The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-21
"a Hard Case''-A Plank Move
ment.

laa 1sib references 70 Gov Johrson's revenue or
der: "Is IL The policy Of he Government to
ruin the people Of Tennessee, in order
oloO n that greenbacks may circulate exclusive
qmodI Iy'fhna te1ll
NriSvi ha Now, what the Government has to do
:. e. with the depreciation of Tennessee
slroriso money, or what Governor Johnson's rev.
$50 i5- enue order has to do with it, will puzzle
yia1i anybody to tell, but the geniuses of The
80 - y Dispatch and Press-PW Noble Jrat7mt
.bfef Has not Tennessee money long beeRsat a
o. taw heavy discount, and have not the people
bna themselves refused to take II for their
produce, merchandise and wares We
know personally that the Comptroller
received Tennessee money as long "a it
was possible for him TO pass il of for the
b.5,rs current expenses of the State. Suppose
g.bto 70 that be were to continue TO receive it,
what would become of between two liun-
Ira dred and three hundred patients in the
Lunatic Asylum, all of whom are now
70 diio supported at the expense Of the State
Toa ore Would the farmers lake Tennessee money
-1,g7i9I from the Superintendent of this Insti-
sutptien, in payment for flour, meal, meat
,tafr and other produce Would the eroccrs
,or savy taker.it for sugar, coffee and salt, or
sdT merchants take it for dry goods? If the
adi 10 senssless clamor of the Dispatch and
,'aoo I, Press were listened to, the inevitable
go consequence would be that the Asylum
n 4 would be suspended and the unforiu
90 lArsrnate iunatics, men and women, would be
pspnNo turned out of doors to freeze aud statve,
r. go Is the iailor of this county to be paid in
.nsml a money deprecated already fifty cents on
Bowl the dollar9 ba ss hfa
s'a 10 It must be obvious to all who wish TO
49,, understand this matter that Governor
So 10, Johnsen's revenue order was anatter Of
n 50 absolute necessity, and that il simply
.hol.ie looked upon Tennessee money, as all
10 classes Of the people had looked on it for
ssw b many months, while il, was wOrded in
,s,nss atriot conformity TO the Code Of the
a"oI State. No man who did not desire TO
y ~ put an abrupt stop to the present State
Government would ever contend that il
should take heavily DEPRECATED and
, ven unchrreht Tennessee money for taxes.
gr,osD The proposition is an insult TO common
yboa sisense, and all intelligent men can see its
real object The very newspapers which
contend for it, would not take Tennessee
holliI nmOney from the State in payment Of
ard owheit printing accounts. %" srhs
lo a1 NV bat the Press has discoyered that
n sTsg Governor johnson ought to take not only
,bsbnuothe notes Of the Bank of Tennessee, but
lIal s1allof The Union and Planters Banks in pay
n''~ ndent Of taxes II says s.5 ieso.
"These Banks are understood 10 be
perfectly able TO redeem every dollar of
COW their circulation = Al Al. .f N.Y.
--688l Very well, if these Banks are in such
-sv'il q condition, why do they not publish a
q ''l statement and prove the fact? Their
silence looks suspicious. AS the Press
vouches for their solyency we call upon
dlDh it TO show their sOlvency in figures, or
acknowledge itsignOrance of what it is
-"'i talking about -
The Press, IN its eagerness TO make a
.fsT point has involved itself in difficulty
from which il cannot escape, except by
,,iau I cohfessing either that il has been trying
TO deceive the public, or that it has been
dol deceived by others The Press tries TO
make pathetic point by saying: c1
-4L4 ~ ~ AS the proceeds Of his honest labor,
the poor man has scraped together one
- ~ hundred dollars in these bills, of which,
by some mismanagemenL he is made TO
-'l4 q lose eighty-five dollars-leaving him 6f.
teen dollars with which TO buy food and
h'N raiment for his wife and children-per-
haps not more than enough to furnish
'n,l them, each, with a pair of winter bro
gans.
100 Tbisis very improbable. The great
bulk Of Tennessee money, of all sorts
-nal Is most likely in the hands of speculators,
who hold il in large quantities If the
Union and Planters Banks, as the Press
as asserts, are able 70 redeem their notes,
why do they not oft?
an d Why does not the Press denounco these
Banks for refusing 70 redeem their notes
'N' when they have the means to do it? In
digg place Of asking the Banks to do this, il
makes the following strong inuendOes
~ D. against the Government:
ttV Is il the policy of the government 10
ruin the people OF Tennessee, in order
s.y that greenbaoks may circulate exclusive
lyP Will the government become uld-
HEr mately stronger by impOverishing the
taxpayers, who are TO sustain it2 Or il
it intended, by this process to grind into
dust population who, in the most sol
l.s4 emn form, have been recognized as loyal
by the agents of the National govern
-asT ment We can only ask such questions
leaving il with those who have the pow
snalaa ey 70 answer them or not, according to
u dl their Understanding of the course which
VIII best achieve the purposes of the
sesg Federal administration in Tennessee
We trust we shall not be convicted OF
dds improperly II We are unable TO restrain
some manifestation Of warmth. in our
am efforts to save, from utter aud remediless
rain, apeople among whom we have Ions
-s.s,. lived and hope TO die.
This rsat is as stupid and foolish as Il
eitI4 is unjust II the Union and Planters