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HERALD AND MAIL & upplement. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1876. ''The thanks of the Nation are due to Congressman Whitthorne, of Tennessee, Chairman of the Naval Committee," is the way the Brooklyn Eagle, a leading paper of the North, speaks of our distin guished Congressman, "for the great skill, patience, industry and impartiality with which he has conducted the investi gations of his very able committee into the naval frauds of the Government.' Now, wouldn't it be a shame to keep such a man at home? The Brooklyn Eagle is worthy of the proud name of the emblem bird when it pa s this noble compliment to the "im mortal W. C. Whitthorne:'' "Hb HAS karnkd iioxor in history, for as long as this land shall have a ITlSTORY, ON ACCOTJUT OF THE COCR AGE, TENACITY, AND VIVID INTELLI GENCE WITH WHICH HE HAS REPELL ED ALIKE THE THREATS AND BLAN DISHMENTS OF ENTRENCHED RINGS WHICH, WITH THEIR MEN AND METHODS, UE HAS TUT IX THE PILLORY OF OONs demxahon forever." Wheu stran gers, and his late enemies, speak thus of our Congressman, what would the world think of the 7th Congressional District it were to keep him out of public life. S07. FOSTER'S SPEECH. Opening of the Gubarnatorlal Campaign Portsr, Thomas, Yardley, aai Maney, Gov. Porter opened the Gubernatorial Cumpaigu at Lebanon with the following speech: Fellow-Citizens of the county of Wilson: Two years ago I was hon ored by the Democratic party ot lennes see with the nomination as the candidate for the olliee ol Governor of the State The people ratified that nomination at tin; tialloNbox, and I have labored to per ioral the high duties with which 1 am charged with courage and fidelity; again I am before you with my party endorse nieut as a candidatp for reflection, and I propose to-day to give you an accoun of ihe.administration of the State Govern nieut lor the past two years, io you alone um 1 responsible, you alone can de mand of me a statement of my official conduct, but before I render it let me call your attention to the circumstances un ier which 1 addressed you two years ago. Then I was confronted by au opponent of experience and ability, the leader ot the Republican party of Tennessee, who was endorsed and recommended by his party in convention. Behold the change a party once confident and aggressive has u'laudoued its organization in Tennessee it has lost confidence in its own iuteg rity, and has abandoned regular political warfare; it has no trusted leader who will "cry courage to the field.'' Not one of them will go before the people and ask tor a change in the administration of the State Government: they have confessed their weakness and fled the field inglo rious'.y. At the time of my inauguration 1 was environed by difficulties of the gra vest character, sso Governor of lennes see was ever so beset by circumstances of so much embarrassment. Business cf ev fry character was in a state ot prostras tion; there was a general failure of the agricultural productions of the State, and for the first time in the history of Tennes see. the producer was reduced to a bare subsistence; he had no money and noth ing to exchange tor it; commence was gone, and universal bankruptcy seemed inevitable. Our people could not escape the r eiieral tax-gatherer, tor all seasons are alike to him; but our own Legislature could, and wisely did, postpone for vear the collection of the revenues of the .State. This eminently proper measure while it brought repose and relief to the people, added a new. embarrassment to the of us who had undertaken the ad' ministration of the State government. 1 here was a borrowed money account of SOOj.O'K) to be met, a warrant account of $2ti3,2U0,4!J daily accumulating, the interest on the school fund to be provided for. besides the maturing interest on the State debt. Ordinarily these sums are of small consequence to a State, but with un empty Treasury, collections suspend ed, and clamorous creditors, the amount was simply appalling: there was but one resort, and one measure of reliet, and (I mention it to the credit ot the able Treas urer and Comptroller) it was adopted Every dollar that came to the Treasury was paid out to the creditors of the State, not a dollar was allowed to rest lor night, no new liabilities for the State were created, and by adhering to this policy, the borrowed money and all outstanding warrarts have been paid; the school fund and the interest on State bonds held by counties ana educational institutions pro vided for and paid. The State authori ties were compelled to let the payment of the interest on the public debt to go by default. To the otfer to borrow nionev to meet this liability harsh terms were de manded and the policy of borrowing money tor any purpose was abandoned not to he renewed with my consent, This conclusion was announced to the credi tors of the State, in an open letter pub iished in December last, and copied by nearly every paper in the State, and at the same time 1 announced to them that so soon as the Treasurer could pay off the outstanding warrants and the balance then unpaid on the borrowed money ac count, that he would pay the ins'allments oi interest one Juiy i, ieit, so soon as the requisite amount of money was paid into me i reasury. iouce to tne Creal tors of the State has been given that the balances due July, 1874, and January, lso, with a lull installment due Jnly 1, 17 j, would be