The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-02-15
BATE.
Tho States Position Set Forth By
Fer Noble Defender in Iron
LCgiC.
a Paper That VIII Garry the Truth Like
Flaming Torch to the World.

aon,l~oen artae 7a'e 1a@ 1f'rse or 5'~prcse"to
The auspices under wich you have F..
met, us Legislators, are hopeful, yet
gravely embarrassing, because, |
among Other things, Of she state debt .
question with which you Hrc t. (
graphic. This embarrassment has
been increased, since your assem- |
bling, bv the official deialcation Of
Treasurer NJ, L Polk, to the extent
according t. the report of an invesli- /
eating committee, Of 1883 600, winch
together with the payment of SlZO.-
900 as interest on the bonds so re
Gently fuRdcd under the law known
as the 80 6 act" las LETT us with
At comparatively empty treasury.
Tennessee is embarrassed by IN
onerous debt and her people are
poor. The past IS full of financial
error that viii require time and wise
legislation to correct. 1cu and ]
knew, when elected TO our respective
places, that our task was difficult
and our trust delicate. We have
assumed the duty in good faith, and
must perform it with unWaVerlng
fidelity. we owe Tennessee in this
her hour OF troubles our full energies
and best efforts to relieve her honor
able and justly, if we can. mat her
good name has been traduced and
her credit affected, is true. But those
who understand the historY OF our
situntion-the autccedeuts and Imme-
date surrouudings-tE motive winch
actuate4 her people, and their efforts
to ,c-rup,ish that which ) just ana
liphl-lava no word or unhlnd crlu-
e;sm for ~. Regardless OF what
may be said by those and thuir s"teI
lrss who have been prcyng on our
-njsfortuucs for their own gam 4nd
W 10 never hesitate NJ uUcorsclouslhie
..uvant2ge, lot us be equal to the
occasion and do Justice alike 70 tax
aver and creditor in executing the
copies will, by paying All that We
lelieye We owe, and equitable aSluS-
ting that in dispute. his kIno "l
record will turn sl7naer into shame
and defy the crucial tcst Of time.
The furdinr Of the states 'onecH
Indebtedness hrs frequently been the
subject Of legislation, VIZ: l~"3.o'
1868. 1873, 1881 and 1882. Under
no one Of these acts he's = mnJtulE 81
the outstanding bonds Of the stale
been funded. Neither has the entire
Indebtedness, under all Of them taken
together. been funded. \ large mum
her Of these bonds, notwithstanding
the repeated cfFori TO fund ami re
rsna Them, arc vet in their Original
firm.
AS current history and suis' quemi
events have shown, not Que OF these
five funding actssccm 20 have grown
cut Of an expression of the Viii "'
the people, or waF aequleFced IN %
them after passage
The people Of Tennessee SFclnG
constant and systematic efforts tr
fngt upon them laws touching the
state indebtedness, that we're unjust
and dixtasteful' aud having witness
ed with regret and mobilization TIE
schemes aud practices Of corrupt SEC
uIatora and LOBBYISTS, a. tArY heart
lr, slv proved upon she sttts, t""A th'
nntter in their own hAudS, as me!
I'LL n.},r III do. and
""gnl ".o n',a q - =. ,,,.csscd tL,iI
will through the ballUt-huX, on the
y q 'aNt 80, G'u ,.,' 5ahte5n,.s I,
81 ~ ,' Ii.., ,rtLn a,.f, wb;rh mn
t'ie crS"l'olS ~ wy 800, ,,.,.,. 5;si,,,sr-
der ai c'Tcnms'"a 49, my D,S' ,rnsr
go $50, i','s' ;n,t ana homer, bIc ta !.
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iNI,ts S','., .,.. =, =, r,,, ar tho na]iiI-
7 = n"o ! h$ a. ~ r. 1rnn,-sae ,Ea
~ ~, mes, re rcrIiexia. questions Lav.
cretotore existed, growing cut o
tie state debt.
Tn. ,moant If tho d,lt, TIE uatur,
81 n,to,,t ~ ITS ,hlirot,ors. rs vel
@',I 100, ~ fI.e sIgle 10 deal witi
:, -, o,,'rr;ln,rl f. produce mncl
- I =, i, the Io.ri,lsture. in tn,
a,mr,. anil with The people.
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