The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-10
81. IL. B." Il Candidate for the
Legislature.
Editor Home JOurnak:

| Editor Home journal:
Please announce me as Il candidate to
represent the county of Franklin in the
lower branch of the next General Assem-
bly,, and say 10 the people that if elected |
will advocate the following measures par
ticularly
/. Repudiation ofMe Unconstitutional por-
ton Of the public deJt Of the State. | would
adyo: ate this measure because the Lcgis-
lature had no Constitutional authority to
borrow money for purposes OF internal
Improvement. and the largest portion Of
our public debt was contracted in this
way by II former generation.
,. Repeal of the iav establishing a system
Of puJiic schools. | would advocate this
measure. first, because there Is no common
school fund in existence, the fund dedica-
ted to this purpose having been stolen
during BrOWnlow's administration; Sec
ondly, because the people are not in a con-
dition 1t this time to carry an additional
burden of largely over half Il million dol
lars; thirdly, because, in the language of
the l.. 5. Supreme Court, "a law that takes
property from A and gives it to Is is con-
trary to the great first principles of the
social compact" and finally, because |
| think the subject of education ought to be
left to the boundleSs energy and enterprise
of the peoplc.-it being now a well estab-
iish.I nm,nuosition in uOlitica] science that
..tn m,fintain order 70 nrcyeut fine strong
f.o,, n,mrn.sinu The weak. and ia ndouf
nW" fnnrocout1ons rc.nnrtinW fine nuhIic
bn,lth Arc thr only services which any
ro~ynrmn,nnt cam render to the interest of
~, ;ii,,,;on,
''oo' n'un an to. Lo,,o o,co,tiuo tbc mi
t,. -, yro,,o,yu would M vacnt.
t u, " n y If Is thn nn,v inf
v"'a ~ ",Li.b. tnvo. con hc i,nnnsed In
m"' i""ian and in the oninion Of the
-" - rnn,;tir,I Economists. every indivil-
',ni sLduLd contrihutn tothr supnort of the
,nvnrnn,ont in nronortion to the amount
o. n,ntnc,ion With receives. In ether
ne 81, fla man who owns SlOOOO worth
"oino, omH "mmht to nav, t,v ten times
os Ir,,ra ne bn Who ownsouly $1,000 worth.
% NJ ~ wh;,h, /. avilcntiv touudeJ in
i ns,ioo Sionid naval, EVERYWHERE But
}"s.''s' WI thop case in fine State of Ten
no" ''V Wo Ithirk II viii he admitted Inv
nv ::otu au WAN th,t tha Inherent occu-
!, ;n.si;,Tr" ,vhioh ,nnietv ic divided was
pa.'omn i", vs. rncossitv Bcin~ tfe result
tuo ila"';', iii oro essential ia tho vel
VI ho,tS.i, ~, oro onuoIlv nutitled to
.nlc VI ao.to, W" ", tho rayer1 mnnt Put
.no =, ,Ln Stato 81 rrnnnessnn have
lAerch"ilts u Nv ',."te y, tnntr oort, an
10 pay 81 u" toatiem, q W Tvsh;ch they.
c.erg PioV mn,nn an r,Sp of fortv rentS On
Wv IL, ",I Zoo luwLhhi"nh7 tbcv hova Invested in
e,ei! %igV put tL;S iS NOT nil They
IncIr p p|a ~ 80 MI ,o1a,.r,a tny and = nriv-
;hu t,N f,r romntv nurnoses as large as
The State tax. But even this is not all E.
Those merchants who do business in cities
and Incorporated towns are liable to an adj
yalorcm and privilege tax for corporation
purposcs AS large as the State tax. And
vet, Notwithstanding this oppressive tax
alton. the farmer who pays nothing but an
adj yalorem tax complains if the merchant
charges "A few cents extra for sugar and
coffee. not realizing that it is the taxes
that makes the merchant do it, and that
Ills is one of the mode, of indirect taxa
tion which the government adopts to get
more money out of The people and at the
same time make the people believe that it
is the merchants who are depressing them.
MANY other occupations which men have
followed to obtain an honest living nave
been declared by the Legislature since
the war. 10 be ''privilcges," and those VINO
follow these occupations have been COM
PEELED to pay both AN al Valoreni ana a
privilege tax. This injustice Is tie lhev-
table effect of our enormous public debt.
The Legislature seems to nave no VIII ia
opposition to the demands OF the pond
holders, and we are rapidly approaching
the condition of England, so graphically
described by Jefferson when he raised ms
voice in warning against pubic deDt'
Well did he say that
eft we run INTO such debts as that we
must he taxed in our meat and in our
drink. in our nccessarics and our comforts,
IN am In hors and orr omusemcnts. for orr
~ - II
EnnlaEd nrr orr neonIe, like them, must
come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty
fomr rive thc cnrninus of fifteen of these
tn ia G-oyernmnnt TOR their debts and
tHoir d,iIv nyneuses. and the sixteenth
Loi", imsnniricnt TO afford rs bread. we
mn"t I;va 49, thev do. on oat-meal and DO
t,,ons. have no time TO think, no means
! Of c,lliuvthe m~ismonaucrs 20 account; but
bn clad 70 obtain Subsistence by hiring
oursniv Voc to rivet their chains ON the necks
81 onr fnIlnw sufferers"
-. .uatnh,lros aud ssion
h'A".no., - ~ ,,hlic doff Thee
lolioM ~ Nv AID naoct And NV
aiI .Ii.,.' g ho"imo ali raw laws rrnealcd,
owrsntin0 tIc 0d paloyem tax on property.
rNccpl,uS ,nu "I .tion "f rho mnronstitu-
,r n,aI aud ,JJ nnimSt nubIic debt of the State
nLich il eating M the substance of the
nno'la like thei ocusts of Egypt.
Pttth Another measure that | would adj
vorntc if elected, would be the exemption
pGc ToIen. and Aeademn prorerty from at
q Cotsege o"" nj TThrr Constitution
, msnne # or the duty dntv Of the Legislature to
mahts y nt .mo um and science, and / APP
onehin ,hore ;s ma more effective way in
pn,hich this duty could be performed thar
w ths maj man u"r suggested it is too Otter
III liz CIV, aasa That Trustees of literary institu-