Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-15
CONTEMPLATION
FOR mn uslcS AID AxzAIoAs

Ah75hc- LbiIOks-- GtaitfltfEs Il H4lGer IN tie
USI AND American, ever the siguaiare Of "Caney
Fork is charging s. NJ Fiss, E,q candidate for
tie vacant Judgc-hip in the SIKH GREAT, with
haviFg while in the Lrg slaur~ favored ''imrrisOn
ment fer debt" In his conn uaicstion Of WsdDes-
day last, abiding 10 the bill which he says CO.. tains
the dotFine Of imprisonment for debt, he says
that "Ar. Fhe denied in his speech Carthage that
he introduced the bin, and iriss to make this Ia
preston 10 rs circular He then ASSERTS positive
ly thst MIR Fite DID ntroduoe the bill sn refers 10
page 258 Of the Senate jour- al Of '49-5J to estsb
Itch his charge, and thus 10 prove thai Mr. Fts in
dtnying that he was the aulhor Of the bill. statel
an untruth. Nov, We have examine page 2j5
of the Journal, aud IRON said p4ge 6 ID It a. Mr.
Fife introduced the following b. J. which is printed
directly from the original copy now on f.s in the
secretsry of sste's Office:
CAPTIoN-senat,'s Bill, No l28, 10 facilitate the
collect, of deh,s:
sEOTIos Be Il enc ed 5y fhs General Asg,mBly
Of The State Of Tennessee Tn st wren - bill OF ex
cDauge, hood note, other In-trum n f"F The a.
u nt f n,oiey or any valuable ihr purpor t.
have b. assigned or i re , sueh as gam DC OF
eBdOrs, m,RJ snail be be p,iad Jaeis evi etcs that
he same Sas 30 assigned or eDdoTstd, u je how
ever, 20 be rebuted BY prof Provide Il the de
PENDANT SiH by plea or Oah dtBy suen assignment
T endorsement, The presumption in favor Of such
assignment shal be removed"
The above is a V-T5atia ny Of the bill It was
introduced by Dir. Fts and the only bill reported
on page 25s. as having been Introduced BY him.
and sbis is "Csney Forks" loody ca "a ltwl Is
tb,re any thing remotely connected with imprisOn-
meut for debt in this biIli Evidently nO'i aud 1
am at l1ss to see how CaRry Fork shOuld base his
charge upon it.
Tue only Orher bill on the journal Of the same
session, on which such charge uld be pretended
to be based. is a bill introdus, by Mr. Brashsar,
page g. Il is in ended to afford mere efficient
means for tie collection of small debts Il pro-
vldes in substance that where any creditor, having
q claim Of not more h n $50 against debtor. ne
shall have the same remedy SO inst such d,b'Or
that a creditor for lager amounts now has in the
ChaDcery Court. Il is well known in the Chanopry
Court eogDiz 4nce is taken Of amount under $50.
If creditor has a claim for above that amount, be
may file his bill in the Chancery Court, and compel
4 debtor who is attempting to conceal or cover up
bis property by fraudulent assignments, deeds Of
trust, SC, 10 answr on oath and di-elOse whether
or not be has any effects so concealed, and if so
where apd how The b. / Of Mr.. Brashear, was IN
tended to provide tie same RIM dy Tor semlsr cred
tors The Law was intended for the bene6 Of poor
meu. Large traders, hasiug heavy dsb.s due them,
can 20 to the Court, 6e their bills, aad compel
:heir debtors to disclose, on oath, where and how
their efres are concealed This the Ioir man,
having small d. bt due him, cannot do To illus
rate: Suppose large uanuf ,cturng establishment
having msny worAmen emIl yed, should suddenly
suspend operations. having FIRST made fraudulent
assignment Of all its IF cs. Large creditors of the
establishment may reach their claims by bills in
Chaneery, forcing the members Of the suspended
frm to disclose on oath What ELECTS they have But
the IaJoreys in tbs establishment, who have small
d, bis aga INST it, have remedy upon oath, and
must lose their debts. The bill Mr.. Br shear
va, 10 give them the same remedy as the large
creditors have, and thus TO place them 81 on
jority Of The Senate. among he resi- Gen lIicOf-
fer and in mis- race, he explained the Ia to the
people and made votes By it.
But whatever may be the provisions Of this bill,
is was not introduced by Mr.. Fite, as Caney Fork
ass,rts, bat By Mr. Brasbsar Therefore when NJ.
File asserted a. Car bage q at he did not introduces
The BILL hestatsd The truth aud the statement 10 the
contrary by Clney Fork, is shoWn BY the jourualrO
be utterly snd positively untrue. CnsderiHg these
facts and the utterly gr0undsss CT sracter OF Csnsy
Forks charges snd assertions, We can only conclude
that be has attacked Nr Fire vi hour any ground
whafeyer, to irjue his election. This is done, TOO
on the eve ofhe election, vh'n sufficient lime is not
LETT in which to counter ct It's ,ec's This IS to
say the least Of it, a very unfair de Of warfare
most unmanly advantage sought 10 be tskeu Of Mr.
Fife. Respectfully,
ITgrICE