The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-10
An Old Paper.

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ington Dispatch Of August 18th.
1850 and The West Tennessee
(Jackson) Wing, Of May 18th, 1850.
This copy of the Lexington Dis
patch was its initial number and
the late John. M Taylor and A. C.
Henry were its editors and proprie-
tors. Chanting its columns, we find
the following items OF interest:
The professional cards Of Thomas
C. Muse, John M. Taylor. Penn &
Ivie. and John Skeffinton. attorneys
a, law. Judge Taylor was the last
to pass away of these gentleme1
DR.. John West. M. 7. Embrey," And
brotype and Photographic Artist
James F. Pinkston. "FashionaB4e
Taylor" Mr.. Pinkston was still in
business here when The PROCESS
was established in 1884. F. W.
Henry advertised Saddle and
Harness making" and Vim. R. BID
manufactured saddles, brides and
carriage and wagon harness. AID.
vertisements were carried for
firms of Paducah and Louisville. /
A first page article under The
caption Ambitions End isabuT, J, 2
Grave" was contributed by XII
Clifton, and The City Cousin" also
on the front page by Mrs. M. Richie.
A very interesting article on the
front page was on Our National
Debt, which called to mind the fact
that during General Jackson's ad-
ministration the entire debt Of the
United States was paid off and the
large surplus remaining in the
treasury deposited with the states
in the ratio Of their representation
in Congress. At the close Of the
Mexican war after five million dol.
lars had been paid to Mexico fol
California, Arizona and New Mexico
the entire public bebt was only
$78, 100000. By 1857 this was re,
duced to $25,00O,0OO. but tina,
year there came a great re-
action or panic in business, which
reduced the imports to such al
extent that the revenues there
from we're not sufficient to meet the
current expenses and up to the
middle of 1860 the government had
been forced to borrow $40.000,000
running the public debt back up tl
SOS, 900, 0O0-a mere bagatelle whap
we consider the fact that even be-
fore the coming of the great war ir
1914 more than a BILLION DOL
LARS was bi.ennially appropriated
to run the government.
The second Of the four pages Of
the Dispatch was devoted to the
masthead flying the names Of John
Bell and Edward Everett, respect.
lively for Constitutional Union can
idates for President and Vice Presi.
dent. The electoral ticket for the
State-at large showed the names Of
Bailey Peyton, of Sumner county,
and N. G. Taylor. of Carter county
-and, it we mistake not, N. G.
Taylor was the ancestor Of the late
Governor and Senator Robert L
Taylor. The electors for the Con-
gressional districts, presented Alvin
Hawkins, of Carroll county, for the
ninth district. The Declaration Of
Principles of the Constitutional
Union party was made up in three
lines.
The Constitution of the Country.
The Union Of the States. The en-
forcement of the Laws"
In defining their position, the
editors of the Dispatch announced
that in the first place We are most
assurely opposed to John C. Brecken-
ridge, the famous Yancy colt aud
bis party; from the fact that we be-
lieve the leaders Of the Brecken-
ridge project Gin Italics) to be dis
unionists at heart. self-important
bigots. frensied hypocrltes, who are
willing to see the blood Of their
kindred broil hot in every portion
of the country. connected with all
the horrors and woes of civil war,
if perchance. they can feign any