Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-17
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piness of the American people would
be secured. This way of having tC
work for everything you get was
never in keeping with independence
according to my idea. By all means
preserve the lands and fix 1t so We
can all have homesteads and mules,
and if 1t can be arranged by statute
give US some one to work It; sky
blue, or somebody else.
The convict system as you say, is
a living shame. 1t is horrible to con.
template going to the penitentiary.
| am in favor OF abolishing the whole
system. 1t is bad enough to have 10
go to the penitentiary without hav-
ing to work. Increase the circula-
ton as suggested. Give us plenty of
flexible money without having to
work for 1t, and we will be able to
support our poor convicts and thus
maintain the peace and dignity of
the State. The taxpayers OF Ten
nessee ought to be ashamed to make
our convicts work for q living. As
to removing the penitentiary from
Nashville, that will cost about two
hundr>d thousand or more dollars,
and | hardly think the people
would favor that. 1t ought to be
kept in Nashville because 1t is an eye
sore to those city fellows and they
need puaishing. You are right about
the constitution, I expect, but If they
would leave 1t to me / will burn the
darn thing. 1t doesn't seem to do
any good, and some fellow is always
fiinging 1t In your face. What about
the government buying all the rail-
roads9 We have been telling the
people that that would be done; that
you were going to fix the price, turn
the railroads over to the State, give
every independent free pass aud a
part OF the profits resulting from the
enterprise. Now, look here, Buck,
you didn't say sub-treasury once in
your platform. I hope you haven't
gone back on it. That was our first
child and we have learned to love it
as our idol and salvation. What is
is the matter with it. Put it in your
platform, for it takes, and l am sure
we need it down here. The land
loan is a good thing, too, and all our
folks like it, especially those of us
who have little tracts of land and
need more money than we can sell
them for. We are running Dick
Ledbetter for the Legislature down
here. He Is an Independent Jeffer-
sonian. He has always been indie
pendent of parties, and the parties
seem about as independent as Dick.
He's all right, He will make
good race, for he is used to running.
He made several races in Stewart
county. Several Of our Jeffersonians
went up to Springfield to hear Gen.
Field speak the other day. 1 want a
little information. / am met with
the question, "What has Buchanan
done?" They say You make big
promises, bait your hook with
mighty nice looking bait, but they
would like to know why you have
not done some of these things here.
tofore. l want TO be able to tell
them something you have done, and
you will please answer by return
mail. Find postal card inclosed.
They say your administration has
cost $l5O,0O0 more than any since the
war; that you draw larger salary
that you have been extravagant, etc.
Let me hear from you on this line.
They ARE giving you hail Columbia
for pardoning King. We tell them
that you did nothing of the kind,
that the newspapers are lying on
you, and that King was hanged last
Friday, tht 18th of this month. Is
that the best way to meet 1t? We
use any argument that will take
nest. Is that right?
] will write you again in few
days. will keep you posted. Dill k,
John, Mac and Charlie are well.
They send best wishes TO Mcdowell.
Remember us all to Roberts. Tell
Bittick TO sock II TO 'em.
Yours faithfully,