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OK 10 $40 PER- BAY, Arcnta
pO WANTED! All sl.tsses of WORKING
people, Of either sex, young or old, make
more money at work FOR nsin stheir spare
moments, or all the time, than at. ANYTHING
else. Particulars free. lAddresst
G. STlNSoN s. CO.,
sept "-lo PorffNnd, Aisine.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
RESUMPTION,

The longer the country postpones the
resumption of specie payment, the more
formidable the objections to the measure
become. The evil grows on what it con-
sumes, and food Of low type will be sup
piled to the public SO long as it tolerates it,
whether one decade or ten. The practice
of paying specie as the basis of all exchanges
is beneficial by checking the universal ten
dency to run into debt, both at home and
abroad. Over-trading is our most promi-
nent besetting sin, and we love itso dearly
that for thirteen long years we have cher
Ished q! very elastic specializing paper cur
rency, with the specie skeleton left out. Any
decent currency has solid backbone of met
al. Ours is of the bloodsucker species th at
has no spine, but can easily double its length
one moment to serve private purpose, and
contract it as suddenly the next for a per-
sonal advantage. This is the character of
the yardstick by which the public measures
its goods, wares and merchandise. Was
there ever selfgoverning people so easily
fooled and cheated eight years after the
close of the civil war, which was successful
to thrse-fourths of the nation as a whole
When puritanism was in its youth and
glory in England, Hudibras sung "the
pleasure of being cheated" as equal to that
of "chea!ing." If this is sound philosophy,
we need nothing better than rags for cur
rency.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27


In 8 recent remarkable speech, Gov.
Booth, of California, said:
aTo this insidious disease, which time
might develop or cure. there is added an
opsn, danger, the bold attempt, stripped
now of ali disguise, of great aggregstions
ofcapital to control tie government in their
own interest for purposes that are selfish
and corrupt. The forms of the republ c
are to be retained, but its spirit destroyed.
Like Augustus Caesar, they prefer the pow
er to the title Of the king, and are willing
we should toy with the semhlance while
the substance is theirs. This Is the danger
foreseen with prophetic power by Jackson.
What was then possibility is now fact;
what was then pigmy is now q giant"
8 AN intelligent readers, old enough to re-
member President Jackson's contest with
the UniLed States Bank and its powerful
supporters, both in and out Of Congress,
must recognize the truth of the above his
torical statement But that monopoly was
indeed "pigmy" when compared with the
"giant" bond-hclders, bankers, manufactur-
ers, railway kings and high tariff men, who
profit by class fayoritism and special
legislation. Gen. Jackson was
prophst, and it remains to be tested
and seen whether this generation is
worthy of its sires. No man of character
for truth now denies "the bold attempt,
stFipped of all disguises. of great sggrega.
tons of capital to control the Government
in their own interest for purposes that are
selfish and corrupt" Under such state
of facts, what is the duty of every patriot
who loves freedom, white or black? 1t is
10 unite rs one man to break down this
money oligarchy before it forever enslaves
the people. President Jackson was right
when he broke the yoke of the old United
States Bank, and sent Biddle to Coventry.
1t is war for the sovereignty of the Peo-
pie against Money.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
ENIIGHrKNEn YOrINa.

