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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
The Future of Business.

\ Baltimore Sun: The question of
the Presidency being now settled,
it becomes every good citizen to
turn from the excitement of politics
to the consideration of the business
interests of the country. Recently
there have been signs of revival of
industrial activities. They have
been chiefly tentative movements,
as it were, to try the condition of
the markets, and so far as they
have gone, the manifestations of a
feturn of confidence and the lifting
of the dead weight that still presses
to some extent upon all branches
of trade have been favorable But
confidence, when once shattered, Is
OF slow revival, aud those who eX
rect in the calm of politics any sud
den outbreak of prosperity, will be
disappointed. This much is Ger
ain, healthy reaction from the
crash OF 1873 has set in. The econ
omies which all classes of people
have had to practice have brought
the prices of ali commodities down
20 their natural level, and perhaps
little below it. We have there
fore reached tie point from which
new departure mrY be taken with
safety, and steady progress in lie
Ultimate enterprises made. The
mills and factories, SO long silent,
are even now being quietly put in
running order, and in some the
-plndles are again whirling and the
looms at work. But of those great
,ueculative ventures requiring a
vast outlay of capital and giving
employment in founderies and ma
chine shops and in the forest to
many thousands of men the country
will hear but little for long time
vet 20 come. The mania for build
ing long lines of railroad through
great stretches of uDpopulated
territory has worked out Its own
cure in the ruin of a multitude OF
investors. CIptal seeking use will
will now be III erted into more re
stricted channels, but offering bet
ter security and reasonable
amount of profit. We have suf-
Tered all the evils that follow. in the
train of an inflated currency, the
reckless and unreasoning specuia-
tive spirit it fostered, the extrava
gancies it encouraged, the feverish
excitement, and the inevitable col
lapse. We are now entering upon
the last stage of convalescence when
all the healthy forces are at woEk.
and it needs nothing but care and
caution to perfect the process OF
restoration. Everybody is interest
! ed III promoting TINS result. EV
erybody can help to forward it.
Confidence, the first and chief requi-
oite-confidcnce in the intelligence
and energy of the people in devel-
uping the resources OF the country.
1t is confidence that unlocks capi-
tai, and when the con idence of the
few becomes the confidence of the
many, all branches of trade and
| business will gradually become &C
tive again, and we shall have fairly
set out on new career of prosper
/ ity. That time now seems TO be
coming.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
A South Carolina Judge.

Baltimore Gazette Judge Wright,
of South Carolina, who is denying
his act in recognizing the Hampton
government, is healthy specimen
of Carolinian justice. On the very
day he signed the order for the re-
lease OF Tilda Norris, he went
20 the Office Of the acting State
Treasurer and drew his pay for
January and February on a check
countersigned by Governor Hamp-
ton, amounting TO S5S3.33 The
following day, February 2S, he
asked the Governor TO pay him for
the last two quarters OF 6'under
the Chamberlain government. This
Hampton refused TO do, and hence
Wright's Indignation. With mon
ey paid by the taxpayers Of South
Carolina 10 the Hampton govern.
ment, Wright is now swinging
around the circle and announcing
Hasnpton as fraud and his govern
ment a failure.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
THE BETRAYED SOUTH.
Hayes SO-caIIed PacificatiOn
Policy Already Abandoned.
Every Promise Made i'm His In
augural Address Broken.

