The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-05
HERALD AND MAIL.
CURRENT EVENTS.

Last Friday night Henry Ward
Beecher, at his prayer-meeting, prayed
that he might live through his trial.
"A bill has passed its third reading in
the House, to increase the jurisdiction of
Magistrates, covering notes to amount of
81 900, and accounts for $500.
The Nashville Bulletin hits the Leg
islature a heavy rap when it says: They
are as honest body of men as ever met
in this or any other capitol in the nation;
but they are simply wanting in the wis
dom and experience necessary to whole
some legislation"
"A bill has passed its third reading
in the State Senate, which provides for a
yearly tax of one dollar on each dog, and
two and half on each unspeyed female,
one-half to the State, and the other half
to pay for sheep killed or MANNED by
dogs.
The House took up the question OF
repeating the ten per cent. law last week,
and passed it without debate, by calling
the previous question. The bill was kill
ed in the Senate by tie vote. If the
friends of the bill, who were in the major
ity IN the House, had not gagged the mi
nority, by calling the previous question,
and cutting off debate, it would probably
have passed the Senate and become a
law. Cutting off debate on such an i'm
portant measure by the House majority
was a great blunder.
On the vote on the civil-rights bill,
in the Senate, six Republicans and all OF
the Democrats, voted against it. One OF
the Republicans was Mr.. Carpenter, OF
Michigan, who said that he was consoled
by the reflection that the judicial courts oil
the country would intervene and vindicate
the constitution, by declaring the bill IN
constitutional. Justice Bradley, of the
United States Supreme Court, in the eel
ebrated slaughter-house case, Of New Or
leans, has already decided that such legis
ton, as is proposed by the civil-right
bill, is unconstitutional, in as much al
such power is not obtained in the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments, or th,
enforcement act.
Senator Logan has offered joint reso
luton proposing TO amend the State con
stitutiou so that the Governor will hol
Office four years; the Judges of the Su
preme Court, twelve years; the Comptroli
er and Treasurer, four years; the Genera
Assembly to convene only once IN tou
years. the clause exemptiDg one thousan
dollars worth ofpersonal property to b
stricken out, also the clause prohibltln
the State from establishing bank, Is
be stricken out.
Mr.. Logan, of Giles, offered resoh
ton in the State Senate, pledging tn
honor and credit Of the State to the pa
ment of the interest on its bonded deb
and the payment of all just indebtedness
The Committee OF Finance Ways an
Means, recommended the rejection of tn
resolution, for the reason(2) that the sui
ject was too grave and momentous to
disposed Of by resolution, and the Senat
concurred III the recommendation of tn
committee. DIR. Boyd, our Senator, vo
ed against this excellent resolution, thu
placing himself in rather an equivoci
position on the financial question, to ss
the least. He said he was against pledE
ing TO pay, because he did not kno
that the money would be on hauC
We are sorry he did not talk like Gene
al QuarIes, who said he desired to be a
WAYS on the record in favor of sustain
taing the State credit. Our Floate
Mai. b. b. Toon voted against q Cimil'
proposition in the House.
The Nashville Banner, in a very SCI
sible article on the financial prob(er
which is agitating the minds our legisli
tors, hits the nail square on the head wht
it advises the General Assembly to redee
the pledges made the people last SUNNI
in the Democratic platform, whichpromi
ed to sustain the credit of tie State, al
yet opposed increasing the State ia
This can only be done by fixing the ra
at forty cents. Our contemporary co
cIudes its able article:
The taxation question would not di
turb the people of Tennessee if none
was not so alarmingly scarce. How
supply this need is a question of legisl
tive solution no. less vital than the yex,
question of taxation. The General Go
ernment will afford TO relief There
no hope from that quarter. Can any pls
be invented by which the need can
supplied Independent of the action or no
action of the General Government If
could, we believe it would go a gres Wa
in the direction of satisfactory sOlutiC
of the public debt question, by leaving Il
people in better condition to bear /
burdens.