davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-11

outside of Erie's was greater than at any
previous time this year The market
closed dull and steady except Erie's which
closed at 50, the lowest point of the day.
There were about twelve offers Of bonds
to-day amounting to about Sill $50 from
1866 to ia. The amount purchased was
$511,l50 from 1856 to 11374s. The
Erie Railway Company announces an issue
of $4,000, 900 or six million pounds
sterling seven per cent. consolidated mort
gage bonds, payable in 1920. The issue
price is 90.
Sterling Exehange.-Bank Bills, 1909;
U. s. coupons Of 1881, l1743; 5-2Os of 1852,
I14a; do. 1854, 114s; do 1865. 115y; do. new
1135; do. 1857, rs; do 1868, I14s; 10 40s,
1923; currency SIS, 1142 Missouri bonds
94aa; Tennessee, old, 74s; do. new, TAI;
Virginia, new, 40; do. old "A; North Caro-
lima, old, 3455; do. new, 81.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-11
THE DAHL
Is the Largest, Fullest, and the most Reliabl
and Cheapest IN the State.
OF SUBSCRIPTION:

Delivered by Carriers I'm the City and
EdgeGel1.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
DEMOCRATIC FINANc1ERINe.

Unless the facts and figures which have
been presented in Senator Gibson's speech,
published in the CHRONICLE, are disprov-
ed, the Democratic party in Tennessee
stands convicted of the most stupendous
frauds that have ever been perpetrated ca
the tax payers of this commonwealth
Railroads that cost the State Sl6,S54 900
were disposed of for the sum of SO 200, 500.
The Winchester and Alabama road, which
had received aid from the State to the
amount of 81 800, 900, was sold for $780,
in State bonds, which had cost the pur-
chasers about S1S0,000 in cash. They in
turn disposed of their fine bargain for
5000, 900, clear profit of at least 500, 900,
which the State might have saved, if the
the road had been sold to the highest bid
der.
This is fair sample of what occurred in
the disposition of each one of these roads
The State has certainly lost several mil
lions in the transactions as the result of
the Numbering incapacity and imbecility
on the part of a portion of the parties con-
cerned. On the part of others, it was bold
conspiracy to defraud the State, and to fill
their own pockets. If these figures remain,
uncontradicted the people must accent
them as true, and will hold the present
Democratic State Government guilty of
fraud and swindle, the authors of which
may well be considered the
peers of the Tamany thieves and robbers.
The people will begin to ascertain. that
the " bond thieves are not confined to the
Republican party in Tennessee by any
means, but will be found numerous in the
ranks of the Democracy. We shall await
with some degree of interest, the = eply to
these charges. We trust that every voter
will read Senator Gibson's speech. BE not
deferred by its length from giving it q
careful perusal. 1t is full of interesting
facts, of the most vital Importance to the
tax payers of Tennessee.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
TO OUR FRIENDS,

We offer elsewhere some magnificent
premiums for the largest and second largest
club of subscribers to the WEEKLY
CHRONICLE. This is a good chance for
our friends to aid us in circulating the
CHRONICLE, and at the sane time, to pay
themselves h6 crlly for their work. Every
family ought to have good sewing ms
chine and every farmer wants a superior
pillow. Our agents can earn three dollars
day in Osnvassing for subscribers for these
very liberal premiums.
The CHRONICLE ought to be in every
household in Tennessee. We want to give
our friends inducements to help us put it
there. viii they not take hold and help
us?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
WHAT TENNESSEE WANTS.

