Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-09-07


nearly 80 millions and the State, for
ORA years. lost ali control of her reve-
nues, and Hugh McCuiloch now sits
in London and controls our finances
and revenues. As much so as did
/ Caezar control the revenues of the con-
quered provinces OF Rome We were
now 10 longer free people. Virginia
was 10 longer a sovereign State
/ When we now attempted 20 upturn
/ this Legislation the Supreme Court de
clared tina: it is not repealable anG that
il shall stand in spite OF the voice Of
/ the people. The constitution of the
! L. s. SAYS mo State shall make any
I thing but geld and silver lega! tender
/ for debt" but the Legislature of III
said that Coupons shall I've legal ten
| der for the highest class of debts-those
/ due 10 the Commonwealth, and our
/ Supreme Court sustains 1t. Under all
! this Virginia can no longer measure
hea tax bill or regard the inability of
the PEOPLE to pay. Like tie convict
| in the penitentiary tank she must bail
or die pay all or cease to exist. Now
what should we do? Evidently We
could not repudiate if we chose, with
this Funding Bill and the Supreme
Court across our path. We could not
reduce taxation if we wished until we
cut this Funding Bill or dethrone this
Court.
.These were the measures to which we
M ust look for relief. We must divise
III cans 10 cut this chain of the Fund
ing Bill, and then we could pay what
we please and cease to pay when we
please. In short we could then con-
troll our own finances and look to the
,el.cf of our farming and laboring
classes, but in no other way could we
do it. Under this bill our taxation
must be at least doubled and this the
people could not bear. Many of them
who held ether classes of public securi-
ties had been impoverished 10y their
reputation and now their labor was
to be taxed to pay others their invest
ments II State bonds.
The Road Law was measure for
which those who favored it ought to be
! incarceraled in the penitentiary. 1t
took the road burden off of money and
put it on muscle, on labor. 1t taxed
sweat Instead of property. The Legis-
lature should meet 10 oftener than
every two years. We had ito much
.eglslation and hence we ought to be
cautious about amending our constitu-
| ton too much. Some of the proposed
amendments were good, some were
! doubtful. Where We doubt the pro-
priety of Il step we had better not step
The candidates had fifteen minutes
reply aud that time was of course de
voted to pa7rying the thrusts Of their
adver5aries, and we have endeavOred
| to embrace the main arguments i'll the
! above sketch.
At SaItville we were Joined by Mr..
! Mann, who simply announced himself
q candidate aud stated that he was Il
laboring man and that relief was
needed. At
MAuANAIM
the crowd was small. Mr.. Pettyjohn
had recovered Of his indisposiuon and
made a lengthy speech, mainly elabo-
rating the positions he had already
taken. There was considerable par
ringbetween nIm and Mr.. Hamilton,
the latter having said that if Mr. P's
farm and its products were compared
with his it would not be drop in the
bucket. Each said the other was no
representative farmer Esq. William
| Roberts opened his house and gener-
cusly and Lounteously fed the crowd,
After enjoying the bountful hospi-
tality of Messrs. Robert and Thomas
Saunders for the night we rejoined the
other candidates at FulleD'5 school,
House on Tum5ling Creek, where a
large crowd had assembled. After
preaching by Rev. Mr.. Sandifcr, of the
Baptist church, and Rev. Mr.. Maiden
! Of tie Methodist church, the crowd
| ..diourned 10 the Grove for the dlscUs
s:on between the candidates, which
| lasted ti:ree hours. The debate was
very animal cd, but courteous. Ate
night beneath the hospitable roof OF
Mr.. James IenJel son the writer pro
ceeded with several o. bis competitors
to Wolf Creek, spending an hour at
ESQ Whitley FuIlen's, WhHse mouse
has for many years teen noted as the
abode of real old Virginia hospitality.
AT wolf Creek. after devine service
by Rev Mr.. Sandifer. of Claiborne
Co, Tenn, the political discussion
was renewed, before a fine audience,
Which, like the one at Tumbling
Creek, was graced Iy the presence of
the ladies. Time was here shortened
TO thirty minutes for each speaker.
DR. J. n. Malicote appeared as the
/ lIiGHN Oh MI -. ID, NOeRICi StiN SN'''NN'
/ that owing TO serious illness, he had
not been able to meet the appoint.
me1ts, but hoped to do SO at Corner
House on Monday. He WAS called on
for a speech and delivered an eloquent
! panegeric on Virginia, pausing To ate
some gratifying facts touching our
county finances. The county debt had
been rcadjusted and compromised, and
why not the State debt. He called
! on Mr.. Henry A. Mann to define his
party affiliations. This, Mr.. Mann de-
clined to do, saying he WAS running in
the interest of the people. The DIR.
then proceeded to define them for him,
aud the discussion quickly arose TO the
boiling point, the intervention OF
trends being necessary