Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-11-01
FROM NASHVILLE.
Proposed Exemption From TaxatiOn-A
Small Trick -Temperance Measures
Free Schools Friendless, &C., &C.,

a question than whether
GENERAL BEAUREGARD
Should pay taxes like common men, or
should be released from taxation. In
short, q bill was before the Senate to re-
lease Beauregard from the payment of
taxes on about ten thousand dollars worth
| of land in Memphis, from 1855 to 1871.
| Why release him? you ask. Because, says
the bill, some freedmen were buried on it
| by the county of Shelby And because
the Democratic Senator from Davidson OPP
posed the bill, he came near being read
out of the party, and was openly charged
with fayoring the Third Party.n Speaker
Vaughn came to Beauregard's relief and
advocated the bill. Mcconnell and
| Gibson opposed the bill on the ground
| that Beauregard had no more right
to be released from his taxes than
John Smith or "any other man. had. The
| bill was finally passed over to give other
| Senators chance to show their devotion
| to the Lost Cause And thus the time
of the Legislature and the money of the
| people are fooled away.
THE QUESTION OF TAXATION
| Is thorn in the Democratic flesh Just
now. Gov. Brown, the State Treasury Of
| ficers and avery large number ofthe Leg
| islature favor high taxes and plegaty of
| them. On the other hand powerful and
active portion of the Democracy are ear
nest and determined low-tax men. These
| latter have already opened war upon Gov.
Brown and his supporters. McGhee, of
Knox, comes in for his share of Democratic
abuse.
-' A NEW CONSTITUTION ~
Is again demanded by the Democrats.
They have become disguised with the
present constitution and have already
commenced their assaults upon it. The
truth is the eyes of the Democracy are be-
ing opened to the defects of our. present
constitution, and it is no longer that in
spired document it once was.
Temperance in the Senate has many
friends, and two bills have been passed in
furtherance of the cold-water cause. One
bill makes the dram-seller liable to dam
ages for selling liquor to inebriates, and the
other imposes severe penalties for selling
liquor to minors. What fate these bills
will meet with in the House, can not be
foretold. Whisky has heretofore been the
great auxiliary of Democracy, and mans
democracy is generally estimated accord
ing to his whisky. capacity. I think the
Senate is going back on the Democratic
party, in this matter.
Nothing has been done yet for Common
Schools, except to burn up about $4,000, 900
of the fund in the shape of old issue. The
people need not expect anything from this
Legislature in behalf of free schools. Ig-
norance being the corner stone of Democ-
racy, how can the friends of education look
to it for help?. The Democracy are as
afraid of free schools as old maids are Of
ghosts or the Devil is of holy water. In
deed, if any two things could kill Democ-
racy by sheer fright those two things are
free schools and Union soldiers. Democ-
racy can not stand either of these. 10y
atty and learning are poisons to Democra-
cy, but meat to Republicanism.
Yours truly, ..-..-
NASHVILLE, Oct, 81
Legislation, like Pope's wounded snake,
"drags its slow length along" Of late, it
has been difficult to get quorum in the
Senate, and to-day, the Senate adjourned
over to Monday: Indeed the Legislature
does not act as though its pay was limited
to 10 days. predict at least one
EXTRA SESSION
If not more. This is regarded as a fore
gone conclusion. Short sessions are pepu-
lar with the Legislature that spends the
taxes. Most of the time of each House is
spent on trivial matters, the Senate rather
taking the lead. Resolutions compliment
taTy to rebel Generals and bills to exempt
rebel Generals from taxation, have of late
rather been the order CT the day. And to-
day the rules of the Senate were suspend
ed in order to invite Niblaek, a Demo-
cratic Congressman from Indiana, to take
a seat within the bar. But poor Vaughn
did not know what all this meant, and did
not know what to do or to say, so he did
nothing and said nothing. The Door
keeper thereupon seized Niblack and
dragged him to the Speakers stand and
knocked him down to Vaughn in courtly
style. WhereupOn all the Senate held its
breath in silent awe for five whole min
utes. l think II would be well for the
Senate to advertise in the newspapers that
if any Democratic politician desires to be
lionized, if he Will come to Nashville, it
will be done to order, on short notice, and
at low rates.
GOV. sENTER's PORTRAIT
Has lately been added to the State Libra
ry. ! am informed that it is painting that
does honor at once to the State and the
Aartist. / rather guess Senter was a little
the handsomest Governor Tennessee ever
had. But / don't want any newspaper
quarrel, on any personal explanations
on this question.
THE SENATE VS.. THE HOUSE.
| have before remarked about the an
tagonism of the two Houses each House
devouTing the others offspring. Every
bill has to run the gauntlet of flood and
fire What the Senate passes the House
kills; and the Senate returns the compli-
ment with interest. If q bill is not
wrecked in Scylla it is in Charybdis. The
Senate few days ago passed and sent to
the House bill to require Sheriff. fees to
be prepaid in all writs from other coun-
ties than their own. While this Bill was
going from the Senate to the House it was
passed by another bill coming from the
House To the Senate re11eaIigl0 tho wary,