paid on the 15th of the present month, lhis money was levied by law for the paymeut of the interest on the State debt, and the officers charged with its disbursement pay it out in accor dance with the plain provisions of the law, and in obedience to the repeated declaration of the Democratic party that payment would be made whenever the State had the ability. RETRENCHMENT AND REFORM IX THE STATE GOVERNMENT. The last General Assembly inaugura ted this movement in Tennessee, by the abolition ot two of our State Courts, and I have caused circulars to issue to the Clerks of all the Courts in the State for the purpose of eliciting information that may warrant the abolition ot several more of them. TAX ON RAILROAD. The railwaj-s of Tennessee are a new source of revenue. There was levied by. the State during the last fiscal year,63, 611. 1, and this will be largely increased with a return of prosperity to the roads and to the country. THE ABOLITION OF THEOKUCE OK TAX COLLECTOR. The Trustees are now the Collectors as well as the disbursing acents ol the coon- tics. Until the passage of this act there were in the State ninety county trustees, whose average pay was $980 per annum, aggregating itao.zw.OO. lhis sum is saved to the tax payers, and this is only one of the good results of the passage of this bill. Before its repeal the Collector of Davidson County received for the col lections of the (State and county revenue $6,000 per annum. The railroad and special Tax Collector received $3,700. The city of Nashville paid its Revenue Collector $6,000. Total paid in one county for the collection of the revenue, $15,700. Under the present law the Trus tee as Collector of Davidson County can only receive $4,000 with three deputies at $100 each, making $7,000, or $8,700 less than was paid under the repealed statute. I have no data from other counties,bnt the saving will average one-fourth as much as this, or $2,175 to the county, and aggregate, $195,750, and is an actual relief to the tax-payers, by the passage of a single act, ot ioJ,7o0. REDUCTION IN COST JAlL FEES. The Legislature of 1866 increased the pay of jailors for the board of prisoners from forty cents to sixty cents a day. The last Legislature reduced it to forty cents. The result has been a large saving to the State and county treasuries. From De cember 19th. 1873. to August 1st. 1874, eight months and a half, the State paid to iailora for board of prisoners $55,848.-. 90. This is the average under the law of 1866 Under the present statute the State paid for the same service, from De cember 19t i, 1876, to August 1st, 1876, $29,428.63. The saving of the county treasuries is in the same proportion. THE COST OF LAND 8ALB8 FOR TAXES, for the two Tears ending the 19th of De cember. 1874. was $55,140.41. Of this gum $27,570 20 was for printer's fees The act of March. 1875. repeals the stat ute allowing the printing ot sales of land for taxes August, 1876, and to that ex tent the Treasury is relieved. The pay of jurors was increased by the acts 1866 and 1867. By the act ot oiarcn 1875, it was reduced $1.50 per day, and the pay of Justices in attendance upon the quarterly courts, was by the same and reduced to $1.50. and the court reduced to one-half the Justices, saving to the tax-payers of the State the sum of $30, 000 Der annum. The abolishing the quo rum courts of the State, and charging the Chairman of the County Courts with the performance of its duties, saves to the taxpayers the sum of $13,392, per ans num. The annnal appropriation of $2, 500 a year to the (state library was re duced to $500. The office of Buperinten dent of Weights and measures was abol ished; and whenever the Treasury conld be relieved, it was done and an earnest given to the people that the Democratic party is a party of economy and reform Judicial and executivb expenses Judical expenses for the past two years including salaries ot Judges amounted to about $200,000. The Democratic party has been criticised for this expenditure, and especially for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court. Un this point I invite your attention for moment. At the time of the increase of this court from three to five Judges, it was an absolute necessity recognized by every well informed man in the state The dockets were crowded as they had never been before, and it was a physical impossibility for any three Judges' to diss patch the business ot that court, ibe three Judges of the Supreme Court, ap pointed and elected while the State was under Republican control, in five years disposed of 3,288 cases. The present court composed of six Judges, has in six years disposed of 9.016 causes, or nearly three times the amount of business of the court of three Judges. I state the facts from the record without intending any re flection upon any one. With this increase in tee number of Judges, the judicial ex nensea of Tennessee comnares favorablv with our sister Htates. Kentucky pays about the same. Republican Illinois pays $205,000 per year. California pays $15o, 870. Massachusetts, with about the same population ol lennessee, pays .izi),tKHJ per annum, and the State of Pensylvauia pays for judicial expenses in one year $478,000, enough after the present year to defray the entire expenses of our State Government. I repeat a statement made recently, that the State Government of Tennessee is more economically adroinis' tered than any State of equal population on the continent. The salaries of the Executive officers of Tennessee amount to less than $12,000. Ohio pays $86,000; Pennsylvania $140,000, and California, with half the population of Tennessee, pays her Comptroller and bis clerks $22, 400, more than five times the amount paid to the Comptroller of Tennessee and his single clerk. Texas pays Executive sala ries to the amount of $73,000; Minnesota $49,615; JNevada $63,000. and we have population, according to the last census, nearly equal to the three States last named. BTATE PENITENTIARY. The State Penitentiary is no charge upon our State 1 reasury, while in Massa chusetts, with her great moral ideas, the State Prison costs the tax-ravers $270. 