Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-01

To the Taxpayers of Nashville.
,GENTLEMEN:-On Monday night of the 23d
instant, Col STEVENSON said, "a little turn
pike interest, and soft. shallow brains, had
bought up lawyer aud controlled the Coun-
ty Court, and put stop to great enterprise /.
that would leave Nashville high and dry, SO
as to.lose the trade and travel" If so, /
think it tells bad tale on him. the court, you
and his great enterprise, with surplus of
S1,634 ,343; for 1 will take $4,000 for the
turnpike, 40 acres of land, and my interest in
the bridge what he got for about three
months of his time-though it may be he is
thinking about what he will get, and may
have to pay for endorsing BECKER notes, and
judges others by himself l will state some
of the facts, that you may judge for your
selves. / never charged or received one cent
for what l did for the Northwestern Railroad.
/ went with the engineers three or four days,
and got others to go with them to examine
the country. l aided them in various ways
to get up stock. l got Isaac Jones to raise
his from 81 900 to $4,000, and to give the
right of way through his land, by offering to
exchange property at valuation, and to sub
/ 1
would do we'll to give or subscribe one-third
of the value of their land, to get good Rail-
road near it. / furnished money, corn, ne
groes. and other things TO promote the work,
until | learned they were wasting time and
money, defrauding the rich and poor, drink
ing and gambling; killed one man, and
threatened to shoot ISAAC JONES' and made
him leave his land and come to me. We then
wanted to know where the money was to come
from to complete the work, and they gave us
insults in place of information. / then re-
ported them to court, and Mr.. COOPER contra
dicted my statements in court, and made fun
of it, and compared it or me to a calf, which
caused the court with what Messrs. EWING
TRIMBLE said, to let them go on in their idle
ness and extravaganza. We then had them
notified that they would have the damages to
pay. Col. STEVENSON then took Mr.. GARDENERS
place, and asked me if l could be hired to go
on the Chattanooga road, and told him no,
and he remarked he supposed l would be free,
which made me think he wanted to buy me
up, and let him have Il better chance to save
Mr.. COOPER and others from disgrace and
damages.
will thank you to ask Col. STEVENSON how
it was. and when, he got so in love with the
road, and if they did not first offer him about
$4,000 per month"; chance to speculate in
depots, town lots and to get % per cent. for
getting up the stock; and ifhe had agreed to
reduce his pay until he had endorsed Mr..
BECKER's notes, and we had filed the bill and
attached all they had. as Col. STEVENSON has
g. 1.
here. l will say brought with me thousands
of dollars, wagons and teams, tools and
well-trained gang of workmen. l think 1
have been liberal and honest to a fault, and
have spent my money in four States. / paid
into the machine shop. for myself and others,
$1,000, and from the way it was managed, l
was glad when it burnt. l will remain about
town few days, ready and willing to explain.
or correct.
Below you may see what others think about
me and the road. got their names in few
hours, and can get many others; and many
persons sent petition to the court for pro-
lection, in 1856; and think Col. STEVENSON
will learn the court has deep. hard brains,
and did and Will act for themselves and the
people, regardless of him or me ; and as he
has made an attack on my lawyer and the
court, think l should on his three in Dick
son. And | can tell Mr.. MEIGs what Mr.. NJ
BELL thought and said about him just before
he died, and what he caused j. l.. BELL to
pay for a tunnel. and that sucli men have
damaged me and my friends much, and 1
have and will let them know it and if the
court gets your money. don't blame me; for
as long the thought of being cOntradicted
in court, and compared to a calf. makes an
impression on my soft brains, and blood run
warm in my vains, by the aid of God, law,
truth and reason, will try to make an i'm
preston on the deep pockets and hard brains
of Mr.. COOPER and his aids; for | think they
have but little regard for God law, truth and
reason, and cannot stand the test of time.
had some interest in the Springs, which
1000, and the contractors got
in debt there about 81, 800, and | sold out at
cost and per cent Many of the subscribers
speak of sueing for damages, and have adj
vised them TO wait. or unite with the county.
| have examined all of their reports, and
think Col. STEVENSON must know the Com
pany never was, nor will be worth $3.50 900
For every $40 they spend, they are worth SO
less, for they cannot get ten per cent. on the
stock.
l will again ask you to hand this to others,
md examine what they have said and done in
tx years, and think for yourselves.
Yours, &C.,
S. w. ADHESION.
May 81 1859.
We subscribed paid little to build the
North.western Railrnad. live near IL aud