The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-10-27
FslZ0a0- Citizens Of Granger
and Hana5Le7l counties 1.


pie in said counties in the lower house
of the next General Assembly Of the
State of Tennessee, in a speech at Nor
ristown, on last Saturday, and in the
presence of both McAnally and Crezier,
who are running for the same position,
and they made speeches also, l announc-
ed myself, on Monday last, at Rutledge
Chancery Court and on Tuesday last met
them at Panther Springs and we address.
ed a small number of the people in
Tate's store house. had made short
talk to the people at Turkeys Mill, when
the candidates for Congress spoke there
before was a candidate, and there see
ing a large number of friends of both
counties At Morristown told the peo- |
pie was an old fashioned Andy john |
son Democrat, and not one of the ex- |
IRENE, ulya sort, but conservative, and
that I had the independence to vote for
men of both parties, Republicans and also |
Democrats, when I believed them capa- |
BILE, honest and conservative. I said to |
the people that the State debt and Repu- |
diation was the most absorbing question |
of the day to be considered, and para |
mount to all other questions, because it |
involved the question of State credit, |
and the question of taxation. That as
a voter last August was year ago,
I voted for the proposition of fifty per
cent. and four per cent. interest, and
would u0te If elected to settle at that if it
can be done, and if the bond holders
would take less, of course / was for the
people of the State to have equity and
Justice done them, as well as the bond |
holder, (that it was admitted by all par
ties that there did exist equities, but be-
fore l went abeYe so and 4, I would
look well to the ability Of the people of /
Tennessee, to face the burden of heavy |
taXes), looking well to the fact that men |
must support their families, and she &
who does not is worse than an infiCel' 6
self preservation being the first law Of L
nature-aud that, therefore, | did BOT {
intend on he stump to offer them more Q
than they might ask on an equitable ad- 4
justment. Support :he family, pay cnr-
rent expenses of the counties, pay cur
rent expenses of the State, look well to
the resources of taxes, settle in good
faith and secure and pay promptly in
good faith, the undertaking of interest 4
semi annually, and lift of the coupons, Il
l am of the opinion the bond holder
should not and that he aoiN not demand i'm
posi- bility Of an honest people. q am
opposed to the ruin of credit at home
and abroad that must follow repudia- Y
tion; the great body and mass of the :,
people must suffer mosD The poor -
man wants and needs credit at home c
and abroad Do not brand him and his e.
children as R6Dudjot0rs. The rich man h
and his sons need no credit; they have
got the MONEY. Often good native in
tellect is found in the heads of poor Of
bows born in the mountain gorge. My D
motto is, let them have fair chance -
Cave johnson was born in a cave of
the earth, and yet he was after that
he was Postmaster General of these "
United States, and filled many other Al
positions of trust and honor. l want to .,
settle fair; but do not want to kill our
common country A fair and equitable o
and lust settlement in full, keeping y
with our power to pay as we'll as con II
tract, is all we can do; to go beyond +
this, would be a poor thing. Make this =
honest effort and see what the bond u
holders will do If settled at all we "
must come together. Common sense V
should be observed in big things as we'll
tied. If time serving politicians should p
be left out in the cold, let them chop a
wood a while and warm up. n
How all twenty-seven millions exactly n
come up against us, to he frank, don't
know. am willing to help settle If if W
you elect me. I think I will understand IL
the people, and I think they understand II
me. So much for credit and Repudia :,
ton. pass on. l am clearly in favor u
of the man elected, when he knows the
will of the people, to reflect it, even in o.
the election of a . S. Senator, and ma p,
nv other things. The voice Of q free
peop!e by petition, in many respects, -
should be looked at, as it is said in the Is
multitude Of counsel there is wisdom. Ii
I say want to see the State fairly re- a
districted according 10 the convenience :,
of numerical numbers, and am opposed "
to JerrymanderIng and ultra party ma CT
nipulatlon. I am opposed TO class legis- re
lation. Give to all, the white aud black, h.
and red and copper color, fair chance
before the law, as ii now stands. Let us ="
all vote untTammelled and aspire to Of I'll
fee if we choose. / am for letting the Dl
exemption laws stand as they are on the 81
statute book, willing that the poor wo-
man have 2 carpet, whether made by =
herself or not, and the poor man a clock NJ
to time him when he is giving medicine n,
to his sick wife or child. These are some HI
Of the late exemptions | do not want =,
to 60 back on past acts that are doing
well enough. Let them alone. The con- re
homestead of $1,000 real es- sh
tate bids defiance to the Shylocks of the -
State if such there be. / say, paralyze -
not the labering mans arm, but give to pa
IL strength and support. if you can. for r
i; is honorable, for, abs!ractly speaking, ne
to-day, out Of fifty millions in the Unit IN
ed States, only about fifteen millions are -
1t work, originating and adding materi- al
Al cfr nCrth to fha A 1aroa hf
number eff necessary drones, so called, e1
ana full crop of deGdlteGds. Let the e.
working man, white or black. hold his -
thirty dollars of his labor free frem at IN
.achment, execution or garnishee. Let &C
the family eat bread and drink coffee also es
as Bill Collins said. -
l have said Go years ago was born in =,
Granger county, Tenn, in a log cabin,
near now Tate's Springs. Ever since | TO
could remember / have had human ma tn
ture TO contend with. Fond of dogs al
when young; hunted the rabbit, the :,
fox and the coon; hunted till midnight "
with boys white and boys black; slept 10
in the leaves; wake before day-hunt ar
for home Lawson and Rubin Long II
and few others still live in Granger. !,
followed the old flag of the nation in y
1886 among the CherOkees, with other W
men. Some live yet. In 1847 l follow fe
Ell that Ola nag out OF the ODlteu Otates W
into Mexico. 1t waved in triumph, and =
we came home, and only about fourteen -
in Grainger left TO tell the tale. How 10
few in Hamblen do not know
The star spangIed banner OH long may Il wave, h
over the land Of the free and home Of the brave"
Aud that old Eagles ample wings cover W
all over per Sc this union of States for CT
ever; with solid wings, protecting all, Sc
both North and South. /. have said =,
when ! am a candidate l am in some
body's way: 1t floats out Senter is a is
irunkardi / say / am not habitual b.
JrunLord I have taken snreRa. I have