Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-20


the furthest way round IS the nearest way through,
for dogs The following correspondence viii ex-
plain and refute the charge of dishonesty to which
he alludes;
Knoxville, TENNESSEE April 18th. 1860
Mn s. MoRRow Knoxgille Tennessee-SR VIII you please
give the Information yOa regard the monsy
gre last SUMMER anc II there was anything dishonest or dishon-
Orable in the transaction, informed Gen. Ramsey bases
charge dishonesty against N his letter the Conm,s-
sioner or Pensions Of lou Feb 1850 upon this affair.
Very respectfully, JAMS ". NEWMAN.
KEorvrt1E, April 18th, 1860.
JaNEs W. NEWMAN Esq-DEAR SIR: Your note Of this
received repy say in regard 10 the transaction
red 10 in note do not consider that there anything
dishonest honorbe in the Transaction it being done By ny
advice knowing you authority draw Of
Ramsey stating at the time that had and so in
formed Gen. Ramsey his August
September course drawing funds
knowing nothing Of the disposition Of the same.
Very respectfully, your obd't seFyt
Since, thea there was nothing dishonest or dis
honorable in drta0iag the funds, If this villain will
dare to make any specific charge In reference to the
use thereof viii bring forward witnesses 10 prove
the manner Of using the same. ! VIII show that
not only paid out every dime of the funds received
from S. Morrow for the advancement of his election
interests but will show cOnelusively that after de-
voting three months Of my time almost exclusively
to the promotion of his election, l paid out SINH
lar aInOunt from my own funds for the same object
Now it is a fact, notorious at Knoxville, that COM
Dosed all his speeches and furnished him with all the
points anecdotes used by him in that canvass; and
while have not the vanity to believe for moment
that could possibly have defeated his competitor yet
am satisfied that # had gone around the district
and delivered his speeches for him. his defeat would
not have been so complete and overwhelming 1
bitterly opposed his nomination IN 1850 and again in
1851: and in 1882 when urging his claims | was
warned that Ramsey would turn upon and sting
me any time for fee Of UUe dollars But to a
man of Joia Crozier Ramsey's mental and moral
calibre, surrounded and controlled, as he is by a
coterie of BdBc Thieves and Bank St1indiers the
transition from the character Of SldndeTT TO that
of an iRgYate is simple and easy. That the charges
against T. W. Newman and myself had their incep-
ton at the instance, through the advice and by the
pan of those ti1in brothers in 6Gle heUqg and en-
bezlenen Crozer and Spence, has all the time been
charged by US. Had I. W. Newman, acting as a
member of an investigating committee, never ex-
posed the bank HeUHg and enbezzleneRt of Crozier
and Spence, and when they had the impudence to
come forward and ask the Tennessee Legislature to
give them a reward of two hundred thousand dol
lars for having stolen that amount from the State
and its citizens had I. W. Newman not arose in his
seat in the Senate of Tennessee and denounced them
as ateres and fit subjects only for the Penitenta
ryn these foul charges would never have been
trumped up Spence and CrOZier met their faCile
puppet John Crozier Ramsey, six long months after
his pretended discovery Of an act OF dishonesty on
nv part at Nashville, at the time the Democratic
State Convention in session, on the 10th Of Jan
uary 1860 and then and there this trio Of notorious
villains cOncOcted this infamous scheme. Then, on
the 9th of the same month, VIM. Spence visited
Knoxville at which time Ramseys letter OF the 10th
of February. 1860 to the Commissioner of Pensions
was prepared. He was again in Knoxville on tie
18th of February, 1860, when he was heard IN con
sultatiOn upon this subject by distinguished gen
tlemen of East Tennessee, pressing John CrOZIer
Ramsey forward in this vile warfare, and no doubt
paid for RamseyS telegraphiC dispatch of that date
TO the Commissioner Of Pensions. urging immediate
action by the Department But if all these facts
not sufficient to convict Vim. Spence with Origina-
ting these SANDERS state additional evidence
that said Spence abOutthe date Of John CPOZer
Ramsey's first Card in the UNION AND AMERICAN.
