Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-20
Hon. Dorsey 3. Thomas
on the Leading Issues
of the Canvass.

| 10 the COnNeFSaJiFe ana OenOcT2ilc ' o.
tors of Tennessee:
Without any agency my name
is before you Us a candidate for
nomination for Governor. jus
tice to you and myself demands
that / should make known nv
views upon the questions OF pnb-
lie policy. ~as-e
| / am IN favor of the snbstitu-
ton illegal tenders for National
bank notes, and of maintaining
The present volume OF currency
to prevent a further diminutien
in values, at least until the coun-
tryis IN a more prosperous con-
dition than now.
| am opposed to the present
tariff laws, that foster and protect
by special import duties particu-
lar interests at the expense Of the
many; 60 land subsidies to rail-
roads, by which so much Of the
public domain has been given to
create vast monopolits at the ex-
pense of and oppress the people;
to the discrimination against the
claims of the people of our. State
for money due them on proper
ty taken for the u.s. Of the Gov
ernmeni; to the further interier-
ence by Congress with the domes.
tic relations within the States.
and particularly to the provisionsof
what is known as the Civil Rights
bill, and to the general extrava-
gance that pervades almost every
department Of the Federal Gov
ernment. f5a
| am in favor of perfecting our
system Of common schools; of en-
couraging immigration to our
State of skilled mechanics and
artisans, to aid in the develop
ment of mining and mlnufaciur-
ing resources, aDd of outstanding
our own population to prevent
migration. Its intelligent homo
geneous population that gives
prosperity,wealth and happiness to.
a country.
think the assessment laws
should be changed. Property
should be taxed but once. 1t is
now often taxed twice or more.
1t requires a taxpayer to swear
the value of his property, and
then it may be set aside at the
option of the Assessor. This is
certainly wrong; and should be
repealed. The provision of the
funding law that makes the inter
est upon the State debt o preferred
obligation, should be repealed.
The maintenance Of government
is the first Objection of legislation.
The expense Of the STATE govern
ment should be first paid, and the
balance appropriated to the pay
ments of Interest on the bonded
debt.
The rate Of taxation with tIe
appropriation of the reyenue aris-
ing therefrom. should be lett to
the immediate representatives Of
The people in each suceeeding I..g-
islature. I am in favor of pryi6.:
all we honestly owe, VIXEN we are
able. without serious oppression,
20 do SO. .,
! am in favor OF an equalization
in the salaries of officials, and 2 re-
du2tion in many cases. t. an
amount equal to that paid for Sim-
liar services in the ordinary trans
actions of the country. The sal
aries in many Of the Offices cre-
ated by Perquisites may thus pX-
ceed the salaries Of our highest
officials This certainly Should
BE corrected, and the surplus. af-
ter paying a reasonable conpensa-
tiun, should be paid iato the State
Treasury.
The expense Of our courts have
so Increased that they have be-
come exceedingly burdensome and
and demand a radical
reform, even if it has to be doIe
by change OF the organic law.
These, with many otheritems Of
ami reform that
might be had, would, in my opir-
ion authorize amaterial reductiouiu
the rate of taxation.
To the many friends throu2h.
out the State who have sugges'e
my name for this position, / re-
turn ny sincere thanks. ask of
you, thatin your respective locali-
ties, you will see that the will and
wishes of the people are fully re-
heoted IN your representatives to
the convention of the 10th OF
August. If this is observed it
will secure harmony.
If sele tied as candidate of The
great body of the people, | SD AZ
do all in my power to restore f
terDal good feeling among oU
rple, to unite the good men pc