Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-09
The CoVOde TuVeStigaGing Committee"
The Louisville PDsGJffLce--The TeAe-
graph

The LonisvIiIe P0sgJffIce--The TeIe-
graph,
We have frequently referred, in terms OF marked
severity to the spirit OF the Coyode investigating
Committee and the manner in which its proceed
mos are conducted The whole thing is disgrace
fuI farce-more disgraceful to the Committee and
its bat kers than it could be to the administration
if that were guilty of every act alleged against IT,
Fairness is not prOtessed truth Is not sought Iase
hood is attem2ted 10 be proved and not only Is tes-
timonv taken winch would not be admitted IN any
court of Justice but believe rank perjury Is en-
Couraged. What the committee can't accomplish
the telegraph seems disposed to undertake. Charges
brought before the Committee, and dismissed even
by them, find their way over the wires into every
paper in the country. In this way, false and ca
lCmuOus accusations affecting the character and
standing of the best men in the country, get cir
culatOn, and receive an attention, which makes u
impossible to efiectually contradict them.
On the oath ult, for instance (lnd this is but one
case in maDy) the following dispatch came IN the
regular news reports and appeared simultaneously IN
hundreds Of papers, of all parties and in all sections
A. The case Of Postmaster Ronald at Louisville, VIII
bo broucht before the Committee. He was appoint
"a tbrorob the influence Of Mr.. Guthrie Ex-SeCre-
tarv of the Treasury, and 1t will be proved that he
dpnosted the receipts at private bank, Il ON which
Mr. Guthrie borrowed. Mr.. Cobb pronounced this
a violation of the Sub-Treasury law, but through
the influence Of the Postmaster General Holt the
President keeps him III ONCE.
The object is palpable. 1t was mean attempt to
iniure Mr.. Guthrie, the President and Mr. Holt,
more than an attack on Mr.. Ronald. 1t was not a
report OF something already proved, but charges
were made which lrae 10 be proved. Mr. Guthrie
can be injured by no such attacks; the President IS
the daily subject Of them; Mr.. Ronald, we knew,
stood ready to clear his skirts Of any maeas-
ance in office. We paid no attention TO It. MOI SO
with Mr. Ronald lie wrote at once to Mr.. CoVode
demanding an investigation. At the same time re
requested a friend at Washington. who stands hign
in the estimation of the people Of the whole coun'
try to call Mr. COvode's attention to the dispatch
Iott1 friend le chairman replied that there l0eTs no
charges aCqi1si Dr.. Ronald before the committee. de
said it was true he had received from some source
letters concerning the pOstofce here, making some
trivial charges, but he did not think they were
worthy the attention of his committee, and he had
torn them up.
And that is all Of it. Some one, for what motive
may only be guessed, having learned b. some means
that sucn letters had been written imposed upon
me news agent false charge, and thus got an at
JACK upon Mr.. Guthrie, Mr.. buchanan, Mr.. Holt
ana Alr. Ronald, into the papers. No harm was
done Nobody was hurt. The impotent malice OF
the accuser fell harmless. Even Mr.. CovOde and
his smelling committee, wouldn'. notice his allega
tons. And not a man in America but attributed
them to the proper mott Thus may it ever be-
Louisville C5lu'ig.