000 per annum, supplemented by $58,000 paid for a State Detective Force. Ohio pays for ber State Prison $239,000 per annum. The difference in regard to any item of public expenditure is in favor of Tennessee. OUR LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES. The expenses of your last General As' semblv, counted as two years, amounted to $48,734; Massachusetts paid for her last session $325.100; Ohio $137,000; Penn sylvania $434,000; South Carolina, with a fraction oyeronehalf of the population of Tennessee, aid $117,606: Illinois $116,020; Minnesota $77,900; Iowa $52, 500. ihe dinerence in tne .Legislative ex penses for the past two years and that of any period in ten years, is a very marked one. in iett tne atate paid ioo, in 1867 it paid $l44,885,the next year, 1868. it was $190,433; for 1869, $76,794; for the year 1870, $72,209. From October, 1870, to October, 1871, the Btate paid 46, 033, that was for expenses of one of three sessions, in two years, of the Legislature in which Mr. Thomas served as a Sena tor, against $48,734 for the two years of the present administration. Toe expenses of the State Government are less than they have been in ten years, and have been steadily decreasing since the Democratic party was placed in cons trol of it I speak from a table that I have taken from the records in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to which 1 now invite your attention. 11 he Governor here read a tabulated statement, proving the above assertions to be true. In the column ot expenses of the rres ent Administration there are special an propriations for insane asylums in East and West Tennessee, and for the perma nent improvement of the school for the blind, amounting to $56,982.64, which will not again appear as a charge on the I reasury. THE PENITENTIARY LEA8E. I have been criticised for re fu sine, as one of the Commissioners.to make a lease of the Penitentiary in accordance with the act of the Legislature approved March 22, 1875; I have no apology to ofs fer for my action. The act gave the Commissioners this discretion, to lease. f the highest bid ottered was satistacto- 1 to the Governor and Inspectors'' here was no satisfactory bid made. No bidder, in my judgment, offered money enough for the labor of the convicts. I believed then that the net profits to the lessees were very large. I am now satis- (fled that paying the rental to the State I and all other expenses, that the present lessees have realized as much as four hundred thousand dollars trom tneir lease. v ben the present lease was exe. cuted some such action seemed unayoi-. dable. The State was paying large sums lor the support of the . prison and any measure that would make it self-sustain'. ing was desirable. The experiment has been made tuny and fairly; and I am sat isfied that the system ought not to be con tinned, and that the present system of employing convict labor should be aban doned. I have observed it closely for two years and am satisfied that it is wrong. I believe that the labor of the convicts can be successfully employed so asto avoid the present general competition with mechanics and farmers. The State should defer to the sentiments of a large ilass ot her best citizens who feel degra-. ded at this nniversal competition of con vict labor. It is tbe cause of constant and increasing irritation, and I will leave no effort untried to remove it. - THE ALIEN LAW. . The last Legislature passed an act on the 11th of March, 1875, to enable aliens to acquire, hold and dispose of property, real and personal, bince its passage a company from England with whose oper ations 1 am familiar, has purchased in the county ot Marion, over one hundred thousand acres of land, for which, and for the improvements made, the compa ny had expended in cash up to tbe last of July, $332,146. It has in its employ three hundred men, and is paying out an average of $30,000 a month. The pas sage of this bill alone backed by the Ag ricultural Bureau, has attracted more capital from abroad than all the legisla tion for twenty years past. THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND MINES. The ct eatiou of this Bureau has been productive of great results to the State. Through the influence of the publications of its able Superintendent, within two years past, more than one million of dole lars have been invested in the minerals lands of the State, by parties who propose to settle their acres with an intelligent population from the old States of America and hurope intelligent artisans and la borers who will utilize the hidden wealth of our mountains. Our resources have VI UUa UUUUUI.IIIUO! smsucvui ucaw been advertised all over thig continent, and in many parts of the old world. Any man who has been looking tor a