likewise prepared 50 Card " for publication IN or
der to aid Ramsey III his Defense but through the in
fuence of the friends of Arthur r. CrOZer, Spence's
Card " was SUPPRESSED, they fearing that its
publication would still more plainly convict CrOzier
with the Exchange Bank swindle
But John CrOzier Ramsey this nephew Of my
uncle" has shown himself to be not only puDpa
and a knavc. but likewise a selt-cOntessed fool
To spunge upon ones friends for whisky in can
vass for Congress is contemplate enough, but to
Slulqe upon the literary accomplishments Ofafriend
in preparing brief card for publication, is beneath
the dignity Of contempt
His letter to the Commissioner of Pensions of
Feb 10th, 1860 is a model of bad grammer and ig-
nOrance of the simplest legal phrases while his cards
are models of English composition and exhibit a
thorough knowledge of legal phrases. Full seven
years collegiate education having failed TO endOw
him with knowledge Of English composition. ten
years practice at the bar having failed to instl
into his stupid brain the simplest legal phrases
through very shame John Crozer Ramsey United
States District Attorney for the District of East
Tennesseeis reduced the humiliatng necessity of
procuring the aid of friend in composing a card
of newspaper column in length What contempt
uous spectacle Some little valiant great in vii
liany composed Ramseys two cards" What an
adroit phrase Is the following from one of said
cards James W. Newman absented himself awhile
from Knoxville Now had John Crozier Ramsey
been expressing that idea upon paper his aCquain-
taDces would only have recognized it in the follow
boro to ait from Amos Mcdonald some certificates
winch got him to git for me, and says you II CO."
did 20 to JacksbOrO, but not III the secret manner
the lnave who wrote Ramseys cards endeavors to
convey l went openly with two members of the
Knoxville Bar and would have gone there to Court
even had Ramsey not made the appointment for me
to meet Amos Mcdonald there 1t is notorious here
i'll Knoxville, that John Crozier Ramsey did not
compose his own cards so | will pursue this
point no further The hands are the hands Of
Esau but the voice is the voice of Jacob thus
proving himself a thorough -adeptIn forgery by
signing his name to articles he never wrote. The
immaculate, SDOtleSS, John CrOzier Ramsey. he who
has at all times prOstituted his official position TO
promote selfish ends and SANDER men better than
himself, is a sweet specimen of humanity to talk
ABOUT my official duty and I'm my conscience.
l impeaOh him for procuring repeatedly through
his official position the appointment of Jurors to the
Federal Court for the purpose Of promoting his sell
fish purposes.
l impeach him fer promising two different men in
one county three in another and four five in still
another to aid them by virture of his official posi-
ton to procure for them the appointment of Depu-
" Marshal to take the for their respective
counties, thus proving himself guilty Of the most
Infamous dupicity.
1 charge emphatically and distinctly that an at
torney the Knoxville Bar told him in open court
that he (Ramsey) made his (Ramseys) client COM
4 I.1,I
and making his (Ramsey's) client swear to aft
davit and yet the cOwardly dog did not resent the
insult.
1 charge that this same Johr Crozier Ramsey was
some years since a Director in the Branch Bank OF
Tennessee at Athens. for Knox county, and while
such officer charged and TeceCed fees for going to
Athens and having notes discounted for his friends
thereby violating the charter of the Bank and com
hitting deliberate perjury upon his official OATH
charge that, mean, penuriOus, and stngy Is
his nature that he tried to repudiate his Ticket and
TVhisIcg Bills. contracted in his canvass for Con-
gress ; and had it net been for my intervention
citizen of Knox county, and credtable man, would
have Published him for repodidttag Whisky Bill Of
eight or ten dollars.
Such beng his character for penuriousness, 1
have. therefore. no hesitancy in charging that he
was BRIBED and PAID in MONEY by his uncle Arthur
R. Crozicr and VIM. Spence 70 make these infamous
charges against T. w. Newman and myself
l might and may hereafter continue this " roll Of
his infamy ;" but these sufficient to show what
manner Of man it is " who has been put forward as
a tool by a clique of villianous Bank There's to
stab the reputation of men better than themselves.
1t is not the first time in the history of those who
advise and control Ramsey that they lave failed to
break down the reputation of honest men by vile
system Of prosecutions. With their wealth, their
family influence, their Banks, their spies and hired
tools, yet expect to continue the warfare.
have done, and submit this statement of facts
to a candid public for my justification respectfully
Uug q wi u pd
John Crozier Ramseys card to bestOw a similar
favor upon my own. Respectfully,
JAMES W. NEWMAN.