Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-06-19
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selfsupporting. It is true that when the co1nty
courts of Shelby and Hamilton counties reV eI
sgaint tle law by refusing TO appropIsale 's -.
70 support The police and ]; became q 49,, H,,o
whether the rebels Of Memphis should iTiuil ,ba
the law OF not the Legislature did ~ ID" iOa I -
Commissioners sufficient funds 20 MAINTAIN 'H la
selves and in this way quelled one q ai loaned
Of little rebellions But this money !. - Jy trne5
and will be refunded. But whether - 9So bIoo5,- /
not, it is every cent charges,Ui ro,;ca IN these
tnobs riots and crimes Of the repei PoiIII - 49,.
&C. snd 20 tbe rebeEous conduct OF reoei county
courts in nuHfyng The law 80 ta - Nsrh.i
moi sniv 10 the present police solo ~ = ,ss me
h,t ~ AZ snply 10 that when pfeeeae1 H. ana
put 'ney % HPbl! nsst No money has been ex-
5000 II ~ account Of the Nashville police
oovrHSoR's sTATF
ma Of those who defend everything my
- ~ 49, and everybody with whom l act. What
g. roouires say or admit freely. It is well
49, tbst / have advised the employment Of
clerks IN lieu Of the stan as matter Of economyj
80 ne-sonally know that the Governor preferred
:, ltis well known toe, that bill for this pur-
ose passed both Houses and was lost by adjourn
Inpent pending motion 20 reconsider But the law
does not aow single clerk TO any Of the depart
Toents II is well known By those who have been
about the Capitol Cor the last years that the Ia
Dor imposed upon the Stats officers could not be
performed without assurance It was physically
impossible. The records and papers Of all the Of
Gees had been carried of and were brought back in
n
dBy or an hour passed without some application 20
the Governor for relief or protection. We had in
deed two gOvernments-the civil and the military
requiring daily conferences and communications.
The entire State 10 reorganze in ell its depart
ments. The immense State debt was TO be funded
interest counted and bonds issued. The President
added greatly 70 the laboTs OF the Governor by re-
ferrng to him hundreds Of applications for pardons
But few courts had been held for i've years and the
number Of acquisitions and executive warrants for
fugiiiVes was immense have seen Gov. Brown
low often incessantly engaged from daylight until
late bedtime. Often thought he would faint from
exhaustion / shared his labors, and my Business
hours were from morning till night. At one time
l bad as high as three clerks hired-paying them
out Of my own means. Such labors and such ex-
penses were not only unjust, but ruinous to the
State officers. Still, the public business had to be
done To supply the necessary aid, the Governor
was compelled 10 keep duty portion Of bis per-
sonal stah. his salary, but little over half suth-
Gent TO support his family in Nashville was wholly
inadequate As for the Adiutant General that Of
nee had become necessary TO record and preserve
the military archives Of the State Every pension
ed and discharged soldier knows its Importance
The Legislature fixed his salary and furnished him 4
clerk. If We had had troops in the heid, no /
discharged soldiers, and widows and orphans Of .
SUCH we would have needed Adjutant General
Whatever the Office has cost is therefore, chargeable
20 the rebellion. Indeed, may say the same as to
the whole staff; for but for the labors dlHcul5les
and duties resulting from the deTanged condition of
public affairs and the dependency Of the govern
ment on the military, no staff would have been
thought Of II is mean spirit that would refuse
the Governor the necessary help under such crcum-
stances. Yet he endeav0red as far as be could, to
dispense with bis staff After the first pressure was
passed, 90 relieved General Hunt and Colonel Will
cox Of active dlty and kept but two Of bis staff
der pay until very recently, the organization Of the
militia made il necessary 70 reorganize bis stsf.-
baxters statement of the amount paid them is Teck
less and unfounded. And so Of his statement that
no other Governor bad enjoyed " the luxury Of q
staff. he knew better Every Governor since
1889 has had fall staff. Governor Harris was the
lrst 20 put them on pay. fOf this Baxter makes
no compaint.) Military Governor johnson kept
stan under pay for three years with less labor TO
perform than Governor Brownlow has.
THE ATHENS BRANCH.