Mr.. John Davis, distinguished horticul-
turist of Kansas, in addressing farmers
convention in Lawrence recently, gave ex-
preston to the following sentiments:
Gin the light, then, of all history and all
experience, the Western farmers Of Ameri-
ca have full faith in the power and efficacy
OF enlightened voting. Enlightened voting
is the child of public education, discussion
and agitation. BY these means we hope to
overthrow the giant monopolies that now
dominate the country; to resist the rings
continually arranged by them in their own
interest to fleece the community. By the
continual dissemination of information as
to markets, and their present and future
supply, we expect to escape the corners
continually being arranged for our entrap-
ment, on the great commercial chess board
of the country. By enlightened voting We
expect TO send TO the State and National
Legislatures wiser and better law make s.,
Expect to elect sober, honests
and earnest men TO the variou-
branches of the judiciary. The great ques-
ton which agitates the people of this coun
try to-day, is that of cheap and easy COM
merce for The food of man, including the
questions offinance and transportation. If
farmers ever mean to obtain the rights they
demand, they must gain them By action. If
we will vote as intelligen.ly SIS We have talk
ed, and show the same unanimity at the
ballot box that we have in the club room,
the knotty problems OF the day will soon be
solved. We have the two great elements Of
SUCCESS just cause and plenty ofvotes.
Our gu apathy and lack of enthusiasm
are our only faults"
Nothing is more evident to wsn-inform-
ed minds than the fact, that tn. farmers
have ga just cause and a plenty of votes"
but these go for nothing unless wisely com
bined, and fully brought to the polls as a
unit. Organization, prudence and activity
will win.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
An INFERENCE.

The New York Herald says: ave infer
from Senator Cameron's Jealous support of
Gen. Butler that Butler is the administra-
ton candidate for Governor of Massachu-
sets. We conjecture that as President
Grant approved the appropriation bill en-
bodying the back-pay amendment, the
Massachusetts Republicans will meet The
difficulty of condemning Butler without re-
proving the President-an impeachment
which they cannot overcome-snd that the
Republican State Convention, brought to
the crucial test, will find the nomination of
Gen. Butler duty towards the admins
t-ation which The party cInnot escape.
We may be mistaken in these conclusions,
but when Senator Cameron throws his
whole weight, as be has done, in support of
Gen. Butler, it may be safely assumed that
he is speaking as one having authority"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
sOuTHEKN FARMS.

Speaking in.round numbers, the increase
in value Of Southern farms from 1850 to
1860 was one thousand million dollars.
This was before the enactment of Mr.. Sew
ards "higher law thar the Constitution"
From 1860 to 1870 the decrease In the value
of the same farms was about twelve humid
red million dollars; bringing the land two
hunCred million dollars below what it was
twenty-three years ago. This is after the
adop ion Of polical authority 'higher than
the Federal Constitution" for the govern
ment of the United States. In 1860 our
farm stock and implements were returned
as worth in gold SS9,846, 004; in 1870 they
were reduced 10 55,S2l,2e0 in paper
currency loss of over fifty per cent.
In following the compilation of the Albany
ArSus we find that the decrease in crop
produce runs as follows: A loss of 1,300,-
600 bales of cotton, 100000 pounds of
wool, 170,000,00O pounds of tobacco, 1877
100000 pounds of sugar, 100000 gallons
of molasses, 81, 100000 bushels ofpotatoes,
H3,000,000 pounds of rice, S,S00,000 BUSH
els of wheat, 100000 bushels of rye, no.
900 tons of hay, $4,000 tons CT hemp, l09,-
900, 600 bushels of corn, and so on, In start
ling figures, as to butter and cheese, etc.
The loss in population by the war is es-
timated at $4,000, and by migration 1926
600. The loss in the average value
per acre of land was in Virginia
and West Virginia, $3.50 or 20 per cent.
in Kentucky, s1.7l.o II per cent; in Texas,
50 cents, or % per cent; in Tennessee,
S4.1O or 80 PEI cent; in Florida, 1928 or
40 per cent; in North Carolina $2.S4 or AZ
par cent; in Georgia, $2.66 or 40 per cent;
in Arkansas $5.92 or SO per cent; in Alaba-
ma, $5.49 or 60 per cent; in Mississippi,
S7.01 or So per cent; in Louisiana, Sl3 20
or 60 per cent; and in South Carolina, $3.50
or GO per cent. The above figures apply to
the condition of Southern affairs three
years ago, when the United States census
was taken. Since then they have generally
grown worse under Radical domination, as
in South Carolina and Louisiana.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
THE CARPENTER SCANDAL.

