Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-07
To the Friends Of Opsn-Handed Justice.

willie Pke-to those who travel daily thrice daily,
with few exceptions This was compelled to do I'M
der an order of Direcry-to proportion the price
according the anouat of raueL and whilst reduced
the price on some whom the gatekeeper marked No 4
sienfying they Travelled but seldom on those he mark
ed No signifying they travelled daily TO twice dali
y raised. And under this Jlst and equitable order
raised Greenfield and Harris 81 EACH on joiner and
Hughes So each and on Smith and Hagan . each
they all being marked by the gate keeper No 1; and
few others alike marked at rate; and some one
three dollars each few marked No 2 And this
was the sum of my offence while the charge for family
travel to over threefonrths OF the yearly travellers
had not been raised, but on some OF them reduced
And four horse wood-wagons hauling less than a
cord the toll also reduced 10 cents per trip, which
the published rates of toll the gates last year and
this show clearly showing that the tolls in the aggre
gate were not raised, but on the contrary reduced
Mr. Greenfield having to pay little more, and not
caring for the mere dollars and cents but the princi
pie, makes great FUSS and gets up petition and mas
it presented to the Directory the 18th of January
last in which he asks of the Directory TO be " relieved
of arbitrary rule las think and an assumption
of power not authorized by you - and goes to COM
plain that the charge has become oppressive This
the petition that was under consideration when Green
field met the Board in person and made his speech
which speech is the one spoke of in my publication
in the Daily Patriot of 18th March, and the Of
which, in his Bill Of Calumny he representation
scas false This is the petition also which he in his
Bill of Calumny REFERS when he says, In justice to
myself will say never heard Of the first petition,
until presented to me 10 sign, and that much
the largest portion Of the LOO ood signed whilst in
the hands of Others whoever says the contrary lies
Now in truth there were forysip nBTs and more to
this petition, and W. Greenfield heads the liStn confir
nation OF which Secretary's statement and who
it is that lies And confirmation of the correctness of
representation of his Gs, speech before the Board
the 14th January, which he in his Bill of Calumny
says false, statement of Directory and deter
mine Il that tters fdIsehOod. And then see,
you please, the statement of few OF my neghbers,
whose names among the 40 signed to this same
first petition, and judge if was right or wrong when
the bull by the horns and treat Wesley Greenfield as
the istgdtor of this foul and sdnderous attack upon
This treating him the guilty, he calls &C
low vile attack upon him. Who, sir, the insti-
gatorS You the first sgner to the first effort and
then in your first published card you only have two
names before YOURS and in the manuscript in the Pa
triot office, the copy given me by Mr. Calender one
of the publishers, shows, you show yourself as the
second signer only having this Preachers ahead
of yours. Come now, Mr.. Greenfield, do insist you
let this old out. Stand where you belong, just
little in front of every else. will only show
in your eoors and place you and others right
before the community the very thing you said in your
sanderous attack upon me you ioed to do and have
Just to your assistance in time to complete the
Irork for you. The representation made in my pub
LEGATION of 10Th March, of the speech of Greenfield be-
fore the Board on the 18th January to the effect
that he (Greenfed) only wished to throw off arbi
trary and assumption of unauthorized power and
if the Board sustained he would SUBMIT But the
next thing heard of him he the gate offering
the keeper SO in gold, and telling him that he
knew little tdlc; but failing to inttmiddte the gate
keeper into betrayal of his trust, and not caring for
the dollars and cents but the principle and being ad
vsed by the gate keeper that he carefully keeping
his account he soon concludes to fork the So
and intimates to the gate keeper that there day
of reckoning ahead. And the next thing hear of him
he out in the Daily Patriot of Feb. 3d. led by
two names (Which for good reasons / have excused
from any fixed purpose 10 inure and which reason
have before given and followed by IL Others adver
Using arbitrary ELt0rtioner; and when the
20 names are signed he then says over hun
dred others and when call for them mot believing
that 100 men could be found to endorse such ssaner9
having got their names and some of them being my
friends and acquian NATURALLY asked them why
join this vile charge upon And they tell me 1--WE
hrtgh we were merely signing petition for the redLc
iOn of tolls, and that it represented to us.'
