Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-29

WHEEC
proceedings Of the Convention hclu
in Nashville on the 10th inst. BY
reference TO the platform adopted
II will be seen that the Democratic
Marty Of Tennessee fully appreciates
The fact that there is an imperative
demand all over the State for the
lowest possible rate OF taxation
that is consistent with the preserYa-
ton of our good name abroad a.
the same time it Enthusiastically
evinces its sympathy with all those
who toll. aud indicates the chiei
sources of our distress when 1t re-
frs 10 the existing tariff, to our
NN,tionaI banking system, and TO
LEGISLATION like that known as The
Civil Rights Bill. There may be
difference of opinion in regard TO
The 9Th resolution which favors the
navment of the bonds Of the Gov
ornmcnt according to the terms OF
the original contract. Reference Is
here made more particularly to the
81 900. OOO, 900 of indebtedness inclu-
ded i'm the 500 bonds, which were
authorized by the law of 1862, ana
which wero TO have been paid IN
oreenbacks. by the law of lS69,pass-
ed seven years after, the principal
of those bonds as well as the inter
est was made payable in gold. In
the Fast where these bonds are prin-
cinallv owned and where the cred
itor class of the country principally
reside. there are many who clamor
co,. thc law Of 1869. In the West
the home of the debtor class, the
people insist upon an adherence TO
The law of 1862. In this matter the
latter may be overborne in the end,
hut that the law of 1869 was with
ont excuse and impaired, upon the
mart of the government, IN favor oil
lis creditors, through the agency Oh
lis own servants, plain contract Is
beyond all question. Taken all IN
all the platform of the Convention
Is WIDE and strong and just, and the
man who cannot stand upon II must
he hard to please.
The nominee Of the Convention Is
personally known to many oil our
roadcrs. and his reputation IS as
white as that Of any man in Tennes-
sec AS VIC said in "a former issue
Mis- nomination was a tribute not
only to his mental but also to his
moral worth. We know that there
is not gold enough in Wall street TO
INV him.. and we think that he IS
beyond the power of mere cajolery
and appeals to his personal vanity
Judge Porter is a resident OF Paris,
* about forty-fve years of age, and
has held many positions OF honor
and trust, bestowed by q constitu-
cncy fully competent to judge oil
tho comparative merits of men of
tho Frst rank. In other days he
was wing, and VIC cannot give to
those who do not know him a bet
tor idea of his character than by
transferring to our columns the lol-
lowing extracts from the Nashville
Banner. Referring to Judge Porter
it says:
GA practical rebel in the late war
vet. in peace, as staunch n defend
ed of the restored Union as breathes
beneath the starry flag. n man
whom to know, is to love, ana
whom to try, is to trust forever.
we honestly believe he will go out
of the Office with more glory than
Bc ooes in--such is our faith III the
later generation of the Wing pedl-
gree. There arc many minds that
Gamer dissociate the idea OF service
in the Confederacy with that OF un,
necessary heat and passion, ana
with chronic disloyalty to the Gov
ernment. 1t is time that pubic
sentiment should be corrected on
this point. Many men VINO were
the last to despair of the Conieder-
acv. and who were true to IL IN us
darkest hour, were also the last 10
Give up the old flag. They had
loved the old Government, had Oeeh
trne TO IL up to the hour when the
thunder came, but when 1t ana
come, they cast in their fortunes
with those of their own people, and
with their characteristic fidelity
chung to them until the strife was
ended. Judge Porter was OF tins
class, and the Union loving element
of the State need not fear to find III
him an enemy of this Government,
or of those who differed from him
in their sentiments concerning the
necessity or the justice OF the late
war;"