Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-10-14
THE STATE CREDIT SPEAKING
AND BARBECUE AT NOSE
LEY'S FILL.

LEY'S FILL
Only few days notice was sufti-
cient to bring together at Moseley's
Fill, on last Tuesday, crowd OF
some three hundred and fifty or
four hundred people, to listen to the
discussion of the questions at issue
in the canvass by able State Credit
speakers, and also to partake boun-
tifuIly of that most palatable of all
viands, nice, fat barbecued mutton.
The intelligent and orderly as
semblage was made up in most
part of the sturdy, substantial.
thoughtful yeomenry of thatsection
Of the county, embraced in districts
Nos. IL, Is, and 5, and few others
from adjacent districts of the coun-
ty. There were also a number OF
ladies, from the neighborhood, and
few ladies and gentlemen from
the city.
We venture the assertion that
never before, in Montgomery coun-
ty, has there assembled more ear
nest, attentive and deeply interested
crowd of citizens. Ex-senator j.
E. Bailey addressed them in two
hours speech, acknowledged by all
who heard it, both political friend
and foe. as full OF the most profound,
effective and unanswerable argu-
ments in favor of the maintenance
of the settlement, ever presented to
the citizens of this county. 1t was
grand effort and many man who
went out in the morning with his
mind filled with doubt and uncer-
tainty as to what were really the
true and correct principles of De-
mocracy, returned in the afternoon
with his conscience at rest and with
settled determination TO record
his vote for the support of the pres
ent settlement-the settled law Of
the land. Any attempt at a synop-
sis of his mastery presentation Of
the solid reasons why we should
stand by the principles of the State
Credit Democracy in this contest,
would do him the greatest injustice.
No man whose mind is not warped
by passion and prejudice could have
heard him without being convinced
of his sincerity and the truth OF his
logic and facts. We never saw a
more deeply interested audience
and when the distinguished speaker
closed and stepped down from the
stand, many an old citizen stepped
forward and shook his hand in
hearty demonstration of their APP
prevail of his heroic fight for the
good name and credit OF Tennessee.
Mr.. Rhodes followed and in his
usual clear, forcible manner. defend
ed his course in the last Legislature
and gave an account of his steward
ship which no fair-minded, unprej-
udiced man can hear without giving
him credit for a sincere and honest
effort to serve his constituency and
advance their best interests.
There may yet be men in Mont
gOmery county who condemn Mr..
R. for his course on the State debt,
but, if there be such, we ask them
to hear him, do him a common,
simple justice as between man and
man, and he is willing to abide the
result.
After dinner, Colonel Alternately
made a short speech, which served
as palatable and delightful desert
with which to finish up the mental
feast of the morning. His humor-
Gus handling of the "hurrah-party"
and their great June Goth pow-wow,
was greatly enjoyed by those pres
ent and it was universally agreed
that the brave old Nestor of Mont
gOmery's State Credit Democracy
was just such a man as We need in
the councils of the State. Every
man in Montgomery county who
fails to hear Col. Alternately does
himself injustice.
The speech-making OF this glori-
Gus field-day for true Democracy
was befittingly ended with few
stirring and eloquent remarks by
Capt. Polk G. johnson, than whom
the Democracy of Tennessee has no
truer or Drawer exponent. He
in few fervent, well-timed
remarks who were the true DemOc-
racy and left no one present 10
doubt the sincerity of the faith that
makes him its brave champion.
We cannot close this brief account
of SO happy day for true Democ-
racy, without especial mention of
the barbecue. 1t was the finest
prepared meat ever served in the !
county; indeed it could hardly be
otherwise when we mention that it |
was prepared under the immediate |
of those matchless eX-
perts i'm such an affair, Messers Nat |
Wall, David Dick and John Rob-
bins.