Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-14
AS OTHERS SEE Us.

We clip the following from a Radi-
cal paper, the Cincinnati Times it is,
Of course, intended as slam on the
/ Democratic party, and We deplore the
scandalincurred by the unstatesman-
like transactions of this winters legis-
lature. The Times is, however, alto
gether wrong in setting down the low
tax agitation, or even the reputation
act in Tennessee, as specially Demo
cratic movement. So far is this from
being the case that the Republican
State convention which met in Nash
vile last fall did not dare to put a
State credit plank into its platform for
fear of alternating vast number of
supporters-and the negroes in this
city, and we believe the other cities of
Tennessee, are nearly to man both
extreme Radicals and red-hot repudi-
ators.
For all that, the extract we give will
serve as healthy tonic to Tennessee
Democrats who are weak kneed ON the
subject of State credit.
DOINGs OF A DEMOCRATIC LEGIsLk-
TURE.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Times.l
RALsToN, WEAKLEY COUNTY, Ten
NEssEE, April 2.-The Centennial
LEGISLATURE of Tennessee has covered
itself with glory in the shape of law
recently enacted by that body over the
Governors veto. The cry of hard
times and high taxes had been ringing
in the ears of these Solons long enough,
They determined to put a stop to it,
or, at least, to the high taxes. In or
der to accomplish this reform, it was
necessary to pass two bills, the first
one to repeal the old assessment law
and make new one, which will have
the effect of reducing the valuation of
the taxable property Of the State sew
eral millions next, to reduce the taxes
from forty to ten cents on the hundred
dollars.
1t is unnecessary to point out the
bad effect this kind of legislation will
have in and out Of Tennessee. In or
der to pay current expenses the Comp
troller will have to issue warrants on
an empty Treasury. and hawk them in
the markets for what they will bring
Our State credit is now we'll nigh
worthless, and the triumph of the re-
pudiationists is now an accomplished
fact. But it has been suspected by
some that there is a deep conspiracy at
the bottom Of these legislative pro-
ceedings.
Holders of Tennessee bonds will
now be willing to dispose of them at
any figure they can get A ring will
be formed, if, indeed, it is not already
in existence, to buy up millions in
bonds, when they are at the lowest
point. After securing the bonds they
will then set about electing a Legisla-
ture favorable to higher rate of tax
alton. Democratic patriotism will
break forth anew. The honor of Ten
nessee must be maintained at any cost.
We must hurl back in the teeth of our
enemies the foul SANDER that Tennes-
seeans are in favor of reputation, and
much more CANNON will be heard
from patriotic Democrats in the sum-
mer and fall of rs. And the gullible
Democrats will rally. Taxes will be
raised to at least forty, and perhaps
sixty cents. The bonds will go up.
The ring will sell out and pocket mil
lions at the expense of the dear people.
In a word, the ten-cent tax means
reputation, or means conspiracy to
plumber the people Of Tennessee. In
either case it is black page in the
history of Tennessee. The whole
scheme was conceived and executed by
Democrats. is a Democratic measure
from A to lizard. MYTH.