Washington Special to the New York
sun, March 22d.
The hypocracy of the Admins
tration of Returning Board Hayes
in dealing with the Louisiana case
is clearly shown by the action of his
Cabinet. For three long and anx-
ious weeks the representatives Of
the Conservative party in Louisiana
and South Carolina have been hold
ing almost daily interviews with
Hayes and his Cabinet. They have
been promised everything, but at
the same time have been eXhorted
to be patient and confdipg. They
have been all this and moro. In
deed, they have almost lost their
manhood in their anxiety to secure
something like justice for their
poor, suffering people. They were
willing to agree to almost any
terms, save to barter outright their
own honor and that Of the people
they represented. They listened
impatiently, it is true, but still with
out exhibiting their disgust, to the
propositions pr of barter and trade,
coming through Stanley Matthews,
Charley Foster and other jobbers
and schemers, who were anxious to
build up an Administration party at
the South for their benefit, and now
they find that the platltudes and
generalities in Hayes inaugural.
and the fine promises in his private
letters to Foster, written to be
shown to Southern Democrats, real
ly meant nothing, and were only IN
tended to delude them.
With the same hypocrisy, Hayes
has made his meaningless speech
TO his CabiDet about his Southern
policy, and, when he concluded, a
resolution Indorsing it was adopted
without a dissenting voice, but the
moment these statesmen came to
practical busines, the instant they
began the discussion of an admins
trative measure, il was found that
the msjority were radical still.
Hayes, with all his talk about being
amiably obstinate, with all his dec
larations of firmness, yielded, and
allowed the bloody shirt politicians.
with Sherman at the head, TO die
tate his pol'cy-unanimously upon
the main issue, and by vote of
four to three (Sherman, Thompson,
McCrary and Devens against Evarts,
Schurz, and Key on all subsidiary
questions.
The Cabinet has decided to send
commission u Louisiana, main
tanning meanwhile the status quo,
to quote the President, with rigid
hand, and toleratiug an advance
from neither party Nichols is be-
trayed. Every Southerner here
feels himself gravely compromised
If no. ruined at home by his nego-
tiation with Hayes. Packard is
( exultant, and his friends predict
final success.
Whatever the final decision, every
Southerner is emphatic that no ac-
tion can win the prompt and CRATE
ful response which Hayes inaugu
fEs drvw sad his policy promised
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

Josh Billings says: l look upon
the man who never waZ known to
make blunder with kind Of pity;
he has simply misst his destiny. 1
don't blame emmy man for trieing to
Tighten hiz load; even mules won't
carry double without kicking up
behind. | argy that if man hain't
got emmy Conscience he hain't got
any soul. Keep your feet warm,
yure he'd cool, aud breathe thru
yure nose. and doktors will he as
skarse in this world NJ undertakers
at a pauper's phuneral. There is
no klass that the world respelIts so
mutch, and are willing TO pay so
poorly, as the philosophers. do
luv an idea; l wouldn't give a cuss
for one-half the opinyuns that are
1oating around the world. Next TO
an acckt ov repentance, for solid
comfort and quiet satisfackshun,
Gums an act Of politeness. The
man whose conversation is made up
entirely ov what is called wit IL the
most uncomfortable kritter imagin
able; | had rather stir up hornets
nest than be stirred up by fellow
ov this kind.
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NUN. IA.


