Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
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NEW YOaK LET TER.
A Patriotic Tennesseean Sends
Greeting 10 Our People.
No. % NASSAU STREET,



No. 70 NASSAU STREET,
NV IORK. January 3, 1888.
EDITOR LEDGER-As a former Ten
nesseean, and rs one who is deeply
interested in the welfare OF his State,
permit me Through your columns to
warmly congratulate It's people upon
the result Of the recent cleo ions. You
were imbued with a patriotic spirit as
noble as that which actuated the sign
ers ofthe Declaration of Independence
You fought a great battle for liberty,
aud freedom and popular rights; for
the poor and for the rich, for the
white and for the colored; and in the
eyes Of Him who controls and directs
the destinies Of all men and all peo-
pies, you have won a great, a grand
and a glorious victory. You took the
control of your own affairs into your
own hands, and you drove the tools of
corrupt railroad influence from politi-
cal power and position il Tennessee.
You redeemed the honor and glory of
the old volunteer State, and you will
settle her debt permanently upon a
basis which, under the circumstances
surrounding it, is absolutely Just and
honorable, and one which will
Geet with the approval Of all good
men. For the b~ondholder who
nov expects you TO Pay more than 100
cents on the dollar Of the State debt
proper and 500 Of that which Is in
dispute and LITIGATION isa Yery Shy
lock and the nan who DOESN'T oHn A
boR4a3 thinks on shouie - tyore
is fool and worse than an infdsl
Yea nay not be able 10 thank God
that yUu are no. IS other nen.n but
yOu are J1st as good The other DAY
Jay Gould testified here before the !
Senate eo1nit.ee On corners thstl
there vas scarcely day cEWaN
street, Bat that so1 G GOOD ueu Eo;
into . e0rDH b. lsking ~sontrsets
which they eo1lSnt falfh. and thsF
permitted then 10 settle almost on
their eEn scrms The Tennessee
bonohOldsrs. knowing as veil as You
90, th1i most OF these bonds were
bought Tor about & ty cents on the
dollar, and that you suffered terribly
By the var, and that you are manfully
STRUGGLING to regain Jour losses, have
sigulhed = willingness to accept about
what the people nov tender land. By
the way. 1t IS the first settlement the
people have ever tendered); there
tore, even according to Wall street
ethics, your terms are strictly correct
and honorable, and Wall street
you know, IS compelled to main.
tain the highest standard Of
houor because the members of the
otock Exchange realize the force Of
the old maxim that confidence and
honesty between men are necessary
adjd1ets to success" Furthermore.
the President Of the United States
and the United States Senate upheld
VIM h. Malone, of Virginia. on a
platform Infinitely worse than yours
And the Union League Club, Of this
city, paid the said Malone the highest
honors by inviting him here to speak.
and entertaining him at dinner. Deal
openly and fairly with the bondLold.
ersi give them something to perma-
nently rely on and rest on. Settle
your debt upon the true State credit
basis OF lOO-6 and 50-3, because il IL
one which you can aud will maintain
aud the country will Judge you with
equity, and all will be well. With this
Vexed question out Of the way, Tennes
see Will enter upon a new and great
future and | trust one which will
evermore be iull OF honesty and pros
perity.
The Empire State sends you greet.
ing, as 1t too responded in a magpi6 =
cent manner in its national resolution
for popular rights.
In this State the mean, graspin0
monopollsts struck down Monzo RI
Cornell, one of the wisest and
most patriotic Governors New York
has ever Lad, simply because be had
the courage to uphold public right
ana private virtue. But the people
Tsbuked them by elevating Governor
cleveland to the gubernat5rial chair
by an unprecedented majority-the
greatest IN QUE political history. And
Cleveland is to-day the most consnicn.
Gus representative Of Democratic prin.
SiPles,, and next to my great and good
friend here, ex~.Sacretary Bristov
Swho, by. the way, voted for CIeye.
land ne is the most available mar "a,
the Presidency. he is young. able
i%1r-seeing and patriotic, and has eooc
blood. On his fathers side. he /,
descended from good old New EpqIanq
STOCK, Aud ON his mothers side from
30 hern stock la early life sb,
lelgned as a belle in Baltimore II,
enters uton his great duties here will
the good will Of all citizens. and HI,
Tayreminds one ofthe DAYS Of Tboms'
Jefferson. Nay the people stand i,
MN IN all patriotic efforts for N,
rlgft t, and may they stand by ali vooc
men who love honesty and virtue am
nate hypocrisy and corrurtion.
Faithfully yours,
LOUIS G. MUNFoRD.