The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-16
Election Of Public Printer.

Both branches of the General Assembly met
In Convention yesterday, in pursuance of a
resolution, for the purpose of electing Public
Printer for the next two years. The firm Of w.
W. Gates & Co., purely American ticket, was
put in nomination by Col. Rodgers. and Mr..
Representative Carmichael nominated the firm
of Church, Poats & O'Brien, q ticket compo-
sed of the Union and american, L. L. Poats,
Esq, Of the Rogersville Times, an American,
and John W. O'Brien, an American, and for
merly connected with the Loudon Free Press
and Cleveland Despatch, both Of which papers
have been for several months suspended The
latter ticket was elected on the first ballot.
The result of this election gives the great bulk
of the Public Printing to the Union and amer
can, the other partners in the concern being
only interested TO a very limited extent.
The American papers of Nashville, consist
ing Of the Banner, Gazette, and True Wing,
after ascertaining beyond a reasonable doubt
that no purely American ticket stood any
chance of an election, formed a combination
wIrh the Union and american, by which it
was agreed that in the event that combination
succeeded, the Public Printing would be divi-
ded equally between the four estblishments-
seenfihg three-fourths of it to the American
presses This was purely business transac-
ton, and is in accordance with the course
that has been pursued for many years. A ticket
made up in that way was elected two years
ago. But on this occasion it appears that the
arrangement did not meet the appreciation of
a majority Of the American members of the
Legislature, and they defeated dedicated it
too with the fact staring them in the face that
there was no reasonable hope of electing any
ticket that the Union and american was not
interested in. The result is as we have before
stated-instead of giving the enemy one-fourth,
it gives them fOur-fourths. We state these
facts morally q matter of history We arc
not to be understood as complaining that gen.
tleinen have seen fit to pursue this course
that they were entirely at liberty to do So is
unnecessary for Us 70 say.
These are circumstances which have trans
pired in connection with the canvass just ter
minated for Public Printer, to which, how
ever dllpICdSdub ubu lululOl II NC, VIC ltSl
bound to slude, in justice, first to tie dead-
the dead whose reputation no man could sue
cessfully asshil while living, and whose reputa-
lion the writer of this would defend, now that
he is gone from the stage of action, with his |
life-b blood If need be,-secondly in justice to
the Publishers and Propretors of this paper; !
and thirdly and lastly, and leastly, in justice
TO ourself We say that we shall sllude TO
these circumstances. We do not propose TO
do so this morning. For the present we leave
the seeds of discord and distrust and injustice,
which have been scattered so recklessly and |
with such master hand, TO warm in the soil
where they have been planted. If they should
sprout, and thrive and grow rank, why then
he that soweth shall reap, and then only the
CALLED jade shall vince. We claim TO be sin
cere and devoted Americans. We have been
so from the first-sue were identified with that
party many months when those who are now
attempting to shove US from our seats were
net SO identified.