The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-28

that They already had one constitu-
ton against his vote and his influence,
and if they wanted another as a repre-
sentative he was willing for them to
vote for or against it, and adopt it, II
they saw proper How did your cores
pendent vote on this at the polls2 1t
was not separation or no separation, Sc
cession or no secession. All that IS OF
it, is that he voted to submit this to
the people Suppose he had voted
against it, would that have made him
loyal or disloyal? Surely not. ! would
like to know how your correspondent
voted in August 1861, on this, as well
as for Governor, members of the Con
federate Congress, and to the Legisla-
ture. VIII he tell IT'D No. But what
ever his answer might be, ! can tell
him and the public that Mr.. Wisener
voted for none of them at the polls.
But then it is said that he voted to
authorize the banks to pay out Confed-
crate treasury notes. There had been
an issue of Confederate Treasury notes
before that time, as he understood, and
that the banks had received them, and
the bill only related to that issue. Was
that treason? If so. every man in Tens
nessee, it is apprehended, is guilty, for
all received Confederate Treasury notes
generally and paid them out in their
private transactions before the Feders
al army came here. So far as the
journals show, the banks were author
lied by the bill to pay them out, and l
suppose it was not treason to allow
them TO be paid out and not die in
their vaults.
But the last thing that is brought up
in this long indictment is that the
Speaker of the House offered in MS
(Wiseners) name a proposition or
amendment, as follows that the pay
of non. commissioned officers and pri-
Yates in the volunteer service of the
State shall hereafter be in specie &c.
Now, what was said about the increase
of pay is equally applicable to this
Mark the principle in both. They are
confined to the non-commissioned ofh-
GERS and and priyates And this
amendment was offered to effect the
same objects and purposes as the
former. 1t was voted down BY the
friends of the Confederacy, and sup
ported by the Union element of the
House 1t was laid upon the table by
e. eaders of the rebellion in the
House.
have low reviewed and explained
every vote mentioned in the article of
your correspondent, and | submit to
the candid public whether he has dealt
fairly in his expose, and whether his OBJ
iect and purpose do not seem TO indi-
cate something other than the patriot
ic motives that should govern in such
cases. He uses terms that sound harsh
ly when applied by one gentleman to
another.
l would further say in conclusion
that there are several gentlemen who
are prosecuting Mr.. Wisener, whose
past records are worse than they say
his is, whose names are known, and if
necessary some tales may be told out
of school that may not be very sgreea-
bic.
That the object in all these assaults
IS not the public good and to injure
Mr.. Wisener. is proven by the fact that
those who use them never call on him
for an explanation, but resort TO these
means to defeat him, as he is promi-
nent before the public for seat in the
United States Senate, that their partic-
ular favorites may be elected. Why not
urge their taVorites' claim, because Of
their or his great public service and
not upon the supposed errors Of a COM
patitor?
shall add nothing further
JUSTICE.