, 1874-10-01
alton n'An this, snl ,,o would fight It ou4 OH that
baaln until afior the election.
oh uotlou, tho meeting adjourned.
TENNESSEE POLITICS.

on motlou, tho meeting adjourned.
TENNESSEE POLITICS.
NASHVILLE, Tann., Sept. 1u.-Tho trsoooh OF
dudgo Porter, Democratic candidate for GoV~
er'lor, deliverod in Jonesboro yoatorda y IL pub
llshoa III full In Tho city press this morning.
OK TltE r1NASo'A1 QUESTION
ho snya tho Democratic party ia plo dgod ID
economy in lilo naturalization Of th., statt
Government and against au incraaao OF tax ation-
THO great drought aud our prasont pt,vctty
mado 1t necessary to oppose I'LL increase Of tag
alton, and praotcs OF economy, always ,ylsc' aud
proper, Is now our escape from Insolvency, aud
in tle enforcemont Of this ldoa thoro is ai bso-
ute necopatty that oil uBoloss and unnooca snrJ
offices must bo abollshud, e4cossiso unia sio&
reducod, aud mon who control and
collect public revsnuea hid to striot.
cst accountability. The credit aad
gootl ,,amo of the State must DO inAntatned, aud
ai Its just dobts and obligations paid. Tha
Democratic party cannot afford to imnpori1 i:&
good name by tic adopslon Of an,E policy that
looks to sepadatiou. LII four yont:a Ut Desno-
cratic rulo IN Iennossoo tue bonded'
DEBT or THE 8rATls
hss beon roancod from I'll, ,052 ,o25 Leg to @2o,.
06o,a51.25. Tao old issues of Tho Bank ol
Iounessce, amounting TO SAT-, 90 .5o. hayo poon
floating dobt conuistiI9 in part oil ot.tHtanalna
1roasttty warrants. amounted, Nov. !, 161!, "a
S55,2E,727 It has boon reduced up to July |,
le1a. 70 S132oo. 00l. The 1oan accou Mt aaa M booh
sisl 300, aud the country domand. TINT thla
good work ahali bc continued until thi. great ill.,
cubua III takon from our ha.,tss.
on TIE C1YtL-nt0nTu QUESTION
hc BayH: y Tho position occupied By tt o Demo"
efata ''srty 81 Iens,essoe OH tbis grave question
is VOL donaeI, mud oauuot 10 nlisl1nd, ratood,
at nt nndsca has y la II; Sa b am
groar Of tho United Ststes Iecauso o. auy oppo-
Hton haye to doing full justice to ile 90 loresl
@ people. When member Of t!.o LegiStAtn ~ Of
Tennessee eo: voted asainat It'll to expol FREQ
nogrocd from tho state, wlon auc! Ulaiou ncn
III Sot'tor and Trowtt and othciy Of ltast cir
noHsoo were earnest advocates Of tho tueasu ro,
! Tho free negroes lad no voico in pubIio a,fas n
disposition then, AZ now. to do them jm,tics iu
IonnssAoe. Tic colorsd mau has had ali lilo
civil r'ghts that aro aacured to the whit., man,
and no party aeoka to Interfere with their onjoy-
| 1npnt. 1t IL trlo that the temporary Ckla,rlu ku
Of tho Convention that nominated my conpat.nc
| stated. mid thrice repeated, tho Btat;cn1cut,
that If tue Democratic Paity was ros.s 2rocl to
slavery. aud rofer to it to say that it was ,nao
| through Ignorance or partlsau malice. Wlla thrr
Intended or not. 1t III q groaB Islander uror
| party composed Of uou moro oyal i'll every 81 nae
| Of tho Tord than their detractula. My comlosti-
tor wab proaeut wilon this alaf,tor VIM published,
and it iB tor him to say whether le collHeutc i TO
| IT. The purpose Of tna aadress wag 10 aro,h " i
| fgGllug OF puEQitv t}te DHTt Ut Tho blaGE 10
tho Whites. in order to enforce narty djnc,nIl,1
antl impose upon tic crodulity Of tie black nla9.
aud to blind hin it possible to Ills true interests
aud to tho G,isro5tiou Of his roa, friouds. WHAT
moro tl,an thls do Ito colorud poopio wnnta II
they a,e wiBo or thoughtful they mtlst kno ttlnt
! it il M impossbty. Whilo thoy arc now full
participants III tho benefits Of our npnnun schooi
systom, tho action Of tho SUPERINTENDENT Of Pub
| lic INSTRUCTION during laat auwaar in susnes,t-
il,g the eutiro syvtoll, when It waB beloved ,lat
| .llo ,o,ldius b11 would bocomo q law. must haYo
CAUGHT
THE co1onEp PEOPLE
that while The ,nxl,ayers Of the State renorous,v
ndulik,ed them to a full particinnti,n i, tho
ponoht1 e.. u sn9 COMMON settool. they WI do-
nude victims Of tic OnncrcssIonai al-ivhts