The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09

party now in power may be shone OF power
before ii wrecks all our interests. Follow
| ing an unmistakable desire to remedy ex-
listing evils, the people of Tennessee met in
convention on the 18th of August. 1t was
composed of representatives of the people,
ana tney placed upon their platform can
dldate any American citizen would delight
70 honOr. need not speak of James ID. Por-
ter. Many of you know him and have seen
necessary TO discharge the duties devolVlng
upon him. LAppiause.l l desire TO cal
your attention TO the platform of principles
adopted by that convention. The nTSt
plank provides that 'alI honest labor shall
be protected and receive its just reward"
w nat broader platform could be given the
people and upon which all interests and
aYOcations can unite? The second plank Is:
That the burden of government should be
borne by the whole property Of the country;
That all assessments of taxes should be
equal, uniform and just, and no improper
discrimination should be made against any
species of property" AS it is, more than
two hundreds of millions of national bonds
pay no taxes. Their holders, equally pro
tected in life, liberty and property with the
t1ller or the soil and honest mechanic and
the merchant, draw their interest in coin,
Wrung from the labor and the toll OF the
coontry, yet they pay nothing to support
the Government. Our third plank reads as
follows: THAT we favor strict cOnstruc-
ton of the Constitution of the United States
ana insist that no power should be exercls-
ed by the General Government that is not
clearly delegated or clearly implied in
the necessary exercise of the powers SO dele
SdL0O. NO 1nJ6l1R0nG man Will question
the sonndness of this doctrine 1t is beau
tiful blending of the ancient theories of the
Wing and Democratic parties. Webster,
one of the great expounders of the Consti-
tuition, and by his political opponents
charged with faVOring a strong central gov
eminent, declared more than once, that the
states of the Union had exclusive jurisdic
ton over all questions at issue between its
cltlzenS and for the punishment of all
crime within their borders. And that by
no latitudinartan construction could that
power be assumed by the Federal Govern
ment. The fourth plank is such an impor-
tant one that quote it entire, though it is
somewhat lengthy: "That we oppose all
monopolies, rings and combinations form
ed for the oppression of the peo-
of all useless and unnecessary Offices;
for the proper reduction of all excessive
for the most rigid economy in the
of the State Government;
for all necessary reforms in the law, So to
make its execution speedy, just and certain;
that we will hold the collectors of revenue
and application of said revenue; that we de-
Piore the existence of all Indebtedness,
eueral, state, county and municipal, and
demand that no more taxes shall be laid |
upon the people than shall be essentially |
necessary for the support of the State Gov
administered on principles OF the |
most rigid economy, and for the payment of |
its just debts and obligations, and for the |
preservation of its credit and honor unfair |
crease of taxation" Here is q plank broad |
enough for all men to stand on. Do you
know W hat the Republican party expended |
IN running our General Assembly one year? |
The sum of S295,000. How long did that |
General Assembly sit? The pay-rOllS show |
1t was in session 366 days. So you see they |
puS, but they can lengthen the year out by |
a day. (Laughter.) "5. That we favor the |
abolition of the present odious national
banking system and the payment of the |
bonds of the Government by issuance of its |
nOn-bearing interest notes, according TO |
the contract expressed and implied at the |
nj mol nj IIgTpti am
a repeal of the present oppressive Federal |
tariff, and the enactment of a law solely |
wit view to the collection of the neces-
sary revenue" In contrast with this, look |
at the Radical declaration at Chattanooga, |
upon the National banks and finances: |
THAT the system of atiOnal currency
founded by the Republican party, has prov
ed the best ever devised for the purpose in |
tended, and while we would favor no Vio- |
lent change which might be oppressive to !
either the debtor or creditor class, we would |
recommend system of free national bank |
ing, based on safe plan for retention, and |
a return 10 specie payment at the earliest |
practicable period consistent with a suffi- |
cient supply of currency to meet reasonable |
wants of business" They declare the ma
tiOnal bank system the best ever devised, |
but they recommend its abOliShmenf and a |
system of free banking adopted instead. |
Their platform of 1872, which they re-afffrm, |
fully approves of the system of national |
currency, and styles it "Our excellent ma |
tional currency" The question naturally |
suggests itself, if "the system has proved the |
best ever devised" and if, as they pretend, |
the country has grown great and prosper |
Gus under it, why abandon it, and go out |
into the ShoreleSs sea of experiment? We |
are in favor Of the Government taking up
the atiOnal bank notes and issuing green
backs instead, by which saving of $4,000 |
DOO per annum interest will be saved on the |
bonds deposited in the Treasury, as a basis |
Of banking for the national banks,a at the |
same time uniform currency furnished |
the country.
