Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-03
SPECIMENS or TENNESSEE IEGIsIlTIoS.


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! irn y.as REBEL hISIsrERs .raI aIa
Senate bill l22 prohibiting Rebel ministers from
from celebrating marriage ceremonies was taken
| up. tili ea 81, nn slisrl PC 'u sleQu an aftt.
Mr.. Duggan thought that We should not interfere
in the matter, that the war was over. h5t %
sdNr. Doughty agreed with Mr.. tDuggan. T1 r4e
O. Mr.. Waters, of Madison, thought that Rebel
preachers were not followers of the meek aud lowly
Jesusi but were political stumpers and bluod-
hounds. They were not within 10000 miles Of
their duty They had even told men If they got
killed in battle they would go right TO Heaven on
account of the righteousness of the cause. They
were not ministers Of the Gospel but of Hell-fre
and Damnation. He could refer to other cases of
this kind, and be did name one preacher Matt
Flatt--4who invited men TO go into the Rebel army,
and then ran. away to 'Kentucky--afraid 70 fight
himself He was against the resolution. II there
was a class on earth who deserved whipping
that class was the Rebel preachers. He would
tell them So He said some of them claimed to be
sorry; but he did not like that kind of .'sorry!'
They should not be recognized as ministers along
side of loyal preaehessidr9 Do bea sbes.H i1e
Mr.. Steele Thought that the whole thing was a
theological question, and the law should take no
lcognizance Of it. i'la9 ~ sY4l4
by Mr.. Moss; Todiscount debts owing to disleyal
parties. The bill provides that debts owing to dis
loyal persons by loyal debtors shall be deprecated
as the means Of payment was lessened BY the
measures Of the late rebellion. Passed and referred
to the Rssief Committee G ToiTLGtJ10TG
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The bill abolisbing the pay Of the Governors
staff, was taken up. . SEA-. ..li7 q. ,-- n. ..,.
Mr.. Arnell thought that, the Governor should
have two clerks; and that the pay of Major was
none Toe, high, 1t took one clerk to make endorse
ments and pardons alone. h sgsafi rr5 s.s.5 =
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been said that the Secretary of State needed clerk
Why, under his Interpretation of the law, his salary
was from $4,000 to $4,000 pr annum and ont
of this, be ought to pay his own clerk hire and
this came out of the soldiers who had fought the
battles of his country, and who should not be op,
pressed by heavy taxation. ...s :. b ..-,.,-e,
Mr.. Steele thought the fees received by the Sec
retary for commissions were clearly Illegal >, III
Nr. Hood said that If we were to have a clerk
let us have clerk, and not a Major. .s, Z, M.
Already the fact had been drawn out, that ST.
500 appropriated TO investigate the affairs of the
bank, had been swallowed by men already drawing
large pay, for performing labor. Tennessee
money is worth twenty cents. on the dollar; aud
yet we are asked to keep up grand establishment,
for the benefit Of somebody and his sous. We can
wen afford to keep the Adutant- General because
We needed him; but the others--staff oficers-
were not needed-are useless. t-a ...l ....
| As to the necessity ofkeeping Clerk to endorse
lpardons-wby he wouldn't vote a cent TO Clerk
to do that He didn't care whether rebels were
pardoned or hanged ; he would sustain the govern
ment in either case. "0ld Andy" had ahead of
his own, and be didn't suppose it mattered much
what done here, for the Presid snt would do as
he pleased il the end. If we were to have Clerks,
let as have them. Grandeur is played out
Mr. Hudson-And grand eioquence too.
Mr.. Hood-That is c5eap;it didn't cost any
thing; but military grandeur does.
| Mr.. Waters, of Madison, thought the Secretary
of State did not get enough, unless he had Clerk
allowed him. He referred to the deranged condi-
tion of everything, and the amount of labor re-
quired TO bring things to order. We had the right
men in the right offices, now and we ought to
keep them and ray them.t The gentleman from
Hamilton had got an idea that there was something
wrong in the Brownlow family. r,., ,s,.a.
| Mr.. Hood--That is so. ~.
| Mr. Waters-Wer, you didn't always think so.
But you have worked yourself up 10 it. because you
don I like the Governor. 90. .,f .l .'...... ..-
| Mr.. Hudson testified to the disorder which things
had got into during the war lie Knew that the
/ Secretary OF State had cRee spent ten hours, in
bunting paper, for which the law allowed him
| ten cents, ia % .-7, -,I .fr -'
Nj Garner wished 10 have his position under
stood The pay proposed 10 be given TO the Ad-
jutant- General was $3.50 peEyear; and he oped
he would be retained st lehs;stwo years till things
! connected with the war were settled up. that the
soldiers aud their families might get all to which
they were entitled. But be would not vote for the
retention Of the two majors ..- fl .as
! Mr.. Wines was for retrenehment. Are the ofii
GERS which it is proposed to retain necessary i
not, they should be set adrif. ... .f .
Il The question WIS then tax en- on the amendment
(retaining the Adjutant-G General and two Majors,
and il was adopted. 2