Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-06-30
INACCURACIES OF THE OPPOSITION.
AT ISSUE WITH THE RECORD.
Its own FrIends refuse @ sustaln -.


The Opposition, the campaign organ of its party
in this canvass, charges Gov. HARRIS with "mis-
representation in asserting that the peace admin
istration of Mr.. FILLMORE spent S75 900 year
more than the war administration of Mr.. Polk.
We bsve shown from the latest official documents,
Executive Document No 97,) transmitted February
IA, 1853, by Hon. HOWELL COBB, Secretary of the
Treasury the House of Representatives sin com
plianes With the Resolution Of the House of Repre-
sentatives adopted December IL, 1858, requesting
the Secretary Of the Treasury to furnish state
ment TO this House of the different payments from
the Treasury from the year 1910 to the year 1858,
inclusive" that the ANIMAL average excess of ex-
penditures during the FILLMORR administration
above those Of the POLK administration, exclusive
Of payments on the public debt, was SIS, 2e6 "A
We have thus, from the Official Documents, con-
visted the Opposition of gross iuaccuracy in its
statemsnts, which it refuses to correct even afer
such insccuracy has been fully exposed. We have
convicted the Opposition of gross Injustice to Gov
HARRIS whom continues to charge with misstating
facts although he is sustained by the highest Off
DIAL authority
The last lumber Of the Opposition repeats this
unfOnnded charge of inacsuracy against Gov. HAR
RIs and reitsrates the assertion contradicted as it
is by the official documents, that the expenses of
the Polk administration exceeded those Of Mr..
FnLMORE.
So reckless is the Opposition in its statements,
and 50 utterly uRsustained in its assertions that
leaders Of its own Psrty,-elitors of a promi-
nent Opposition organ in the State, are compelled
to take issue with it. Hon. sOLoE BoRLAxD, now
editor of the Memphis ESquirsr, in speech deiv-
cred in the United States Senate, May 81, 1852,
fully exposes from the records the inaccuracies of
this statement to which the Opposition so Obstinate
ly sdheres. Mr.. BoRLASD said, (See Appendix to
Gang Globe, vol. rs, page 1919
repeat it, and appeal to the record for Its truth Here is
that record before IL scoses the that expendi
Of Mr. Folks administration expensive
cesAry was, years with Mexico,
and fruitful and We also know it in the aeqUo Of terri
averaged for ts whole Of four years, only
per snnum whereas. Mr.. FimOre's, a time profound
and without acquiring Of territory, has
Folks remarkable facts and to the
country, whe they known, WILL doubt be astounding
confess they astonhes me- when searching the
for another and more general purpose, found them lie
srrest attention and command our serious thought Well
% the people who have to the taxes support this
enormous sxtrAvagsnce look 10 its consequences"
The Memphis Enquirer, edited by Hon. JERE
CLEMENS and Hon. Solos BonLASD, in its issue of
June % copies the above passage and maintains its
correctness il the following emphatic language
This as it then claimed to be, was a true trans
cript Of the facts from the official record per-
feet conviction Of its truth and importance and a
sense Of duty, induced to make and publish it
then; and similar considerations induce to reil
erate it now, and abide its consequences whatever
they may be, to ourselves and others"
Thus it will be seen that the statement of the OPP
position is not only proved to be incorrect by the re-
cords Of the country but is directly and iNly
trsdietsd by leading organ Of It's own party,
whose editors are too shrewd 10 allow themselves to
be led into error easily exposed
We hope the Opposition will not be so liberal in
its charges of Misrepresentation against Gov. HAIR
BIS until it force its own followers to receive
its statements and credit its assertions.