Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-02-13
Established December 18th, 1850. !

Cotton 1d1, the cotton buyer re-
I,taining the amount of the cotton
tax out of the market value of
the cotton to pay to the Revenue
officers. fse.a1 s
+ Then who lost the amount of
the tax? Certainly the produ-
EceT--the farmer. And it was
upon him and not upon the factor,
or buyer, that the tax operated as
a burden.
You will doubtless concur with
me then that the tax should be re-
funded to the producers.
[ therefore recommend that
ycu instruct our Senators and re-
quest our Representatives in Con,
greas to procure if possible, such
an amendment TO the bill as will
secure the refunding of the tax
to the producer, at least SO far as
Tennessee is concerned. That
will remove all doubt as to the
construction Of the language
actually paid" and place the
rights of the producer beyond
hazard.
OUR FEDERAL DEBT.
The extra session of the 37th
General Assembly, by an Act
passed the S0th day of March,
1872, authorized and empowered
the Executive to settle the mu-
tual demand between the State
General Governments growing
out of railroad claims. Ill health
prevented me from visiting Wash
ington City during the summer,
and therefore sent an agent, full
ly empowered to treat with the
Quartermaster General. After a
full investigation of the state of
accounts, he addressed the Quar-
termaster General a communica-
tion, to which he received the &C
companying reply, which is a de-
NAL of all credits claimed by the
State, upon the ground that ex-
istiDg laws did not permit or au-
thorize the allowing of such cred
its. This construction of the
Acts of Congress placed it be-
yond my power TO procure any
settlement without further legisla-
ton. Congress was on the eve OF
adjourning, and nothing could
then be done. When that body
convened in December last, pro-
cured the introduction of a bill in
the House of Representatives,
which passed its second reading
and was referred to the appropri-
ate committee, where it is now
being considered. A copy of the
bill. with the correspondence and
accompanying documents are
herewith transmitted for your
information, and for your further
action. If the bill is passed, as
I hope it may be, there will be no
difficulty in adjusting the claims
without the payment of any mon
ey. No appropriation was made
to pay the expnses Of looaing at.
ter this business, and | ordered
the expenses OF the agent paid
out of the Treasury, believing it
would meet your approval. -
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION.
Under the provisions of chap.
ter 239 of the acts of Forty Sec.
ond Congress approved May 80,
1872, supplemental to the general
apportionment act, Tennessee was
allowed an additional representa-.
tive in Congress, with prouisc
that this additional Representa-
tive might be elected to forty third
Congress only By the cote of the
STATE at large. 1t therefore be,
comes your duty, if you would
secure this tenth Representative
in future elections, to re.district
the State, so as to constitute ten
Congressional districts instead Of
nine, as they now exist.
The population Of Tennessee,
according to thelninth census, is
one million two hundred and 1fif-
Ety.eight thousand five hundred
and tweLty a, Q,258, 500 while the
voting population is two hundred
| f6tty;eights thousand and ninety
three (258,093- An exact ap
portionment Of the aggregate of
population between tenzdistrlcti
would, therefore, give 70 each dis
Itrict one hundredv.and twenty
five thousand eight hundred ant
|ififty.two {125, ,S52) inhabitants
lItis essentially your province te
distribute this representation
over the territory eof. the State al
Eyonr jndgment of fairness ma,
dictate, preserving always, of
1course,l the Iintegritys of counties
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