Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-10-01

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and who will not Surrender them h,
receiving proper payment in green
backs, to such an extent that the fric
ton caused by laying them away II
the safe will ignite the bond, burn Ut
bonds and safe together, and scorcf
the hand of the holder until it withe,
away.
am in favor of read Tustment OF
the State debt upon the best terms that
can be obtained of the bondholder
but should the bondholder refuse TO
come to amiCable terms, and persist
in trying to force the collection of his
bonds at their face value, whilst they
did not cost him half that amount
| should favor reputation, rather than
the Bankruptcy of the whole of the
people; yet, at Heart, l deprecate re-
pudiation. But in the name of Justice
starve not my children to pay taxes
on money we never received of the
money king.
| am in favor of discriminating
against the rich, and in favor of the
poor. | am poor man myself |
have always been poor; | expect to
die poor, SO far as the perishable goods
of this world are concerned. | am
friend to the poor man, and l expect
to receive my support from their ranks
in the present political campaign, and
should l be elected their representa-
tive and yours, in Congress, l intend
to introduce and advocate a bill that
will exempt every one of them from
taxation, who does not own over five
hundred dollars worth of property.
l am in favor of removing the tax
from tobacco, and any and all pro-
ducts of the farmer; and will ever be
found at my post of duty, fighting for
this end.
Now word to my colored friends.
Ever since the emancipation procla-
nation of the President of the United
States that declared you free, l have
felt for you a deep and abiding SYM
pathy. You were by that proclamation
cast forth upon acold, heartless world,
as the mariner is cast forth upon
tempestuOus sea, without compass or
chart. You were sent forth homeless
and friendlesS, without dime in your
pocket with which to buy a morsel of
bread to satisfy the craving of hunger,
your former masters left too poor to
help you. Thus you were left to fight
the stern battle of life solitary and
alone. But you have done valiantly ;
you have acquitted yourselves like
men, and have become good solid and |
respectable citizens.
| never had it in my power to do |
you good before neither can now,
unless you aid. But if through your
aid and the kind assistance of other
friends, | am elected to Congress | |
will exert every faculty and power of |
my nature and being to promote your
best interest, and to elevate your race.
l do not make any false pretenses.-
| do not wish to use you as a motive |
power to put me in office and then for |
sake you. Confde your interests to
me and they shall be properly cared |
for if | have suitable ability.
Now gentlemen and ladies-God |
bless the ladies' expect to represent |
them also. will tell you what am
going to do for you, if you will elect |
me to Congress will situate ten, at
least, of your young men and young
women in lucrative, respectable offices
in Washington. You ask me, how
l can do this thing? answer l have
the right to do so under the law of the |
land. Each and every State in the
Union, and every district in each State
has right to their full and equal quo
ia of appointments in the different
Departments in Washington, consist
ing in part of the Treasury Depart
ment, with its teeming hundreds of
employees; the War and Navy Depart
ments with their grand array of clerks,
numbering hundreds; the PoStofice
Department, the Printing office, the
Pension office, Land office, and many
others too tedious to mention, aggre-
eating in number many thousand.
will have right, if elected, to not
less than ten from my District. You
ask why has not this thing been atten-
ded to before? Let echo answer.
Thus you see, there has not been
less than ten or twelve thousand dol
lars lost to this District annually. But
we have failed to send forth our young
people to this field Of labor who have
much for the want of imploy-
ment
] expect, if elected, to introduce a
bill into Congress that will let in all
Southern claims of parties who lost
property during the war, irrespective
Of party afiliation, which property
was taken by the Union army, and
to their use And also for
the re-opening of all those cases re-
ported upon unfavorably by the South
ern Claims Commission, which are,
lnder existing laws, dead as Hector;
out may be revived, reopened before
he Court Of Claims, and then prose
,uted with favorable results to the
Door claimants.
Now gentlemen, if you want any
hing more said than | have said, call
Ipon me and you shall have it. But
lon't forget to go to the polls on the
tn day of November next and cast
our votes for Charles G. Campbell,