Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-24
Tbs Leri,ia,uro:-..TweIF.h week.

In the Senate on Sonday.House bills 70 exempt
n1illers snd common school commissioners from work
ing on public roads -amerded, on motion of
Mr.. HoRS, SO as to exempt the Board of Educa-
ton Of Nashville from serving on juries-and TO
supply all Justices Of the Peace in the STATE with the
Code were passed on their third and last reading,
Mr.. PATNE's bill 70 amend the usary laws of the
State and to establish conventional rate Of interest
AS high as ten per cent by contract and the alb
sencs of contract the mole be counted at six per
centpassed its third reading in the Senate by the
following vote;
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Bumpsss, Horn, Hunter,
johnson. Lane. Mickey, McNeilly. Payne, Peters,
StovaI Thompson, Trimble and WCod-lA.
Foss-Wessrs. Bradford, Mcclellan, Nash, Stokely,
and Speaker Newman 3.
In the House on Monday, quorum was not pres
ent sufficiently long to transact any business of i'm
portauce.
In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. PAEEE's bill TO in
corporate the Memphis, Holly Springs and Mobila
Railroad Company, was passed on its third read
ing also. bill 10 authorize the State Treasure
and Secretary Of State purchase safes for their
Offices, together with one or two private bills.
The House had no quorum on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, both houses adjourned 10 Non
day. the I'd OF January, ls6a, in order to afford
the members an opportunity TO spend the Christ
mas holidays with their families and constituents
The Tennessee Senators.
CoIIN NJ. CAMPBELL. one Of the Arqla,lcEe Editors
writing from Washington under date Of the l2th
holGs the following in regard to ANDREW JOHNSON
and A 0. P Nicholson the able representatives OF
this State in the Senate:
Gov johnson. OF Tennessee, had the floor in the
Senate to-day His speech a decided success
the most decided, may say, that has yet been OBJ
tanned by any Senator who has spoken. The first
pOrtiOnOf il was devoted 10 speech made by Trum-
bull, of Hin is, during the discussion Of last week
and so complcJ drove that Senator 10 the wall that
his Black Republican brethren hung their heads N
shame. Although the latter had again and again
declared and repeated that ~all men were created
fr and equal Johnson forced him 10 acknowledge
bef re the Senate and the world that Goo had placed
The seal Of inftiOriy Ur1n The negro, and that he
(Trumbull) would not accord 10 him equal rights
and equal priNlit yes with the white man. What an
admission 10 come from ii nau who Va constant y
preaching ,ne raasticai folly Of universal freedom
and daily shed linz crocodile tears the fate OF
the poor slave. IL unUeed his base and hollow by
pOcrisy. and exposed his anbGshIng dishonesty and
that Of the corrupt aud unpTRcipled party OF
which he Is n leader. Jnhnsons speech 6bOundef 10
good things but a / shall cnieavor TO send You o
copy Of It by the mad which takes this, Will not at
tempt 10 notice any more 81 them At present II l.
enough 10 ay thIf he came fllly up 10 his already
high reputati % and Impressed all who heard HIM
that the Suuu had IN the Senate no ADLER, truer or
drawer friend than he and Huue more rca to stani
by her rights aud do battle for her equality in the
Union or her Independence out of II. Read the
speech and pu hli~lt 10 81 YOU can tn other lennes
Senator. 5UaEe N!-hul-un. has not. and mos
likely will not ufEs any past ID the pending discus
sion. ALTHOUGH rIs 90. tie ATTEST ami most rca ~
debaters in tn ~1aEs he never speaks when he car
properly avoid abIs- SO, ami never without doing
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