The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-01

1 - 1uH PclA7 INC payment o. the SINKING
funds by railroad companies, till January
! j, 1867. ,,.- ...-s-. - 81.
G. Provides for future sinking fnnd.
The House ordered the printing Of $50
| copiea, for the use Of memt ers-s .i11
LEATErR ABSENCE s'l-
Leave Of absence was granted to Mr.. Gar
ner, Of Lawrence, till the 9TH Of November,
on account OF sickness IN his family, ri
PRE- PRISONS OF COLOR.
Mr.. B'edsoe presented a bill to prevent
free persons of color fron immigrating 10
the State, aud to provide for the summary
| erection 81 those now here, not actual resi-
dents Of the State Referred to the Judi
| ciary Committee.
Mr.. Moss introduced resolution requiring
the Committee ON Freedmen 70 report such
| legislation as viii enable the State 10 DIS
4 penso with the Freedmen's Bureau. Laid
over under the rules.
or.
Mr. Moss presented bill Incorporating
the Tennessee and ottawa Oil and Mining
Company Retired sar-
fi 40 WORK so PAY.
Mr.. Williams offered the following:
WHRREAs, This House has frequently been
reduced below q quorum by members alb
senting. themselves without leave; there
| fore, be il
Rssoitsa, b. tie House Of Repressntatipss
| Of tie STATE 81 Tennessee, That no member
shall be allowed any per diem during his
absence without lea e.
Res0loed further, That no member shall
be allowed leave Of absence when it viii
reduce the House below quorum, except
in case Of sickness. -s -.
The resolution was adopted under a sus-
pension Of the rules. ad. .g 5-r .1z. .r-1il-.
1 aisi- FxksPrISo 4 HoxEs4RtD.
Mr. Warren presented bin exempting a
homestead valued at $500. Referred. Z,
81 QUESTION OF PRIFIEHsE. lat
Mr.. Steele rose TO q question Of privilege
and said: TT ~
Mr.. Speaker, I arise this mofning to a
question oi privilege. I hold in my hand
copy Of the Press aud Times Of this morning
containing q card from A. j. Fletcher,
Secretary Of State. Among other remarks
he says "They (meaniug Messrs. Garrett,
Hood, myself and others declared in public
tpeeches their Intention TO impeach the
Governor, on account OF my official acts,
bat came 10 Nashville and publicly denied
it. Next they declared me ineligible, aud
threatened 20 infpeach me as a ct off for the
martyred Cameron" So far as this applies
10 me, il is all untrue and l never heard
any other member make sny such charges
have made no public speeches this year
I did charge, and do now charge in this
House, as Representative of the people,
that Mr.. etcher is and has been collecting
aieddl tees from the trvil ofieers Of this
State, and hare prored II by the lsw and
the testimony.
He sp,sl Ks Of The writer Of Mr.. SteeIe's
a.. ~.
of IT, 4eall upon the gentleimn from ohm
son 10 state what be knows about this.
Mr.. Murphy I room with my friend
ffem Marshall, saw him cbnlpose and write |
his card of Oct %, and then ne read il over
70 me and other gentlemen in the room.
Mr!Steele. ! call upon the gentleman
from Carter also 10 state what he knows of
this.
Mr.. williams. 7 viii state that / stay in
the same room with Mr.. Steele, Saw him sit
down and write the card which appeared in
the pspers of sunday morning. He read I
over tho soanuscript 10 me aud Others.
Mr. Steele. The Secretary knew very
wen thai he was incorporating me. He
did "quote" part Uf the act of fS59-60 in
his card Of 2Tth Oct.
r He further sHyB
Twill try torrach BIr. steele's understand
Jog from the rear. Go back b 1876, Mr.. |
Steele, and you will find it enacted, sThat
the Secretary shall receive for afhxing the
seal 20 any paper foreign to the records OF
papers of his Office, 81 90" A commission
is not record or paper Of the office. II is |
not recorded OF filed, but IS carried away, |
and Is therefore foTeign TO the papers OF this |
office. This act was copied fr.m an old |
North Carolina statute, and was Transferred |
= Caruthers and Nicholson's compilation, |
aud is the same that is carried into the code |
e quoted by Mr. Steele himself II has /
ben tbc lac fol one kindred gears II Mr. |
Steele will keep in mind that the lee is not /
charged for the commission, but for the /
seal, think he can "see IT.
