Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-12
MORE ABOUT PUMPING.

@~~SAhk A1OOA EONkflNN.
One OF the organs of the Memphis anti
funders declares it to be the intention of
that faction TO continue the discussion Of
the Funding law. 1t is well. Those who
have favored the policy Of funding the past
due Indebtedness of the State as the only
means of maintaining its credit aud pre-
serving it from bankruptcy, financial ruin
and inevitable and irredeem&ble disgrace,
viii not shrink from this discussion. On
the contrary they viii court, invite, aye,
demand it. Only day or two since ajour-
nal of the anti-funders said:
"The financial problems which puzzle
the Government are too complicated to be
understood by the masses, even if made an
issue in any general election"
1t may be that acting upon this theory in
State politics, the anti-funding ring have
hoped by their Misrepresentation not only
to continue to mislead portion of the press
and third of the Legislature, but have also
hoped by their false alarms TO mislead the
people, and thus PROSTATE the progress and
prosperity of the State. These false slarms
may serve an unworthy purpose for while,
but at last the most incredulous will refuse
to heed them. Hence, those who believe
that funding the past due Indebtedness of
the State was right, honorable and for tie
best for the people Of the State, say, "On
with the discussion" Already many of the
Misrepresentation which have been so in
dustriously circulated have been corrected
and those of the people who were for awhile
deceived by the darkness which was thrown
around them begin to see the light of truth
and the dawn of intelligence.
Il is astonishing, it is almost appalling to
the lovers of free government and the ad-
mirers of republican institutions that such
advantage should be taken of the popular
prejudice as has been attempted to be
taken by these ci-derant or pretended pa
triots-these pseudo or pretentious haters
of those who would perform public duty.
Like Macbeth, they have a double trust
here TO perform, and like Macbeth, host
and assassin, they will, We fear, ignomiR-
iously fail
As with an individual, SO with a
State. There is but one way
to preserve integrity and credit,
that is, to settle fair. Gov. Brown and the
last Legislature, by an overwhelming ma
jority, determined to pursue this policy.
The Memphis ring, by their obstinacy ard
obstreperousness, determined that the mi
nority of the Legislature should be SO con-
trolled and so act, that State credit should
be sacrificed to the personal, political, and
pecuniary interest of a Memphis ring.
Time alone can tell whether this policy Of
city ring, which has so long ruled West
Tennessee to its injury as section and to
the sacrifice of its meritorious public citi-
zens, will still rule. In other words, the
simple question is: Shall railroad clique of
shsrpers prevail over the good of the State
and Of all honest and true men in the
Western as well as in the Middle and East
ern divisions of Tennessee?
We take this occasion to say that, in any
remarks we now make or hereafter may
make about this snti-funding Memphis
ring, we do not include all members of
the Legislature nor all members of the
press who have seen proper to act with
them.
Facts have come to our knowledge with
in The last few days which have convinced
us without reference to past impressions
that there are Tweeds and ConDollys and
Tom Murphys in Memphis as we'll as in
New York. Let US take heed and beware.