Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-03-24
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PUBLIC,
And 7Hos. B. Johnson In partioula

And IHos. B. Johnson in particular,
fxTHo has taken near two weeks. and whole col
w umn in the Nashville PGtriot, to answer, or
sfher not answer what he calls ssW- Gree3ields last
little notes, which was sanctioned and signed by
Johnson's immediate neighborhood. But he chooses
drop them with hope of winning them over,) and
makes low, vie attack upon me- to try and evade
fair exposition of his official acts as agent Tor the
State; when could have answered the questions pro-
pounded in a few lines satisfactorily to himself, the
State, and the public had justice been done But he
can't screen himself in that way, before this inte
gent community And Just here will answer one OF
the questions for him. 1t IS record in the Comp
troller's 0fce, viz That the money he received the
first part Of 1859, amounting S1440 was not paid
until January co. and $1,000 received the first part of
1850, not paid until January 81 The useu6f
which money without interest, Of the questins
he thinks too little TO answer. And still he would
have the public say welI done thou good and faithful
servant" The reports also show that the State dvi
dend for 1855 so per cent more than 1860, and
yet he advances the rates and drives travel of Of the
road; and says the Directory don't allow him to
transcend the chartered lints'r clearly intimatirg
that if they did, he would do SO.
Col Thos B. johnson says he himself IS ''ensconced
in an mpenetrable fortress of truth and Justice
unfortunately for hun, the stronghold has been pene
trated and demolished within the short space of few
days. will be seen from the statement below, of the
old Methodist Preacher las he calls him) Mr.. Shaw and
others And now what his friend and relative, Mr.
Patterson saws falthough Thos B. johnson has pub
lished the world with view of screening himself,
that he told himI insisted on his signing the first
card. az did not tell Col johnson Mr. Greenfield in
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c. suggested to me- account of the relationship in
the family not sign the last which did not intend
doing' His report of my speech before the 'sBoard
is false as his statement about Mr. Patterson.
The community will in his effort TO screen him
self and try to SANDER he has caused the proof or
over one hundred and twenty witnesses to rise up
and say, do, Thos. B. Johnson you have tried to
SANDER w. Greenfield, and in doing, have uttered
fasehood for sanction and our names, cover one
hundred and twenty " were filed in the Patriot Office,
before publication, and remained there for some
time after yours and still be by calling
W. Greenfield We did not publish the long list of
names, because expected to pay for ii with
money, and thought twenty and reference 10 ''over
hundred others, sufficient to satisfy any
able man.
In Justice to myself will say never heard of the
first petition, until it presented to sign and
twenty odd signed whilst in the hands of others
whoever says to the contrary lies.
We have (as B. Johnson has by way oftryng to
HIMSELF condesceDded refer anything not
connected with the official management of the road,
unless it be ask him few questions agent of
| the State. And bold as he would have you be-
ieye he he did not of the questions pro-
pounded, although they had direct bearing upon his
conduct agent for the State Does he still expect
an acquittals Or does think our charges sustained
Now, Thos. B. johnson, if you want any more publ
cations just repubsh this and the questions which
have previously been propounded to YOU With the
proof here given of your falsehoods will leave you
W GREENFIELD.
March 22nd, 1861.
The nsiuuation of Thos. B. johnson that W. Green
field sought himself by swheedling'' around
US, is not true We freely signed and sanctioned the
previous publications, and also this.
WIN. SHAW, ID. TANKSLEY,
J. JOINER, J. VI. SMITH,
| DAVID HUGHES, St5- +. HAGAN,
| j. 7. HOOD, B. ID. HARRIS,
p. W. DAVIS.
Mr. Anderson and Mr.. Criswell the only persons
that asked to sign the last card who have net
nlar2Eat W GREENFIELD.
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