farm, for a water-power, for a mine of coal, iron or copper, has had his demand for information supplied from this Bureau, and I state it as a fact, the climate, soil and productions of the Slate of Tennes see have been more generally and intel ligently advertised than those of all ot the States of the South combined IMMIGRATION. In my message to the last Legislature, I urged the adoption of a policy that would show to the honest immigrant that Tennessee would welcome him "without regard to his nationality, religion, or pol ltics, ' and 1 rejoice to know that many have come to us, and that the recent large purchases of mineral lands in the moun tain region secures to the State an in. crease of many thousands Of intelligent and industrious people of our population THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. 1 need not announce to you that 1 ap prove it, and its endorsement of lilden and Hendricks; they arc "men of great purity, unquestionable integrity and un surpassed ability as statesmen." Mr, Tilden carries the spirit of reform every where, and I believe that his selection will secure to the country a wise and pure administration ol the government. The Democratic party could not do less than demand a rigid enforcement of the laws ot the State for the protection of the persons and property ot all its citi zens. It is pre-eminently a party of law and order. Our material advancement as well as the social comfort of the citi zens depends upon their maintenance, and in so far as my actions and utteran ces as Governor ot the State are involved they have been in the interest of peace and for the protection of all classes of our people. THE DEMONETIZATION OF SILVER was condemned by our State Convention. Tbe Constitution of the United States es' tablishes gold and silver coin as lawful money in payment of all debts. The act of of 1792, fixing the relative commercial value, remained in force until 1827, when the amount in the silver dollar was changed from 416 to 4 12 J grains, showing that silver had increased in value as compared to gold. This was the law un til Februrary, 1873, when, by a legislative trick, the Congress of the United States passed an act by which one of our con stitutional coins was demonetized and this precious metal debased. Why and for whose benefit was this act passed? Not for the benefit of tbe masses of our people, at all, but for the capitalists of the east and of Europe, who hold the bonds of the United Suites; Germany, Great Britain, Japan and the Scandinavian States have demonetized silver coin The result has been that its value has been diminished and a hundred dollars in silver coin is only worth eiehty-two dol lars in gold. Our bonded debt is paya ble in coin, not gold coin but gold and silver coin; and so soon as the value of silver coin was destroyed in the States of Europe, the capitalists of tbe world com bined to prevent tbe payment ot tbe in terest on the debt in tbe cheap coin, and induced a Republican Congress to pass the act of 1873 in their interest and tcr their benefit. If the gold was coming to us we could not complain, but we are the debtors, and if by the action of other States and Governments, silver has been cheapened since we issued our bonds, it is no fault of our own. We claim the option of paying in silver coin, of paying in the cheap coin by which we would save 18 per cent., or nearly one-fifth of our indebtedness. If our contracts were made payable in gold coin, 1 would say let us keep faith with our creditors, but since they are payable in coin, they must accent payment in the cheapest coin: enin that was hv law a local-tender when our debts were contracted, a fact well un derstood by the holders of our securities when they parchased them The Convention re-adopted that part of the platform of 1874 which treated of tbe rate of taxation, and declared that it shall not be increased. This accords with my own convictions and position. The reason assigned by the Convention for the adoption ot this policy is recoe nized by every thoughtful man "because of depression in business, shrinkage in values, the prostration of all industries, and impoverishment of our people, we are unable to endure ' a higher rate ot taxa tion. Kecent legislation has lightened the burthens of the people, and much more can be accomplished in this direc tion. 1 recommended to the last Legis lature the passage of a "law limiting the incomes cf all officials to a certain amount, and providing that all fees in ex cess ot the prescribed limit shall be paid into the public Treasury." Such a law would bring a large revenue to the State, and if it becomes necessary to enlarge it, let the knife be applied all along the of ficial line from the first office down to ihe humblest, aud let practical proof be giv en to the country that the Democratic party means reform and retrenchment. I now propose to discuss the candidates who aspire to the high office to which you elected me two years ago. I will take them in the order in which they have announced themselves. COL. DORSEY H. THOMAS, now a citizen of Humpheya county, and formerly a citizen of the county of Hay wood, claims my attention first. In tbo year 1861, this gentleman was a candi date tor the btate Senate, and issued ttis heroic circular to his constituents. The circular to which we refer was issued in July, 1861, and had reference to the elec tion to be held in August ol tuat year. The following is a true copy: lothe voters ot Madison, lipton, Lauderdale, and Haywood counties: As there have been various reports put in circulation by my enemies to my preju dice in regard to my position, I thus ad dress you, I was a Union man in the strictest sense ot the word until con-. vinced of the subjugation policy ot the Lincoln Government; but at all times op posed to the policy of coercion. Since that time I have done all in my power to reconcile the Union men of my county and ot tbe State to the change. 