Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-23
EsEssAeE or Gov. HROwNI.Ow

HeHH7asn of the Senate and House Of Rep.
y-aeHtaiiues, ] herewith submit to your CON
Ederation the brief corresp ondence between
myself and the late Treasurer Of the State.
ami the suggestions ! offer in connection
, Herewith. / have also taken the liberty
| % propose other measures which ! deem
worthy your consideration.
KNOXVILLE Dec. 9th, lS66-R. l..
STANDFoRp, Treasurer, etc. have your
letter resigning the Office of Treasurer Of
The State, which resignation herewith ac-
cept and have instructed the Comptroller
20 settle with You az the law directs. This
acceptance of your resignation, as a matter
Of course, does not eEonerate You or your
securities from future liabilities should
any portion of the school fund be lost 1t
is not my business TO say whether your de-
tense OF yourself Is complete OF not This
delicate task Will be performed by the
members OF the General Assembly, when
they reassemble next month, as they are
the body who elected you Il will be for
them 10 say whether you had any author
ity TO remove the sacred fund TO any point
whatever; and whether the money was not
az safe at Nashville as it could possibly be
in Memphis. That body may further ques-
ton the propriety ul your taking two re-
ceipts for the fund-one requiring the bank
at Memphis to return the fund in United
States 1870 treasury notes Of the same Sc
ries, and another of a later date requiring
il 10 be paid in greenbacks. And the same
General Assembly will Judge Of the moral
ity or immortality Of your having iarmed
out so large an amount Of money for q con
sideration
Regretting that you should have COM
mitted so fatal an error, and thereby caueed
reflection on the State government, J
am, etc, W. q. BRowELow,
Governor of Tcnnefse.
To al this vacancy, 1 have appointed
John r. Henry, Of the county Of Knox,
gentleman known 70 me as honest capable
and loyal Mr.. Henry has given the
requisite bond and entered upon the dis
charge Of his duties and viii do so until
the Legislature elects a Treasurer The
importance of looking thoroughly into
these transactions of the late Treasurer, in
duces me 90 suggest 10 you the appoint
ment of a Joint select committee Of your
two houses, with power 20 send for persons
and papers The four gentlemen l sent to
Memphis would be suitable men 10 serve
on that committee "a they are all informed
upon the subject two of them are Of the
Senate and two of the Houe. Let q fifth be
added by the House.
II il shall turn out upon investigation
that the late Treasurer received bonus of
fifty or twenty thousand dollars, for the
use of the school fund and for depositing
the revenue in particular banks the
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day principles Of law alike, suggest that
such moneys are the propcdy Of the State.
The Treasurer is = salaried officer Of the
State, and accepted the office with the dis
tinct understanding that his salary and the
lawinl fees Of the office were to be HE COM
nsati0n
| deem this proper occasion on which
20 call your attention % other matters of
vital importance. ] must, therefore, be
permitted % express The hope that this
General Assembly will not close its present
session without the passage Of bill grant
ing suffrage 90 all loyal males, properly
qualified by age and citizenship. Onward
Is the watChwurd which thrills and inspires
the two continents. and now is the time for
Tennessee 90 SHOW 20 the world that she
belong the advauce-gulrd on the great
question Of equal suffrage. With the lovaI
men of the State allowed 10 vote. The
government thereof will remain in loyal
hands. Without these votes the State viii
pass into disloyal hands, and reign OF
terror, not so easily described as realited.
will be the result
1 advise that additional State aid be
granted 70 the Tennessee Pacific Railroad
This is not a local, but a general enter
prise, ia which each Of the three grand
divisions Of the State are alike interested.
Nay, il is a great national measure. In
which the whole country is interested. and
no State more than Tennessee. as il will
tend TO develop her great mineral and
other resource To offer an argument In
favor Of this grs.t enterprise / feel would
be Offering an insult to the intelligence and
patriotism Of this General Assembly.
10 is with the deepest regret / have wit
messed the bad effect upon the beat interests
Of our State, in other sections, Of the de
feat OF the school bill The cry Gomez up
from every quarter. that men OF enterprise
and capital viii NOT settle where they can
noi eiucsie their children. The failure %
pass the school bin B. construed INTO oppo-
sition 90 the Cause Of edukaiion, And ii
this impression is not removed hv the
passage Of a sound aud Liberal school law.
the State viii anguish for want of emigra-
tien and capital.
Criminal prosecutions have SO multiplied
In our Circuit Courts since the war, that
parties having important civil suits have
been prevented from 3 hearing 10 their
great INJURY, and in many instances 10 their