrisen, fiourisht divided, sub
divided and crumbled to ruin, AS
the public masses demanded it.
Rome with all her power, and
Greece with all her pomp and SPLEEN
dor, must bow to the will of the
people, because of oppression and
dissatisfaction. England with all
her wealth and power, with po-
sessions so vast in extent, that on
them the sun never ceases to shine,
must acknowledge the Independ-
ance of these Uniteds States, be-
cause it suited most the masses of
the people. Even the grand old
state of Tennessee must be created
at the expense of struggle after
struggle, and contest again and
again, the history of which ia
known by almost evrye schoolboy,
the realities best known by those
who lived in those days and were
actual members of the Sewer and
Upton Parties. So it is when it
becomes necessary, "the public
welfare demanding it," Kingdoms,
Empires, Monarchies, and states
must dissolve, and why not as
we'll civil district, when it is to
the best interests of almost every
citizen living in the division? OF
course there are few of those who
oppose the division of the Fifteenth.
But were there not those who OPP
posed the war for Independence ?
Have not all great revolutions had
their several opposers? Gould we
expect anything but that we should
meet with opposition? But why
should there be this opposition to
the division in question? Really
there are no substantial reasons
why it should no be done, but there
are several good reasons why 1t
should be done. Politically, this
district is so divided as that the
most of those of the Republican
faith and order, live in the upper
division. Those of the Democratic
faith reside in the lower division,
There are not enough Democrats
in the upper division to cause much
fight, and not a sufficient number
of Reps in the lower division t.
raise much disturbance. Geog-
raphically speaking this district is
naturally divided in two, by the
Little Mountain and Little River,
Just where the line, as filed in the
petition, should be. Our district
is so nearly divided as to the num-
her of votes cast on either side,
that some of our leaders have been
led to almost any kind of politicel
chicanery, tlickery, and wire
working in order that each, if posi-
BILE, may come off victorious
Party spirit runs high, and en-
nifty and hatred, are being fostered
among our leaders, being bred in
our children. Each is continually
seeking to take the other at a dis
advantage even to the prosecu-
ton of each other in the criminal
court. Morality is retrograding
in exact ratio as this political strife
and enmity, and jealousness adj
vances. Our educational interests
are becoming endangered. This
state of affairs is creeping into our
schools, and all honorable citizens
know the result of such mishaps.
Worse, still, it has crept, and is
walking more boldly into our
churches, and our religious inter
ests are suffering as a result
Gentlemen and Fellow Citizens,
especially the members of the hon.
orable court of BlOunt County,
There is a remedy for all this you,
as representatives of the people,
hold it in yaur possession. Will
you withhold it and allow hatred,
enmity, bitter jealous rage and po-
litical strife to continue? Allow
our educational interests to fall be-
hind, and our religious interests to
trail in the dust? No! Give us
the Twentieth as filed in the petit
ton and save our community, aid
our educational interests, bury
this enmity and jealousness, and
foster our churches and Sunday
Schools. Citizen.