Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-19
CARD FROM COL. THOs, CLAi.
BORNE.
To the People of the sixth Congress
SIGNAL District, Composed Of the
Counties OF Davidson, CheaGham.
Dickson Humphreys, stewart and


tOuhncs Oh Duthusons Cneolnam
Dickson. Humphreys, stewart and
Montgomery;
FELLOw-CITIzENs- Several weeks AGO o
large number of my neighbOTs called on
Inc 10 become candidate for Congress.
and commended me TO the support Of the
people Of this district. indicated nv viii
lingness 20 serve them, while declared my
conviction, which [ now reiterate, that in
the ranks Of the people were many who
were as well qualified as myself, and like
me, not professional politicians.
As adv ised, no farmer or mechanic has
as yet been put 10 The front or announced
himself TO the people. / have not In auy
way eudeavored 10 fOrestall a free express
sion of the people, but heretofore in the
card alluded to, invited their action in their
own behalf.
The effort is to unite all good and true
men against the Radical party. The peo-
pie are tired to death of political manage
ment, and mediate the selection of men
close to them to serve in important Offices.
1t now being apparent that the infamous
policy aud shameful excuses of the Radi-
cal party have weakened its cohesion. and
the opposition crystalizing all its elements,
is uniting for its overthrow, a new Demo
cratic party is about to triumph. Times
have changed. The mere office-seeking
partisan must admit the fact. The war has
created National debt whose numerals
more fifty express the vast distances of the
fised stars, than determine the responsible
ity of the people to rapacious bondholders.
The people are menaced with a coup
detGt, by man whose extraordinary sue
cess grew Respondent out of the very inn
probabilities which once closing around
him, seemed to have consigned him forever
to an humble station. This man sits
smoking, retieent amid the crowd of little
statesmen, revolving this one problem, s.Is
the pear ripe?' He camps upon the Rubi-
con. Taxation murders industry. Con-
tracts, party rewards and back-salary crabs.
deplete the public treasury. Combine
lions for plundering the public exist on
every hand.
A universal org for relief comes from the
people. An honest man, conserving to
serve the people amid the horde of legisla-
tive spOilsmen, resembles a missionary car
rying the Gospel of peace to cannibals.
invite attention 10 principles which, if
honored by your confidence, will endeaY-
or TO promote. / am in favor of the United
States Treasury note system. ] advocate
that Treasury notes alone shall circulate as
paper money. All other is, under the
present. Indebtedness of the people, unjust
toward them. The bonded Indebtedness
of the United States should be paid, and
paid in Treasury notes. The immed ate or
prOximate resumption Of specie payments
IS impossible. Gold exports should pay
duty. If gold gamblers viii cheat and
corner, We must invent some means to put
our feet upon them.
am for stricter construction and closer
observance of constitutional provisions.
The great disturbing cause having been
forever settled, our domestic concerns must
be left to State control. The Civil Rights
bill still lies upon the Speakers table. 1t
is the legacy of fanaticism; it is an out
rage upon the intelligence and sympathieS
Of the American people, closes the public
schools, and inaugurates the war Of races.
[ am an anti-monopolist. l will make 10
war on railroads or other corporations of
great public utility, but excessive rates and
unjust local determinations should be
curbed by legal restraint. Corporations are
The servitors, not the masters, OF the people.
High tariffs are engines of fraud and Op-
preston. Through them the Government
leeds its children to an insatiate Minotaur.
1t IS the duty of Congress 10 foster the
mechanic arts and the agricultural interests,
and thus secure to the laboring masses the
rewards of their honest toll.
But, fellow-citiZenS, il is not alone in
FEEDER Il Affairs: at homo, we endure CreyOus
burdeGs; an oyer-taXed people demand that
their capacity to pay should be considered.
The honor Of the people is above suspicion:
FOR their relief, retrenchment is demanded
on every hand. Introduce a rigid economy.
reduce the expenses of litigation, provide a
remedy for the abuses attending the collec-
ion and disbursement of the revenue.
The public school system Is an honor to
he State, let Us peTpetuate it and 90 on i'm
proving il; It's blessings descend like the
lew upon the heads Of the people.
The political disabilities under which / !
have laboTed for ten years have Just been
'emOved; they Were placed upon me for |
eaving my position in the United States |
army gained in the Mexican war, and by !
Ong years Of service on the frOntiers), 10 |
serve Tennessee in the late civil war. / |
have never regretted that | took sides with
ny people. Having followed their fortunes
% the disastrous close, put my hand to
he pillow for an honest livelihood. and am
happy that my neighbOrs and friends ap-
prove my conduct.
In aspiring to the position fer which nv |
friends have thought me capable, | am but |
asserting the right of every citizen 20 en-
.eTtaln an honorable ambition to serve his |
people, and essT, if it may be, the laurel !
within the reach OF merit ia a free State.
l do not intend TO hazard the rights and |
interests Of the people in 4 guerrilla war |
for office. Men of homer equaliZe terms of |
accommodation The Chairman of the |
Democratic Committee for the District, in |
4 spirit of fair-play, has, under date of July |
Is, rs published in the Nashville papers of |
July II, suggested the mode Of a satisfacto- |
" arrangement for the selection of dele |
gates TO the GAINESVILLE Convention, urging |
therein the "great importance Of entire |
and suggesting the 's6th day |
Of August" when the people being at their |
polls 'may select their delegates to 90 to |
GAINESVILLE, to nominate a suitable gentle |
man to represent us in Congress-" and re- /
Iuesting the other gentlemen of the COM /
nittee to unite with him i'm this matter.
/ fully and heartily concur in the above /
recognizing his authority to /
lct in the premises, and approve the supe-
riOrIty of that mode of selecting delegates, |
10 the system of primary county meetings,
IS less subject to sinister criticism.
Before such and so fairly constituted a |
1 will cheerfully submit my
aspirations, abide its decision, and cordial /
" support its nominee. And rely ing
wholly upon the people, and not looking to
politicians, calmly await their action.
that havesO small an acquaint-
.nce with the people Of the district outside
Of Davidson county, have thought prop
II to put forth this address.
THOMAS ETATRORNF