The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-28

speedy and lasting peacs. with one stroke
wiped oar one hundred and filceu millions
Of dollars worth Of the property Of Teanss-
see, consisting in slaves. Iict uccrsaa
forced upon him BY therebel States IN arms.
mas iorced tils asesssitg spoa usf We cant
avoid one of tEo c1uclusious-eith that
We must give the people time % meet che
liabilities that this hundred snd fiteen Iail-
nous e dollars worth Of property represent
ed snd would have paid, or We must see
them oanErupted aud their debt viftually
[ reprdiated. One or Tia other OF these results
VII necessarily and inevuahly follow.
ana no advocate log any kind Of repudl alton
elther individual. state, or national bus Z
am Tor this ON, which gives the people
some sort 81 showing 70 make up this heavy
denclency, produced by tins terrible and
ruino1a rebellion and save them from in
/ pendlus pecuuiary aestructiot. Eeiore they
have entirety recovered from tho shock 81
| war and the conhicts OF arms, they are be-
| ing pursued by THOSE who arr breaking up
/ and destroying their domestic puace-paftics
I who seem O. know no humanity, hut
70 acquire every dollar they can get
/ go Jnsucei bus rigia enforcement OF
tnelr claims and a demand Coz the
utermost iarthine-and no hbesahty.
but 70 take the last horse. or COW. or
inch Of land their unfortunate neighhor
has, u they have technicsI legal right %
an exssutiou. VIII this Lc1islafurc stand
mmovei aud see people, who are groau
ing boneath the weight of d common ca
iam.ty, further DESTROYED snd haukruptod
oy those who can, without any hardship,
stsy their avaricious and destructive hand.
antd their claims can be paid. without ma
sing thousands Of honest and god men
pcuniloss and hoQeiessly bankrupt The
man who has been iostunate enough % have
MS business and his substance within the
protection Of Federal earrislu, during TIE
var, and the privileges of q trade permit.
VII tel you that there is no need Tor ro-
lief The moucy-shavcrs aud bankers
scattered throughout the state-Hho msde
Coutederats paper, bankabie, and gave che
rebellion all is credii-whose notes. with
nigh interest, were safely locked up where
the robber could not get AZ them. has now
drawn them fourth, and, with an AR of
seit-importance and consequence, tells Won.
that the people have alroady had four wears
o. extended time, and they should now BE-
honest and be made 10 pay their debts The
unprncipled lawyer who used his position
and talents 20 rally the whols people into
this hhsGrfti sud facan5fifutoHai rebellion {
AAAA AAlAa 1AAlNE NNl.INA
southern brethren" high fees 90 get Them /
cut Of prison OF difficulty that hm exam I
pie and council got them into and hled his Z
pocket with greeubacks, uoW that the fruits /
OF his lawiessuess hangs like the pail of /
death upou the people, wiu tell you that /
anf measure We may propose for their r. /
let, is unnecessary snd unconsdtuioual |
Was there ever anything more unolushing /
Or impudenp Such men should hang their /
heads IN very shame for asking a man 90 /
pay them, much leas 10 sell his property By |
execution under present circumstance. l
without giving him time te make some
thing with which % pay these ola Isbih- I
ties. But Mr.. Speaker. those classes are I
not the whole people No, sir, iar from il- 4
they ore tbs grinding few. who. De haps.
lre INFINITELY mure responsible Tor our
present calamities than any other class o.
nen of equal numbers.
when you g. smoug che masses you find
very different feeling aud seutitaeut. 60
% that large class Of men whose houses have
been robbed and whose plantations have
2een pIlaged BY gang Of highvavmeu,
nd vast do they tell you They SAY, We
Fyuld pay these liabilities but We have
lothing let 90 pay with-our business has
been entirely broken up. and We drives
rom home. 90 o. those whose almost entire
.sta,e consisted in slaves. and they sill tell
rou, we have lost the negroes f1r which this
id debt was coutracted-Wa are slipped of
iil our substance except cur land. and 90
acrihcs % 90 pay our liabilities, will drive
is and our families upon the commons with
'ut dollar. 60 20 those gallant and patri
.tic soldiers who have returned % their I
stripped and desolated homes, some with
ne leg, others with one arin, after dghuuE
hfa rt-nfra~trH and I.ra~1ss -.hr .fs.g. tf.r I
las produced ell this common distress and /
ain, and hear their honest taies of sorrow,
lud ask them II they want relief and can
5ive security. They viii tell yuu-whilc he /
vas Aging the battles Of our county.
thieves de poiled Is 81 all our T1oia, Len |
lur iamilles in want, and We have neither i
ueaus 20 pay with or credit % give security.
20 % the thousands Of widows an through 1
he State, bowed down IN grief and penurv,
Tith their helpless children. aud AK lhem 4
6 they Lost nothing BAT o inl5aaf in his 1
var, and II they too want relief and can /
give security, and their flowing tears aud /
ragged children win give d a sile but |
sioquent aud truthful response. Go through |
'ut the whole length and breadth OF the !
State, and twenty-five meu I'm every hun |
bred viii tell you W have rot got means /
enough ieit r. pay our liabilities, and 20
press your execution hankrupts us, leaves
you unpaid, aud drives us with oar wives
and children houseless and homeless upon
the world. With these facts staring o. in
the face, ] hope the Senate viii pass this
bill, ana stop this wall Of distress-dry up
these tears-hght up the couutcunDcr, end
cheer the heart Of thousands with new hope
and nerve their arms with new energy.
and save from utter destruction the people
% a state ia ruins