The New York herald., 1869-08-28
TENNESSEE POLITICS.
TIE Senatorial Campaign-Emerson Ether
idRe the stump.

TIE Senatorial Campaisn-Emerson Eihcr-
idge the stump.
The people Of Dancyville, Haywood county, Tenn,
gave barbecue the 18th inst. in jOln1cation OF
Senter's election. Emerson Etheridze was present
and In the course Of speech uttered the following
about
TAXATION.
81 assert,n said Mr.. Etherldge, leaping as IL his
custom, with the rapidity Of lightning from SUBJ
ject to another, 'tnat materially as well morally
and socially the condition Of people is indicated by
the rate OF taxation which tney pay. In England
high taxes and high rates Of import duties have
been the fruitful cause Of perjury and smuggling
Show me the people that have light taxes TO pay,
and Will show you people happy and cOntented
proud Of their nationality, and relying on them
selves
Show me, on the contrary, q heavily taxed people,
and will show you inert and slavsn race, whose
dissensons will make them sooner or later prey
to tyrants aud despots. greal traveller has said
that Palestine was the saddest and most miserable
country thar he had ever seen. He had not travelled
through Tennessee since she has been under radical
or less able to pay their way out OF it. Counting the
DEBT Of the United States in round numbers at
cS,,a the amount owed by every anwo.
sixty-seven dollars. The deDt Of State of Ten
nessee IN round M numbers IL s4Oooo,99o tiis makes
total Of ninety-four dollars owed By every hu-
man soul IN Tennessee and all this the excrescence
Of few short years. for up to the time OF the war
| we owed nothing and had but few Outstanding
bonds"
REVIEW OF OUR REVOLUTIONARY DEBT
Mr.. Etheridge, pursuing this course Of st tstlcal
| reasoning, continued History has shown US that
| no great Revolutionary war debt was ever paid.
There may beo said he, ''5ome new things under
| the sun. Brownlow's Legislature. composed Of
| men who had not been IN the state long
new new thing tLaugnter) The payment Of !" a
great revolutionary debt would be one OF these
not that believe that the American people cannot
pay the debt, but II they do 1t Will have TO be under
new order OF things. But look again, u said he;
'the interest on this twenty-five or thirty hundred
| millions is ono hundred and nfty millions per an
annum. All this you have got to carry beside. You
| can relieve yourselves OF h In one Of three ways
onypay the debt, carry it and pay the interest," or
repudiate the whole thing. For myself prefer tue
| payment OF an honest debt. Reputation IL ike
war-the uttlntd rdtto regis, tie last resort and
| argument. But no great revolutionary debt ever
was paid.N
cited the revolutionary debt OF France, who repu.
only IN part paid BY the United States;
Of England. which was in reality half repudated;
! for she commenced borrowing at ten per cent but
| now pays only three Public debts, he declared,
are an invention OF modern times. Up to 1899 Eng,
| land never owed dollar OF public cebt and fron, a
commencement OF fg0O, 600 now owes $500 0o0 0o0-
sum that no one dreams will ever be paid
although England is ten times more abo 10 pay
than the United states. MIR. Etherdge stated that
he mentioned these things not to prejudice his
TnsG s! Rf S SSsr 81 aS s ss'ysd wS As s
pay It, but 10 never win. II ls true, SAID he, that
Mr.. Boutwels reports show reductions monthly
but just wait until Congress passes iis deficiency and
see how mucn reduction there has been.
STATE TAxEs MORE oNEnous THAN federal.
The speaker, continuing his course Of reasoning,
said that the FEDERAL taxes though 0nerous, did not
cause the people so much uneasiness annoy them
so much as the State taxes for the general govern.
ment does not tax lands. IL does not The people
already restive. But here D the state the ian
that don't own an acre Of land is taxed with land
| tax. The freedman who works farm on shares
pays onehalf the crop for rent lie pays Eve cents
mile for riding on the railroad instead OF two or
| three, as 1t ought 10 be.
| ErHERIDGg's "RgADY RELIEF.n
"You ask how this Is TO be remedied ~ said Mr..
| You must reduce the expenses or government;
make more than you spend; incur new liabilities;
put honest men In Office, as you elect the men who
collect the revenues apply the surplus In the reduc.
uon OF your liabiliiics abolish unnecessary Offices
enarge the Judicial districts; adopt effective
TINS, Ia less than two years you will hear the cry OF
reputation: IL IL useless 10 say the debt Will not
| crush you"
he BACKS DOWN ON REPUTATION.
When you near this cry Of reputation, said the
speaker, 90 not say tnat ! raised 1t. am merely
gong into this thing slowly. Beyond the necessary
appropriations TO carry on the executive legislative
and Judicial powers. which must De supported and
sustained, ! Will not 90 far. These I viii support
and vote appropriations for; but when they ask me
TO vote money for these Superintendents OF Public
things which have no legal or constitutional exist.
cnce, will not do 1t. (Applause.) When get to
Nashville intend to enter the Augean stable slowly
and carry with me O disinfectant. intend TO get
me q wheelbarrow, shovel and hoe and commence
with cleansing woa't promise what Will dc