Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-03-27

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preservation of our free republican in
stitutions, and for its ultimate success
we will labor and wait.
AS regards State politics we intend
to pursue moderate conservative DEM
ocratic course Of policy, doing all we
can to heal the unfortunate breach al
ready made in the party over the
States finances and cement it in uni
ted and harmonious organization, ignor-
ing minor differences as to financial
measures, but not at the expense of
principle and right.
This brings us to define our position
on the State debt question which we do
unequivocally.
In the settlement of this veXed ques-
ton the STANDARD will ever be found
on the side of what it regards as right.
Hence it will favor the payment OF all
honest and just debts as far as the
State is able to meet them. fit is I'M
able to meet all its liabilities of this de-
scription, then we favor an honorable
and equitable compromise to supple
ment the States inability to pay-hon-
orable and equitable to both debtor and
creditor. Ifany fraudulent demands
are made against the State we are ut
terly opposed to paying them, and we
believe the State should refuse to pay
all such, and such refusal Is not repudi-
alton but selfpreservation, the first law
of duty ITSELF"
The question that most directly con.
Germs the democracy of this State is The
State debt issue, OH this we can not see
how any honest man can object to our
position. We say we are in favor of
paying the honest part of the debt "as
far as the State is able to meet" it.
Is there an honest man in Warren
county who objects to this? Again we
say: eff the State is unable to meet
all its just liabilities" then 1--WE favor
an honorable and equitable compromise
to supplement the States inability to
pay it.
Is there an honest man in Warren
county who is opposed to this?
Again we say: eff any fraudulent
demands are made against the State we
are utterly opposed to paying them and
we believe the State should refuse to
pay all such, and such refusal is not re-
pudiation but self-preservation, the first
law of duty to SELF"
Is there an honest man in Warren
county who can not endorse this? These
are our own words in our first issue,
and this is no,u oar position.
For this the Era assails us and mis-
represents us in order to prejudice the
people against the STANDATD, that he
may haye monopoly of the printing,
as he has had for years.
THE NEW ERAs POSITION IN ITS OWN
WORDS.
We have given the position of the
STANDARD in its own words, as form
erly defined. We now give the Era's
position in its own words, taken from
the editorials of that paper according
to dates given below.
The Era in its issue of March 25,
1880, claiming to be of the lou tan party
says, at behooves the low tax party
throughout the State to organize, as
speedily as possible. All hope of a
reconciliation between the two elements
in the democratic party has been aban-
doned."
This is the key note Of the low tax
war cry, issued as the Era assumes
from head quarters.
Now hear this same Era talk just one
week before, in its issue of March Is,
1880, it says this; IF the bondholders
had given their consent to such a set.
Element (meanipg the 500 we have
announced and ,aOau answer again tbat
,ce ac@dd hare voted and worked for set.
hement of the debt at 50-4."
Very good, Mr. Era, you had but
one solitary reason for not voting for the
50-4, and that was because the bond
holders had "not given their consent to
such settlement" Now of course you
did not object to the 50-4 on account Of
high tanes, for you in endorsing Col,
Savage make him say and he repeats
it daily on our streets, that he wa:
ready last April "a, 1879, and Is still
ready to vote 80 cents tax on the
500 to pay the debt whenever the
bondholders and people agreed upon
the terms.
FOR PROOF.
See the extract from the Era O.
; April "a, 1879, on the first page of the
STANDARD, this issue, under the heat
) of "Here are the Documents" W.
; want the people whom he calls on tt
"organize" to look at that so cents ia,
. and say how that will do for slow.
We Want the honest people of Warren
to say what they think Of the editor O
the Era when he does not object to tn.