What the people of Tennessee want
now, is an honest, efficient administration
of the State Government. They want a
man for Governor with a mind broad and
capaciOus enough to comprehend what is
for the best interests of the whole people.
and with courage enough to stand up for
the right against the outside pressure
brought to bear against him by corrupt
and selfish rings. He must not only be a
man of capacity and courage, but he must
be one who can and will spurn the temp
tations That such rings may bring to bear
upon him for the purpose of influencing
his official action.
Further, our chief Executive should be
a man whose mind is not warped and con-
tracted by contemptibly narrow prejudi-
ces, that never run outside of the ruts of
partisan politics. and who aspires to moth
ing higher than to provide offices for his
political and personal friends. Our Cover
nor should have State policy, and not
confinehis official life to schemes for build
ing up and perpetuating himself and his
party in office. We ask the voters of Ten
nessee, in spirit of candor laying aside
every prejudice growing out of our politi-
cal relations toward Governor Brown, who
is a candidate for reelection, if we have
any grounds for believing that he will
pursue course in the future
calculated to build up our public
interests, that does not strictly COM
port with his ideas'o the success of the
Democratic party? What has he done that
commands the esteem of those whose high
est ambition is the public good His adj
ministration has been perfectly barren of
good results. His record is only calculated
to convince the people of his incapacity,
and his susceptibility of becoming the un-
willing tool, or if you please, the will
ing tool, of horde of vampires who
would lull him into a sense of security
with honied words or golden pledges,
while they would prey upon the very
fe-blood of the Commonwealth.
Until men can be persuaded to
lay aside foolish political prejudices, en-
gendered by the passions of the late civil
war, and study their own interests, we
may expect to remain unconscious victims
OF the rapacity of rings and cliques, the
organization of which we invite and up
hold by our apparent carelessness in refer
ence to public affairs. We write not these
sentences as the partisan of Mr. Freeman.
or the opponent without cause of Gov, !
Brown but we write them with the hope
OF arresting the attention of the patriotic |
masses OF all parties, and inducing them TO |
consider what is for their interest, and for |
the interest of this Commonwealth.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
REPUBLICAN, FIRES BURNING IN SEWER.

We learn from those who were present
that the Republicans of Sewer county had
rousing meeting at Sevierville on We'd
nesday. The crowd was one of the largest
that has assembled since the war, and the
enthusiasm was high
Hon. Horace Maynard made one of his
ablest efforts, speaking about two hours,
during which time he was listened to with
profound attention. He was followed in a
speech of one hour by Col. J. NJ. Thorn
burgh, whose effort is spoken of as
being able, effective and convincing.
The Republican majority in that
county will remind us of the stormy days
of '6l, when secession and disunion re-
ceived an almost unanimous rebulxe from
the sturdy yeOmany of that county. Gree
ley men in that locality are exceedingly
scarce.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
ATTENTION, woKINGMEN :.

The workingmen of Tennessee will
make note of the fact, that under Demo-
cratic Encouragement and Democratic
misrule-that under policy dictated to
the present State government by the rings
that control it, convict labor is brought
directly in competition with the honest
mechanics and working men of our State
AT the time the present lease of the peni-
tertiary was consummated, unslxilled con-
victs were employed at the Sewanee and
Battle Creek coal mines at forty cents g)e3-
ddy. Think of this, miners of East and
Middle Tennessee! You who have fami-
lies to support, children to educate, and
means to lay up against affliction and
old age. Will you support party that
brings laborers to compete with you, at
such figures as that? AT the time this
lease was consummated there were taco hu,a-
drcd and tWenty-threes killed convicts in the
penitentiary, for whose labor 8iry cents
per day was paid. Honest mechanics
carpenters, blacksmiths, machinists, moul-
ders, cabinet-makers, stone-cutters wilt
you uphold set of men who use the
penitentiary convicts to cheaper your
labor, and to deprive you of the
means to support your families, to
educate your children and to purchase
homes where you may escape the horrors
OF extreme poverty in your declining days?
Andrew johnson has created something of
a sensation by his expositions of a "mili-
tary ring" but we have much more to fear
from rings of capitalists who are using the
State Government to put money in their
own pockets, without regard to the means
used, and perfectly indifferent as to who is
oppressed thereby. Farmers, merchants,
laboring, men, tax payers, all, stop and
think of the vast Importance of the issues
presented in our present State canvass, be-
fore committing yourselves to the support
Of policy that will keep you in poverty,
and impose burdens upon yourselves and
your children's children.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
THE ToRBETT ISSUE.

