Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-09-23

For the Fayetteville Observer
s CHRONICLES.
CHAPTER T. &c

reign OF MARKS, peIfdrcn OF len-
nessee, that a great tumult arose
among the people. of the tribe OF
Tennessee, regarding the State
debt. And the people were d.
vided among themselves, having
different opinions, and they
strove against each other with
violence; in-sn-rnneh that The
great party, which had hereto
fore iuleagin the. tribe,ywas split
into two ''partes," which were
called "high-tax" and "low-tax."
a. CHAPTER III. taIg
How-be-it, this great party,
which was called Democrat, had
in its ranks some exceeding wise
men, men ofthought, who stroye
TO avert the dire calamities,
whichltbese men of wisdom fore
saw would be caused toi4the
tribe, BY the evil counsel of the
loW-taXi men, 9dt 10 t3aqas Oslo.
,e,.galrs CHAPTER III. agw Bass
So in the second'yea of the
reign Of Marks,5 in the eight
month, on the tenth day of the
month, the wise men of theigreat
party, which is called Democrat.
assembled themselves together
at a city Of the tribe of Tennes-
see, which lieth a little north,
and which is called n ashviIle,
and began to counsel among
themselves as to the best mode
of disposing of this question,
which caused so much strife a.
mong the people of the tribe.
Nh CHAPTER ". lp
Now these counselors were
called delegates, because their
powers were delegated tothem
by the people; and the council
was called a convention, because
OF the converting of the dele
gates b 9r5Igd smil WIS in so
vG p8f CHAPTER v. ID 'rIJfl
And it came to pass that when
the delegates were all assembled
IN the hall of the Temple of the
State, it became apparent that
the wise men Were even more
violent than the people whom
they were chosen to represent.
abf CHAPTER VI. rlf II lo
And a certain friend of the del
egates, whose name was John
and whose surname was Savage,
arose in the midst of the assem-
bly, of delegates, and said with
a loud voice: go your tents
10, repudiatorsi!' l,4iai 10 sbaE
| az 4odt CHAPTER VII. q b..
And straightway Savage fled
out Of the Temple of the State
and got him to another place.
CHAPTER VIII. g.v
! Then a, small multitude of the
disatfected, among whom was
Judge, whose surname is Will
liams, and Railroad, whose sur
name is Beasly, and Thompson
land many others arose and fol-
lowed him, (Sayage0 shouting
great is Savage Of the repudi-
ftors!' ,;l..a oc n mr,rHs.
/ ,,,',.l CHAPTER TX. Il. f,,i-
I Now when Savage, who frs
flied out of Temple, came to i
place of buildings, which wa:
called Porter Block, he halted t.
take breath and leaned with hi:
back against the buildings.
] 10g9qr9s CHAPTER * R gIlaI
j And when the small multi.
tude, which followed after him
had come up they stFaightway
1 surrounded him, even Savage. :
l. T. .dnCHAPTER XII. sB6 n9ia
And there was much shaking
of hands and rejoicing at theii
escape ont of the Temple. AND
they did shout until their voices
died away into the cadence Of
Isoundless whispers. =. "a "
4'''1 CHAPTER XII.
After order had been restored
they entered the building and
sat a great chair in the midst
thereof and placed therein tho
Judge, whose surname is Will
liams, and bowed themselves
1 down before him, and swear
with an OATH, saying ffIWe
swear with. an oath before thee
!: o, Williams, judge of civi
courts and chairman Of the con
vention Of the repudiators, thai
we will oppose, the payment of
the State. debt, even if it disrupt
the Democratic party, brand u
with the name of demagoguG
and boiler, and place the PROV.
ince of Tennessee again under
radical rule, SO help us Wilson,
The other acts Of Savage and
of Wilson, and Hearne,an Beas-
ly, and Belafant and all theil
hosts. Behold, they Will be
| written in subsequent chapters
of the book of the Chronicles of
the regulators Of the province
of Tennessee. SCRIBE.
10 Washington Letter.
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