The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-24

tnem; out II Is strange mat ne should per
sistently seek that kind of company. bir.
Enloe said che did not believe the Legisla-
lures were ali corrupt. That sort of talk did
not bess- until 1873 and this question had
had more to do with sending untrustwOrthv
men TO the Legislature than anything else
" hen argument gave place to abuse, ali
public men we're assailed, and the offices
virtually let out 10 the lowest bid
der ON the tax question, il was not astonish-
ing that each Legislature was worse
than the preceding one Mr.. Savage would
continue 10 increase the bad elements in the
Legislature as long as he impugned every
man motives, virtually denied the exis-
tehce OF ofleial Integrity, and could WELD
CROUCH influence to have following. III il
not astonishing that such structures should
una some Justification when, by insinuation.
lnaendo and direct assertion, The peopIe are
taught that our Judges, Congressman, Legis-
latoTS, and all our public men are tintrnst-
worthy.
MIR. Savage, while admitting that the Su-
preme Courts have decided that a State can
issue bonds, denies that the courts are right.
ne constitutional rule of construction fnr
both State and Federal Constitutions hss
oeen established since the foundation OF the
government. Every novice in political
science knows it.
me rule is that in the Federal Constitu-
al ',ie gIlnl Is special and the prohibition
S. - WINE The reverse is the rule as To
The prohibition special ''''''
Mr.. Savage reyerses tb, r,,1..c
10 mt his political theories T., a 10 I9tSiea
lure ne acts under oath and yo,a. e - $50
tires ABOUT which the Constit, 81 - -
ing, Out "hen he speaks he sew. :,
t '.. Vi tue constitution for the Iag;sI,.-
- 70 uo any thlng without n Grant e;
nc IN The Constitution. Wbetbsr W. r.
% t... savage, the legislator. under oath
- -, 'he teacher, on the stunln win,
80. me GA'h n, Is the question? He acts one
- - abs another. But he is the
apostle oil a new creed, the leader s,,j - '''S
Ien ~ Oh new Idea in law and in noIi,ics
lie says, the weight of judicial ,rtLIr;,-
IS not ai"ays right cruci6ed or, ),
are We To understand that be compsras hin
sen 10 20 Cnrist that he is the great IeaJer
ana Offering OF the new dispensation he -
Claims 10 4 6enlghted world. lie comes M,
W magnify the law or forefathers have Ieft
as, but To destroy it. ''''
Christ believed in pavins 49,.
sent one OF his discip les To c,tr2 Ell :"
ger money to pay them; but Mr.. SAVAGE !
uOo DiSy hshlng Tor an office To advSc,ta
pay Lhehl OF taxes. Christ taught oba,IieDcs
- law anu SAID render therefore. 10 all tbei,.
dues' tribute To whom tribute. custom q,
"hoth custom, fear TO whom fear. honor 10
a giaTtl lohori owe no man anything" "thou
sll@Lt ho5 pear false witness" He h0red TO he
pardoned Tor the profanity of even critioisipf,
such a parallel, though it was weIl Lno,,SS,
that parallels never meet.
MI. hnloe here read from the stenographie
report oil the Savage committee the follow
lnS language by Mr.. Savage. addressed In
the Zoe committee in New York in regard
70 our State debt: 'Mr. Savage-We know
that We owe 1t; now We ask you bankers how
are we going to pay ftp"
The 5O-4 proposition showed how we were
to pay 1t. Vote accepted" the 9Th of Aug
nst, and you pay SD 900 900 Of it. and lesv,
only twelve millions TO be provided for
this at 4 per cent. interest.
We now owe S24,OOO,O0O, as Mr.. SAVAGE
says, and Interest is accumulating ON - If
the rate OF 81 ,20O,5l5 per year, SIOOO42 80
per month, S3,33475 per dav. SI3q 90 Nor
hour, and $3.50 per minute.
Vote accepted" and you paw twelve mil
Hons OF principal, and the Interest on the
balance VIII be S4SO,O00 per year. $40 900
hour, and % cents per minute.
Vote accepted" and you save so 600 600
principal at the start, and $40. 5O5 in inter
est per year, 500, O4O 80 per month 81 OOI 10
per day, SSi-35 per hour, and 81 80 per min
ute.
The effort is made 10 induce Won 10 be
lIeye that you are voting yoursel yes into
slavery by voting for this. You know thst
1t is voting yourselves out by saving hall
the debt and twO-thirds of the interest. IL
rs not creating a new obligation. but II is
dlschargIng Oneh half OF an obligation
already existing. IL is not creating a new
debt for your children 10 paw. but IN i nav
ing one-half of the debt created by Won and
your ancestors. Mr.. Savage tells YOU about
Shylock IN his speech. / am personally
acquainted with that man. He lives in New
York. His name is Peter Geddes. He
wants you 10 pay him dollar for dollar
Shylock has some strange bedfellows He
IS hghtlng this settlement, and has raised
a large fund recently to fight the
railroad suits. II believed in
that line nf argument ! might hp
able TO convince you that he had bought
men in this State. If men are paid AT All
IN politics it is for changing their views.
Men are not paid for advocating we'll known
and freely expressed views. Ii would be a
much more plausible argument TO insist that
men who have advocated 50-4 and abandoned
II were paid, than 10 insist that men who
nave advocated SOL consistently for years are
paid. And 5O-4 being thes same In interest az
SO the same argument might be made a. Ia
the forcIble adjusters at 334 who pretend to
oppose this on the ground of non acceptance
if such an argument were admissible.
know of no man being paid or that
ever was paid for advocating a settle
ment of the debt and am equally ignorant
as To the opposition. l claim honesty of
purpose for myself and concede the same 10
those who difier with me, and | think no
surer mark of the corrupt scoundreI can be-
found than to find charging every
body else with corruption, unless the man
be an unfortunate demagogue hungry for the
spoils of office.
Peter Geddes fights this settlement 10 get
a better one. He told me and Mr.. Baxter
in his Office in New York, that he knew onr
people would pay the whole debt, dollar for
dollar, principal and interest He said he
had been TO Tennessee, he knew il 10 be one
Of the richest States in the Union, and with
prosperity it would pay in full.
A rgument was wasted on him He said
hey had seen the same thing in Illinois
Pennsylvania, and Maryland Their bonds
vent down almost 10 nothing and repudia-
ion seemed strong against payment, but
hey waited and were finally paid every
:ent. This is the motive and the idea Of his
opposition. The railroad suits are a blind
% furnish arguments against the settlement
lie Impressed at the time as having no
confidence in them, but all confidence in be-
ny able to get IL all out of the State. He
Knows the railroads have paid the State for
the bonds, and every lawyer il Tennessee
Who is not employed against the railroads
! against him in judgment and opinion.
nd especially the eminent lawyers.
Mr.. Savage, by his teachings, would de-
liver you bound hand and foot To Shylock
'hIle the ableat, purest and most eminent
len in The State seek TO keep you out of the
,arr Is4us hausil If fl,e ~.