Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-15

approrropriaion BILL we will observe The price Of
printing fxee BY said candidate in his Did, and /
frame the bill as to pay him that amount and not
the fixed amouns BY the present Law. Now, submit
to Senators the question: what hsrEis there in this
proposition, May we not save the State consider
aba amount Of money By it and not damage
any one? Certainly no bidder will bid at price |
that will not justify him, and still be viii pat
il down Just as lew as possible, for fear me
other editor might under-bid him and get the
work They are to send their bids 30 the
Speaker. and not knowing now other competitors
might hid, they wall put II down ss low as they can
afford the work. It Is on TIE same principle that
the Federal Government lets out its mail contracts,
and is certainly the fairest and most beautiful sys
TEN Of competition that could be instituted. TIE
Legislature has heretofore priced the labor Of the
Printer. 1t is quite consistent with good reason
that the Printers know the worth Of their own Ia
Dor better than body Of men who come from 0
promiscuous field Of occupations and pursuits; and
the Legislature may therefore have fixed It too high
or too lev; we can't tell how that is. II il is TOO
low we ought not to desire it; and furthermore If
il is too low presume We viii have no candidates
for the Office. But from my e0serFauon' seeing
Fditors seek it with such interest and anxiety as
thew do should so far from supposing it TO be too
low infer that it was Of considerable profit TO them
And who does that profit come Of Off The peo-
pie. of course. Whose interest are we to repre-
sent ?-that OF Editors and officers, or that Of The
people?
Now. sir while the candidates are each constrain-
ed by full knowledge of their own interest or the
ore hand, and the competition Of counter-bids on
the other hand, we may expect It to be leveled at
its true value and no more. That is all the Printer
should desire. and is certainly what We should de-
sire, for undoubtedly constituency will require
it. i see that the Democratic side Of this Senate
are TO man opposed to this measure. and
why cannot understand.
They may already have their minds made up as
to whot hey will elect for they have the power TO
elect any man and pay him any price And If they
oppose this measure because their leading organ is
opposed to it--becauss the paper which stands
most prominent for the position is opposed to 1t.
would advise Democratic Senators to weigh well the
question as to who they should fear most Eseri-
ously their editors or the popular constituency Of
their party who sent them here to legslate for the
interest of the people and not for that Of the papers
Fer, sirs, the cheeks of your party were made TO
burn in the last canvass BY the discussion Of issues
which lead incidentally, ii not directly, to the in
vestigatiol of the administration of the govern
ment, and which develop ed to the public gaze SO
/ many glaring and enormous extravaganeies as hsv-
ing own from the improvidsrf hands of Denoerstic
administrations in the expenditure of the public
money. And sirs, they will not submit TO q course
upon your part here which will in canvasses here
after subject them to the same gosding fortunes
1 that they have heretofore borne. And more than
that, have confidence in their honesty, and know
that they (the masses of Democracy will not toll
crate extravaganza, however plausib'y it may come
recommended to them through their Representa-
tives and Editors, and especially proposition
plain the one now at issue, cannot fail to excite
their sensibilities Of justice. as to my party,
know that its masses are equally honest and jealous
of the public interests, and they, and the masses
generally, will not fail TO sustain this measure,
especially at time like this when our State slargely
N debt and certainly has no money to tAroE swsy.
o. ro-df tn
on my part 10 favor the claims of the Opposition
papers for disclaim any such motive; and besides
do not suppose that the Opposition pspers could
do the work for any less than the DemOeEatiS pa,
pers and therefore, their chances are not msterir
ally advanced, unless viewed in this light, tewi;
that perchanee some Opposition paper migbtunder
bid all the Democratic papers, and thus be entitled
to the work. And Eby could Democratic Senators
even object to that If Q Democratic candidate sp-
plies with high priced bid ard Opposition can
didates comes with lover bid, do you, through
mere political considerations, desire to choose the
hiph-prleed one? Or in other words. would you
take from tbs public pocket an unnecessary and ex
cessive amount Of money in order to sus ain your
party friends9 Nov there lies therub at last Then
have you been sent here to sgisGte for the interest
of the people or for the interest of your party st
the peoples expense?
Kow, let Senators come up, losing sight of sll
party predilestipHs and prejudices, and put this
Let free competition spring up, which no one can
deny, must operate in favor Of the peoples in
terest.
Mr.. LANE thought that the adoption Of the reso-
luton would accomplish nothing. as there is Law
which fxes the price at which the public printing
shall be done. That law would have to be repealed
before lower price could be accepted by the Lee
gislEture,
Mr. sTAKTOY-WOuld the Senator vote for
bill to repeal that law
Mr.. LANE-I would. 1 came here pledged to
retrenchment, and would vote for any proposition
reducing the expenses of the government
Mr.. STANTON-I believe l will Withdraw the
resolution and offer bill in lieu to repeal the law
fixing the price Of the public printing.
Tho SPEAKER-Ths motion before the Senate is
to suspend the rule. If the Senator Mr., Stsnton)
Withdrsws that motion, he can then Withdraw his
resolution.
Mr.. STANT0N-I will let the ayes and noes be
taken, to see hoW Senators will vote, and the Sen
stOr from MoMinn mir. Lsns) can introduce bill
to repeal the law, as he favers -etrenchmeIt
The ayes and noes were then ordered and taken
upon the motion to suspend the lie requiring res
Olutions TO lie over one day, as follows:
dyes -Mossrs. Allen, Boyd, Bradford. Bumpsss,
Horn, NASH Richardson, Stanton, SlOkely, StOvsll,
and Trimble-11.
Noss.-Messrs. Hldreth, Hunter, Johnson Lane,
Mickey, MINIS, McNsilly, Peters, Thompson,
Wood, and Speaker NeWmsn-11.
1Wo-tniras not VotlRg Al favor Oh Lne suspension
of the rule, the motion was lost.
STATE BONDS
Mr.. RICHARDSON offered the following reso-
luton;
ReSOlrs5, By the General Assembly Of tie State of
Tennessss, That in view Of the present deprecated
condition Of State Bonds. it will be unWise and
polite in this General Assembly to authorize the
issuance of any State Bonds for any purpose what
ever.
On motion of Mr. McNEILLY, the rule was sus-
pended and the resolution taken up.
Mr.. MoNEILLY was in favor of the adoption Of
the resolution, Our Bonds considerably under
par, and he thought it time to put stop to their
fur her issuance.
Messrs MICKEY and HORN opposed the adop-
ton Of the resolution the ground that it too
early in the session to know that exigency might
not arise requiring the issue OF Bonds
On motion of Mr.. STANTON, the resolution was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
Mr. STANTON offered the following resolution,
VIII oh ii over under the rule
RssOlDsd, That, when justice has been done TO all
the counties thGt have been hitherto neglected in
the bestoWment of State aid we will discourage
the further issuance of State Bonds in behalf Of
pOrauCns.
On motion Of Mr.. TRIMBLE, the Senate sd-
journed TO 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,