Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-06-24

communication that it ought to have
appeared many weeks ago. We have
treated our friend scurvily thus to
crowd him out, anxious as he is to serve
his country-but it is never too late for
a good thing-read him.
Ed. CHRONICLE.
Magnanimity OF Orpheus-Freely gives
the use Of his name-State Debt
raid.
Well-MIss OFFICE has not found
me yet. This is strange. for have not
been hiding out. As / intimated in
my last, am willing to be found. OF
course do not desire the nomination
for county representative, or in fact, any
Office whatever; but when Miss Office
is seeking some one to take to her en-
braces, | cannot see why /, as a free
born citizen, panoplied all over with
Magma Charta, the Bill of Rights, and
the Declaration of Independence,
should be required to get out of the
wayl And don't intend to do i'll l
have just as many civil rights dating
from the fourth of July, 1776, as
anybody else; and among them.
is the right Of holding Office. If
she don't want me to hold her. she had
better not run against me. That's all
A man can't stand everything. As
good citizen | would be compelled to
surrender.
You have been expecting call from
my friends, doubtless, TO allow the use
of my name before a nominating con-
vention for county representative. l
regret to have to say, that, the negotia-
ton mentioned in my last, still hangs
fire; especially as the election day is
only six months in the future. This
rule of yours, requiring citizen of
this ne-hundred-ye govern
ment, to pay for calls on friend to run
for Office, l find to be shamefully in
convenient. OF course theconvention
is welcome to the use of my name, if
it will do that body any good. have
no right to withhold it. Originally,
my name did not cost me a cent, and
so far, it has not risen in value. They
can have it, As my name won't pay
for short eommendatory notice of it.
self, l have no particular use for it,
just now. My name has been made the
excuse for refusing the loan I was ne
gotiating, when | lastwrote you. You
will not believe it; so to convince you
of the truth of this atrocity, / will have
to give you some insight into my finan-
cial history. / shall give it in short
hand: You must do the filing in.
Thus: Had large body of valuable
wild lands-wanted to improve and
build-raised money through the issu-
ance of my bonds-built and cleared
made roads-good thing-had mills
and mines, and farms and timber-paid
interest punctually, semi-annually, for
some years-then had unpleasant
ness" with a neighbor-both of us lost
very Neutrality-suspicious. caused all my
hands to leave me, for time-quit
paying interest on my bonds-never
have believed / ought to pay debt
since- -bondholders made a fuss-trans-
ferred the property, instantly-can't be
sued now-bomb proof-told the
"bloated" / would pay half-generous
in me, bonds being evidently fraudu-
lent-remember now, was'ent in my
right mind when l issued them-did' =
dent represent myself fairly when |
sold the bonds-sold at about par
bondholders say their necessities COM
pellled them to sell my bonds at fifty
cents on the dOllar-can't stand such
conduct as that-want me to pay dol
lar for dollar now-won't do it-"see
EN- furder first "-call me repudiator-
lie-can't scare me with ugly words
principle is the thing with me-prInci-
pie, foreverl l won't pay the princi-
pal, on principle. twill seem incred-
ible to you that man possessing such
peculiar, unique. decided principles as
the subscriber, should be called dis
honest, but such is the astounding fact
L am compared with Belknap, Babcock
and the rest of that interesting lot,
when there is not the slightest SINH
larity in action or character. Their
rule of action is to create, mine to get
rid of, debt. The application of my
principles to public affairs would make
a clean slate-wipe out the entire State
debt with one dab of the sponge Re
pudiator, forsooth ! KEJUvENAToR
that's the kind of man l am Old
things are passing away Old debts,
old bonds, old principlesl Behold all
things are become new Except the
wardrobe of
ORPHEUs G. KERR, Jr.