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Excerpt from History of Tennessee: The Making of a State
The history of a State, judged by the political discus sions between aspirants for state offices, is merely a result ing incident of the history of the United States. There have been in the history of Tennessee questions of local policy important enough to cause division among the voters of the State. But, apart from the state debt, the time and attention accorded the discussion of this class of ques tions has been altogether insignificant in comparison with the overwhelming importance attached to questions of national politics. The reason of this is neither hard to find nor of remote origin. The ultimate decision of all local questions is in the immediate power of the State. Any mistake can easily be rectified, and results can be promptly changed. But the case was and is difterent in national affairs. Here the State is but one of many factors, and any decision involving its welfare is more permanent in its nature and less liable to be changed, should a change be desirable. This is the main reason. In addition to this, there is more fascination in the discussion of a ques tion which occupies the minds and hearts of forty mil lions of people than in the discussion of a question which merely involves one and one's neighbor. This being the case, a state history cannot entirely ignore national politics. But the opposite extreme is more vicious still. The real history of a state, especially Tennessee, is to be found within its own limits. Each State having an organized.
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