/ come now TO answer charge that ought 10
have bistered the tongue that made t. and 10 have
mhnted with shame the hard cheek Of the author
refer 70 the charge that the Governor entered into
fraudulent transaction with Cleage the Cashier Of
the Athens Bank, by which he received $4,000
Baxter says, beyond question, gentlemen there is
fraud IN this transaction." Knowing the whole
facts OF this transaction DO and having here in
my band the recorded facts from the archives of the
State / can scarcely trust myself To speak of the
merlted lniamy which should fall upon the head of
author. Having proceeded so far without epithets
viii try 20 get through without. Tho transaction
here charged 10 be fraudulent was one Of the purest
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can 90 performed. It was simply transaction ( v
which the Governor without the hope of profit or {
thought OF gain and without being officially bound
TO do So saved TO the people Of this State this sum
OF nifty thousand dollars, which, but for this act
would have been, with the other eight millions of
assets forever lost Rather il was lost and this
transaction recovered it. Here are the facts / I
speak from the proof and report Of the committee
oil the legislature who investigated IT, and the re.
port OF the President and Directors Of the bank who
receSed the money from the Governor alI Of which
was well known 20 Baxter when he made The I
charges.
When the assets Of the Bank Of Tennessee were C
opened for lnvosg CATION no trace Of the coin of tho
Athens Branch was found. Cleage, the Cashier J
was present (having been arrested believe and 7
pretended 10 know where gold was at and could Il
brlng II TO Nashville in few days His profes- q
sions Ioised some Of the State ofieers-not me- =
But be succeeded in getting a military permit to q
brig the assets from Athens to Nashville This b
permit ho lost, and Il subsequently found and
sent 70 the Governor Getting his permit renewed n
be disappeared and has never returned Weeks
passed and nothing could be heard Of him or the
Aforesaid coin, papers or assets Every one consd-
cred the coin and assets of that branch lost and
they were lost and are still lost. About this time
the Governor having heard that Cleage was in Iii
nos and was speaking Of sending q roquistion Cor q
him, Mr. Tbos III. Galloway COMING ms the friend =
and relative of Cleage and expressing modification
AZ his conduct proposed TO make such payment on
Oieages liability as would place Cleage under such 4
obligations to hip that he (Cleage) would refund Il
lie proposed 70 pay as much as $4,000 What ar l
arrangements Oeages friends or Cleage himself had q
made with Galloway, neither the Governor or nv Il
sell aad OF still have any knowledge We only y
knew that Ceage had aed and that the assets were
missing and tst to the bank and that Galloway Of
was willing 70 pay $4,000 credit on Ceagefs =
liability. There was no indictment against Clesge
and al the other bank officers had been released
from arrest lt was simply whether $50 600 sboul8 "
90 saved OF lost. There was 20 earthly means Ia /
Ooeet dollar Of II from Ceage, Galloway OF any n
one eise and no one having any authority If fbera iT
had been any means. The Governor nnsily agreed ca
" reoelVe lhe money n SO much paid bv Cleape ~
te'Hh u I'll the Legislature met OF the bank shond
&c iganiaed and 10 give them the chance 10 rat h
ny % reject The transaction as shev might choose it ~
being understood that the money was ~ no retrpo5
" S"iioNsy II The Governors net should be disan-
p,oIeu. ne Whole matter was laid before the Leg
isiatufe oy the Governorthey proceeded 10 organ n
g Ile JAM, ana the board Of Rank Directors did r,
investigate the transaction aud approve n and L
ADOPT u as their actthe bank resolving and re- Bl
'eipnng Tor The money Here s an extract from, sn
he official report Of The Bank Directory ri an
This hfty thousand feeeipted for bv Gov &c
rnot Brownlow as a payment on account of The ~ ~
liabilities Of Thos A. Clesge Cashier of the Athens oc
sraneh OF TINS kank The receipt does not relieve o
ar Clesge OF any other party, from any othe or ma
uriher liability. This transaction ras farorat,s &c,
g. u, ne oaH aud q has ASSUMED srtholf besita.9
'ot nc resPoasi5ility Of Cor Brol7alosgs act
IN ne House Of Representatives a n7alignaat an
"a we governor introduced resolution b. in I
,,,s $50 inns same transaction. The resolution was
-iengs S9epied By the votes of the Governors has
!, after full and fhor,ftob ;rr.sts,.ot;.,. nai
Ma nc S documents and DISPOSITIONS which now Sa'
aouse nnsr; u' TIE committee reported and the for
PROVING az adopted resolution fully an gps
nrnted Eitb ~, o'sfnors act which YOU will 65d nss
The chsrge IT,, , II sho
,eersS :. - eteTtig crclaaOe trgs three s;, civ
Norcf1lor bu (ye,..m ,''' par
Fanton fabrication. n, ,S' Il 3 graceless, iou
leard or thought Of ,,t,i s'eFllng exchange WAS j
nd then i was hear anu ~ iong after the ransaetion
TIE ,7rr,,,.- - ~ only as rumor or suspicion TT