1 am in favor of the adoption of the Permanent Constitution, and will do all that is in my power to sustain the independence ot the South.and in every respect will be as loy al to the new as I was to the old Govern' ment. I am a Tennesseean by birth, and with ber and her interests is my fate individ ually linked. For her honor I am willing to give my all and oner my hie, it neces' sary, to sustain it. If the war continues, 1 expect to be tound in the ranks hgbting for the honor and independence of my section, where I will be pleased to see all those that have talked so much but re fused to go unless honored with an office. If elected to your State Senate, I shall do all in my power to correct the abuses that have crept into your Legislature in the appropriation of money to improper purposes, and especially not myself to re ceive extra railroad mileage. Dorse v B. Thomas.'' He was not elected, and. consequently, lost the opportunity of refusing to receive ' extra or railroad mileage," ' but whether he was "found in the ranks fighting for the honor and in defense of my section," or whether he simply remained at home and urged the "adoption of the Perma nent Constitution," history does not tell us; but the auther of the brave words "I am willing to offer my life if necessary'' must have supplied material for a Nation al cemetery ol his own The "subjugating policy'' lasted four long years, and after it had exhausted it I 1UU( J COl Dj QUU a ltd lb 11QU CAUaUDlCU IV-" I self. Col Thomas became a contestant for a seat in the Federal Congress, and made an application lor his pay as a contestant. Preliminary to this he sub scribed to the following oath: "I, D. B. Thomas, a citizen of the United States, do solemnly swear that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have volun tarily given no aid, countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in avowed hostility thereto.that I have neith er sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office what ever under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a volunta ry support to any pretended goyernment, authority, power or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I further swear that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will sup port and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose ol evasion. u. $. thomas. ' Sworn and subscribed, this first day of April, A, D. 1869, before me, Z. Drum mond.Justice ot the Peace for Humphreys county, Tennessee. And filed this amount and executed this accompanying receipt: House of Representatives of the United States, Dr., to Dorsey JJ. Thomas for "the sum of sixteen hundred and fifty- eight dollars and eighty cents," under the Resolution of March 2nd, 1867, lor time expended and expenses incurred in contesting the right of Hon. Ham en! M. Arnell to a seat in the House ot the Ihir- ty-ninth Congress. April 10, 1869: Received ot Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives of the United States, sixteen hundred and fifty-eight dollars and eigh ty cents, in lull of tbe above account. D. B. Thomas. To which is appended the following certificate: Treasury Department, Register's Office, Augusts, 1870, Pursuant to the Act of March 3d. 17!I7. en titled "an Act to provide more effectually for the Hettlement of accounts between the L nlted .states and receivers of nublic mon eys," I, John Allison. Keeister of the Treas ury Department, do hereby certify, that the annexed copy of voucher No. 9,403, and tiie copy of the oath of allegiance thereto at tached, filed In the account of Edward Mc- rnerson, merit of the House of itepresenta- ti ves of the United States, are true conies of the original on file In this oltice. John Allison, Register. Be It remembered, that John Allison. Esq., who certified the annexed transcript, is uow,and was at the time of doing so, Reg ister of the Treasury of the United States. and that full faith and credit are due to his official attestations : In testimony whereof, I, W. A. Richard son, Secretary of the Treasury ot the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name. and caused to be afllxed the seal of this De partment, al the City of Washington, this oth day of August, In the year of our Lord 1870. William A. Richakdson, l. s.J Acting Secretory of the Treasury. How he will harmonize this solemn oath with his circular "To the Voters of Madison, Tipton, Lauderdale and Hay wood Counties," I will leave to himself. Hat when he undertakes the task I will call upon him to explain in addition the application made to the present Congress tor payment ot the account paid in April. 