The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-04-05
will Tennessee Pay the Tariff to the
Seeding States.

will Tennessee Pay the Tariff to the
Seeding States.
The monstrous Cuttonocracy ha
stolen our forts, arms, munitions Q
war, United States mint, vessels, an,
everything that they can get hold OF
They have shown determinatio
to precipitate this country into q war
We have bore with their insults
their theits. and whatever else the,
chose to intiict upon us, and insteaC
Of conciliating them, they taunt II
ard call us towards and abolitionists
Wo have endured insult upon insul
at their hands; we have borne will
their insulting and cowardly taunts
In addition to all this, we have seer
the usnrpers claiming the right t,
annul all debts due our citizens.
Why 10 it that we have suffere,
such outrage at their han Isl Ia i
because we are towards, as charged
by the vipcrous tongues of come o
the seceders! Oar forbearance i.
construed into cowardice-a bri v,
people arc always iorbcaring anc
generous. We, as Tennesseeans
have been especially 80 toward er
ring men Of our own country.
But there is point beyond which
We cannot goa point at which for
bearance ceases TO be virtue. W.
suggest that we have very nearly
reached that point now. The straw
that is to break the camel's back is
now about to be put on. That straw
is the tariff which the seeding Cot
tonocracy proposes to levy on such
goods and wares as our people send
into those states for sale. Not sat
istied with stealing our forts, money,
arsenals, and other property, they
now propose to tax us Tor the priv.
ilege Of selling orr lumber, goods,
iron, and manufactured articles, in
their borders.
What has Tennessee dono that abe
should be thus trcatedl Will Ten,
nessee endure such an outraged
Where are we to look for relief from
such grievancesi Shall we look to
the federal government Buchanan
WAS a traitor, and refused to do us
Justice, and now We begin to believe
that Mr.. Lincoln will he quite az in,
efficient. We can scarcely look tC
him for protection, unless the mex,
Congress provides the means.
Then, for the present, we cannot
hope tor anything from the federal
government. Shall We then look to
our state government Alas Tor Us!
Our Governor, and all the statc off.
GERS, are in league with the rebels
Of the Cottonocracy, and glory in
our degradation. We cannot thea
hope for any assistance from that
quarter. Our Governor will not even
protest against one ot our citizens
paying this uEjust and unreasonable
tariff. Wretched people that we are,
who shall deliver us from this bond
age!
Tennesseeans, brave, noble, and
free. are you willing to suffer this
degradation, this insult upon your
honor and rightrl Are You ready
to bow your necka to the yoke pre-
pared by the hangh'y tyrants Of the
Cottonocracyi Are we dogs, that
We are to suiilr snch indigni.y and
insultsf We see our rights one by
one taken from ns, and then hear the
taunts of wicked men. calling us
towards and abolitionists. Theso
men We have placed in power look
on with indifference, and never even
30 much as raise their little finger
for our protection.
IN the name OF high Heaven, what
arc we to do? Arc the irccmen o.
Tennessee willing to bear the rule
OF traitors who are ready to betray
~ into the hands OF taskmasters? -
Tennessee, Kentucky and the other
border states are to pay tribute to
King Cotton! We have shed oui
blood and spent millions OF money
to acquire free access to the Cult ol
Mexico. We have built forts to pro
tect our commerce on that Gnli. -
We acquired the right to the free
and unobstructed navigation Of tho
Mississippi River. 1t is our right
and no power on earth can or shal
deprive ia Of it. That river ant
those forts and custom houses are al
mnch onr property a. ia the sfat'
capitol at Nashville, The people o
the United States, through the Con
stitution, are bound to guarantee {
free government to those states nrC
yet thousands of good and true
Union men in those states are suf
fering from the hand of oppression
\ Freedom OF speech is not tolerated
the press is bound 10 the car of ih,
great Juagcrnant, Jefferson Davis
Neither Individuals nor presses ar
free, and the clsnking OF the chain
that bind the people. are heard al
over the land.
Let meetings be held at once al
over tho state. Let us teach tn
rulers at Washington, that il the
will no. do us justice, we will b
true to ourselves. There is no US
in dilly-dallying over this matter
like a set OF children. We must b
men. II we act promptly, we wi
remain lreemen; if not, we will hea
the clanking of the chains no'
iorging to bind 81 Nashville De
mOcrdt.
DEACON F, likes quiet in a Church
and the littlo Tootem children ais
: like lozepppa They channel an