Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-11

EVERY KukIux in Kentucky voted for
Leslie, and few hours after their triumph
in the election was known, they celebrated
their victory by the lawless act OF hanging
two coIored prisoners in the Frankfort Jail.
This act was done under the shadow OF the
State capitol, where the officers of the
commonwealth, sworn to enforce the laws,
reside
Kentucky and New York, completely in
the hands of Democracy, present striking
picture of the legitimate fruits of such rule.
In Kentucky, the people are not only ex-
travagantly taxed, but IaVlessness is faunt-
ed in the face of the highest officers of the
State, and the crimes go unpublished and
even unrebuked. In New York, under
the rule of the same party, the people are
robbed and oppressed by the most unscru-
pulous and corrupt ring ever known in the
history of municipal governments.
Where can fairer sample of the results
of unrestrained Democratic government
be found than in the States named.
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If the Democracy ever get to the White
House it will be through the aid of the
Tammany Ring. They control New York
city, and by thousands of fraudulent votes
are enabled to carry. the State. Without
the electoral vote of New York Demo
cratic nominee could not be elected Presi-
dent. How they would rule the nation
can be best judged from their record as
rulers of New York
Look on the following figures, reader, and
see how you would like them to control
the revenues Of this country. Under their
rule the debt of New York increased in
the words of the Tribune as follows:
Jan. l, 1869, City & Co., Debt, $40, 824, 948 81
Oct. 5, 1870 City 81 Co., Debt 1854, 482 IS
May /, 1871 City 81 Co., Debt, 81, 843, 5l5 0C
Aug. l, 1871, City & Co., Debt, 100, 1873 SO
In two and a half years, then, we have run in
debt, under Messrs Tweed, Connolly and Hall,
ST. $50 1884 81, or at the rate of $2S, 652 153 80
per year, or 81, 387, 679 48 per month. Every
year our taxes have been going up, yet cUery
reek Messrs, Tweed & Co., were running us in
debt half million dollars, on their own show
ing. If the concealed books hide anything
worse than this, is it any wonder that Control
Ter Connolly finds it so very difficult to furnish
two weeks ago assured US was begun weeks be-
fore that
Mr.. REDFIELD, the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial, is going through
the country to be opened by the proposed
Cincinnati Southern road. He gives, after
some considerable observation, his ideas OF
the best route, which he calls the easter
ly' one. OF this he says: ..
Among the other routes surveyed for the
Southern road is one called the Easterly Route,
which L have in q manner neglected. This line
follows the Central Road to Paris, then strikes
south to Winchester, thence to Richmond, Lon
don and Williamsburg, striking the Tennessee
line about twenty-five miles east of where the
middle or ChitwOod route crosses it, thence
south, passing some ten miles east of Huntsville,
and west of JacksbOrO thence westWardly into
the Tennessee Valley and to Chattanooga This
is the most desirable line to form connection
with Knoxville, as it strikes the Tennessee Val
ley above any other route.
This route was surveyed for the most part by
Capt GROCER, and, if adopted, will open up 3
large territory in Kentucky to the commerce OF
the world. But any of the routes will do that
The people of Paris, Richmond, Winchester
and London are much exercised ever the survey
of this route and claim for it superiority over al
others, as it can easily be made to reach Knox.
villeaS well as Chattanooga.