Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-10-14
pie by exhibitions of virtue, wisdom
and patriotism.
THE sTArE eovERNMENT.

AT this election we are to choose Q
| Governor of this great State. an Office
second only in importance to that oi
our Union. The station demands q
man Of intelligence, virtue and patri-
otlsm--one who has thorough knowl-
| edge OF the great and varied interests OF
New York, in addition to thorough
business habits, patient industry and
strict economy. He must have the
| firmness and vigor to carry out to the
letter his ideas OF duty. In the whole
range OF my acquaintance / know of
no man who more fully meets all these
requirements than Lucius Robinson.
/ have been associated with him In
business affairs and always found him
frank, clear and decided. He needs
no heightened commentary to tell of
his fitness for the Office for which he
is nominated He had always acted
with the Democratic party. At the
outbreak of the war it was said that
party distinctions had ceased to exist
and a ticket was placed in nomination,
made up of those who belonged to
each of the old political organizations,
and Mr.. Robinson was made Comp
troller of this State.
MR.. ROBINSON AGAINST REPUTATION
Under the enormous issue of paper
money, wild spirit of extravagance
was engendered +; men who now charge
that we are Gnsound upon the currency
question, then declared that paper was
better than gold. 1t was put out in
such vast volumes that it so weakened
the credit of our country that our cur
rency rapidly lost its value as a pur-
chasing medium. At one time it sunk
as low as forty cents ON the dollar.
The Government could not buy as
much with its vast amount of paper
money as it could have purchased with
one-half its sum had it been kept up to
its par value. To aggravate the evil,
the Government was forced to sell in
the markets of the world its bonds
bearing high rate of interest. Mr..
Robinson foresaw the evils we now
feel. He battled boldly for policy
which should uphold the honor of the
State and the Union. New York had
borrowed money for the construction
of canals, which made it rich and pros
porous. For the bonds it issued it had
received gold or it's equivalent. With
inconceivable madness and folly, the
Republicans had determined to dis.
honor the State and to violate its faith
by paying the interest on these bonds
in paper which was not worth one half
its face. Mr.. Robinson stood up alone
against the whole action of those with
whom he then acted politically. Not
one of those who now claim to be the
exclusive friends of the nation honor
came to his assistance when he was
thus protesting against the foulest and
most hurtful action of reputation
which stains American honor. New
York has not even yet fully recovered
from the discredit of this act, but its
evils were not confined to the limits OF
our State. Its injury to the credit of
the whole country is represented by
many millions of bonds, which tax the
labor and industry of our people.
When we take into account the vast
cost of the war, which exceeded $780,
100000, it is safe to say that this act of
reputation by the great commercial
State of our Union deprecated its cur
rency. it's credit and its bonds to that
degree that tens of millions will not
make good the sum of its injury to our
country. When the Republicans boast
of their superiorssvirtue they are con-
fronted by this act, and by the fact
that we have placed Mr.. Robinson in
nomination, who withdrew from their
association when they committed this
crime. | feel very confident of the re-
Sulf of tho alpotiopS in which xva ara
engaged. 1t cannot be that the people
of this State and the country will strike
down the men upon our Presidential
or State ticket who have battled bold
ly for retrenchment and reform.
SENATOR HERMAN.
Senator Herman followed in an argu-
mentative speech of an hour and halfs
duration, aud noticeable feature of
the evening was the large number of
veteran soldiers of the Union army
among the officers of the meeting.