Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-15
OUR LETTER.
Views Of Gardner, Savage, Burch. and
Fleming on state and National Poll
tics-Tho state Debt, and How to
settle IC-Gsreenbacks.

Views Of Gardner, Savage, Burch. and
Fleming on state and National Poll
settle II-&sreenbacks.
From staff Correspondent of the Appeal
NASHVILLE, August 13.-ltsis but hop,
skip and jump from Memphis TO Nashville
when one awaits himself of that route which
embraces the excellently managed Memphis
and Louisville read to NJ Kenzie, and thence,
without change Of cars, to the capital Of the
State Your reporter embarked at Memphis
at twelve o'clock last night, was taken in
charge by Mr.. Adams, the attentive and
obligiDg conductor of the Pullman sleeper,
and, after enjoying as pleasant night sleep
as could be had at the Peabody, or any other
well-regulated hotel, arrived here at ten
o'clock this morning, feeling the least in the
world wearled by the journey. All along
the route, as far as l could see by daylight,
crops look most promising, and the people
appear In the best of spirits. The two great
Tennessee watering places, Bon Aqua and
Kingston springs, are full of pleasure seek
ers, as was evidenced by the large number of
young people of both sexes who thronged
the depots at the respective "getting-of
places, seemingly eager to hear the news, or
see friends coming or passing on the cars.
There were many faces recognized that be-
long in the Bluff City, who have been
absent since the heated term came upon the
Memphis latitude with such fearful results,
but who appear now to have never had a
globule of perspiration on their alabaster
cheeks. Arriving at the Maxwell, the great
hostelrie of the capital, | began looking
around for delegates, candidates, or some one
who could give me an idea of how the ''cat is
going to jump" in the coming Democratic
gubernatorial convention. We were not long
in making a discovery of delegates, for on our
right aud on our left, before US and bahlId US
stood representative people from all sections
of the State-among them, Colonel George
r Phelan, from Memphis; General Dorsey
o. Thomas, recently the successful Demo
cratic candidate for encouragement In Hay
wood county; General R. P. Nicely, of Harde-
man; Colonel Tom Neal, of the Dyersburg
Gazette, and others whose names | cannot
lust now recall. | immediately applied the
repOrtorial pump TO the delegates, but found
them as dumb as an oyster as to which OF the
dozen or more candidates they would sup
port, and as to the nature of the platform,
especially as regards the settlement of the
Stase debt and the employment of the con-
Wet labor. Even the delegates from the city
OF Nashville and county of Davidson seem to
know nothing, but will await the
course of events. The primaries
for the election of delegates in Davidson
came off yesterday and resulted in a large
majority for mo Instructions Several of the
candidates for governor are already In the
these are Messrs Savage, Gardner, Fleming,
Colyar and Burch. The APPEAL reporter
called on
COLONEL GARDNER,
who readily communicated his views on the
leading questions that will form the chief in
spirahon IN the coming campaign. On the
subject OF the State debt, Colonel
Gardner is of opinion that the Democratic
party of Tennessee, as party, Is opposed to
voluntary reputation, and in favor of COM
promising the State debt on terms neither
oppressive to the taxpayer nor unjust to the
bondhoders. He thinks that, in view of the
heavy losses caused by the war of STATE prop
erty and shunkage of values in every species
of property, etc, the taxpayers Of the State
are not at present able to pay more than forty
cents on the hundred dollars worth of taxable
property for State purposes, hence no COM
promise ought to be made with the State 5
creditors that cannot certainly and faithfully
re carried out with a forty-cent tax, after
defraying the necessary expenses of the State
government, and meeting punctually the pc
riodically accruing interest on the new
bonds from said tax, and providing
therefrom an adequate sinking-fund
for the redemption of the prin-
cipals of the new bonds, forty cents being the