The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-24

dicted and arrested forty-one dis
Sltisssd taarallders Who violated the Jail
OF Gibson county. In speaking OF this.
do not wish to find fault with the ad-
ministratiOn Of Gov. BroWniOx. but siln-
ply TO call attention TO the fact that there
has been great Improvement in public opin-
Ion IN this State since his administration,
and to show that the eiuil law, unaiesd by
the military, is now able, sustained by
public opinion, to punish criminals.
When went into Office, l found less
than 400 conyicts IN the State prison.
Now there are over go. And it is known
to everybody that Tennessee for four years
past, untii the last month, has been the
most orderly, quiet and peaceful State in
the Union.
take 10 credit to myself when I say
the laws have never been more faithfully
executed by all the departments in Ten
neSSee as within the last four or five years.
FRAUDULENT DISPOSITION OF PROP
ElgTH.n
This IS as false as the other charges.
There has been no property disposed Of du-
ring my administration, except four or five
unfinished railroads, TO which the Radicals
had uBscrupulOusly and improvidently
loaned the bonds Of tee State. These had
been decIeed to be sold, except the Tennes-
see and Pacific, which was ordered by the
Democratic votes, to be sold at q stated
price. The roads sold under my admins
tratiOn were utterly worthless, and the
hem.
SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.
1t IS charged that there are various secret
organizations in Tennessee, the objects o.
some Of which are unknown, while the OBJ.
jects Of others are said to be Of an agrees
sive character. l desire tosay, if you want
peace and prosperity to rest upon our
State, have nothing to do with secret or
CARNATIONS. The law has power enough
to protect you, and L will say to YOU all
the white man and the black man-that
when was indicted to Office as Governor
Of the State, I swore before Almighty God
that l wOnld enforce that law If the
black ma has suffered at the hands of the
white man, let him appeal to the law; if
the white man has suffered injury at the
hands of the cOlored man, let him, too, APP
peal to the law of the land and he will OBJ
tain redress. (Applause.)
If you have any secret, armed associa-
tions among you, not only request YOU
but abjure you, and, as chief executive of
the State, command You TO disband. Listen
not to the cOunsels of wicked men, but dis
band at once and avoid strive.
THE UNITED STATES sENAToRsHIP.
There is another subject upon which
would like to advise you. The Congress
siOnal contest bids fair to create some ex-
element in the various counties. Let me
say to you, elect no man to the Legislature
with whom you are not willing TO entrust
your honor and that of your State. Elect
capable, honest men-men who will their
duty fearlesslv and don't ask them whom
they will vote for for United States Senator,
but trust to their judgment for selection
Of the proper man.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for the COM
pli1neat of your kind invitation to address
yOu, and also for the close attention YOU
have gwen me during this long address, 1
now close. If have succeeded in inter-
esting you, / am glad of it. If, by any
statement 1 have made, have given pain,
l am very sorry for it, and am willing to
make proper reparation. l desire that GUS
people, of all colOTs and conditions, may
live together in peace and harmony, and
that Tennessee may be, what she well ia.
serves TO be and should he, the leadi.sk
State of the American nation. prolonged
applause.l