Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-08-22

The repudiation policy as enunciated
by the leading Democratic journals OF
the State, and advocated by Col. Colyar
on Monday night, and by numerous cor
respondents 10 high social and CONNER
cial standing, is, we believe, truthful
reflection Of the sentiment OF the masses
Of the disfrsnchised people Of the State,
as we'll as of many Of the enfranchsed,
who are not welded TO the Brownlow-
Hamiltonian swindle that pretends to be
republican government, and now
threatens war and devastation in Ten
nessee. sr rrHIf
The people are in earnest, determin.
edly in earnest, TO rid themselves OF the
infamous dynasty that now oppresses
them by every means practicable or fea-
sible, short Of bloodshed. They have
suffered and patiently endured They
have been quiet and they have respect
fully petiuoned. They have been re.
pulsed, and their representative leaders
have been insulted and scoded at when
asking simple jnstice at the hands OF
those who have userped the powers they
so awkwardly and unskilfully WELD.
Taxed beyond their ability to pay |;
their property subject to the distress
warrants of tax colectors--heavy pen
allies attached for delays of payment
the general decentralization of the country
consequent upon the incapacity and cor
ruption of executive, legislative and ju.
dieial officers; the lavish expenditure OF
money in schemes concocted to furnish
positions and salaries to greedy adven-
turers, altogether indicate condition OF
things incompatible with the supposition
that the people do consent to the con-
tracing of debts in their name by agents
not of their appointment They will not,
can not acknowledge the binding force of
contracts made in their name while
under dursss Neither can they nor will
they teach their children to acknowledge
the obligation of fraudulent contract.
Should the Legislature grant the
power to Brownlow to call cut the militia
and TO issue bonds to raise means to sup
port his hirelings, the people Of this State
will justly regard the purchasers ofthese
bonds as accomplices in crime, and we
believe they are determined, If possible,
never to pay them. 'a =,
Let money lenders everywhere take
heed. 1t is a notorious fact that the
Brownlow- Hamiltonian dynasty is q
bogus government, and has therefore
only been tolerated for the sake Of peace.
But whenever the State shall become a
vast military camp, and the bogus gov
erument is clothed with the unlimited
power of life and death over the people
of this State, then all obligation to sup
port or countenance it ceases, and no
motives of policy, moral obligation or
State pride can induce the people will
lingly to pay taxes to support it.
In another column we print q commu-
nication from gentleman of influence
at Memphis, who, from his position, may
| be regarded as representative man,
He proposes the calling of convention
at an early day of representatives of The
non voting Taxpayers, and prudently
suggests that if its assembly within the
borders of the State should be forbidden
by armed intervention, it meet some
where in Kentucky-say Bowling Green
| or some other convenient place.
To the holders of the bonds of the STATE
heretofore issued, we suggest in this con
| pectiop, there is no danger of their repu
diation by the people. On the contrary
the eufranchisement of all the people viii
render those securities more safe thar
now The disfranchsed people, thougl
deeply, vilely wronged, propose not II
their distress to part with their honor By
refusing to pay debts contracted by thei
authorized agents.-Ndshritte Banner
.