The Washinton Star states editorially
that Senator Carpenter will not prosecute
the New York Tribune for libel. That is
a sensible conclusion. Senator Carpenter
might get judgment against the Tribune,
and yet that would not establish his inno-
cence. If he is not guilty be can establish
his innocence without resort to the courts.
But we apprehend that there will be no eff
fort to "vindicate his character"-as the
Milwaukee Wisconsin, Republican Jour
nal, says the people of his State demand he
shall do-in either direction. The Tribune
appears to be too confident of its ability to
sustain itself in any contingency, TO admit
of doubt as to the course Senator Carpen-
ter will pursue: that is, hewill endeavor to
brave public opinion by treating the charges
with silent contempt. The Milwaukee
Wisconsin said "tbese charges are too grave
to pass unnoticed, ;" and adds that "they
are uttered by journals of ample pecunary
responsibility" which "can be made to
suffer most seriously if they have given cur
rency to reports that are false and hbelous. ,
The Tribune courts the investigation here
limited at. In its issue of Aug. %, it says:
ave desire to be distinctly understood.
The Tribune makes no charges that cannot
be substantiated. 1t does not burrow for
scandal, nor set any drsg-nets for unclean
gossip. There is NO man in public life of
whom it would not rather speak we'll than
Ill, nor any man whose faults or follies or
bad example it has the slightest interest to
palliate, cover, or defend. 1t extenustes
nothing nor sets DOWN augh. in malice. 1t
has been too ouch the custom of political
Journals in past years to attack wildly and
indiscriminately the private lives and char
acters Of opponents, while defending polit-
icsl associations with slavish subserviency
and unreasoning zeal from the Just conse-
quences Of their evil acts. The result has
been that public men have been shielded by
Their own party, there has been no fair and
impartial criticism, aud wrong-doers have
enjoyed comparative immunity. To what
extent politics and politicians have been
corrupted by this condition of things the
shameful disclosures of the past twelve
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
THE GOLD DEFICIT.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times says, under date of the
2lst., that the Secretary of the Treasury
aathorises him explicitly to deny all the
Published statements regarding an alleged
deficit in the Treasury" he declares that
"there is and has been no deficit of dollar
Or cent" Notwithstanding this denial the
Washington correspondent the New York
Sun positively asserts that there is deficit.
He says:
Notwithstanding all the semi-cfficisl de-
malls there is a real deficit of 5000, COO in
the cash account of the Treasury Depart
ment. This deficit is not apparent; It is
not the result of complicated system of
bookkeeping. or of the redemption of five
twenty bonds. II isav"ry easy thing for
the treasurer to show that it is an apparent
deficit, but be has not and will not venture
to do this. 1t is no oricus in bis Office that
such adeficiency exs s, and Mr.. Spinner
will not dare to deny it."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
AVERAGE RELIABILITY OF "OLD
PRORS.o

According to a Washington letter, the
Signal Service officers claim that the predic-
tons or statements Of probabilities for the
fist year were verified in about sixty-nine
ses out of hurdred, and their accuracy
may be expected to increase with incress-
ing experience. The practical value of the
observations on our Western rivers is strik-
iugly illustrated, by The report of the OBJ
server at Memphis, Tennessee, who states
that captains and pilots of boats generally
decide by the reports of the Signal Bureau
the board on the levee at that port
whether the depth of the water above is
'ficient to permit them to ascend the
Upper Mississippi or the Ohio. Before
these reports were published, boats arriving
during the night lost from six TO ten hours
in waiting for the telegraph reports In the
morning papers.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