his promises are broken. The pol
icy of twelve years is restored, in
spirit if not in name. No one
doubts that the commission comes
as an expedient to avoid decision.
1t is a make SHIFT. Hayes has been
pushed and worried by carpet bag
gers and their Northern allies until
he begins to feel as though he was
really aban ioning some one or some
thing which had made him Presi
dent. He has repeatedly expressed
his desire to settle the question so
that no one would have n complaint
to make. Withdrawing the troops
did not do that. He and the Cabi-
net felt confidence in Nichols and
his ability to keep the peace. 81
feel ashamed 70 ask guarantees"
said he, recently, TO a Louisianian.
II trust your people will trust
them" Taking the promises freely
made to keep the peace if the troops
were withdrawn, he and his Cabinet
use the pledge without fulfilling the
condition and without Withdrawing
the troops. No wonder the South
ern representatives here-Gordon,
Lamar, Gibson, Ellis and Levy
feel aggrieved, indignant, betrayed.
1t would be hard to exaggerate
the revulsion of feeling which has
followed Hayes treacherous weak
ness. 81 feel as if 1 was cheated" !"
said Gen. Gordon. 81 can't go and
look my people in the face" said
Randall Gibson. "Every step from
here to New Orleans must be an
apology; every promise has been
broken and every guarantee is re
leased" said Ellis. 81 don't like to
say it, but it looks like they had al
been cheated" was Gov. PENIS re-
mark. And this was what Kellogg
telegraphed to Packard:
wAsHrNoroS, March 81, ls77.-To S. B.
Packard, State House, New Orleans, La:
Cabinet has ordered commission. Hold the
| fort. Push ahead with your Legislature.
". Z. KELLOGG.
No one clearly knows what the
Commission is TO do, even. Hayes
is not clear on this point. He has
given no definition of its powers.
1t is to go to New Orleans and en-
deavor TO adjust differences so as
to leave no complaint unsatisiied.
Failing, it is to report to the Presi-
dent. Various expressions lead to
the conclusion that neither Hayes
nor his Cabinet expect from it any
but a decision for Nichols and the
ultimate withdrawal of the troops,
Even the extreme supporters of the
Southern Republicans in the Cabi
net have said this. The Commits
sion appears to mean gratuitous de-
lay TO satisfy carpet bag pressure
and carpet bag belief in the chapter
Of accidents. OF its composition
nothing is clearly known.
Meantime, industry in both States
is at a standstill. Last week over
one hundred letters were laid before
Hayes from prominent New Orleans
merchants begging for some action
which should make il possible to
resume trade. Over $2,000,000 is
lying idle in Charleston banks wait
ing investment in rice and cotton
planting. Mr.. Bee, the largest bro
ker in planters loans in the State,
has issued word that he can al
vance no money on any plantation
security pending revolution.
Something like dozen Of the larg-
est rice plantations on the Savan-
nah river had been abandoned in
consequence and will lie untitled
this spring.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

This is how the Cincinnati
Enouifer views the Southern
bond question: The holders of
Southern State bonds want tn
States to take up the outstanding
obligations in new ones at about
fifty cents on the dollar 1t IS
thought that in this way they viii
not lose so much finally il the
bonds are never paid. But why not
lust Surrender half the bonds they
already have: This would effect
the same thing with less trouble.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

There is something refreshing in
the absolute astonishment that Wis
itors to a printing office sometimes
display at the commonest things.
What is that black looking thing
standing up in that cormer?' is
sometimes asked by an unsophisca
ted observer; and the nearest typo
answers: THAT is the printing of
flee towel We always stand it up
in the corner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

New Orleans Plcayune: There is
something extremely curious in the
crops of the east and west banks
of the Mississippi. 1t has been no
ticed for some time past that these
two banks enjoyed apparently Who'll
ly different weathers and climates.
That a frost on one side of the riv
er very seldom travelled across it.;
that while the right bank was en-
joying a rain, the left was just as
apt To be suffering from drouth !;
and, in fact, that the thousand yard S
of the Mississippi produced the same
effect, as far as climate and wealth
er were. concerned as a thousand
miles of ocean. The last few years
have shown a wonderful difference
in the sugar crops of the planta
tions on the east and west banks Of
the river, and greatly in favor of the
latter, 4 difference that is increas
ing each year. For instance, the
crop of the west bank plantations
this year was 56,35O hogsheads to
34,9O1 hogsheads produced by east
bank plantations, showing that the
former are 81 per cent. more pro-
ductive than the latter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

~ school boy, being requested to
write composition on the subject
OF "pins," produced the following ::
: Pins are very useful. They have
saved the lives of great many men,
women and children, in fact, whole
families" How so2 asked the puz
lied teacher; and the bay replied,
Why, 10y not swallowing them.
This matches the story OF the other
boy who defined salt as The stun
what makes the potatoes taste bad
~ hen you don't put any on.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

The infamous wrong conceived
by Grants administration and
maintained in all its enormity for
years in Louisiana has not
been removed by Hayes. Members
of his own political organization
have testified that the Packard AMI
Chamberlain governments" would
not stand an hour IL Federal bayo-
nets were removed, aud yet Hayes
apparent purpose Is 70 continue The
outrage and crafty the worst ele-
ment Of his party 10y deprivisg the
people Of two States Of their con-
stitutional rights Courier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
Ex-President Grants Future
Home.