1869, and to show his authority for de manding pay twice for one service. His Legislative record is not consis tent with his present position. Now he is opposed to the payment of any part of the State debt, but on the 18th of Octo ber, 1869, he was a member of the State Senate, and voted for this resolution: Senate Journal, 1869-70, page 48. By Mr. Hall: Senate Joint Resolution JNo. 6, viz: "Whereas. Reckless extravagance on the part of those who have heretofore controlled the State Government in pledging the public faith, by the issuance of State bonds, has tended greatly to im pair the public credit, and impart dis trust to the minds of many as to the ulti mate payment of our public debt; and, V hereas, A people who, in all of their history, have shown a scrupulous fidelity, commercially and otherwise, to private obligations, must consider justice to all public creditors as essential to the honor and dignity of the State; tnerelore, "Be it Resolved by the General Assem bly of the State of Tennessee, That th the people of Tennessee will not signalize their restoration to the control of public affairs by sanctioning, in any manner, in- ditierence to public obligations. "Resolved, That eapediency, together with the honor and good faith of the State, demand that the interest upon the public debt be paid at the earliest practi cable moment, and its principal securely provided tor at maturity: and to these ends under a careful retrenchmedt and rigid economy in all other respects the entire available revenues and resources of the State should be faithfully applied as they in honor are pledged." Mr. Nelson moved to strikeout "reck less extravagance,'' and insert "previous legislation," which was accepted by the introducer. The resolutions were then adopted. In the following February Senate bill No. 273, to sustain the credit of the State, was on its third reading. This bill pro vided for a State tax of thirty cents. Senator Morris moved to strike out thir ty cents and insert 10 cents. Mr. Thom as voted against the motion. Senator h-lberidce tned to defeat tbe bill with a motion to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Thomas voted no, and while this bill was pending Senator Greene of fered an amendment to reduce the tax on polls to seventy-five cents. The amend ment was laid upon the table, Mr. Thom as voting for it; the bill passed the Sen ate, Mr. Thomas voting against the re duction, of the tax from 30 to 10 cents, and against the reduction of the poll tax to 75 cents. This bill was amended by the House of Representatives and re turned to the Senate with a provision for a tax of twenty cents instead ot thirty. Senator Etheridge moved to concur in the House amendment and it prevailed by a majority of 4. Mr. Thomas voted against it and lost the only opportunity of his life of voting for a TWENTY CENTS TAX. Again, in 1870, at a second session the State Senate, during the pending Senate Bill No. 133, to provide revenue for the State, the bill provided for a tax of80cent8. An amendment was offered I reducing the levy to 60 cents. Senator I Morris offered au amendment reducing it I to 25 cents. Mr. Thomas voted against the motion. Me voted against the mo tion striking out 80 cents and inserting 60 cents, and upon the passage of the bill his vote is recorded in its tavor. The condition of the tax-payers oi Tennessee is as good to day as it was in 1870, and the very argument that the democratic party makes to-day in opposition to an increase of the rate of taxation was made upon the floor ot the Senate by Senators Morris. Slaughter and others, when Sen ate bill 133. providing for a tax of 80 cents, received the support of Mr. Thorn' as. He was then deaf to the cries ot a impoverished people. Now his heart full of love for them and pity for their calamities, and you will remember that the Democratic platform of 1874 was re' cently re-adopted. Mr. Ihomas was then, in 1874, a candidate for Governor. His name was placed in nomination af the adoption of the platform. He was ready to "accept the nomination with the resolution annexed" and then cordially indorsed the policy of the party and sup' ported its candidate. Why this change? Mr. Ihomas has a mission. ihe mass es of all parties," I learn from his Cbarl ton letter, demand its performance for the future. He had better heed the ad vice of Jellyby, ''never have amission my dear child," and his sleep will be sounder and sweeter. .But to his letter in which be announces to the world that he has a mission. In this letter which will rank its author with those eminent lette: writers, Kilpatrick and Fitzhugh, he savs there are persons "who have been fattening off tbe people of tbe State as well as ofi tbe bondholders," who wished to continue their speculations,' and he had resolved in the name of the people to break up their schemes.'' I call upon you, sir, to tell tbe people of Tennessee who these speculators are, and who these robbers of tbe State and bondholders? Give their names that they maybe known and punished. If you are a triend to the people you cannot retuse, unless it is your mission to stab reputations by innuendo, ibis is the day of whispered accusations aud suspicions. Ihe coun try has sickened of it and demands names and facts. And tell the country Mr. Thomas, when it was you became the champion of the people? Was it when you voted to levy a State tax of SO cents? or was it when you voted against Senate bill o. 40? I read lrom Senate journal 1870-71, page 64: "To exempt $250 worth of material iu tbe possession ot any me chanic in the State, who is the head of a family from sale by legal process." Or was it when you voted in fayor of Senate bill No. 88, exempting ail property of municipal corporations from sale? The friend of the people! If the