1t is an interesting question for the con.
sideration of the people of this State
whether or not they are liable for the pay.
ment of what is known as the " new is.
sues " Of the Bank of Tennessee. 1t is
pretty well understood, though the ques-
ton has not been generally discussed, that
these notes were Issued in aid of the late
rebellion. If this can he clearly shown,
they are illegal and void under the provis-
ions of the FourteenthAmendmen which
provides that no State shall assume or pay
any debt contracted in aid of insurrection
or rebellion against the United States.
Col. A. 5. Colyar, independent candidate
for Governor, took the position in speech
at Nashville, Saturday night, that this is
so, and consequently the State is not bound
to redeem these issues. SO we believe, and
so we have no doubt large majority of
the honest tax payers of the State believe.
MIR. Colyar shows by statistics how this
money was issued in aid of the rebellion.
This money is now in the hands of spec
ulators. Mr.. Colyar told of one individual
who boosted that he and his friends had
control of a million dollars of it. 1t is es-
timated that there may be three millions
of it out. Now the question is, are we GO
ing to quietly submit to the insiduous de-
mands of these spectators, which may at
any time find expression in the acts of a
corrupt or imbecile Legislature, legalizing
it ia some way, either by funding or by
what is worse, providing that it shall be
receivable for taxes, or will the people
speak out ia time and give these specula-
tors warming that the question will be sift-
ed to its very foundation, and the facts as
certained whether this money was issued
by the authority of Legislature acting
within Constitutional limits, or by Mill
tary Board, organized in aid of insurrec.
ton and rebellion. We have no doubt
that it can be clearly shown that the latter
is the fact, in which case the people are
not liable for the payment of these issues,
and consequently will not pay them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
ANOTHER FALsEHooD EXPOSED.

EX-President Johnson in his speech at
this place is reported as having said "Hoar.
of Massachusetts, was appointed Attorney
General, in consideration of the gift of a
library, valued at $4,000" Mr.. Hoar
wrote to Mr.. johnson on the subject and
denied the allegation, since when Mr..
johnson has not repeated it, but some of
the lesser lights in the party, with more
malignance than brains or common sense
have been keeping it up. One, General
Fitzpatrick, whose enmity towards Grant
is accounted for Oh the ground that he was
recalled from the CHILEAN Mission, for hay
ing introduced an abandoned female in
to society there as his wife, repeat-
ed 1t in the canvass in Vermont.
charging that it was $4,000 the IL
brary was worth. This called forth the
following pointed denial from Mr.. Hoar.
which puts the matter at rest with all
decent men:
CONCORD, August %, 1872.
j. Il. Tracy, UindSor, ".
DEAR SIR There is not one word of truth in
the story about me which you say General Kill
patrick IS repeating IN Vermont. / never made
General Grant a present of any kind in nv life.
Whether General Fitzpatrick Is worth contra
dieting you know better than /, as know moth
ing about him, except from the newspaper re-
ports of bis speeches; and if the truthfulness of
other parts of them is no greater than IL is of
those of which L have personal knowledge, |
should think he could injure nobody's rcputa-
ton. The practical difficulty with the tradu-
GERS OF the President is, that as soon as one mis-
statement IS exposed, they set another agoinR
Who invents them all 1 cannot imagine; but
the supply seems to be unlimited, and The ere
dulity of the Greeley orators inexhauslible.
III anybody in Vermont thinks General Kill
patrick's story requires any notice You are at
liberty 10 give 1t the most unqualified denial on
ny part Very truly, yours,
Z. X. HOAX.
hoLest mer will see tie character of the
charges truinped up against The President
ana VIII uHdestand lie moIiWs That
prompt then. Tho result Win he and has
ALREADY been, that his cause Is made
stronger aud HE enemies appear wtaKer
hDd more contemplate.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS FROM MAINE