In speaking of the Civil Rights bill ] do |
not p' oppose to appeal to your preJudices | |
man; am the friend of the colored man. |
The Civil Rights bill is a misnomer; it |
should be styled the Social Rights bill"- |
the. bill that proposes to put the African, |
who is my inferior, side by side with my |
family, in great lines of travel, in the parlOr,
IN the church and even in the graveyard.
Who has fOiSted this upon the country? who |
it? The Republican party-the |
party that was brought into being by the |
agitation Of the African question; the party
that had its origin iii the desire to extermi- |
nate slavery from the South, The results OF
the war freed the slave, and the people of
the South accepted the situation. and in
our Constitutional Convention of 1870 we so
declared by the Constitution. The South
ern people desired that the black man
should have all his legal rights. We con-
cede4 him the right to vote, the right to
hold office the rfghT to own property. the
right to serve on juT1es, If tile court so order
ed, but we said then, and we say now, "thus
far shall you go and no taFther,r lApplause.)
The great apostle OF the Republican party,
Mr.. Sumner, well knew this dill would not
De III
originated to perpetuate his party in power.
What does that party in Tennessee say on |
the subject7
1--WE are in favor of the full and equal en-
iOyment of accommodations, advantages, |
rights and privileges by all citizens and
other pGrs2ps within the jurisdiction of the
United STATES, Without regard to race, creed
or color, and at the Same time we deem it |
and unwise to attempt, by
congregational legislation or otherwise, TO
compel as between such races, ereeds or
colors, the joint exercise of such accom-
advantages, rights or privileges.
But we recognize the principle, which is
mans house is his castle, and that under
our Government every CT iZen, white or |
black, has the right to bear arms in confOr
nifty to law, ana to cypress his opinion
without interference or molestatiOn. Turn |
ing to a party of cOlOred men near the
5tand0 SO you see they say you are enti-
have them. lLaughter.l That distinguish
ed Tennessee Senator, W, G. BrownloW,
the sum of all vtllanies," and SO it is. 1t
was conceived in sin, the most diabolical,
and will be brought forth in tniquity the
most hellish. (Applause)
A voice.-"Is Maynard in favor of iT?'
Gov. Brownies, Maynard is in favor OF |
It, as he mas been ia favor Of every mischiev-
ed in Congress since the day he first took
MS seat in that body "a voice. "Hit him
again) U4aughter0 | take great pleasure,
however, in stating that the mass of Ten
lessee Republicans are not friends of the
Civil Rights bill.
There has been good deal said about the |
funding bill. When the Democratic party |
came into power, we found we were badly |
N debt; with no means of paying that debt.
was in favor of funding, and was re4elect- |
I'd two years ago on that issue. The Repub-
leans had passed two funding bills while |
hey We're In power, but now Mr.. Maynard
lenOunces the funding bill passed by the |
asst Legislature as ubiquitous" The Re-
publican party, however, Is prepared -, a." !
= 60 20 every thing done by the Democratic
party, II we were to adopt the ten com
ect to IL, especially to the one which says |
Thou shalt not steal" (Laughter.) ! hope |
t may not be deemed indelicate to speak |
Of the ISLANDERS that are being uttered and
made current by enemies of my admins
ration, The most prominent OF these is the
eighth plank in the Chattanooga Radical |
WI ich reads: "That We denOunce
he administration of Gov. John C.. Brown |
n its inefficency in enforcing the laws and
protecting life and property; in its fraudu-
ent disposition of the property of the State; |
n its corrupt lease of the penitentiary, and |
II many shortcomings and general miSman-
tgement, as unworthy of the great State of |
Tennessee, and as disastrous in the extreme |
% the best interests of her citizens" l am
already arraigned and on trial, under the |
of Mr.. Maynard, for a playful |
remark made by me at Pulaski about that |
notable convention. have mol seen full
list of the delegates who composed that |
body. Some of them, l am pleased to say, |
we're gentlemen against whose motives and
private character l have nothing to say. In
Iced, in any criticism in which 1 may in
lulge, do not intend to be understood, nor
IS it my purpose, to asSail their private