humble la borer shall have a demand against a mu nicipal corporation for work and labor done, aud payment is refused, you pros vide that all the property ot the corpora tion shall be exempt from levy and sale But where is tbe exemption lor the labor er if he is the debtor to the corporation? Was it for this service in tho interest of the laborer, the farmer or merchant who might become creditors ot the corpora tion, that has caused tbe masses ol all parties'' to call you out as their candi date? Or was it for tbe valuable service you rendered upon the passage of the bill exempting riw ot wages ot the la borer from Garnishment? Tell the coun try how you voted. I charge you with voting against the bill, and 1 charge that during your Senatorial career ol three sessions in two years, amounting to two hundred and eighty-three days, you did not vote for a singie measure ot relief or reform, but that you uniformly in the in terest of the railroads, the corporations and the ''moneyed oligarchy,'' as you call it. The Governor next paid his attention to Gen. Mar.ey iu very severe terms. He applied to him Sherman's language in regard to one of his Generals, who was always behind and never known to put his horse into a gallop. He said he (Maney) was behind at 1 erryville and at Atlanta, and the gallant record of his brigade was due to his Colonels. He said Maney had spent more money per mile to build a railroad than any con temporaneous builder in Europe, Asia, Africa or America. Thomas spoke an hour and a half. He made very much the same speech he has heretofore made at various points. He insisted that a twenty cents tax is enough to pay current expenses, and that we ought to pay no interest now. He said he was forced to become a candidate be' cause the iNashvilie Convention wasiun in the interest of a ring and disregarded ihe wishes ot "uhe masses. Ibis was tbe bur den of his speech. His reply to Porter's showing up ot his record was exceeding ly lame aud unsatisfactory. Yardley spoke an hour, ibere was great curiosity to bear him. He deliver ed himself very well, and the crowd lis tened to him with marked attention. It was something new among the "Cedar Snags. ' lie denounced as mean, con temptible and false, the charge that he was bought up or bought out by Demo crats, proclaiming himself a represents tive Republican, lie said he was run ning because the interest of his race had been totally disregarded by tbe Nashville liepublican Convention. He discussed these interests at length. He opposed Thomas' twenty cent doctrine, and advo cated sufficient tax to pay tbe interest on the State debt. Maney spoke nearly two hours. His speech embraced all sorts of topics, from Porter's administration to the original rights of man. Your reporter paid close attention throughout the speech, but is now wholly unable to tell whether Maney is a candidate or not. The vast crowd present seemed to be equally perplexed. A meeting of colored men is being held to-night in Maney's interest, to see ;f Yard ley cannot be got off the track. Governor Porter's speech surpassed the most sanguine expectations of bis friends. He completely captured the Thomas men. It is the general opinion to-night among Thomas' friends that he will withdraw. The canvass has opened very ously. aimpici- craazNT OPINION. "The unfortunate peculiarities of Geu. Gram's character." Carl Schurz, The resolutions passed at St. Louis and the Syracuse Democrat platform of 1874 were bodily adopted by the New York convention. On the latter the Democrats have twice carried the State, and are confident of their ability to do it I again this year. I08011 fost. Vermont has always been a sort of Radical Botany Bay, where all the old nsed-up frauds, all the broken-down po litical hacks, were sent to air the od jokes and old speeches, while the orators were reserved for such close States as In diana and Ohio. It certainly is very far from complimentary to Wheeler to send him speaking in Vermont, where the State is pretty sure Radical, speech or no speech. N. O. Democrat. The Democrats, almost to a man, have been working energetically for Hampton, and colored men in all parts of the State defying intimidation by Radi cal bullies, have asserted their right to hear both sides in his campaign, and ac cordingly, nnder pledges of protection wherever necessary, they have listened to Democratic speakers, and thousands of them are to-day ready to vote for Hamp ton, reform, prosperity and good wages. Charleston Journal ot Commerce. The speech delivered by Mr. Carl Schurz in Cincinnati last night will be found in our columns this morning. Mr. Schurz supports Hayes and Wheeler, not us a Republican, but what he is pleased to style himself, an independent, or a Reformer. Ourtaith in men of this par ticular class is not strong, and the speecu, of Mr. Schurz does not tend to strengthen it. w e do not regard tne speech as a great success, or one calculated to add to tbe reputation ot the author as an orator. It lacks the fire and force of some of his former efforts, is often prosy, and seldom strontr. As a campaign speech it will not be of great service. Globe Demo crat. I think it is high time to introduce something better in our politics than old issues and greed ot tbe loaves and tisbes. If I do not mistake, the country i gasp ing for a brighter future, and for letting alone the record of the past.' To me per sonally it is of camparatively small con sequence, as I