Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-09-23

the bonds have already been turned
In for resistance and we have ev-
cry reasonable assurance that before
January 1st all of the bonds will
have been refunded.
This argument then falls to the I
ground. Where else do they turn
for a justification of the proposed
500 eoersive measure. We fail to
see any other argument behind
which they, in their desperate hunt
for even a weak excuse for disrupt
ing the 60-6 settlement, can plant
themselves. They cannot claim
the unlawfulness of the. act; they
do not dispute its constitntionality,
they have not the cheek to assert
that the State is not able to pay.
Upon what then, we ask in all sim
cerity, do they base their opposition
to the settlement? Are they will
ing to ease their uneasy cOnsciences
with the miserable argument of the
demagogue that the "dear people"
are opposed to it? And even this
we deny; the people of Tennessee
are not opposed to this settlement.
They have said so all along the line
ever since the question first be-
came an issue IN the politics of the
State. They have always declared
i'm every platform sent forth their
unalterable opposition to anything
that bore the faint or suspicion of
Reputation. They will never con-
sent to repudiate any portion of
their Indebtedness, much less the
pitiful sum of ten cents. Leave out
the question of the GovernOrshiD
and an actual vote taken in the
State to-day would show an over
W helming majority of the people in
favor of sustaining the present 6O-6
settlement. 1t is settled. They
know it; they want it to remain so.
They are heartily sick and tired Of
this hurtful agitation with all its
attendant evils. They know it has
divided the Democratic party and
il unsettled will continue to divide
and distract it. And yet in the face
Of all this they permit u set of mis-
cradle, restless Office-seekers to come
around among them and urge a
continuation of the strife, a prOmul-
cation OF a set of county platforms,
the ostensible object Of which is the
furtherance of Gen. Bates candida
cy for Governor and the defeat of
Hawkins, but the real intent and
aim of which, il the overthrow of
the settled law of the land-the dis
ruption. of the COS settlement of
our honest and undisputed obliga-
tiOns.
We have shown that the cry Of
the readjuster leaders that the set
Element would never be carried out
on the part of the bondholders is
false, and a subterfuge under which
to mislead the people and carry out
their own selfish and ignOble ends.
Why then will you be deceived?
Why will you let splenetic passion
and prejudice override your reason
and your better judgment. You
know that by the time the next
Legislature assemblies in the halls
of your Capitol, the bonds will all,
or nearly all, be refunded, the set.
Element executed, the contract full
filed. You know it. will be good
for your party, for your State, her
material welfare and prosperity,
her material wealth, advancement,
good name and credit, to say moth
ing of your own prosperity and con-
tentInent. Why then, why, in the
face of a thousand solid arguments
that appeal to every true Tennes-
sean "like angels trumpet ton
settlement, will you vote for can
didate for your Legislature who
stands upon platform pledged to
nuliify the settled law of the State,
to violate a sacred contract entered
into between your State and its
creditors Stop and think; will
you do il? -
We do not believe the intelligent,
honorable people of Tennessee are
prepared to vote for men who are
pledged to nuIlify this settlement.
God forbid!