Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-31


Election on Tuesday, Sd of Novem-
ber
INTEREST AND DUTY.-It is pass
ing strange that any man, white or
black, native or foreign born, living
in the city OF Jackson, should vote
the Radical ticket, or in the slight
est degree contribute to keep alive
the loathsome anaconda which holds
in its deadly folds the great States
lying south Of us. Jackson Is to a
great extent a railroad city, and
moro than any other in all Tennes-
seeis directly interested in the COM
plete overthrow of the order of
things that now prevails at WASH
ington We lately subscribed $780,
600 for the purpose OF building ma
chino shops for the N. o., st. L. &
c. r. r. We have here already the
shops of the NJ. & o. road. To
these we look hopefully, for the rea-
son that, according to the usual
laws of trade, they will hereafter
bring to us population and wealth.
They are considered, and properly
considered, as two of the most pot
cnt factors in the problem of our
future. But what are the Mobile
shops to as now in comparison with
what they have been and what they
might be? What viii the new
shops be If there is no change for
the better in the condition of Missis-
sippi and Louisiana We know
that Alabama and the two once Opu-
lent States already named, were bet
ter of even in '65, after the storm of
war had done Its worst, than they
are now, after nearly ten years of
bafIled effort, which brought none
of the blessings of peace. Ourgreat
railroads carry back and forth con-
tinually empty cars, because the ne
gro is a legislator in our neighbor
States, when he ought to be pro-
ductive and useful laborer in the
fields. These great roads are strain
cd TO their utmost to keep up their
present force, and the railroad man
shat votes tho Radical ticket here
in Jackson, is simply voting himself
out of employment. The result of
such policy is manifest and it will
affect the pocket of every man in
our midst from the owner of the
Main Street store, down to the max
CT of cigars and soda water. We
must call the dogs Off the weary
aud hunted States below us-must
tighten their burdens, loosen their
bonds, and give them the boon Of
hope. We must see to it that the
slow, coiling tortures Of what in the
parlance of a savage irony, is called
Reconstruction" speedily end. We
must breathe new life into the ruin
cd commerce of New Orleans and
Mobile and the disorded agriculture
of the States to which they look for
support. Railroads running thro'
deserts cannot pay their hands Iib-
orally or even pay them at all, and
our "machine shops" viii disappoint
our expectations unless the shack
les are made to fall from the tortur-
ed States OF the Gulf. We have our
votes, and with these we can help
to make our railroads and their
shops like mines of wealth to Jack
son. Free these States and our city
will in few years double its popu-
lRtion.
We have not time to enlarge upon
this subject, but our meaning is
plain. Our interest tells us how to
vote in language so plain that a
wayfaring man or a fool can read il
as he runs. We have mentioned the
--raaahj;ne- shnps, simply as an exam
thoughts of the reader to every
other interest. We have voted $780,
600 to the Baptist University, $780,
coo more have been donated by the
Educational Society that controls
the property at Murfreesboro'. We
have in our midst flourishing female
schools OF which we are justly
proud. These institutions look to
the States south ofus for patronage.
How can they secure it If the Radi-
cal party keeps them in bondage
and when men are talking about
giving them up to the negroes
The railroad man, the educator, the
merchant and the mechanic, the day
laborer, the blacks themselves
should be able to see this and cannot
help seeing it if they only try. We
have only looked at this matter thus
far, from the standpoint of interest,
but look at it from that of blended
affection and duty. The People of
the Gulf States are bound to us by
the most sacred ties. The sons of
Tennessee lie side by side with those
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama on every battle field of the
ConfederGcy. They arc ofour bone
and blood, and above all their COM
plaints against the Radical party
are just. Their wrongs are known
to the whole earth, and assistance
rendered 10 them is resistance to
Tyranny the.most heartless, the most
relentless, and at the same time the
most senseless and suicidal that ev-
er characterized any people claim
ing to be ivilizcd, in its course to-
wards millions OF the white race,
speaking the same language, the in
heritors Of the same laws from the
same ancestry, and the worshipers
OF the same God with themselves.
The man who in the face of all these
considerations votes the Radical tick
ct on Tuesday next, is either the
enemy of Jackson, or else is igno-
rant of the path pointed out by in
terest, by affection, by duty, and by |
all incentives deemed strongest and |
hottest among men.
THE ELECrIoN.-Next tuesday
viii be election day, and we hope
that our friends are prepared for it.
In little while all that can be done
by our standard bearers, and by the
State and county committees will
have been accomplished, and the
rest of the work will devolve upon
the people. Are they ready for the
coming fight? Have they so ar
ranged their business that they can
give at least one day TO their coun-