Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-10-14

ihey We got reputation and forcible
REIMBURSEMENT all through the bill. The
Allen amendment was written, he
claimed, by Hugh McCulloch. Brad
ley Johnston and Phleagar had voted
against 1t because II was forcible Re-
adjustment. They had come down
this far measuring inches on a stick
and we want them to come down to
here, measuring inches more -
Judge Stevens arose and asked that
the people he allowed the poor privi-
lege of passing on it, Capt. Blair was
mistaken in this. 1t was Mr.. Fowler
who offered the amendment requiring
it to be submitted to the people J This
was denied. Everybody was now
Readjuster. REIMBURSEMENT had swept
over the State until it had jumped off
into the ocean at Norfolk. Like the
fellow who, when sucking eggs heard
a chicken chirp in his throat, had said,
they spoke little too late. Laugh.
ter.
The bill he claimed was written in
New York. and could only be amend
cd by the consent of these New York.
ers. If 1t was a contract with tho
creditors he would let his arm drop
from its socket before he would advo.
cate the ignomy or repeating it. But
II was not, 1t was a contract merely
with brokers. Nobody proposes to in
terfere with private contracts. Rut @
private contract wss different from
public contract. The Supreme Court
had decided that contract between
the State and citizen by which lat
ter was allowed to put a substitute in
to the army, was not sacred. If a
minor and married woman make a
contract, it Is not binding, because
they exceed their powers, So the Leg
islature exceeded its powers when II
enacted the Funding Bill Of lS7l.-
Where are your free schools, why In
1870 you had 400. Now you have
got them down to about 400. Why?
Because the Auditor had the various
classes Of the revenue mixed. We
propose TO correct that. If the Bar
bour bill had been allowed TO stand, IL
would have made the State blossom
like garden. This McCulloch Bill
was like the yelled Prophet OF Khor-
assan, fair without but aled with mon
strosity within. Suppose yellow fe-
YER should strike our State and appeals
were made to the Governor. He
would be obliged to reply that .he had
no control OF the revenues and could
not reach dollar to relieve them With
He told an anecdote Of a fellow go
Ing to heaven hunting McCulloch bill
men. and was told there was no one
there but rendjusters. He then went
South, and found none until he met
the devil, who showed him hell.
which was full Of them. Laughter
and applause.
Now Ia the time, before you are tied
hard and fast to agltate for the repeal
OF this bill. Wait until you are fast
and 1t will be too late. The commit.
tee Of IS had kicked the bottom out of
the Convention platform These 10 clos
set men had tried to dictate to the peo-
pie. How much Ia your public debt
now? 33 millions. In 1850. II was only
30. You are like the man whose hist
estate ives worse than the first. NE.
Tucker has claimed that though thel.ns
had been taken out of hiseye. n was thu
same eye yet. That therefore though
W Va. had been cnt out Of Va il was
the same State yet. He appealed to
those men who owned farms aud furm
houses and lots, are you going 10 let
10 thousand dollars Of revenue derived
from taxing these bonds to he taken
out OF your pockets. Why this mon
ey was used to huld your turnplkes
before the war, you were led to believe
these would pay you a lroRt. Rut
they have yielded you nothing. He
alluded to the Allen amendment,
which was intended to increase taxes
and declared that an amendment TO
1t, declaring against an increase of
taxation had been voted down. II re.
quired the payment of 33 per cent. IN.
terest on money to meet deficiencies.
He read from Senator Phlegar's speech
wherein he said he voted against Il he.
cause II would increase taxes. He al
luded to Auditor Taylor's reports,
which he said were 80 unreliable and
contradictory. they were not worth n
snap " his finger. He denied the
revised criminal laws would decrease
the criminal expenses. The Auditor
had In 1878 recommended increasing
the head tax TO So. 81 thousand
OF the white people aud AZ thousand
Of the colored people had been dis
franchised by one dollar head tax
How many would two dollars head
tax dlefranchlse ? Look ut n. c.. who
had readjusied from 27 millions down
toA Look at Tenn. and w. Va
Parson Curry's State had act up The
claim that they had only repudiated |
the carpet bag debt, Well have we
not had carpet bag government Yet
we must not readJust down az these
States had. They say we can't do II.
but were there's q viii there's way. |
All we want Ia to have the case prop.
crly presented before All honest aud