Wesley Greenfield, in his last, says these 40
names may be seen by calling upsn him." What bu-
siness has he with them, and why is he carrying ON
aud protracting this paper assault upon saying in
his note OF It'll of March, let him be sgmdtized
arbitrary Extortioner." And then again he says in
that little note eAnd still he complains of being
called an arbitrary ErtOrtioner." Are you not the in
stigator and prosecutor, and witness, and lU0d Be
judge, in all this groundless attempt to Islander nd
caiUDaHidie my character And yet you, Wesley
Greenfield try get behind the old Preacher, and call
my effort to brand you with the leadership g low,
vile attack upon you'll Oh shame, where is thy
bushs
Greenfield insinuates his little and in his Bill
of Calming that embezzle the funds and defraud the
Company Now, while the tolls Of this road in the
aggregate no igher than Others and not as high
some of them, and even for yearly family travel
through all the gates not high published rates
of the road from Franklin Columbia, which is $50 for
five gstes. while road for the same No of gates and
kind of travel has cearged during super
ntenoency more than 81 % Ana yer the secretary
State gives the Nolensville road the credit paying
cent. the whole of the States stock (that being
the rate of interest the bonds bear and then in add
tion thereto paying net little profit into the State
Treasury of $500 while other road in the State has
paid profit but the contrary for the time
reported been the aggregate dead loss the State
of sS3 426 But reeeed tells Won that the tolls are
less in 1860 than in 1858. Well, mind, Mr.. G.
the Directory understand this, and don't need your
powers of search to admonish them The rain may fall
the shine, and the labor of the husbandman
yet again be rewarded with full gamers and crowded
store houses and their surplus passes over this
market their gaatefuI hearts and liberal hands
will scatter the dimes at every gate in token of their
willingness to do justice to the State and her public
spirited citizens for investing their money in this
road which serves them (the travelers) valuable
pose Don't trouble yourself Mr.. c., about this
it will all be right the Directory are not so tenacious
about of amount of tolls they have them pro
portioned to travel done.
In my publication the Daily Patriot of 18th March,
remarked there issue between myself and the
Board and that their response has been each
annual and semi annual report well done, good and
faithful servant and that they had reecoed that
Spouse the ierrieao and remembrance of W.
Greenfield on the 18th of January, by rejoicing me
to their service without dissenting voice and fur
her spoke of the order and directions the Directory
had given and stated that in raising the tolls daily
travellers acting under their directions. And
Their remarked ensconced impenetrable for
tress of truth and justice.
In Greenfelds Bill of Caumny, which he substitutes
in his retreat from the points at issue between and
publishes in the paly Patriot of 24th March, he tells
you the stronghold has been penetrated and demo
ished in the short space of few days, will be
from the statement below and then proceeds TO show
what of gun he fired at it and how he loaded it
and knoacing nothing practically of the material of
which my fortress is built and not having the natural
capacity to comprehend its strength he bindly loads his
great gun with his dpore mtniion of and calls
his sbaers to apply the torch, and utterly fails to
make mark the outside coating of the fOrtifcation
which the Der himself and all his allies can't shake
tarnish and in his (Greenfeld's) blind attempt
upon it, he has committed suicide and fallen into Sian
grave will be from following incon
trovertble testimony He &C. tells you in his Bill Of
Oalumny what he (G) says Jas T. Patterson told him.
but what he (G says in this is proof he evil
IDENTIFY seeks TO bring about issue between myself
and others, to divert my attention from him but
know my man, and to him address myself He then
tells you my report of his speech before the Board
is as false my statement about Mr.. Patterson"
the following statement show who utters the false
hood
We of the Directory of the NolensvilIe Turnpike
Road think it proper to state that in Thos. B. John
sons publication in the Daily Patriot Of the 18th
March, he has correctly stated our instructions to him.
also appreciation Of his services Agent;
and furthermore he has correctly represented W.
Greenfeld's speech before the l4th of January
last JAMES JOHNSON, President,
| W. h. HAYNES, Sec. EN- PATTERSON,
Z. J. GREEN, j. O. COPELAND,
PARK STEET
We fully concur in the above statement except as
to the speech of Mr. Greenfield, and being pres
ent at the meeting referred to, we know nothing Of
'--'' 'l''''- johns cLaYBRooKE,
W. B. PEOPLES.
/ cheerfully state that Thos. B. Johnson has in all
1 thngr far his official conduct come under my
observation adhered strictly to the directions Of the
Board Of Directors and faithfully executed the trust
fields remarks before the Board the occasion alu
ded to, to the effect that he only wished to
throw Off arbitrary power and unauthorized rule but
that he would submit to what the DIRECTORY thought
| right. W. L. EWING,
Explanations of minority voters, showing the
why they voted, advertised in the first card
| against me:
last rate for the sake of peace and quiet but
Johnson charges nevertheless in keeping with
/ the former orders Of the Board
L r - - - E N. PATTERSON
voted to keep down the tolls for yearly travel to
last years rate nevertheless johnson has not trans
cended the order of the Board Of Directors.
| PARK STREET.
| In Greenheld's Bill of Calumny, he says: s'The
Community will from his effort to screen himself,
try SANDER he has caused the proof OF over
L n,rifr 10 rise and / do. ThOS. B.