Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-26

in this country with
the way they do things in England,
not to the advantage of this country.
To him as to us it was strange
spectacle to see an Executive not
elected by the people for four years
defying a majority in both Houses
of Congress, using the vast powers
to it, not to execute the
of the representatives of the
people, but to thwart them in every
way, and to substitute the will of
an inconsiderable clique of unscru-
pulous politicians for the will of the
people. He justly maintained that
Queen Victoria could not retain her
throne for six weeks under such
conditions.
Mr.. Beck is a stalwart Senator
not in the sense in which the word
is now used as a political nick
name, but the word well describes
his character and bearing. Tall and
powerfully built, with a powerful
voice and the hard sense of a clear
headed Scotchman, he deals with
political abuses in the manner Of
one who means business. Long
may the good people of Keatucky
give him their banner to hold in
the Senate of the United States.
After the speaking we found din
ner unattainable; so to stay our
appetite, like old Mother Hubbard,
We went to the baker
To buy us some bread,
and at 4 p. NJ. boarded the Nashville
train for Gallatin. On arrival at
that pleasant town we made dinner
and supper in one at the Sindle
House. We hope its hospitable
landlord has entertained hungry
editors before, as the way in which
his bountiful supplies disappeared
before our now rampant appetite
must otherwise have astonished
him.
On our route from Bowling Green
to Gallatin we noticed gradual
falling-off in the appearance Of the
crops, until when we had descended
the ridge leading to the central basin
| of Tennessee we found the corn
looking like nothing but stunted
weeds, and the famous bluegrass
pastures burned to an arid waste.
We found on arriving at Gallatin
| that the farmers Of Sumner county
are utterly ruined by the drought.
Their early planted corn will not
produce a bushel an acre, and their
pastures are so completely lost for
the year that the stock, which is the
main reliance of the Sumner county
farmer, had to be sold at ruinous
prices because there was nothing to
feed it on.
We arrived a little before sun
down, and after supper spent the
evening in visiting some old friends.
On Tuesday morning we went to
to the depot to await the expected
arrival of Senator Bailey and his
travelling companion, General Alex.
Campbell, of Jackson, Tenn, who
were accompanied by Rufus n,
Rhodes, Esq, of GAINESVILLE. We
soon arrived at the Sindle House
where Col. Bailey's room was soon
thronged by the numerous visitors
who desired to shake hands with
their U. S. Senator and to have
some conversation with him. Il
was a regular levee from their ar
rival till dinner-time.
After dinner we proceeded to the
Court House, which had been APP
pointed as the place of speaking
BY circulating among thepeople we
had satisfied ourselves that there
was considerable occasion for the
discussion of the debt question
Gallatin, for one thing, is the head
quarters of Mr.. Wilson, who was
the leader of the low-tax party il
the State Senate last winter anC
opposed the bill in that body; anC
a large number of voters are influ
enced by him. But this was not all
we heard of a few influential gentle
men who stand on the highest plat
form of State credit, and who were
not satisfied that the compromise
bill could be reconciled with theiI
principles. Col. Bailey's speecI
was we'll adapted to meet objection!
in both directions.
In reference to the objections o
State credit men, he urged that {
compromise made with the consen
of creditors was not the Reputation
of debt; that we have the officia
declaration of the Governor that {
large number of these have already
signified their consent, and that the
choice was manifestly between thi:
and the abandonment of all effort t
pay the debt at all; that if this il
rejected it will be taken by all who
hear of it as indicating the tiXeC
purpose of the people to pay no par
of it; that in that case Reputation
would be triumphant and State
credit would have no foot-hOld /; he
urged them, therefore, not to with
hold their support for this, which i:
the best that can be done, because
they are unable to do all that they
believe to be right. The speaker
expressed himself plainly as agree
ing with them in principle, but diff.
!. fering from them when they con.
tended that nothing should be done
because all cannot be done.
To low-taX men he urged that
this measure would be a settlement
of the debt, while rejecting itwould
be no settlement; that in case of its
rejection the debt would continue to
be a threatening cloud in our pOliti-
cal and financial horizon; that the
debt is increasing every day by the
accumulation of interest, and that
after it had thus assumed crushing