Here the quibbBuC Secretary refers to an 1
old statute Of North Carolina applicable 10 I
its colonial days-snd ia regard 70 matters
0utside Of the colony or connected with per
sons who lived in another colony or in 4
Gfeat Britain. Il was never the law in
Tbnnesss since l796-wheu Tennessee be-
came staie-and never applied TO com
missions. But suppose il was the law OF
Tennessee ana translerre1 10 ''NicholsUn
and Caruthers Compliant, n which / denv /
then Sec Al Of the Code repesls il. Mr.
Fletcher can reed 1t and see how easily law
and truth and logic condemn him. Here
il is.
.'Ssc A. Al pu5Ee and General acts
passed Prior 10 ne PrsSeat session Of TIE
Grneruf Assembly session Of iS5T-5Sl and |
al public aBd special acts the subjects
whereof are revised in this code axcept acts
establishing or regulating special courts
subject b. the lmiiations and with the ex-
ceptons herein expressed are HEREBY RE-
PEALED; and Ia case Of any conflict between
the acts Of this session and this code, the
latter sail Be c0Htrolling"
where now, would ask Mr.sFletcher, are
his North Carolina lawsl Swept awav BY 1
the law in the code ! have hereto ore re-
ferred toll
He says, "if Mr.. steele will keen in mind
that the fee is not charged for the Commis-
sion, but for the seal. / think he can see IT,"
Then, Mr. Speaker, see il" that Mr.
Fletcher has IN several cases put ali the
names Of Justices OF the Peace rom a ooun-
~ in one Commission, tcilA bHs one seal Cor
all and emerged 8 dollar for each uasse. !
This can be proved by several members Of
this House. Let him deny it if he dare.
and the proof viii come.
IN another case las enarged and collected
ti7'es rom The sane Magistrates, one dollar
have clearly proven hat Mr.. Fletcher
has been using his oficisi position to make /
Thousands Of dollars, illeeslly. out Of the
IhIsiortunes and confusions Of the rood peo-
pie Of Tennessee. What viii o6r honest | /
and outraged people say Of him-elaimipg
% be good lswy er-when thew see b Is eva
siOus, his quibblings, and bis resort, al last /,
70 the laws 81 another State-ane hundred
years ago-to hide his violation and disre- ] J
gard Of the laws Of tennessee? He sinks ] :
deeper and deeper into the quicksands. in I
his efforts 20 conceal his gtilt. 7 leave him
q Tie Judgment of public opiniOn, law and
truth.
Messrs. Ray 4 East former Secretaries Of
State, never charged for commissions. be
caese they did not believe it was lawful to
10 50, neither did Graham, 6ounr AMI
msey-thetr predecessors Mr. Fletcher
now knows tlis. I have run him fronn' ~
code, thence 70 the act 81 1859 GO, and from
thence 70 North Carolina, and have now ,
driven him eut % that old State. Where
Nili the Secretary 20 70 nextg He knows
-he ieeis thai am right, and that he hss
convicted himself. q
EHcoRnER's COURTS.
The 6ill 10 establish Recorders Courts in =
sheihyYille, Iullshogna, Franklin. ana
~ lTlseeap2ro, wss tAken np on It's third
ieaiing' ana 30 amended as 10 extend the
limits OF me eorpqratiou Of Murfreeshoro.
and siso 10 divide Is INTO az wsr5s sf,er n
= hich il passed.
oHAEEANooGA AKA cIEcrSSarT RlrrRo.p a
The bin reviving the charter Of tl.is -,s5 3
having been returned fro5a the seo,ts ~ :.
me or two slight- amendments, vas taken
lp, and passed, and is row a law.
Adjourned till to-uaurToW morning Al 10
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