Glorious Maine. true to her past record,
true to the high character she has always
sustained as member of the Federal
Union, true to her history when the honor
of the country is at stake, she records her.
self on the side of peace, progress, law and
order, In the great roll call of States that
is to come off in November, upon which
the whole civilized world is an interested
spectator, she arrays herself under the
same great Captain, who is " first in war,
first in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.n All the misrepresenta-
ton, all the abuse, all the treachery, all
the falsehood, all the political dishonesty
has failed to affect the steady sons of the
noble " Pine Tree State,n and she stands
up CALAMITY for the right. A full Republi-
can delegation is sent to Congress, while
the Republican majority is one-third larg-
er than at the election last year.
Democracy in the guise of Liberal Re.
publicanism" is just as odious to the peo-
pie of Maine as if called by any other
name.
AS Maine goes, so goes the Union"
October will repeat the glorious victory
achieved by our friends in Maine, and in
November the Greeley-Liberal-R epubli-
an-Democratic. Kuklux party will sustain
a defeat, that will send it into oblivion and
disgrace forever.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
INSTRUCTIVE READING.

The case of Baxter VS.. Mabry, Burch ct
al, was heard by the Supreme Court Tues
day and yesterday, on printed arguments
by both sides. The constitutionality of
the late Change of Venue Act" passed
by the Legislature to assist the defendants
in their defense of this suit, was involved
The argument in behalf of Col. Baxter,
making pamphlet of 81 pages, was print
ed at this office, and is full and exhaustive
of the subject. 1t is at once the most sat
isfactory and whitening exposition of the
mean, partisan bitterness that actuated the
Legislature and Governor to pass the act,
that has yet been made of this reprehensi-
BILE interference of the Executive and Leg
islative Departments of the Government
in suit pending between private citizens,
and will well repay any one for the time
spent i'll reading it. We have number of
copies at this office for gratuitous dstribu-
ton, and we invite every. one who wishes
to see it to call soon and get copy. 1t is
very instructive reading.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18
DO NOT OVERLOOK VITAL ISSUES.

There is danger Of the people of Tennes-
see overlooking some of the most vital
questions involved in the present contest.
Every effort is being made and will be
made to divert their attention from the
mismanagement and corruption of the
party in power, by raising issues of little
or no present Importance. The paid tools of
the ring that has robbed the people of mil
lions in the disposition of certain railroads
VIII raise great hue and cry about matters
that are OF little or no concern to the gen.
eral public, hoping thereby to prevent an
outraged people from realizing the enorni-
ties of their swindling operations. We
trust that the people will exercise their
own views OF common sense, and that all
these men may have to say will be of no
avail. We trust that the voters-the tax.
payers-Wlll inform themselves in relation
to the acts of this Tennessee Tammany.
and will hold the present Democrats
state Government to rigid accountability
for permitting, conniving at and particf-
patlng in schemes whereby the people
have been robbed of millions. We use
the term robbed" with full knowledge
OF its import, as it is the only word that
originated in this behalf, and carried
out for the sole purpose of putting
money in the pockets of its authors,
Thereare men confined within the walls
OF the State penitentiary to-day, who are
the superiors of some of these "ringersiI
in every virtue that adorns the moral char
acter; and yet we are expected to SUPPORT
men and keep them in office, who, either
from want of capacity or by reason ola cor
rupt purpose, are the fast friends and supple
tools ofthese same swindling schemers who
havegrown rich upon our misfortunes. Thew
expect to do this under tine discipline
brought about by the use of the party lash.
1t is the only way they can do IT, Will
the people submit to this party dictation,
used for the benefit of the ring, or will they
resolve 70 thro~ OIL the b urdensome yoke
and place men In office who are honest
and who will not act az the ready agents OF
u ring engaged in the nefarious work of
our financial ruin?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

SERGEANT Gilbert H. Bates, who car
ried the stars and stripes through the
South from Vicksburg, proposes to carry
the flag through England on.a wager. He
says he has perfect right to do so if the
the people of England don't object. He
thinks it will be the means of bringing
about better state of feeling between the
United States and Great Britain. Perhaps
it will, especially if the Geneva arbitra-
ton is harmonious.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

