Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-04-08
MGgald and Tribune.
THURSDAY APRIL 8, 1875.
THE ISSUES!

VIC LuNC HeTetOlOTe TclIulneu ITOui Any
comment at length on tue recent decision
ofithe Supreme Court of Tennessee de-
claring the validity of the 'Torbett
Issdes," hoping that the democratic press
of the State would speak out upon the
subject, and that The mass of our citizens
irrespective of party, rise in their might
and throw 6fthe burden which interested
pOlidtiOnss y, were seeking to impose upon
9them.W ia slp!drA0 b,au.r $3.50 .ul
We have waited in yaip for that frank
manly protest which we hoped would
come froth The Democratic piess Of the
State, We propose now to give our rea>
ders I. CLEAR aud sqccipct account of these
'.Torbett Issues" and of the iniquity con.
'hected With Their proposed payment.
Lb 10 do so we ask our readers to recall a
o few facts of recent history.
Idths Springer issIa The Great Re.
sbelian began zKspnessse which twice
,,ySttsd against secession was declared to
have seeded and to have joined the
Southern GsqAn8644dlaracy 90 AeG'h of June,
als6ls7 'TbisIwas done blythe Legislature
which was elected on the same day that
Isham G.. Harris was elected Governor.
Every one Of its members had solemnIy
sworn to seaport, protect and defend the
constitution IF the United States"
Evwyumanbsf who voted i'll favor of
the 'sscsssiSsvrO IF Tennessee from &c the
union was guilty of high treason. unless
The prsypOk&9Bqw4iclA was entered upon
should be triumphant, ,, y,,,,, , ,r..t.
A great war was then commen-
'ced.l The men who caused Tennessee
)toiswiug from her mooribg saw that to
makethe rebellion successful it was nee
Iessaty otorarm the State in favor Of rebel-
2ion. Accordingly an act was passed by
the Lsgiaathrelof 1861 authorizing the
issuance by the bank of Tennessee and its
branches Of "a new issue Of bank notes to
-eqabAls. kinns Harris and his friends to
arm the State, in the interest of the re-
.helliQp, Torbett was then the president
of the bank. The new. issue was made
and used to arm the State and to buy sup
plies and munitions Of war to aid the South.
ern' COnfederacy, Torbctt signed those
bills and hence the name"Torbett Issues
was used from then henceforth to desig'
nate such. bank bills. $40 .'
'.TiAessSH facts ten years ago we're open and
notorious, known of all men. Well, the
rebellion failedt Jeff! Davis and Kine
Harris ceased tie reign In February
1868, aiuhioh Constitutional Convention
met Az Nashville, and framed a scedul,
Of amendments to the old constitution 0
the Stategoi Such men as Milligan, Wise
yner, Hawkins and Brownlow, not onl,
knew the iniquitous character of thu
Norbett Tissues, but they determined
since they had been, issued and ruse(
ipgthsiinterest of treason and rebellion
the honest ..yeomanryo of the State shoult
.neyerh be compelled to pay for their re
dspRtOB. bIhey1 therefore declared il
article 6 of the schedule of 1865 that thes
Issues IlTorbett Issues were uncOnstitu
Sipaa, guM and g9id. This provision ii
lpBiOnpepp made part and parcel ofth
constipation of that sixth section. .-.
IoeEOK, remember that while that consti
tuition stood these Torbett Issues mere
Sow. ss9ss!sd y, Y paid, Put il !. 1870 anOthe
. cSOgnyyyepgtiGn,s r. rrt.aal, died in the WOO
democratic convention met, at Nashvill
to change, the constitution Of 1865. ]
was known at the time that, the "Torbet
Issues, were being bought up BY a ring
at Nashville, Of democratic politician
men who fought with Hood, and rail- lie
fSr JEFF aDalSSis during SthAsY war and wi
9JHyg'ttCss tie. lpIS1hadsaatls' Ticket III,
9gtsadshdatlS tIFY55 &PtafitgSa'~ ''d,e" SID n'f u
'""NM NV WI Il, Il @p sG .eevFdept that if the G.
SECTION SftGGss' sehtdGtey q. thts' constitute
dYSt5A was pStAfuihittGSat to stand slie 40
bett Issues" never could be paid, for thi
Naecisisdlth them auSSOhsttdtiohai nun ar
Nh s'naN snuoY ed l' s.'acm
''',ISn And ' "a IN article 41,, Section I
The pprrccsent Constitution it was provid,
thaat The. schedule Of lsG5"is hereby abr
gated ii.aeeo. broken down and abolishe
rfiso* was done wHHafy. Intentionally al
'dslibsratelyS.1 ~" b'aSlol oil ,'elpf'
vol Nov who did this The, GGSSntasnti
l Vas niIacs tSaaattss tdf C5mniooiIraitiit. John
Brown since democratic governor) "
the president Of the convention. A. (
p. Nicholson, how our democratic Chi
sJastice vas the leading mind Of the CO