Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-08

muv N.szv11Ln OFFICIAL PLUEDER.-As part
and MARCEL Of the history of the times, we give IN
another column the card Of Mr. LIltreii, IOucn!ne
tbe ofScisl peeulations at Nashville Il Is httie
TemsTkabts that with long and laborious inVes'i-
ration BY a Legislative COMMITTEES, and numerous
Cards from the parties lying under the suspcion 81
being concerned in the peeulstlon no one Is ais "
saw With certainty Who the thief IS who mas slolsh
some one or two hundred thousand dollars, feI-
bans tbe very best thing that the people u Iennes
see can do will be to make clean st7sep OF the eA
istin0 STATE Government and try TO put IN men VINO
sill not oplv be honest themselves, but be capable
of deteciing dishonesty in others -AtNPhs 6Hye
fn.
No one acquainted with the history of the late
vecalations in this State will fa to see the papsbe
Injustice Of the paragraph quoted above 1t does
gross injustice to those gentlemen who have laiely
retired from Office without q shadow OF suspicion
resting upon their characters 1t does gross injus-
tice to the present officers of the State Government
who could not By any possibility, have bean mPli-
Gated in these populations and frauds-Whose lnteg
rity of character is unquestiOned and unquestIona
BILE. It does injustice to the Committee, who dis
charged their duty with energy and ability. 1t
does injustice to the Democratic party, which now
hss control of the State Government aud which has
DISCHARGED its trust With such fidelity that not one
member Of that party has been suspected Of partic
ipatiOn in any of the frauds which have been COM
mitted
The statements of the Bulletin are inaccurate
Is well as unjust The thief Whe stole pOr-
tisn of the missing bonds, has been detected and
his guilt proved BY his own confession He was the
Know Nothing Clerk of Know Nothing ComptrOll'
er, who was elected by the Know Nothing Legisla-
ture Of $50. The defaulter who violated his off,
csl trust and robbed the State of $751; is known.
he was Know Nothing Secretary of State, chosen
by the same Know Nothing Legislature. The Ex
change Bank frauds cannot be attributed to any
officer of the existing State government and no sus-
picion has been attached to any member of the par
ty in power. The guilty must be sought for in
the ranks of the party with which the Bulletin now
sets and the blame rests between the Know Nothing
Office holders and the PrOprietors Of the Exchange
Bank, who are not in any way connected with the
Stale government or the party which controls 1t.
1t is notable fact that of all the frauds recently
committed by citizens Of Tennessee, upon the State
and Federal governments. not one has been PeTps>
trated by member of the Democratic party, while
all of them have been detected by the vigilance Of
Democratic officers, and this corresponds with the
past history of the parties Whenever the oPpOsi-
ton is in power Galphanism, Gardnerism, BurOnism,
all kindsof crimes creep intOthe Government. The
bureaus and Offices State become dens Of thieves
and the resources of the nation exhausted feed
the vermin which their corruption has engendered.
when the Democracy return to power Herculean
task is to be performed in cleansing the Augeau
stables Of the opposition, and the utmost vigilance
is to be exercised to prevent these experienced reas>
ury thieves, grown skilful by long practice, from
stealing back to plumber and Pilage.