New York Sun, 10th: the people
of Staten Island are aeitated be
cause an agent of ex President
Grant has been there looking ut the
Garner Mansion" and other man
sions, with a view of selecting a
place of residence for him. Now
that the office seekers 9nd hold
ers have no further 'odds' to ask
Grant, they will rot be likely to
start subscription for his benefit,
so that he will have to put his hand
in his pocket to buy a house. There
is a report that Grant has been
made president of one of the banks
of this city.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

The Cincinnati Commercial says:
"The number Of troops employed
in the Southern States IL 50 small
that the pretense Of oppression by
Federal bayonets becomes nonsense.
Nor is there any disposition TO
make use of them Yet, II FEEDER
al bayonets were 10 day used Ia
Ohio, as they are now used In
South Carolina and Louisiana, the
Cincinnati Commercial would not
snoer at the arrangement. IL would
be loud In its denunciation Of cop
preston" Any act is oppression"
on the part Of the Federal Govern
men which interferes with tie oper-
alton of n Legitimate State govern
mcnt.- Covrier-JourHoi.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

Florida Union: Florida can boast
OF Il sign said to be the largest one
in the United States. 1t Is two
hundred feet long and bears onl!
ten letters, each one OF which Is
twelve feet high and about fifteen
feet wide. 1t may be plainly read
at distance of six miles, and it
shows tourists up the st. Johns tho
location of Orange Park" twelve
miles above the city.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser:
Farmers are preparing for heavy
crops this year. We hope their
ion1est hopes NAV be realized. but
think that they ought 10 be sure,
over and above ali else, 10 plant
plenty Of corn. IL isgctting 50 now
that hogs aud cows arc unmolested,
and the surplus corn can be used 10
great advantage In making bacon
and beef. The corn erin ought 10
be at home. and not IN the West.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

When you scratch a great man
you nearly always find printer or
editor.-[Ind. Journal. Then go
on with your scratching. The sup
ply of printers and editors must be
kept up. The supply of printers and
editors must be kept up, if it takes
all the great men in America.-
Courier Journa:.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

An Englishman devised a trick
that beats anything of Yankee in
vention in that line. He desired to
be q physician, but he had no edu
cation in medicine and a diploma
was necessary. So lie hired a
needy physician to personate him
before the examining board, an
swer the questions and get the Dip
Iona in his name.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

they use white gunpowder at Co
lumbus, Georgia. The oftener you
shoot the cleaner your gun gets.
it will not burn anything, and wa
ter does not hurt it. IL will not
explode except in a gun (and that
IL good one and makes no noise or
smoke even then. Neither does Il
gun kick with this strange, whiIe
.,pwdpr
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

A prominent lawyer named Hayes
entered the room of the editor of
the Alta, in San Francisco, the 9th
er day, and demanded the retraction
of an offensive article. The editor
knocked him down, took his pistol
away from him, and walked him of
to the nOlice station.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

A three-year old little girl at
Rochester, N. Y, was taught to
close her evening prayer, during
the temporary absence of her fa-
ther, with, land please watch over
my papa" 1t sounded very sweet,
but the mothers amrsement may
he imagined when she added, And
you'd better keep an eye on mann
ma tOO'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

"The people Of those states" said
Hayes in his inaugural address,
care still impoverished, and the in
estimable blessing OF wise honest
and peaceful local seli-gOvernment
is not fully enjoyed" Yet Mr..
Hayes has fooled away two weeks
without takinga single step towards
doing justice 10 these people. and
he proposes now ID put the matter
in the hands Of commission 70
p-ocrastinatc action still longer
Courier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

