Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-06-12

answer for crime only upon present
ment and Indictment, oftrial by Jury
OF the writ Of habeas corpus, and tn
protection of civil and constitutions
government--a citizen thus deepl,
wronged, appeals to the Suprem
Court for the protection guaran
teed to him by the organic Law
Of the land. At once fierc,
and excited majority, by tn,
ruthless hand of legislative power
stripped the ermine from the Judges
transferred the sword of Justice to tn,
General, and remanded the oppressed
citizens to q degradation and bondag,
worse than death.
All I fellow-citizens, we did not ap
preciate our constitution, and the
beauty and harmony of the govern
ment IL formed. In an hour of mad
ness, we lost hold of our moorings
and bad men have mutinied,. thrown
away the compass whose needle evei
pointed our course in the path Of lib
erty and justice, assumed the helm,
and have driven us far on toward the
breakers Of despotism. This per-
nicious example has been followed in
the several States. Look at Tennes-
see. What acts Of unwarranted and
outrageous license are now being
committed !-acts relative alike oil
the federal and State constitutions
Who gave the power to raise armies
in time Of peace to overawe the
people? Peace, did say, In Tennes-
see? Yes! Every sheriff Of this
State with his process Is as secure
from molestatiOn, and as potent as o
Of the law, as before the late
war. But what Is seen ? The Gov
ernor sends forth his myrldons under
the name OF militia; martial law Is
proclaimed the courts are closed,
and the heels of despot, tie Gear of
Russia not greater, have been felt on
the necks of a people as peaceful, as
leal, and as respectful of government
as any on earth. MAI. Henry inter
You mean the State Militia, Mr..
Johnson.
Yes. That is the name it bears, but
1t is dissertation. They are not mi
litia In the sense the fathers held 1t as
q safeguard of liberty. They are IL
cOh0rt, on whose bayOnet
points the freedom and security of the
people Is impaled to be Knocked and
jeered at by tyrants. Under its rule
the industry of the State has been
crushed, the property Of an unoffend-
ing people has been blighted, an enor-
nous debt has been imposed, the mon
etary credit of the State has been tar
nished, and the tax-gatherer throws a
dark shadow on every doOrsill.
Fellow-citizens, we seem to have
the principles of true gov
1t Is time they were being
refearned. If they are not soon put
in practice, our downfall as republic
Is sure. Congressional tyranny and
will overthrow US in one
prodigious ruin. Upon our shoulders,
and those of our children, these
usurpers, federal and State, are piling
q load of debt that will crush out the
last vestige of our liberties, and leave
us worn and miserable slaves. Let
me call your attention for brief while
to the alarming financial condition.
These usurpers glaze it over, and affect
to deride the cry of danger. 1t is a
part of their grand and nefarious
scheme to erect monopoly of the
national debt, that will ultimately
assume control Of the country. Ithas
well nigh done so already.
Let us review its rise and progress.
The population Of the United States
i'm 1870 was nearly four millions of
people, increasing each decade about
30 per cent, it reached in 1860 thirty
one millions. an increase of 700 per
cent. on the population Of 1870. In
1869 it Is estimated 1t will reach thir-
ty-eight millions or an increase of sos
per cent. in 10 years. The annual ex-
of the Federal government
In 1871 We're 81, 100000; in 1890, $1O,-
200, 600; in 1850, $4l 900, 900; in 1860,
$83, 000, 900; In 1865, nearly 81, 800, 900, :
900. In 1860 1t is estimated by the
of the Treasury In his last
annual report, that there will be S372,-
O00,0O By comparison OF the public
of 1869 as estimated
with those of 1871, 1t will be seen that
the increase of expenditures since the
of the government has
been S,6lSper cent, while the increase
of the population for the same period
was only S6S per cent.
Again, the expenses of the govern
ment IN looo, tne year oi pence I'M
lleuiately precedimg tne War, Were en
the year of peace three years after the
war, 1t is estimated they will be three
and seventy-three millions
an increase of four hundred and eigh-
tv-ujne ner cent. while the increase
VI popuias.iou was onay sMehtT ,one
PET cens. ior .ihe sa,he pe.iou. in est
STATISTICS lursle, SNOW tnat III lasi
Ine ahnu a IN, national eApenses com, con-
pareu wlth .ie poPulation was iit.ie
more siinh one uoiiar per caPi.a' anu
IN nooo p 1aeo Two ooiiurs per capita'
wnlle IN zoos .hoy s wi, ~ reacn We e1.
Iravagans sum OF % 20 per capita. ~
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