Year: 1875

Tennessee Conference at Fayette-


vile last week took OF the CrTI-
zEE's Editors and left the Devil in
charge This side of the paper was
printed before they returned, and
consequently this article is as new
to them this morning as it is to
the reader. The Devil takes this
advantage to vent some Of his views
monetary, political and local
and he viii premise by saying that
the Devil is to pay. This may
seem startling to some of you, but
it is nevertheless true in more ways
than one. As far as this Devil be
ing to pay is concerned, it is such
small matter that it scarcely de-
serves mention here, further than
to say that the old boots and clothes
of the Bosses are so thin when
they are issued out to the Devil
in wages that they wont bear talk
ing about. The Devil will be to
pay if the country is not soon re-
lieved by imitation. The opinion of
the absent Editors upon this sub
ject are unknown to the Devil, but
he nevertheless declares the CITIZEN
to be in favor of imitation, this
week, at least. The Devil don't
mean that every character of wa
ges should be inflated, for if his
were stretched the least bit they
would vanish into shreds and holes,
but there should be more money
in the country. History reveals
the fact that imitation has been the
means on many occasions of cav
ing countries and peoples. For
instance, Solon inflated dollars to
the size of cannon balls, thus saw
ing the country because the people
couldn't manage much at a time,
and saving the people because they
couldn't steal enough at one time to
make it pay. During our war the
Federals inflated Confederate money
so much that it wouldn't buy any
thing, and so the Union was saved.
The CITIZEN ia also an abolition
paper this week. 1t is in favor of
abolishing everything from Grant
down to the Cries County Court,
from Wall st. to the Pulaski jockey
yard, from the U. S. Senate, down
to the Pulaski Courthouse clique,
and it is in favor of abolishing
every man who now holds office
and attempts to ring in again at
the next election. Conventions are
gigantic frauds, and the CITIZEN is
forever opposed to having another
in Giles county - this week. 1t
will likewise support Maury county
men for Giles county offices, and
Ben Butler for President; it will
advocate the abolition of taking
fare on railroads and hotels, and
support law making it a capital
otfense to dun man; it will try
to take the country back to the
good old time when a sockful of
silver was a fortune, and 1st Mon
day fights were free institutions,
when gingercakes were five cents
apiece, and horse swapping un
known; when old woman knit and
young women spun and wove their
own underclothes, when old men
were fat and jolly, young men full
of folly, and niggers was niggers.
The Devil is afraid he can't accom-
plish all this before the Editors re
turn, but he'll start the ball now and
maybe by next Conference he can
get things on a working basis. He
don't know how this article will be
appreciated by them-perhaps may
lose his situation, but he couldn't
resist this opportunity TO let the
people hear what he thought about
these things.


P. S.-The people are invited to
attend at this Office this morning
and see the editors raise the Devil
about this article.