Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
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of last week, grows eloqueH in its
invocation of aid to expose th enor-
mites now attempted to be listened
upon the State, by certain PARTIES.
We append its article in full, nd as
sure it that if it will name tie ras-
Gals and prefer charges againsithem,
and PROVE them to be at workto the
injury of the State, that W will
give its charges and proOfsto our
readers, and will add our Oice of
condemnation to its. Now or spe-
cifications and proofs. If icy ex-
list, let us have them:
We have looked in vain 70 a man
Is, earnest and honest Drotst from
our brethren of the Stat Press
against the enOrmities sou.ht TO be
I perpetrated upon the Stsc in re-
gard to the Public Debt. The city
| organs either remain sileB, or have
unblushiDgly gone over D the enc
my, and our country friods, either
I from indifference or igDrance, re-
/ main as silent as the grae upon the
most mOmentOus AMI ,verwhelm-
[ ing issue ever presenteCfOr the con-
I sideratiOn OF any people. In the
I matter Of advocating he claims OF
some favOrite to Offie, or Vcntila-
I ting the record Of sdne obnoxious
7 opponent. they have exhibited here
I tOfore iBexhaustible stores Of zeal,
| invectiye and Pidicub. In the mat
ter OF the origin, amo INT and fu-
/ turc payment of the StSte debt they
are as listless aud inanimate as an
Egyptian mummy.
Why has this reprOach come upon
| the State Press! As-uredly the
| financial interests Of the peopIe OF
the State are not to be COMPARED 10
| the miserable and selfish promotion
Of any man.
The only trouble that oar State
now has is Occasioned by the coudi-
ton of her mammoth indebtedness,
and no victory that can be gained
will be equal to that which the
Press can gain by united aAd vigo.
| rous action against the embryo
Rings which are seeking to foist
upon US a gigantic burden in tn,
shape of a debt, which is erea
enough, even when pruned down Il
| its just and legal proportion, to ex
cite the alarm and anxiety of al
/ lovers of our gallant cOmmonW ealth
Ii one 1.-THE OF the zeal and abilit,
expended by our contemporaries il
profitless personal politics we're OK
ercised in the investigation of tn
! bonds and bank issues which specu
latOrs are seeking to throw upol
/ the shoulders of IN OVer-bnrdsnei
and oppressed people, they WouI
drive our Tweeds, Fisks and miser
able ''Credit MObilier'' imiators in
gloFiously from the field, and Civ
the people joyous and sensible re
lief.
No interest has been paid for se1
eral years on the State Debt. say GU
poor, whimpering shylocks. In th
name Of common sense how can
be expected that we can pay mil
ions of interest when it takes all tn
taxes that can be collected topay th
ordinary expenses of the State Coy
eminent. The old issue of the Ban
of Tennessee was thrown lpon u
and had to be taken up in LaymeT
of taxes; and If the ''Torbet; Issue
shall be fastened on us, it VIII hay
to be absorbed in the same way; an
consequently it Will be many a we.
ry year before any money will g
into the public eXchequeF tOpay tt
interest on the State Debt; and {
our finances are so complicated, "
will have plenty of time to lnrav
their mysteries and put our houi
in order before we make any furtht
effort to pay. We have the matt,
in our own hands. We hsye Il
purse-strings in our possession.
There is no mode of compelling Il
State by suit to pay. Tie on
pledge that our creditors have f,
the payment of asingle dollar is Il
unsullied honor and unimpachab
integrity of the citizens Of tn
, proud State. The debt was create
by the agents of the people, and b
fore any steps are taken to paw
fund any portion thereof, the who
matter must be thoroughly and I
, gidly Investigated by other comp
, tent and honest agents of the san
people. An investigation must
had to find out exactly what Il
debt is before the Legislature, see
ing to do its duty intelligently, CT
, know what to tax and how muC
revenue to raise in order to run I'll
: State Government and pay the i
terest on this debt if funded.
We have no where seen the stat
ment made of the exact amount
the States indebtedness. The Go
ernor does not knew il. The Com,
troller has not yet discovered it.,
So, among hands, we are left
J grope our way miserably in u
dark about question Which is
more importance to US than all Il
men in ChristeHdom. Thet
that no Chancery Court in Tenne
see would permit an estate Wort
fifteen hundred dollars to be ma
aged with the disgusting imoran,
and carelessness which hare cha
acterized the finance-mongers
this State in the last decade.
We again call earnestly uoon oil
brethren of the Press, boil in Il
city and country, to awake fro
{ their inexcusable lethargy in tn
, important matter. What sin al
, reproach will it be to us if we ]
supinely upon our backs, and let
detestable Ring seize our Stae Go
} eminent and hurl it int the Vortl
= of irrevocable bankruptcy Bret
, rem, we can prevent it, if with
/, dustry and energy we will but i
| form ourselves about this gre
t question, and then, "withoui fea
favor or Affection" hurl the h
thunderbolts of our awaken,
wrath against these cormorants al
/, harpies which are blackeniIg Il
| air above the PROSTATE form Of OIL
. State Finances.