Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-28
JACKSON TENNESSEE, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 1874

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eruOr and sanctioned by the Legisla
= ture. Il is true that after the subjec
; had been discussed for more than
week, proposition was sent to the
Legislature through Mr.. 81. Vaughn
Representative from Davidson county
offering $1,000 more per annum than
what had been agreed upon, but Mr.
Vaughn when asked If he could and
would vouch for the sOlvency of the
parties making the proposition. He
said he could and would not, and he,
himself, voted against the motion 10
postpone the consideration OF the
subject for a week, aud then voted TO
confirm the lease with all the facts be-
fore him. There are now fewer con-
yicts, in proportion TO the number II
the penitentiary, engaged IN mechani-
eel pursuits than ever we're before.
That Gov. Browns administration has
made a better disposition of the pen
itentiary than ever had been made,
cannot admit Of a doubt, and this is
saying a great deal.
/ LAwLEssNEss AND IT'S SUPPRESSION.
Fewer outrages have been commit
/ ted during the last four years, than
/ during any four years since the war.
! When the agitation of the Civil
[ Rights Bill had inhamed the minds
| of the negroes so as to make them use
I such language and be guilty of such
I acts as excited some white persons so
as to cause them to commit acts OF
/ violence, Gov. Brown pursued such a
determined aud energetic course, as
not only to command the admiration
I OF his party frieEads, but the applause
I of Senator BrOwnloW and the approx
al OF President Grunt. as appears by
the following extract from his official
letter:
Il viii state, however, that il is very
gratifying to know that the State au-
thOrities of Tennessee are disposed TO
suppress aud punish a class of law
less acts so dangerous to life, and so
oppose to every political, financial and
moral interest of the State.
This conduct On the part of Cover
nor Brown did much to restore conf
dence IN the Northern States, and to
turn back the tide which was setting
50 strongly against Us for a few
week after the affair at Trenton. The
State of Tennessee and the whole
South owe a debt of gratitude to
Gov. Brown for his prompt, decided
and fearless action at that time.
AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
Daring this administration the Bu-
rcau of Agriculture has been estab-
lished with the warm approval of Gov.
Brown. The amount of good that has
been done by that Bureau and its able
and efficient Secretary cannot be fully
known IN many, many years. Never
was money more wisely expended
than in the establishment of this
Bureau, and it is honor to any admin
istration for Its establishment to have
taken place whilst it was in power.
THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM
Owes its existence to the present
Democratic Administration, and moth
ing can Overturn 1t but the passage
of the Civil Rights Bill.
THE ASSESSMENT LAW
Is found fault with by many, and al
though it needs many changes, yet
some of its provisions should be re-
tanned, particularly those which make
money, bonds and stocks bear n por-
tion of the burdens of government.
This was not however the bill which
Governor Brown recommended, but
as it was not unconstitutional, he did
not feel at liberty to veto it. Mr.. Pen
nebaker in his report had recommend
ed changes in our assessment laws.
and Mr.. Williamson in a pamphlet
published this year, had said that sit
is generally conceded that real estate
in Tennessee is assessed at less than
half of its true value" and he was a
radical member of the last Legisla-
ture, and a radical candidate this
year. The object Of the assessment
law was not so much to increase the
valuation of real estate, as it was to
bring forth taxation money, bonds
and stocks which had been concealed
so as to escape taxation. Whether
good or bad, this Act was not a meas
nre of Gov. Browns administration, |
for it had never been recommended /
by him.
GOVERNOR BROWNS ATTITUDE BEFORE I
THE COUNTRY.
For these acts of his administra- /
ton, Gov. Brown now occupies a /
proud and enviable position before |
the whole country. He has done all |
III his power TO restore the credit and |
preserve the honor of his native State. /
The recent elections in which, by the .
action OF the Radical party, his ad- .
ministratiOn was made TO play a con- /
spicuoas part, shows the manner in .
which the people Of Tennessee appre-
ciate their Democratic Governor, who I
has never, in sunshine or III storm, in .
prosperity or in adversely been false /
TO them.