The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-14

l er IeUeTal OF SGaGe, are written IN DlOOu.
The line of its march is everywhere
strewn with the fragments of PROSTATE
! governments, decaying commerce,
ruined homes and bankrupt peoples.
alt is law unto itself" Its methods
are not found in our written constitu-
ton. 1t hot only DISTINGUISHES freemen
| for partisan purposes where it has the
power, but elsewhere surrounds the
| polls with hired emissaries, not, as they
declare, to protect the ballot from in
timidation, but to defraud and intimi-
date ''the insolent wretches" who would
dare vote the democratic ticket.
Now, gentlemen, let us look dispas-
sionately at the anomalous campaign in
Tennessee. Why is the democracy of
this proud old state divided in this great
contest? Hf "a.
The convention composed of the rep
resentative men of almost every county
in the state, assem- bled at Nashville ac-
cording to the time honored party
usages, and with singular unanimity
adopted patriotic platform, and by ae-
clamation nominated John V. Wright,
a man of political experience, a soldier
and a statesman, as its candidate for
governor.
Out of the unprecedently large vote
of 1921, the platform received S2519
votes-within fraction of two-thirds OF
the entire convention. Ifaf
The Wilson men withdrew, and Judge
Wright, on the third ballot, received
1l67 notes.-the whole vote of the entire
convention. .- .'
The boilers assembled, about 100
strong, and nominated Mr.. Wilson as
their candidate for governor. They
adopted platform, the cardinal feature
of which is the reputation of the en-
tirn 1aht n fhn tho follONKr-
ing bonds: ..Fr.
Capitol Bonds . $4,000
Union Bank Bonds . $4,000
Bank of Tennessee Bonds 49, 2l4,000
Hermitage Bonds. ......... $4,000
Agricultural Bureau Bonds -. $1,000
Bonds for Stock in Turnpikes, 5000
Bonds for Stock in Railroads.. $4,000
Total .......... ....- .. $2,O2o,OoO
The platform of the boilers does not
make this enunciatior of the items of
the debit only declares, 1--WE favor
the adjustment and speedy payment of
the state debt proper" The items [
have given are universally understood
to comprise ''the state debt proper " as
it is called, and the utterances of the
Wilson faction have given this enumer-
alton OF it as declaratory of their inter-
probation of their purposes. All the
other liabilities of the state are repudia-
ted.
What are they? The largest item is
one of IS ,5S3,000, the face of bonds is
sued during the conservative admins
tratiOn of Andrew johnson and Isham
G. Harris. Every one of these IS $685.
600 OF bonds bears either the signature
of johnson or Harris as governor, and
the issuance of all of them was author
lied by acts of legislatures who were
never even suspected of bribery or cor
ruption. None of these bonds were is
sued by railroads. The name of ayrail-
road does not appear upon one of them,
neither upon their foces nor upon their
backs. They are straight State bonds.
Each one of them is an unqualified OBJ
legation by the state to pay one thous-
and dollars to bearer, with interest from
date. They contain no direct or condi-
tional promise by any railroad to pay
any part of the principal or interest, or
to furnish either money or property to
paw any part of either. These bondso
the state were loaned TO railroads, who
took them from the state, sold them in
the markets and purchased iron to fin
ish their roads, and equipments To run
them. The state, the holder of the
bond. and the railroad company occupy
the precise relation to one of these
bonds to-day that Mr.. Witt, Mr.. Chill
ders and myself would to my note of
one thousand dollars, if Mr.. Witt had
borrowed that note, signed by me and
made payable to bearer and sold it to
Mr.. Childers. The note natures. Mr..
Childers applies to Mr.. Witt for pay
ment. Witt replies, 81 am neither the
maker nor the endorser of the note;
nor does it contain any obligation or
promise of mine to pay it. L borrowed
it from Brown and sold it to you. L
have delivered Brown one of his own
notes for $1,000 and he alone is liable to
you for its payment" viii any one of
my hearers say could avoid the pay
Of Snch mite 2 Nau. mara