Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-03
The Letter.

, stitutiou vent ihto operation October 80
( 1874, and In November OF the same year the
nrst government was inaugErated under it
that government, as all others since have
been, was controlled by the Democratic
party. There was no money in the treasury,
nor representative of money. an enormous
amount OF State scrip {the s1m not known
to any one1 wss outstanding, and that worth
| only twenty cents the dollar and a
hamper basket full of it would not
pay Tor a weeks lodging in the COM
monest hotel in Little Rock. The
state DID not have credit to buy a
cord oil wood or a ream of paper The
actual expenses Of the government for sew
erai months were raised by pledgipg the
names of individuals. The schools were
closed, and no possible way of opening them.
Ine convlcts IN the penitentiary were moi
provided with sufficient room to protect
them, and the buildings were insecure and
unhealthy: The lands Of the State were In
no demand and Commanded No price in the
market. People had ceased to come to set
Ee among Us, and many of those here were
| trying 10 devise means TO leave the State.
and the feeling between
THE WHITE AND ceEeREs POPULATION
was intensely bitter. Without going over
1 the fisx OF Encouraging items, il is simpiy
true the condition OF things was frightfuIIy
hopeless. Scarcely eight years have elapsed
since then; and what? The outstanding
state scrip, but little in fact, is now at par.
me otate has credit to borrow money for its
current expenses, and she meets the payments
promptly. The schools are again open, and
new ones being built, and, according TO the
last report OF the superintendent of public
education, the school system is upon a solid
and permanent basis, and promises all that
It's best friends could ask. The peisitentiary
has added TO it a safe and eommodious build
ing, as well adapted to it's uses as most Of The
buildings for similar purposes in the older
aud more wealthy States. he lands of the
state have been In good demand and MANY
of them sold, and
IMMIGRANTS IN LARGE HUMBERs
have come among US, and places that EIGHT
years since were wild and in the woods. are |
DOW open and cultivated fields, and not fh-se |
~ Atas II, the L nion, by The census returns,
snow, within that time, the increase in This
regard that Arkansas exhibits; and she has |
PAID on and discharged, to the last cent. the |
Baxter war bonds-250 in number-tbese |
bonds being part of the price she paid for
the acknowledgements of her people and her
own Independence; and the races are on
terms OF friendship and regard with each
olner, al animoslties among them growing
out OF the frightful period referred 10 have
passed away, and they have learned TO study
each others interests and 10 afford mutual
ana and protection, and this of itself com
pensates for all the trouhles, hardsbips and
sacrifices the State has undergone. Perfec-
uon Is not claimed--by no means. know
probably no one knows better than I-that
errors nave been committed. Being
YOUR FIRST GOVERNOR
Under this constitution. indicted into Office
On cold and cherries day of November.
when there was not wood enough belonging /
o Inc state TO make a comfortable fire in the | I
xecutIve office-nor credj enough of the / :
tate TO buy wood--no one.knews much better I
nan L what 1t is to rua sasovernment with q
'othing to runit on oswIss, and no one knows G
nucn better now, undeuosuch circumstances a
no law, with or withsn law. When the | &
afty took charge of he State her condition Ii
'as that OF black despair, and foreseeipg this ii
eiore was put into office, told our people a
'om every stump spoke, not to hope for Il
20 much, not to be impatient, that we were n
encounter trials and reverses of a novel Il
nd unlooked-for character, that would trv Ii
lie nerves and will of all of us-to bear and "
ioroear-our progress would be slow and a,
disome. With all these difficulties th
JR PROGRESS HAS ouTsrRrppED MY HOPES be
AND EXPECTATIONS. til
ne record of that short period discloses a to
ogress and an advancement that should w
arm and cheer the hearts of all of us, and ae
ouid nerve us in this campaign for hard ur
ID unceasing labor to result in another
infant and overwhelming victory. But lw
N is extravagant. The truth is, when we mi
Ok at the salaries Of our officials and com wa
re them with those of othcr States. this I'm
10 say no more, laughable suggestion. we
= IL Is SAID they are larger than in times on
ore the war. Yes, and the State is much hrs
ger in all essential elements: the work Is me
Irfold greater, and we must remember heI
u In 1860 81 had for all purposes of living OF
zee times the purchasing power of 81 now. WEI
len these facts are before us we will see be
increase OF salaries is more imaginary POT
n real. As for sue
: EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT PROPER tne
and now, let US look for single mo. siol
for tbo ,,,,;..;.a al VIC uiu not som
9, or any similar institution. and no one ihe
resume, desires to withdraw the State aid nun
o that splendid institution. so full of
mise Tor the future; we did not then fos-
normal school as we 10 now at Pine
2, an institution SO well and happily con-
'eo unuer the management of Prof. Cor
we ana not appropriate either for the
and dumb and for the blind institutes
Tor the insane asylum as we do now. and
largest expenditure of all, the appropria-
Ior general school purposes. And there
other expenditures now made that were
IN the times referred to. Considering all
:, JUG COMPARISON Is not unfavOra Bile TO
under
THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION.
It after all, this is scarcely worth the
Iteration OF men OF age permitted to be :
rye; as well complain that it takes more 1
lals to feed and more clothes to cover
son at twenty-one years of age than il pas.
when he first began to wear breeches and
op boots: But who is 10 take charge of
rs and remedy the evils complained of,
make up for the shortcomings of the
ocratic party? Republicans. Well, Th
ave tried allthat on, and we know too The
"nat mat means. Among the first acts towel
9 first Legislature under the present EIev
tuition was the passage of joint reto- stree,
o arraigning that party for its mismap- With
ent and waste, and for its oppression of worlc
eople. That resolution told The trsth | in an
10 one has ever disputed it. 1t stands recor
living Indictment sgainst tina; partv. past
Orblds, in the name of all that is good reeul
rue, the return of that party to power ton.
state. trains
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