Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-11

lected within Il, and that nearly al taxes
should be paid by 3 gradual sale OF puole
lands. At once Iexas oscame ana I'm
mise; the avenues 70 II were choESd WIZ
endless streams Of p~eoPlssying rom de1lSAnu
Texas became a poWer on tue earth. A. Len
nesses would furnish better protectloh .OAl.s,
laws, compel the ready and econohlloSA CottSS
tiOn OF private debts repudlste neL puoLS
deht and reduce taxatfon 20 It's atfteheiluln-
standard. her real estate would quintuple IN
value and her population dounLeI IN nES ySdIs
time. Congress permIs pIlsate L1dtN,uusis ~
take the bankrupt ACT ana repodlhte Ineif
Tents. why should not Tennessee be declared
as a is in fact, 10 be bankrupt? Let her esl-
msfa the presei 6 value OF the State capital,
and what little other property she possesses
levy a direct cash tax TO that amount, pay ~
out pr~Oporttonately TO her ~Dondholdefs' ana
then repudiRte the remainder OF her debt.
Congress, at the point of the bayonet, COM
PEELED us TO repudiate the Confederate anu
State debt contracted during the war. congress
seized the cotton which our government ntu
pledged 10 Liverpool for moneys already re-
ceived by our dscal agents. Now,
the Federal authorities refuse TO listen
to the clamor these. capitalists have raised
and declines 10 pay them the value OF their
Daring the war about seven Thousand mil
lions OF dollars OF Southern property Hes
either stolen, destroyed or annih1lated 2s
such, and we were left In positive distress
Nearly slIthe taxpayers We're disiranehised,
and few, save the mob, we're allowed to go
through even the farce Of eleOting our -ulets.
Dur1ng this period the most utterly Goddess
set ofcarpeteDaggers that Gcd ever permitted
20 curse The earth were foisted upon us IS
legislators. In all sorts Of wsys and FOR Rll
sorts OF rascally purposes, they robbed US,
and then this irresponsible horde beEpe1 up
a public debt which il is utterly impossible
to pay. Borne down by a taxation so neu6-
fEh as to despoii US OF aQ prom on our labor
and which leaves US poorer every year, We
can never pay IL. IL Is madness TO Try 10 do
so, such being the true state OF the case,
why not nepudiGte Il n0DF Whv grORn year
or two lODEsrs The merchant daily rtsk-ng
hHE nunHHnN mnHhnFrH nHnHN rnnEN mlNHmNaHANU
lose II. The professions are but decently sx-
listing. The farmers unable TO pay wages, or
20 "a fertlzzrs, have - sunmltto nestO CO.
paftnerBbtps and 6es Lhor fences ana n01ses
rot, their lands wear out, without one ray Of
except in rspuotztion and less tax
The taxpayer did not in any wise authorize
these debis. The money accruing thereirom
was nearly an spoil. Millions in bonds were
sold Tor a lew cents on the dollar called for and
millions more stolen outright, and millions
again given TO sham railroads, existing where
they ever viii exist on paper. We received
little OF no benent theretrom, and are in no
wise bound TO pay.
In Mississippi three-fourths OF the people
denounced reputation, but when the
test came they secretly voted for IL. Thus VIII
IL be with US. The repudiation Of the union
an accomplished fact ere most people were
of its possibility and reputation Will
come the same way, and come il Will in Ten
nes~eei come soon, come suddenly, Ike a
thunder-OOlL
suppose the debt was paid and our credit
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5entatives OF the mob to set about at once TO
create another lust as unnecessarily and iust
As fictitious. Deliver not unto them such dRB-
5erous power Even q negro can understand |
II he has TO pay money down and I
axe a receipt therefor but what does he |
now OF custJmhOuEe and bOnds?D Does auy one /
imagine mat II every lOaferlB town knew that !
le would have to contribute i've dollars cash 1
A UNNECESSARY measure that he 4
would author re it, The enormous sum Of /
ls,uJ00y0 has be5nsiOlen by less than two duz- 4
N people, within -FOUR short years, from the
1Ey Of New York. The theft OF our own school |
una ana other actS pnedude-the an o ur
officials, are as a body, to be entrusted
With power 70 tax and TO steal. II
o, we had better give our property away.
.ew YORK intends 70 repudiate a goodlv part
u ms sWlnule. Let US repuula-e the whole Of
ugs. 1
Men do not energeucsIly depreoats that
Ihch they do not bear. All the blaUherskite |
payment Of public indebtedness, wIich
a raly1ng party cry monEst the Radicals, |
nd also with the bondlalders and their no.
Teal creatures, is kept up because Lhey fear
spudlsuon. Well may they fear Il for their
slgn is well nigh over in Tennessee. Let Us |
reserve the little remnant left Of our proper
ada more 70 a, and a our wives and
lAdren EOm poverty or starvation. Why
poor when we can honestly be rich?
ny De siaVeseWhen We are r~ighteUusly en-
tledtO be masters Awake from la uighf-
are OF taxation 20 pay a rascally debt! Cut l.
oss nom the puirldcorpse! IS