months testify 10 part, while the unpub-
lished scandals of the national capital, fa-
milisr to every one who has spent any time
in Washington during the sessions Of Con-
gress, illuminate the subject still more
largely.
at is not necessary to dwell upon the
special case in hard. Our object is answer
ed in directing the attention of the people
to the unclean life of The brilliant but un-
principled man who occupies the chair CT
the United States Senate, and who from bis
high position should be an example to the
youth of the land. The politics of the
country need cleansing and purifying. The
politicians who debauch public sentiment
and defy public opinion, who mock at viz
tue, scout all considerations of honesty or
honor, and faunt their vices in the nations
face, need to be held up to public gyze and
Reproduction. Under cover of loyalty to
righteous cause, rapscity, lust and greed
have had full sway for years, and the. Ie-
suit is the country is honeycombed with all
manner of corruption. LII such q state of
things the only way of escape Is to lift the
vail and show the honest, decent, truth
loving people of the coultry what manner
of men their rulers are. That Is the work
of pure and upright journalism. 1t is the
work of the Tribune, in which it invites
all Its contemporaries throughout the
land to cooperate. And to all the super
serViceable organs (Which, we suspect have
run before they were sent In this matter),
which are calling for libel prosecution,
we have only to say, IN the words of the
Wisconsin paper, that the Trd uae is q
Journal of ample ppcuniary responsibility
Ii Mr., Carpenter has been sggrieved by any
publication in its columns, be has his rem
edy at law, and whatever damage jury of
his countrynen shall say his character has
sustained win be promptly paid. More
than that, the Tribune will gladly pay any
sum that may be so assessed in damages to
be convinced that the character of MIR. Matt
Carpenter is such thst he d es sthe Senate
no disgrace by presiding over it, and that
his life and conduct Se such as may be held
up for an example instead Of warning to
the young men f the county. For proof
of that The Tribune is quite ready to pay
literally"
The Tribune Is bod and defiant.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

SINCE the year ls4S, when there were
but about 5000 miles of completed railroad
in the country, the railroad system of the
United States had increased, on Jan. /,
1878, to 1900 miles in actual operation,
with 5000 more in process of construction.
At a rate of $40 900 per mile the cost of the
completed rosds would be perhaps $1,000
100000, while those il progress and not yet
completed will cost S320,O0O,OOO.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
CORRECTION.

In an article headed Farmers State Con-
vention" in this journal of the 26th instant,
we referred to Gen.W. ii. Jackson's circular
letter On the subject as an admirable"
production, but the compositor made Us
say it is admissible" Which perverts cur
meaning without making thu typographical
error plain.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

THE Republican party is called by itself
the party of progress. 1t has been nearly
thirteen years in power, says the New York
World, and in that time the government in
nearly all the States in which that party has
been in the ascendency has been transform
ed from one in which the people rule 10 one
in which the corporation rules. Two of
the Vice Presidents Of the party have been
debaUched by these corporations, the chair
men OF the most important committees of
Congress have been subsidized by the rings,
and half dozen Senators claiming to be
Republican Christian statesmen are tarred
with the same brush. The controlling
power of the Republican Administration
and of the Federal Government has made
such progress that its action is controlled by
the size of Credit Mobilier dividends and
the spoils of contracts, ending in back-sala-
ry grabs. Those who were the deepest in
all these are foremost in that party and the
highest in the confidence of the Republican
Administration. This is progress-in one
direction.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

THE New York World regards the es-
Enlistment Of oranges in Pennsylvania as
3 most hopeful sign of the times, since 1t is
in Pennsylvania that the chief efforts have
been madeto delnde the farmer into the be-
lief that Protection created a "home mar
ket" which would more than compensate
him for the losses it inflicted on him.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

The last number of the New York
Financial and Commercial Chronicle says:
sThe principal public sale ofSouthern State
bonds have been in Tennessees and South
Csrolinas. Tehnessees are strong under
TIE influence of the funding operations
which are now progressing favorably."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

Gov. DAVIS, Of Texas, was in Washing
ton few weeks ago trying to get q reds
tribution of the Federal offices in his State,
but he failed. Now that be has been re-
nominated for Governor, he has started for
Washington to make . second effort. He
wants some of bis enemies turned out and
friends put In.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

OUT Of 1874 appointees for the position Of
cadet in the Military Academy at West
Point examined by the Board of Visitors,
40, or rather more than one-third, were re.
jected on the literary examination. This
does not speak well for the thoroughneas in
the primary education of the country.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
TIE recent action of the Republicans

THE recent action of the Republicans Of
Virginia furnishes the text for this COM
ment by the Hon. A. Il. 81. Stuart: at is
notorious fact, p he says, "that nine-tenths
of the Radical rarty in Virginia are ne
gooes, and yet strange to say not single
negro was placed on the State ticket of that
party. Here we have distinct confession
by the colored race of their incompetency.
They had the power to frame ticket to
suit themselves. The game was in their
hands. Aud yet they presented for the
support of the negroes ticket composed
exclusively of white men. / repeat, here
We have a humiliating but emphatic con-
fsssion by the negroes themselves of their
own incompetency to govern"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ward.