Sam. z. Ivins, editor OF the
Athens East Tenn.) PoH, "strikes
out from the shoulders" tbusly:
II the new President means bus
mess in respect 70 Carolina and
Louisiana. he should strike right
out from the shoulder at once. A
hating, hcsitating policy will only
more deeply embarrass him. Bold,
straight. forward statesmanship Is
always the best and surest.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

On Feb. 81, 1877, Foster the init
mate friend of Hayes, wrote to Sen
ator Gordon, saying: Il feel autho
rized to.guarantee that the people
of South Carolina and Louisiana
will be allowed tc administer their
governments without any interfer
ence on the part of President Hayes,
should he be inaugurated, and also
that there will be no further inter
ference with State Governments by
trooIs. unless to preserve the peace
according to law"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05

A negro, being asked for mis- def
initioa OF gentleman. gave the
following: "Massa make de black
man workee-make de OK wOrke, -
make ebery ting workee-oniy de
hog-he no workee; he cat, he
drink, he walk bout, he 90 to sleep
when he please; he lift ike a gentle
man,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-04-05
TalIeyrand and Arnold.

1uerS WIS u udJ hueA AaliSJ
rand arrived in Havre, on foot from
Paris. 1t was the darkest hour of
the French revolution. Pursued by
the reign of terror, stripped OF
every vestige of power and proper
tv, he secured passage to America
in a ship about to sail. He was go
ing a wanderer to a strange land to
earn his bread and butter.
'4s there an American staying at
your hotel2' he asked the landlord
of the hotel. Il am bound across
the water, and would like letter to
a person of influence in the new
world"
The landlord hesitated moment
and then replied:
"There is a gentleman up stairs
who is either an American or an
Englishman, but which caInot
tell"
He pointed the way, and Talley
rand, who in life was bishop-prince
and prime minister, ascended the
stairs. A miserable supplicant he
stood at the strangers door
knocked and entered.
In the far corner of dimly light
cd room sat a man of some fifty
years, his arms folded and his head
bowed on his breast. From a win
dow directly opposite a food of
light poured over his forehead. HIS
eyes gazed in Talleyrand's face from
beneath his downcast brows with q
peculiar and searching expression.
His face was striking in its outline;
the mouth and chin indicative of an
iron will; his form, vigorous even
with the snow of fifty winters, was
clad in a rich and distinguished
costume.
Talleyrand advanced-confessed
that he was fugitive and that, un
der the impression that the gentle
man before him was all American,
solicited his kind and feeling otti
ces. He poured forth his history
in eloquent French and broken
English.
81 am a wanderer-an exile. l
am forced to fly to the new world.
without friend or hope. You are
an American. Give me, then, l be
seech you, letter that l may be
able to earn my bread. 1 am viii
ling to toll in any manner-the
scenes in Paris have filled me with
such horror that a life of labor
would be q paradise to career o.;
luxury in France. You will give
me letter to one of your friends.
A gentleman like you has doubtless
many friends"
The strange gentleman arose.
With a look that Talleyrand never
forgot, he retreated towards the
door of the next chamber, his head
still downcast his eyes still looking
from beneath his darkened brow.
He spoke as he retreated back
ward, and his voice was full OF
meaning:
81 am the only man in the new
world who can raise his hand to
God and say:"I have not single
friend, not one, in all America
Talleyrand never forgot the over
whelming sadness of the look which
accompanied these words.
"Who are your he cried, as the
strange man retreated towards the
door. "Your nameY'
my name," said he, with a smile
which had more mockery than JOY
in its convulsive expression, "is
Benedict Arnold"
He was gone. Talleyrand sank
into the chair gasping the words:
ARNOLD, the traitor"
Thus he wandered over the earth
another Cain, with the murderer's
mark upon his brow. The last
twenty years of his life are covered
with cloud, from whose d'rkness
but few CLEANS of light fash out
upon the page OF history Balti
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