Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-04-17

, they thought we ought to hav
ali these disasters compensate,
for. When / embarked in tha
contest, j bade farewell to al
old ties, and | have had no wore
of repining since. The tolls of
a Lifetime went down in thar
war. From affiuence / went
down to the verge of beggary
but it never cost me an hour of
regret. / said it was right.
took my chance upon the issue
| have no complaint to make a.
gainst the Federal Government
| staked all that / had and lost
and | think it would be mean to
quarrel and repine now. / have
very little sympathy with those
who say | will go now and swear,
for the purpose of getting few
mules that l have lost, that
have lost sympathy with my
mother, father and country. i
tell my friend if he goes on the
way he is going, there will be a
further shrinkage. Prosperity
flies away from people who act
Ias we are doing. You can't get
rid Of this debt, which is sitting
like an incubus upon the shoul-
ders of the State. 1t is paralyz-
ing the energies of your citizens;
it is destroying their confidence
in each ether; at home and a.
broad it is injuring your people.
IF you want TO see the mercury
rise in your commercial ther7
mometer, relieve yourself of this
crushing load of debt, NAL.
some alranoccc::ini cc:nrllt r5llltt for it, provide
for it, and work it out. You
must get this debt off your shoul-
ders, and when you do, you will
give a new impetus to the ener-
gies Of this people. You will
let your young men feel the pride
and power of the manhood that
lis within them; when they 90 a.
broad among strangers, they will
not be ashamed, as some of Mis-
sissippi friends used to be, to
register their names from Ten
nessee. 1t is proud name. Ii
stands high upon the annals
of fame and power. Her es-
cutcheon has been untarnished,
and for Gods sake, don't let us
be the instruments of furnishing
it. 1t is in our power to carry
relief to this depressed people.
In the municipal corporations we
have been paying at the rate of
three per cent. on the value Of
our real estate and more, adding
in the State and county tax, and
as an individual, as Tennessee
an, as one who expects to live
and die upon her soil, who is
identified with all her interests, ]
say | am willing to divide into
half this day and this hour the
little inheritance / have to re-
move this stigma and burden
from my State. Like my friend
from Sumner, who disclaimed
any political aspirations, | have
none. My career in the past has
shown that the height Of my am
bitition has been to keep cut of
sight.
| have no aspirations for the
future; all l desire is that the
little remnant of my life that is
left, and it is brief, | know, shall
be passed in a state that is above
rear ana above reprOach; that my
children who are growing up
may proud to announce them
selves as Tennesseeans,and every
man 'say,I am a Roman citizen"
Now, Mr.. Chairman, i have
greatly taxed the patience and
indulgence Of this honorable bo-
dy. | have exhausted myself, if
not my subject. l feel deeply
grateful for the attentive con-
sideration that has been paid to
my remarks. My earnest desire
is to cooperate in some practi-
cally feasible scheme upon which
the people, the State. and its cred-
itors may unite, which will re-
lieve us Of this burden, that we
may 60 home to our constituents
and say that as honest represcn-
tatiyes and senator's we have
done all that could be done to
relieve you and set you once
more upon the road to prosperi-
ty and glory.
Miss Aronnoit, at Marion, O.,
assassinated her father and then