The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-09-02
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN Y. WRIGHT,
Of MACRY COUNT

tanned intact. There are threats made.
sometimes, which had better b" taken
back than fulfilled. We had said that
we would not vote in the November
election for any man for Governor. We
could not, Of course, vote for Hawkins
"a Republican who would, if he could,
put Tennessee under the heel Of military
rule in order to obtain Office and money
We could not vote for Wilson, man
who is disorganiser and boltcr, and
whose political record is not without
blemish and Inconsistency. And we
thought we would not vote for Judge
Jno. Y. Wright, because of per
sonal reasons We will not mention, but
which in no manner affect his capacity
as fluent and gifted speaker, and one
who can win success where either nf his
opponents would fail. And Judge
Wright stands upon a platform that We
endorse. We cannot vote for that plat,
form without voting for Judge Wright,
and we subordinate all personal feeling,
~ it is our duty, to the good Of our
State. We do go, uninHucnccd BY any
thing else, or any person in the world.
We have many friends and patron,
among those who will vote for Mr.. vii
9on, and some for Hawkins, and We
shall never allow one Of them 10 outdn
~ in kindness and libcrality of thought
and feeling. The Home Journal is not
extreme, and is not intallible, and Oui
long experience in journalism ha,
taught ~, year by year, To value les,
our own vicHs and give more credit tc
the views Of others.
NoH, +, th"poiu.:-Th is 50 much
II t,'ling between the two division. OF
the homorra j" party that, by thor d.
vi ION, they say they are willing 10 see
liawkin. elected. In despair Of seeing
the breach closed up We are left to vote
according to the dictates Of our CON
sciehcc, which We never will allow any
man to keep or control either in re-
Ilglon, politics, or anything else From
this stand point we unhe-itatingly de
clare our intention to do all we can for
the regular nominee Of the party-for
lion. Jno. V Wiight-to the end that
We may gave uur State rom the shame
that will come upon her if she should
either elect n Radical or elect man
who would disregard obligations of pc.
cuniary nature which the State has sol.
EMMY pledged her faith and credit to
fulfill. Why, sirs, if Tennessee is not
liable for crcry bopd that has her seal
and the signature Of the Governor to it.
then our Legislature il farce and a
fraud. II, a. we have heard stated, our
legislators can be "bought up, then We
had better abolish the Legislature. If
the people are so corrupt that they will
only elect corrupt men to represent
them, then they are forestallcd in CRYING
corruption as an excuse for regulating
their obligations. And if this question
Of the States indebtedness is to be left
TO n vote Of the debtors to say whether
they will pay or not, then why should
not every law made by the Legislature
he left TO vote Of the people, and no
longer have our statutes full of laws
that are to take effect from and after
their passage? Why not leave all Sur
premc Court decisions, and all other
Court decisions to the dear people
When you come out loser in Il lawsuit
when you were compelled, under Court
decisions and the runous policy of con
traction Of currency few year. since, |
10 give up your property after YOU had
paid perhaps onc-half upon it;-why
should not the people I've called upon To
ray if you were justly treated? And
because our legislators enacted laws that
in the end proved injurious, are the
people justified in ignoring their
Do they require the rep
to give any bond? Mo-!
They trust him 50 completely that no I
,ond is required, not even against =,
emptations cf any kind. Now, these
,Onds were issued under the authority. ,
elegatcd by he peopis, of the best men +
'cnnesseo ever produced And We have .
syfiem Of railroads which has re- &
onndcd ia- more 70 our benefit as a +,
tate dian all The money the bondhold- %
~ want from rs Yet. lot Of dema.
,guss, cp'led politicians, are eternally
!ying that the railroads must pay The n
sbt-as If the State was not FIRST 10
,und in honor and law To the innocca: N
'ndholder' And these demagogucs C
e loud in their zeal for low taxes. Let 8;
ioOk ut This moment. Tennessee II
vs. lower ,as than any other State d
the Union. Let 10 compare her
b Louisiana, which, more than any