We have seen a letter from an Englshman,
who said he was coming to America to invest
twenty-five thousand pounds Zone hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars. A terrible muir
der was committed, the story was published and
II put the capstone on Memphis fame, and
the Englishman's second letter came yesterday.
stating that life was too cheap, though prop
erty was not too high, in Memphis. He backed
Gown. Murderers are good people.
We clip the foregoing from the Mem
eiiis Alol1caI. 1t is striking evidence OF
the harm that many accrue State from a
badname thus obtained. How important,
then, that we should have Governor who
wiil-not succumb before or conniYe at
mohseor Outlawry of any kind. How i'm
portaEt that we should have chief Exec
utiveWith capacity to understand and a
will streng enough to execute the laws of
the land
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

THE Union and american deprecates the
idea of resuscitating "dead issues" by
discussing the secession question. 1t goes
into labored defense of the motives that
prompted the people of the South to en-
bark in so hopeless an undertaking, and
even argues that with the lights then be-
fore them they were not to blame, and
that their conduct can in no wise be made
to appear odious. 1t admits, by words.
that it is no longer debatable question,
but has been "sternly decided by the rude
arbitrament of war"
We confess that we have no fears
of the revival of this issue. but
our security from it consists more
i'll the strength of the anti-secession
element, than from want of disposition
on the part of original secessionists to re-
vive it if they could do it successfully.
We think We have the very best reason for
oeileVlng so. III such is not the fact, why
is 1t that the Democratic party in Tennes-
see, makes a mans services in the rebel
army the test OF his merit. We have be-
fore alluded to the fact, that our STATED
government, in all its departments, is in
the hands of men who served the late
Southern Confederacy, either over
military or civil capacity. Allin
the State, we see men put for
ward for office, whose sole qualica-
ton consists in services rendered
IN behalf OF the lost cause. Does this mean
nothing? Why should they be given
prominence for such q reason, if it does not
mean that they are to be rewarded for their
ultra secession principles, or that they are
the tit opponents of the policy of those
whom they represent? Actions speak lou
der than words, and this is no exception to
the rule. If it were only occasionally that
an original secessionist was selected to fill
Important office, it might be looked
upon as n matter of chance but when IL IL
the established rule of party, wherever
there chance OF success, il means some
thing. IL IL does not mean 70 make that
principle prominent and respectable, what
does IL mean?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

THE effort on the part of the Greeley pa
pears now is to inaugurate new principle
in mathematics. They declare that under
certain circumstances, 10000 is no more
than 1lY000. 1t is by this mode of reason
ing that they figure out Republican loss
in Maine and Vermont. If any man is
fool enough to believe this he is a Demo
crat by nature and we have no disposition
to change him.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

THE Boston Globe says that Barnum,
the famous Snowman, ever up to the pub
lie demand in the way of curiosities has
captured the Sage "-at least the papers
tell us that Horace has been eating salt
with Barnum at Bridgeport. The great
vegetarian and the great Snowman are
well matched 1 we think that per-
manent euga mt between them would
pay. 1t w { require very great
stretch of the imagination to pass Horace
off for Joyce Heth.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-18

THE big organ seeks to divert public at
tention from its position, perched on the
fence between johnson and Cheatham
the nominated and the independent, by
throwing paper pellets at Maynard, Thorn
burgh and Gibson. 1t is exercised about
Maynard, because he fails to HE away to
meet johnson on the stump. 1t is greatly
distressed because of fears that Gibson has
the inside track for Congress in this dis
trict against Thornbugh, notwithstanding
the former avowed distinctly in his speech
OH Tuesday night, that he is not a candi-
date for any Office. The big organ man
attaches very little importance to such
declarations, as he very we'll remembers
that certain gentleman for the purpose of
vindicating his charac ter some time ago,
procured number of signatures to pa
per calling upon him to announce himself
a candidate for Congress, to which he re-
piled, according to previous understand
ing of portion of the signers, that he was
not a candidate and would not be. But
this, he was can
didate before the Democratic Conven-
ton of this district, and. also of the
State. 1t is natural under such circum-
stances, that he should attach but little
weight to such promises. But he must re-
member that all men are not forced to such
to obtain favors ut the hands
of their party.