UE 0Nus
WE are authorized to announce E. R.
w CULLOM as candidate for Councilman
from the First Ward at the ensuing eleetion.S6
au23 If
WE are authorized to announce F. w.HORN
w as a candidate for Councilman from the
First Ward at the ensuing Municipal election.
For COuneiiman-Third Ward.
IN response to the solicitations of manyfriends
i L am a candidate for reelection as Council
man from the Third Ward, pledgiDg to use my
best exertions for the solid advancement Of the
public interest, as havs done in the past.
aug24 I'd JAMES M REED.
WYE are authorized to announce HARRY D.
wv MARTIN rs a candidate for Councilman
from the third Ward at the ensuing municipal
election. aug2l tt
For CounciIman-FOurfh Ward.
NASHVILLE, Aug. II, 1s73.-Editors Union
lN and American-Sirs: A. the personal re-
quest of very many of my felloW-citiZens of the
Fourth Ward, L announce myself q candidate
for Councilman at the ensuing Municipal Elec-
ton. A. A. CARTER.
aug19 tt
For COuuciIman-FIfth Ward.
DY request of number Of citizens of the 5th
ID Ward, announce myself candidate for
Councilman from that ward at the ensuing mu-
nicipal election. JOHN NJ. GAUT.
augl5td
the request of many citizens, GEORGE
"A w. SMITH is announced as candidate for
Councilman in the Fifth Ward at the ensuing
Municipal Election. aug22 If
WYE are authorized TO announce W. NJ. DUN
wv CAN as a candidate for COunc Imam from
the Fifth Ward at the ensuing election.
aug4 I'd
For CouncIlmRn-Sixth Ward.
WE are authorized to announce j. T.
wv DEMENT, as a candidate for Councilman
from the Sixth Ward at the ensuing Municipal
election. augA I'd
For COunciIman-SeVeDt Ward.
A the personal request of very many of my
N fellow-citizens OF the Seventh Ward, 1 an
nOunce myself a candidate for reelection
Should the good citizens of the old Seventh again
confide to me her interests, L shall give to them
my very best services.
Aug. II, 1873. PHILIP LINDSLEY.
aupl7
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
Notice.

OFFICE OF SECRETARY AND TREAS
URER NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA.
AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY, I
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20, 1873.
THE STOCK BOOKS OF THE NASH
i vile and Chattanooga Railroad Company
will be closed on the LIST day of September, 1878,
and opened ON the LIST day of October next, in
order to give time TO make up the stock accounts
Gates in the name of the NASHVILLE, Chattanoo-
ga and St Louis Railway Company" Certif-
Gates Of stock in the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st Louis Railway Company will be issued or
and f. er the LIST day of October next.
W. A. GLEAVES, Sec. and Treas.
aug2l to oct
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
For Aldermau F,rst ward.

N sented 70 become candidate for Alderman
from the First Ward, and if elected, promise
faithful attention to the interests Of the First
Ward and the entire city.
" augl9 to JOHN MCLAUGHLIN.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
aaieit ana gmfrieaa.

IT is stated that the stocking of the
waters Of Vermont With salmon promises
to be success.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27

FyHE present incumbent having declined to be
! q candidate for reelection as Alderman
from the Fifth Ward, hereby announce myself
as candidate, ana promi-e TO carefully attend
to all duties incident to the office.
augl7 to r. b. CHEATHAM.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


ETTE- are authorized to announce X. j. NOR
wv RIS as candida fer Mayor of the city
of Nashville at the ensuing Municipal Election.