have pretty nearly reach ed the end, but for those who come after me the result still interests me. I regard this election as the turning point, The names of the parties signify nothing the actions of individuals everything. I believe Mr. Tilden to be both capable and honest, as well as self-reliant. I know nothing of Mr. Hayes beyond his good private character. His letter did not in crease my confidence in his indepen dence or his judgment. Charles Fran cis Adams. GUEST HOUSE, South Main Street, COLUMBIA, TENKESSM Board, w ?er VJ. rriairm. btegiea or caddie koreei fnraiiibad or l,)liratloo to 'lie proprietor, JAMES L OUEffI Vlnmb" VL. SIIIIiLET'S Marble Manufactory U0NUMENT8 AND T0MB8T0NE8, All of the best Italian Marble. Also, I have the Jatest etylee ot Designs. . fer- All work as cheap as can be done else there. Manufactory on West Main street, lear the Institute. mh28y! GROCERIES!! NEWHOUSE ! THE LAKGEST STOCK IN THE CITY OF . ' STAPLE and FA1VTCY GROCERIES m Old Domestic Whiskies, Freuch Brandies, am uiported Winvn ami Li" quors. WaT" Special inducements offered to Merchant in want of Huiiidie . I have a full stock of Buist's Briggs Bro., aut Ferries' New Garden Heeds' which will be furnished to the trade at Who.eHale Itates. tejjr ChII aud x amine .Stock and prices. E. W. GAMBLE, Jan. 14-76-ly. C:r. Maiu aud Mechanic Kts. Sprin Nobly Business Suits, Stylih Blue Flannel Suits, Black Dress Suit, English Worsted Suit, Evening Suits, FINE ENGLISH CASSIMERE COATS AND VESTS! English and French Cassimere Pants! Cassimeros in the Piece! All Kinds of Clothing made to Order! Partly Made Dress Shirts, Best Wamsutta Muslin and Irish Lin en, Six for 87.50. Finithed Complete, Six for wsl Fine Hats in all the Latest Styles! Gent's Furnishing of Every Description, just receivod by SMITH & METCALFE, April 11th, 1870 COM'HBIA, TENHEMCK, CONDENSED TIME! LOUISVILLE AND DP.EAT Mill, AND lti and North Akhaa Railro.h! TJtAiyg UOINU SO VTH. Jan. 30, 187B. No. 3 No. fc i Daily. Dully. L.v Columbia 9.5Kam Ar Pulanlil... 11.21am " Iecatur - 1.10 am , " Birmingham S.uipm " ( alera .&) pm " Moutgeniery 8.30)iu .., " Hlount HprluKM... 2X1 im TRAIN No. 1 nmiuvlH Ml DeeHtnr with MetnphlH A Charleston It. it.; it Culera with 8 R. A p. R. H., at Uuthrie with St. Loalu A toiitheaulern K'r; at MeKenr.l with NaHiivllle A NortliweMern K'r; at Mot- ?;omery with Mobile MontKomary It. It. or IViihhcoIh, Mobilu and New Orleans. J KAIJN NO. a connects at Decatur nut and west Willi Memphis and Char leston Railroad; at Birmingham with Alabama and CliatfAnooea Hull road: at Calera with Melina, Rome aud Dalton Kati- road: at Monluoiuei v with WeMern ItaM- road nt Alabama), Montgomery and t i- rauia Kauroau and Mobile and Montgomery Railroad TRAINS UOISG NORTH. No, o.4 f No. 6 illy. I Daily Jan. :), 1S7. No. a Daily. Dai Lv Columbia ; 7.4-1 pm Ar Frankliu, Ten; H.."1 pin 7.3X atn S.56 am Ar m. . c Deiot 9.43 pro lO.hoam NRfthvlll Lv Nashville Ar aliatln " Kranklln. Kv. . pm I0.l)im 10.10 am l. pin .4H am 10.28 am 4.25 pin 5.4K pm MM pm 1.02 iim K.40 prn !.l pill 10.14 pm 1.20 am 2.41 am 2..V am 1.4 1 am b.'M am tt.'iS am Ar BowlinKUreeu " UlaMgow June. " Cave City " KIlMhetht'ti .7 am H.42 am H.i am Hj7 an " IxbanonJunc " Cincinnati Jc lyoulsvllle 7lNI Mini hi 1 i . ta ''. - . .4 pm 10.0. a i ' , " . TRAIN No nniiiu.1. .. vr.-iT... ..C N. C. A Ht. Loiiin It y Went for Memphln; at Lebanon June, with Knoxville and Rich inontl Branched; at Cincinnati June, with L C. L. K. K. for the North and Kat; at wnii J . n. ill mi JM1HTH Ir clnnatl aud with U. A M. K'y and J. ht. A I. mw. a."i umiunii, CilihtHIKI VHl. and Irom UlaHgow;-ut Cave City to and trom Mammrttl. f 'i. . . ... ... t ....... . . ... V. 1: . 1,1 wiiviiiimii junr. wun l,. xv. n. lor me oi'th, and Ka; al Ixuiifivllle with O. A M. and J. M. A J . ll. R, at R. hi. jur i no ,ionn, t,ai and wexl.aud with D Mull T Inn L:t .. ... f t . TRAIN No. S connect at UIhxkow June to aud fmin UIbkkow; at Cave City to and from Mammoth Cave; at Cincinnati June OP' R. wun u.., uauii. k. lor i lie North and Kaxt at Loulttville with O. A M. and J.. M. A I. K R. for the North, Eat, and Went, and with U. H. Mail Line Hteamera for Cincinnati. TouriHU will find UiIn rout oilers fcraat Inducements to thoKe wring to the Centen nial ExpoNjflon. Direct, connection are made in Ixiulsville with through cars, tna. niugilirevt to the Centennial grounds. hllm Palace Cut Without Chr.ji Are Ruu between New Orleans and Louisville, Via Montgomery on No. 2 aud No 3. Memphis and Nashville, Via MLCenzle. For information ahoul Ticket and Kml grant Rates to Florida, Arkanww aud Texa, addresis, J. N. IJOOKH, I "ok Ageal. or '. I. ATM ORE, Oeu'l Fbkh. A Ticket Ag't, Jan. 21, 187. LoiiiHvlllw, Ky BRICKS for SALE ! We keep coiiKtantly on hand, Ht Columbia and Ml. IMeaxHtit, well humt til ) for Bale. Columbia yard near the Depot We lire a I -no prepared to do all klnilx of Rrick Work, nt I he tthortent notice and on the most liber al terms.' Jan.2K-TC-tr. WEAVER BROS. JNHOLVENT NOTICK. Having this day Nuggested the iiiNolvency of Wash Lllett, deci-HMed, to the Clerk of the County Court of Maury County, TenneKNee, notice Ik hereby given to nil (m-i-moiim having elaima agalnKt Kaifl eMtale to Die them duly authenticated with Haiil clerk, on or before the 1st of Jan. 177, for prorata dlNtribution, or the same will be forever burred. II. T. ti lltlMIV, Kept. 1-1K7H. Administrator ! NEW GOODS ! Clothing J AND FRENCH