Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-04
ANxIOUsr nELET ALONE.


final settlement on his own terms, and il
defiance of the earnest protest of the otneI
legatees, is opposed to any further discussion
OF his vouchers and the methods by which
he appropriated the pstrimony. He demon
strales that litigation will absorb the estate
in lawyers fees, and that the tendency o.
further agitation and heated discussion o.
the question will bankrupt all concerned anc
entail upon them the stigma of reputation
The Star-route thieves are opposed to any
discussion Of their transactions with the
government. When the rebels under
took to secede, they were opposed TO any
discussion of their right, and all they asked
was to be let alone. The despots of Europe
regard it as crime to lift finger against
their usurpations, or to discuss their right TO
trample upon the liberties of the people.
Such seems to be the logic of the boilers. In
their address they say:
We are convinced that the tendency of further
agitation and heated discussion of tots question is
in the direction Of downright Reputation of the
it not speedily removed from the arena of polii-
cal strifs tennessee will nave TO bear the oppGo-
brium and suffer the losses that inevitably fall
upon a repudiating State
Then why bolt and inaugurate a policy
which will make the State debt permanent
question in the politics OF Tennessee? The one
hundred-and-three bill was an outrage upon
the people. 1t has been declared unconstitu-
tional, and was no doubt passed by
bribery and corruption. But if this
bill was still an open question, the boters
would now be found sustaining it with
all the zeal they advocate the sixty-and.six
bill, and would urge submission upon
the unSorthy plea that "the tendency Of
further agitation and heated discussion of this
question is in the direction OF downright re-
pudiation of the debt" The bondholders did
not hesitate TO agitate and engage in heated
discussion when the division in the Demo
cratic party enabled them TO grasp the tax
paying people by the throat. The
sixty-and-six bill was passed in defiance
OF the popular protect, and the people
cannot be Undue to indorse that Ubiquitous
measure by shaking over their heads the
hobgoblin OF reputation. The cause of re-
pudiation has gained strength by the con-
tinued agitation oil the State debt question,
and it is to prevent the "down right repudia-
tion" to which the boilers refer that we advo-
cate the final settlement upon the basis pro-
posed by the people themselves in the recent
Democratic convention. The creditors Of
the State care nothing for the dangers of
agitation" and discussion" when accident
places the people at their mercy, and the
"agitste" and discuss this question !
until it is settled upon principles |
of equity and their ability to pay. The pas
sage of the one-hund red-and- three bill did |
much toward precipitatiug reputation. The |
sixty-and-six bill intended as a fire. |
brand to divide the Democratic party, with |
the view Of securing The election of Haw- |
kins and Republican United States senator !
in the place of Governor Harris, and if the |
boilers are earnest in their efforts TO avoid |
reputation they will abandon their policy, |
which will make the State debt question |
permanent issue in Tennessee politics, and
Join the Democrats in their determination 10
settle the debt in accordance with the views
of the taxpaying people-the only way to
allay discussion and agitation and TO secure
final settlement. The boilers point with an
air of triumph to the traditions of the DEM
ocratic party in justification of their con-
daot, uhan thA fAeas-ss.t,-- th..t-ehs platform
adoptssuniu.ae recent Democratic canxen-
ton is 1cfF5.sc550l5 = the former utterances
Of the party. The Democratic State con-
vention of August, 1873, said:
By reason of circumstances over which we have
had no control, we are no longer aole to meet the
of our creditors. The cost of all our
Fn4i
and laboring people are without re-
nuuerative employment; our merchants are
rations, interesttakers and mOney-lenders. We
among ourselves wide difference OF
public obligations; but for the present these diff
ferences Of opinion afford no Just occasion for dis
complete success of party in its great struggle
Tor the Iteration of the country. We cordially
mite however, in declaring that are opposed
% the reputation of the just indebted
ness of the State; that we are in favor
but, to the end that This question
nay ee put out OF the polucs OF me STATE, we 9e
heir ratification or lection, at the balotbox at
. separate election, any adjustment OF the state
until such adjustment shall have been made and
atihed by t1e people, we declare that we are OPP
nent of the expenses of the State government,
economically administered.
This was the party platform four years
I .
md it will be seen that it is not as much of
4 State-credit platform as that adopted by
he recent convention. While opposing re-
quotation, it is an argument for population.
Il was Endorsed by the boilers who so proudly
refer to the traditions OF the party. Marks
vas elected on this platform, and in 1879 he {
Urged the people to accept the proposition TO
ettle the State debt at fifty-and- four, and he
mad the hearty support OF the boilers who
low Favor the sixty-and-six proposition and /
egard any settlement at a lower rate as dis
lpnest. In the last gubernatorial contest the
Importers of Wright assured the low-;sx
olters that if elected the State deb! would
ot be settled at higher figure than fifty
ents on the dollar, and that the election of /;
awkins would fasten upon them onorous I
urdens. The Democracy Of Tennessee has
duca.ed the people to believe that the State
ebt should be settled at fifty cents on
ne dollar, and the boilers will discover that
is too late to unlearn them the lessons
ley have taught and practiced.